Ransom is the club representative for D.C. Bike Polo. Seven to nine members of the club will travel to Manhattan for city-on-city matches this weekend. Anyone interested in playing can show up for pickup games on Mondays and Thursdays from 6:30 to 10 p.m. in Brentwood Park NE. The club is also on Facebook and Twitter. What are the basic rules of bike polo?
Basically, it’s three players to a team. If a player touches the ground with their feet or any part of their body at any time, they have to leave the play and tap out on the side of the court. Contact is allowed, but it’s restricted to body-on-body contact, mallet-on-mallet contact and bike-on-bike contact, crossing is not allowed. A shot to score a goal has to come off the front of a mallet, like hitting with a hammer, not off the side, like sweeping with a broom.
