A new sport has taken off in the capital, seeing competitors battle it out in a game of bike polo.

Instead of the traditional horses on grass, players mount their bicycles to whiz around a basketball court or car park.

The game started out in America 12 yeas ago where it was played by bike couriers in their spare time.

Now bike polo has reached Edinburgh and around 15 people gather twice a week to play the sport.

Most of the bikes are second hand and stripped down to the bear essentials. They have gears but are modified to be strong. The mallets are made or ski poles, drain pipes or anything else competitors can get their hands on.

The rules are minimal and, with contact allowed, it is quite a physical game. Each team has three players and the winner is the first person to reach five points, or whoever is winning after ten minutes.

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