WA’s gateball fraternity might be small and relatively recently underway, but when 2 visitors from Hong Kong expressed a hope to catch some play while here on holiday , a call to accommodate brought a fine response.
Cambridge Croquet club hosted the morning and, in perfect sunshine, we gave Nicole and her sister Julie a taste of play that might come close to conditions they will experience in Melbourne next month.
Not sure about the quality of competition they sampled!
These two delightful ladies were very appreciative and we now constitute a fan club that will follow their fortunes in the Nationals.
Pictured…Murray, Judy, Kerry ,Robyn, Sandy ,Nicole and Julie.
With Brian obligingly behind the camera.
Takayoshi UemuraThanks Gateballwest for the story. Nicole and Julie are joining Woodville International Friends for the forthcoming Australian Gateball Championships at Cairnlea. other members of the team are Woodville’s Chris Crook and Trish Fazackerley, Graeme Thomas of Hyde Park, Takayoshi Uemura and Tadashi Takahashi of Japan
The list of teams participating in the event is
QLD
Capricorns
Pine Rivers
Multimacs
Southport Red
Southport White
Redcliffe Roses
CNSW
Lithgow Lightning
Sydney Epstars
Canberra
Hunter Allsorts
SA
Woodville (Aus)
VIC
Kew
Essendon
INTERNATIONAL
Join, Korea
Woodville (International)
Kings, India
China 1 (The CGA still have to provide the names of their teams)
China 2
Great