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By Yarrawonga Chronicle

Sep 14, 2022

Yarrawonga Gateball players Cheryl O'Dywer and Barb Kelly competed in the NSW Gateball State Championships in Albury/Wodonga recently.

The NSW Gateball State Championships were held in Albury/Wodonga on September 2 - 4.

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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.