GATEBALL: Lithgow Croquet Club president Cass Hawkins playing gateball. Picture: PHOEBE MOLONEY.
Lithgow Croquet Club will be holding its annual gateball competition at the club premises on the corner of James and Young Streets on Saturday, March 9 and Sunday, March 10.
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Two Lithgow teams will be taking part as well as visiting teams from croquet clubs in Sydney.
Members of the public are welcome to come and watch the games, which will commence each day at 9am.
The game is a development from croquet but is a timed game, each one lasting 30 minutes.
On Saturday competitors will play doubles and triples while on Sunday there will be games for full teams of five players.
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About Gateball:
- Gateball is played on a rectangular court 20-25 metres long and 15-20 metres wide.
- Courts are generally grass, but can also be clay, gravel or concrete. Each court has three gates and a goal pole. The game is played by two teams (red and white) of five players.
- Each player has a numbered ball corresponding to their playing order. The odd-numbered balls are red and the even-numbered balls are white.
- Teams score one point for each ball hit through a gate and two points for hitting the goal pole.
- A game of gateball lasts for 30 minutes. The winner is the team that has the most points at the end of the game.
