The NSW Gateball State Championships were held in Albury/Wodonga on September 2 - 4.
Cheryl O'Dywer and Barb Kelly, local Yarrawonga Gateball players, participated in a team with players from Howlong Croquet Club and Twin City Croquet Club (Albury).
Their team, River Gateball, won the trophy for the ‘Best New Team’.
What's Gateball? you may well ask.
It's a fast-paced game with five red balls and 5 white balls, three gates, a goal post and ten 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 players. That is the game of Gateball.
It's a game of skill and strategy of a chess player.
Gateball was developed in Japan in 1947 and is now played by more than 20 million people worldwide.
It is a fast-paced and highly strategic mallet sport similar to croquet. It's a relatively new to Australia but is taking off and it can be played on grass, gravel, sand or clay.
More than 80 competitors in 13 teams from Queensland, Victoria, ACT, South Australia and NSW were entered.
Cheryl O'Dywer partnered Kevin Maloney to play Doubles tournament and they were very excited to come 4th in their block.
The final was very exciting with the Kew Croquet Club team from Victoria winning the title of the NSW Gateball State Champions 2022.
Gateball is played on Saturday afternoons at the Yarrawonga Croquet Club.
Contact Cheryl on 0438957695 for more information.
Winner of the Monthly Medal for September Linda Rate.
The weekly competitions winners for the month of August.
Lesley Dean -twice
Kay Hamerhan
Maggie White
Carol O' Keefe
Nathan Reynolds
Laurelle Spring
The club acknowledge the passing of Mrs Shirley Dodd who with her husband Frank were instrumental in the formation of the Croquet Club at YMGCR.
Newcomers to game are welcome Friday and Saturday mornings.
Please contact President Kay on 5744 1356.