Kensho-kai King, the last year’s Runner-up, became this year’s Champion,

making the 10^thvictory as the Kensho-kai group.

　All Japan Worker Gateball Games is held once in two years for the teams made up from workmates of both men and women above 15 years old.

　This year, it was held on August 24 and 25 at the Kumagaya Dome in Saitama prefecture, concurrently with the All Japan Jr. Gateball Games.

　Kirishima Fire Fightes (Kagoshima Prefecture), the last year’s champion and teams representing prefectures participated in this Games.  Seven teams out of total 27 teams in total were new to this event.

　It started with the round-robin system, followed by the tournament attended by top two teams in each court.

　Five teams moved onto the tournament, including Kensho-kai King, the last year’s runner-up.

　Kirishima Fire Fighters, the last year’s champion, surprisingly lost in the first game.

　In the semi- final, Sanuki city Silver team, whose members were all women, won over Fukuyama Fire Fiters from Hiroshima Prefecture after a hard-fought game.

　In the final game, Kensho-kai King won over the Sanuki city Silver, which made the 10^th victory for the Kensho-kai group.

　“Having studied the recent trend in strategy making, we decided to take the ‘hitting for the victory’ strategy.  As a result, we changed our strategy to earn points at the early stage. Due to this change, we could play in a relaxed atmosphere during the game, which must have contributed to our victory.” Said Mr. Taichi Nakamura, captain of Kensho-kai King.