Golf Club Nanaimo

" Calendar: The Next Five Days

TUESDAY, AUG. 30

6: 30 p.m. The Harbourfront branch of the Vancouver Island Regional Library, 90 Commercial St. presents an introduction to eBooks. This is a free event and everyone is welcome. To register, call 250-753-1154 ext. 238 or e-mail ref@virl.bc.ca

6: 30 p.m. - 10 p.m. Head to the Dinghy Dock pub to hear some acoustic acts as the pub presents new talent every week. Ticket costs include ferry ride and food discount. This week enjoy the music of Vince Vaccaro, Edward Lee and Trevor Davies. Visit dinghydockpub. com for details. Tickets are on sale now from the artists, the Dinghy Dock Pub or online at www.clubzone. To find the ferry schedule to the Dinghy Dock, visit dinghydockpub.com for details. A round-trip ferry ride for the performance will take 20% off of a food order.

7 p.m. - 9: 30 p.m. The Nanaimo Mens' Resource Centre holds its 'Dealin with the Dragon' anger management course, 418D Fitzwilliam St. It's an eight-week course on Tuesdays with flexible starting times.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31

11: 30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Golfers will tee off for a good cause as the central Island MS golf tournament kicks off in Nanaimo. The Nanaimo Golf Club has teamed up with the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada to raise awareness and donations. The all-season golf course has tees for players to suit their skills. The day includes prizes, food and entertainment.

For information, call 250-754-6321.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 1

9 p.m. Captain Howdy performs at the Queen's Hotel, 34 Victoria Cr.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 2

9 a.m. to noon Supporting Employment Transitions, 101-155 Skinner St. is holding a "Power Interviews workshop" because interviews can make or break your job search. To register, call SET at 2507140085 or get more information by e-mailing info@slbconsulting.com

10 a.m The fall feature exhibit in the Nanaimo Museum; Women's Fashions of La Belle ?poque, 18901914, with guest curator Ivan Sayers, opens, 100 Museum Way. For more information call, 250-753-1821 or visit www.nanaimomuseum.

Nanaimo Events | Coaltown Throwdown Bike Polo Tournament

There is some debate as to when urban bike polo was born , but most agree that the sport took off in Seattle around 1999 or 2000. Jay Grisham, a Seattle courier at the time, brought the sport off the grass and onto the pavement, and a tight-knit group of Seattle bike couriers began playing regularly. According to the official bike polo website, there are currently close to 300 known polo playing cities internationally, and within each city are often dozens of players. Nearly every major urban center in North America can boast of having a bike polo community, and now Nanaimo can say the same. This game started being played on a regular basis in Nanaimo in September of 2009 and since then its been attracting new members regularly. The people who play bike polo vary widely; unbounded by age, gender, occupation, income, interests, competitiveness, and ability. We are a very inclusive, open-minded and fun-loving community group that encourages anyone to come watch and play our game. The rules of bike polo are designed to be simple and unrestrictive. The goal posts are cones, spaced a bike’s length apart. The mallets are fashioned from golf club shafts or ski poles and plumbing/gas pipe. The bikes are usually old mountain bikes that have been chopped and modified to suit their owner’s playing style. Goals can only be scored by hitting the ball with the end of the mallet, as if you are using a hammer. Passes can be made either with the end of the mallet or the flat side. Contact is allowed, but only as far as body to body, bike to bike and mallet to mallet. Rules regarding the level of intensity permitted vary, but the most important is ‘don’t be a jerk.’ You can’t put your foot down when you’re playing, but you can balance on your mallet. Two teams of 3 players each duke it out until one team has scored 5 goals. From city to city the rules can vary, as the sport is small and decentralized.

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