Title: 2013 New South Wales Gateball Championship Date: Novemver 22nd - 24th, 2013 Venue: Canberra Croquet Club, ACT, Australia
New South Wales Gateball Championship was held in Camberra for 3 days. 1st day was for pairs (22 pairs), and the last 2 days were for the team matches (11 teams attended).
Each players had at least 15 games to play and 6 games to referee duruing the 3 days which was a great opportunity to enjoy gateball and also to get along with other players.
Camberra Croquet Club had such beautiful lawn which also amazed the Japanese players.
<The Results> The pair event : 1st place - Masashi Tanifuji & Masamichi Endo (Japan) 2nd place - Alec & Maxine Maclachlan (Kew, Victoria, Australia) The team event: 1st place - Team Iwate B (Japan) 2nd place - Team Iwate A (Japan) Best New Team - Jamberoo (Australia)
12 players from Japan has participated in this championship. Since none of them have experience flying here, this became their gateball debut game in Australia. They enjoyed not only playing gateball but also having morning tea and afternoon tea with the other players.
The Report of 2013 New South Wales Gateball Championship posted by Gateball Australia is the following: http://gateball.com.au/?p=1105 (linked to Gateball Australia Website)
Group Photo! 16 pairs from Australia and 6 pairs from Japan participated for the doubles, and 9 teams from Australia and 2 teams from Japan participated for the group matches.
The top two pairs! The pair on the left from Kew Victoria and the pair on the right from Iwate Japan.
