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Timaru Bike Polo welcomes everyone to the 11th Annual Winter Whack Bike Polo Tournament, at Caroline Bay on Saturday 22nd of August and Sunday 23rd of August 2020.
Registration will open soon and close the 5th of August 2020
– Details how to register to follow.

Event details:
• 3v3
• 16 Teams
• 15 minutes (no stoppage)
• competitive round robin (possibly play every team once)
• Finals will be single elimination. It will be seeded on where you finish after round robin
• reffing will be from 2 players 1 from each of the 2 teams that just played
• we will post some accommodation options
• if you need help with transport please let us know

Information will provide as we get closer to the event. if you have any questions feel free to ask me(Shannon) and I will try keep every one up to date.

timarubikepoloc@gmail.com

Americas Cup – 2 day Programme
Each event can be booked separately or as a total weekend package including accommodation. All events will be based at Moraine Lodge, Mt Cook Lakeside Retreat.

Tickets can be purchased from the website: https://www.mtcookretreat.nz/page/americas-cup

A peek behind the scenes of the Americas Cup
Friday 25 September 2020 / 6.30 to 11.30pm

Join us for a very special dinner with Peter Montgomery, Russell Green and Dr Hamish Ross.

Peter is a renown and long standing sports reporter spanning back 30 years with the Americas cup. Hamish has several decades as counsel and historian for the America’s Cup, and Russell is the Team New Zealand rules expert who helps draw up the race protocols.

You will have the opportunity to engage with these leading Americas Cup personalities over a special 3 course dinner prepared by the Retreat’s chefs.

This is a very limited opportunity as there are only 8 tickets available.

Price $ 250 per person [ All profits from this dinner go towards Sports Twizel]

Includes: 3 course meal, glass of bubbles on arrival.

Cash / eftpos bar available.

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“Americas Cup – New Zealand’s Cup” and Auction

Saturday 26 September 2020 / 6.30 to 11.30pm

Three of the Americas Cup personalities together in one spot for a very special evening. Peter Montgomery, Russell Green and Dr Hamish Ross.

Each will share with us their profound knowledge, insights and stories that truly make up one of the worlds leading sports trophy. There will also be a couch session MC’d by Bevan Newlands from Sports Twizel, and a fundraising auction for Sports Twizel.

Peter is a long standing sports reporter spanning back 30 odd years with the Americas cup
Hamish, has several decades as counsel and a historian for the America’s Cup
Russell is the Team New Zealand rules expert who helps draw up the race protocols.
Mt Cook Lakeside Retreat is pleased to be supporting spots Twizel for this event. With all the profits from the auction going towards Sports Twizel.

Just $ 45 per head which includes canapes and an arrival drink. There will be a cash bar available.

Lock this on your bike radar!!!

The Big Bike Film Night is on a mission- sharing the best cycling short films from around the world with you.

Showcasing our 2020 collection that has everything a cycle-centric audience could want – action, drama, humour, and plenty of inspiration; the evening is unashamedly and utterly, utterly, utterly designed and devised for the two wheel devotee!

This year’s treasure chest of films includes a story that reminds you of the importance of finding your ‘why’, and that with a bike you can find a worthy adventure in your own backyard; a movie that shows inspiration can come in all shapes and sizes – sometimes that shape and size is a seven-year-old girl who likes to ride BMX; an audacious mountain climbing challenge; a tale of trees, traps and trails, two friends on an environmental mission; a beautiful story about the power of two wheels and a community built through bicycling; and a part documentary/ part fantasy with mountain bike illustrations that will have you looking for your rig and heading down the trail in search of the same kind of magic; ALL in the mix!!

These short films are a great reminder of why we love to ride our bike; with stories that captivate us, stories that make us think, and most importantly of all- inspiring us to get out and ride. Tales of character, resilience, challenge, courage, triumphs over adversity and much much more.

Tickets available via our ticketing platform, and there will be door sales on the night at the Auditorium (cash only)

There will be light refreshments and snacks to buy at the venue from one of the school’s sport group (no food allowed in the Auditorium though).

So…listen to the voice inside you; it’s telling you to go. Grab your mates, grab your tickets, GO ON… grab your bike and come along for the ride!!

Further information – Visit our Website 

Book your tickets here – Book Tickets

Are you a home brewer? 

WHO: Oxtoberfest Home Brewers in South Canterbury
WHAT: Amateur home brew competition
WHERE: The Oxford
WHEN: Entries Close Monday 12th October 2020. Judging takes place 13th October.

Oxtoberfest Event is Saturday 17th October, tickets will be available at the end of August 2020.

You are invited to an amateur home brew competition being held at the Oxford and judged by a group of professional brewers, a brew master and enthusiastic tasters. Oxtoberfest event will be held at the Oxford on the Saturday 17th October. Some of South Canterbury’s commercial brewers will come together to have their beers available in beer stalls, with entertainment and food available.

How to enter? See our website.

www.theoxford.co.nz/events/oxtoberfest