The Toronto Macs recently appeared in the Newcastle Weekly after winning the Queensland State Championships. You can read the full article here:
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CANBERRA WEEKLY – February 18 2022
In the lead up to the 2022 Canberra Gateball Triples Championships the Canberra Weekly ran the following story introducing gateball.
“What’s gateball?”, you may well ask. Five red balls and five white balls, three gates and six players with ‘sticks’ moving around a 20 x 15 metre lawn with the red ball players trying to score more gates than the white ball team. That is the game of gateball…..
To read the full story click here
Gateball on ABC Radio National
ABC Radio National’s ‘ Sporty’ program
Saturday 7th December at 10.30 AEDT
and
Monday 9th December at 05.30 AEDT
Amanda Smith, presenter of ABC radio program ‘Sporty’, recently interviewed various players at the Australian Gateball Championships with the aim of publicising our sport and encouraging new players.
Check out ‘Sporty’ on Radio National on your local frequency. If you can’t listen at these times, you should be able to find it on the ‘Sporty’ page of the ABC website from Saturday
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/sporty
or on the ABC Listen App.
Interviewees included:
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- Glen Whitehead Canberra Croquet Club – a qualified ref, one of the first players in Canberra
- John Park – National Coordinator of Gateball Australia and captain of the Lithgow team
- Ethan, Julia and John – three generations playing for Southport Croquet Club
- Korean player- Son Suk Ya and her son Jay, and
- Trish Fazackerly – Woodville SA Friends International team
Judy Tier
Canberra Croquet Club
June Long Weekend Gateball Promotion in Adelaide
Adelaide Trip 9th – 11th June
From the 9th to the 11th of June, I visited Adelaide in South Australia in an attempt to teach, promote, and generate interest in the game of gateball. Across the three days when I was in South Australia, 3 different croquet clubs were visited, Woodville, Hyde Park and North Adelaide. Over the three days, approximately 30 – 40 people gave gateball a try, many of whom were croquet players, including Australia’s current No. 1 golf croquet player, Greg Fletcher. The players’ ages ranged from as low as 9, to people in their 70s.
Immediately, those who tried gateball noticed there were many different skills involved when comparing it to croquet; the main one being sparking. Although at first most people found the game a challenge, by the end of the sessions all seemed to have gained a much more thorough understanding of the game. For those who had previously played and had an understanding of the game, there were also strategic elements and teachings which were incorporated into the introductory sessions.
Overall, the entire weekend went smoothly and was very enjoyable for myself, as well as those who were new to the game, with many expressing interest in playing again. I would like to thank Geoff, Trish, Peter, and Chris, who were my hosts and welcomed me with open arms, and also John Park for allowing me to travel to South Australia on behalf of Gateball Australia in an attempt to develop and increase the interest of gateball in their great state.
For those interested in playing gateball in South Australia, please contact Geoff and Trish at trishfaz@hotmail.com
David Hughes
2016 Asian Gateball Championship
UPDATE 24 OCTOBER
Here are some photos from John Park. The team lineup for the final, a shootout in the knockout rounds and Nam, Australia’s very popular translator.
UPDATE 23 OCTOBER PM
Correction: Kangaroos d Kan Onji Japan 17 – 11.
With two wins and one loss the Kangaroos only miss out on the knockout round on for and against. A fantastic showing against strong teams from Korea, China and Japan. Well done team.
In the knockout rounds China continued their dominance of international gateball with Shandong defeating Chun Jiangxi 9-8 in the final. Chinese teams filled six of the top eight positions overall. The knockout results are below:
UPDATE 22 OCTOBER
Good results by the Kangaroos in their first two matches:
Kangaroos d. Fuyang China 10 – 7
Daejeon Korea d. Kangaroos 15 – 11
One game to come against the currently undefeated Kan-Onji (Japan). The Kangaroos need a big win (by 10) to progress to the knockout phase.
Full results are available at: http://gateball.or.jp/
Some pictures from the practice day and opening ceremony are below courtesy of the Japanese Gateball Union.
UPDATE 21 OCTOBER
Good luck to Jim and Barbara Northcott (QLD), Gilon Smith, Bryan Johnson (ACT) and John Park (NSW) who will be representing Australia at the Asian Gateball Championship in Namwon, South Korea from 21-23 October.
The Kangaroos have drawn a tough block in the 96 team competition with international powerhouses Daejeon (South Korea), Kan-Onji (Japan) and Fuyang (China) in Block 6A.
The opening ceremony on Friday and knockout rounds on Sunday will be broadcast online on YouTube (recommended) or Ustream (not recommended) as per the times and links below. The YouTube channels include a useful countdown to start time. Note times are Japanese local times.
●Friday,October 21th
Opening Ceremony 17:30～18:50
YouTube：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDXpagcmirc Ustream：http://tinyurl.com/nraeq2s
●Sunday,October 23th
1nd Round on Championship Tournament 12:30-13:00
2nd Round on Championship Tournament 13:15-13:45
3rd Round on Championship Tournament 14:00-14:30
Semi-Final 14:45-15:15
Final 15:30-16:00
YouTube：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhkMtvKeecY
Ustream：http://tinyurl.com/nraeq2s
Results are expected to be published progressively published at: http://gateball.or.jp/
