Lacey Woodland Trail Phase II Groundbreaking!

I've posted before about the Woodland Trail Greenway Association http://www.wtga.org and their accomplishments. Another chunk of their dream for an east-west greenway corridor linking urbanized Thurston County is about to come to fruition. This Friday, July 31st at noon, the City of Lacey is holding a groundbreaking ceremony for Phase II of the Lacey Woodland Trail at Woodland Creek Community Park (6729 Pacific Avenue SE, east of Carpenter Road).

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This project will complete the east-west route from Eastside Street in Olympia all the way to Woodland Creek Park in Lacey. I'm sure it will be well used and well loved. Congratulations to our community!

For information: (360) 491-3214.

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Celebrate Summer with Bike Polo Sundays 4PM @ Garfield School, Olympia

Like fine wines, bike polo comes in various vintages.

As the name implies, Hardcourt Bike Polo is played on a paved surface is used.  Bike speeds are lower since the field is relatively small (think tennis court size). There is frequent contact between bikes and bikes as well as players and players. That may sound scary, but it's a pretty controlled chaos from my very limited experience (I played last weekend). Reportedly, folks are playing that style locally Wednesday and Sunday Evenings at Gloria Dei church parking lot on Olympia's Westside. The folks seemed pretty nice, but they'll probably wont be mistaken for the church's youth group.

At the risk of seeming opportunistically (or otherwise) patriotic, I'd like to invite any and all folks to play a different style of polo known as "U.S. Bike Polo". This is a faster-paced game, with anywhere from three to five people per team, a larger grass field, mallets with wooden heads and bamboo shafts. There are a few simple rules to prevent people from running into each other (there is rarely ever any bike-bike or person-person contact). We've played this on and off for about six years. It's super-fun, with lots of communication and cooperation among team members. We play Sundays at 4PM at Garfield Elementary School ball fields off Madison Ave. NW in Olympia:

 

We have the polo set, and are happy to teach anyone who shows up how to play. Bring a bike, bring water, and bring a friend. You can even sample Hardcourt Polo afterwards (they play a few blocks away) and judge which polo variety you prefer. Either way, your polo cup will runneth over.

BW, if you'd like to be added to our bike polo email list to get reminders of when we are playing, as well as announcements in the event of a cancellation, please send your address to larryleveen (at) comcast.net.

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