Lee’s trip to Singapore

lee in singaporeLee Robertson, a member of Jamberoo Croquet Club, was keen to play gateball on a recent visit to Singapore. Lee was inspired by a story from Chris Thompson of Hurstville Croquet Club who played in Singapore in 2016. See Chris’s story here.

Lee’s trip was a great success. She contacted the Bedok group in Singapore and played with them on Friday and Saturday, 14th and 15th July. The artificial lawn at the Bedok Community Centre gateball court took a bit of getting used to but she was able to adjust to it soon enough to enjoy the games.

Lee stayed on to watch the one-day Bedok Gateball Competition on Sunday which included teams from Japan and China, as well several Singaporean teams. In the photo from the competition, the China team is in red, the Japan team in white and the rest are from different groups of gateballers around Singapore. The competition winner was the Tampines group from Singapore.

Lee’s contacts in Singapore, James & Sebastian, asked her to try to organise an Aussie team to play in their one-day tournament next year in July or August. They will need to know by March 2018 if anyone is interested in taking part.

If any Australian gateballers are visiting Singapore and are interested in playing, email info@gateball.com.au and you will be put in touch with Chris and Lee who have developed contacts in the island state.

1 thought on “Lee’s trip to Singapore

  1. That sounds as if you had a great time. One question, could you tell me the length of the artificial lawn, that you played on. We tried this in New Zealand, and found the very short grass was very hard to spark on, the ball slipping away from the foot.
    Our soccer fields have the longer artificial grass which could be a better surface for gateball.
    Thanks and hope to hear from you soon.
    Sherrill

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