Team Profiles - Southport

Australia will be sending its largest contingent ever to the World Gateball Championships with five teams representing Australia in Shanghai. Here is a profile of one of those teams.

Team Name: Southport

Team Members: Southport based players in the photo below (from left to right) are: Beryl Phillips, John Turner, Beryl Turner, Jim Northcott, Liz Kent, Carol Clayton and Barbara Northcott (absent- Herman Bekker). Southport members, Beryl and John Turner will be playing with the Australian Koalas in Shanghai.

Previous Experience/Results:

Participation in the 2009 Australian Gateball Championships in Rockhampton and all of the regional Gateball competitions over the last three years.

In Shanghai the team is looking forward to:

• Meeting many players from so many different countries and studying the tactical expertise of the top teams.

Biggest Challenge in Shanghai will be:

• Coping with participating in such a high-level competition in unfamiliar surroundings and trying not to be overawed by this experience.

Training Schedule: Tuesday evenings: 3:30-9pm (BBQ included). Saturday: 1-4pm and ad hoc personal training (as kindly arranged by Keith McLeod). Jim and Barbara will be in Tokyo for two weeks prior to Shanghai.

Thanks to Barbara Northcott for sending through the details and photo for this post.