Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Wrap

This post will conclude my contributions to the blog. Thanks to all the readers.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Closing Ceremony - Updated 12 October

The closing ceremony was an incredible spectacle held at the local high school in front of a massive crowd including of tournament volunteers, officials and participants.

PM's Letter of Support

Monday, October 4, 2010

Knock-out phase – Sunday - Updated 12 October


Total dominance by Chinese teams, the strongest Japanese teams (including the defending champions Osaka Midori) were mostly bundled out early in the knock-out phase.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Round Robin Phase – Saturday and Sunday - Updated 12 October

The first thing I noticed when I arrived on Saturday morning was how many people were about. Spectator numbers was considerable with some of the round robin (of which 12 are played simultaneously) containing hundreds of spectators huddled around the court, creating a great atmosphere.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Practice and Opening Ceremony - Thursday and Friday - Updated 12 October

Thursday - First practice day, we were allowed 2 hours at the courts. The courts are fantastic, long grass but very flat and true.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Hong Kong

Seven members of the Canberra Gateball team have met up in Hong Kong to explore the city and play some warm-up matches against other World Championship sides.

Friday, September 10, 2010

Tournament Program

You may have noticed that I have been updating other posts as more information becomes available (ie weather, venue pictures, mascot). I note the date of the most recent update in the post title to help readers identify the posts worth viewing.

This post contains some bits and pieces from the tournament program.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Press Coverage

Here's a summary of the news articles covering the lead-up to the World Champs.
Let the puns begin.

Monday, September 6, 2010

Draw - Released

The block draws for the World Gateball Championships has been released. The blocks involving Australian teams are as follows:

Saturday, September 4, 2010

World Gateball Union Letter

This letter from the World Gateball Union updates the schedule and number of partipating teams from each country.


Shanghai Weather - Updated 8 September

The weather around Shanghai was wild ast week with typhoons threatening off the coast. There have been some reports of flooding although the worst appears to have past, for now.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

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

Monday, August 30, 2010

Shanghai - Venue Pictures - Updated 9 September

A couple of pictures of the venue in Shanghai are below.

World Championship Mascots - Updated 9 September

At a recent press conference for the World Gateball Championshsip the mascots for the event were revealed.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Latest out of Shanghai


The best source of news on the World Gateball Championships is expected to be the Chinese Gateball Association website. Unfortunately for us this website is in Chinese, however online translators can provide some translation.

Team Profiles - Canberra


Team Name: Canberra

Countries at the World Gateball Championships


The 10th World Gateball Championships will see ninety-six teams from fourteen nations competing for the title of World Champion, this is an increase on the ten nations represented at the 2006 edition in Jeju, Korea. Table 1 lists the number of teams competing from each country, Indonesia and the Philippines will be competing for the first time.