Gateballers from Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria have arrived in Melbourne for the Victorian Gateball Championship. Seven teams will compete for the teams trophy on 2 May while 14 pairs will compete for the doubles championship on 3 May.

Results can be viewed on croquetscores.com.

Previous winners can be viewed here.

Good luck to all participants.

Saturday teams event

Canberra were the victors winning 5 of their 6 matches all by very close margins. The South East Queensland Cougars finished second with four wins and a positive 16 net points.

Sunday doubles: Congratulations to David and Gareth Hughes from Queensland on winning the doubles competition. They almost recorded a perfect game in the final defeating Glen and Kristina Whitehead from Canberra 23-10.

David and Gareth not only dazzled us with their gateball but also with their virulent fluoro orange shirts. These were souvenirs of a 2014 Qld Gateballers Cruise. They even told us that there is another cruise boat that has a croquet lawn on board.