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Nominations close for the 2011 Australian Gateball Championships this Friday (August 19). A limited number of places remain for the event. The event will be held from 16-18 September 16-18 at Newcastle National Park Croquet Club. Spectators are welcome throughout the event with the finals to be held on Sunday, September 18. Entries to date indicate that of the 170+ competitors around 50 will be from China, Japan, Nepal and India with the remaining 120 from the eastern Australian states. Although still small by world gateball standards this is thought to be the largest gateball tournament ever held in Australia. Event website--
http://www.gateball.com.au/ngc2011/index.html
Here's a brief article previewing the Australian Gateball Championships--
http://progress-leader.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/gateway-to-sporting-fun/
The ACA has announced that Nerida Taylor has been selected to fill the position of Executive Director to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Gail Farr. Taylor is appointed as Acting Executive Director, effective August 15, and the appointment will become permanent on September 12--
http://www.croquet-australia.com.au/Announce/2011/NewED.html
Ted Prentis was recently featured in a Providence Journal web article. It has some good comments, but I'm pretty sure Prentis was misquoted on this point though:
"It doesn’t require the physical skill of tennis or golf, so women and men can play together."
I'm sure it was intended to be "physical strength" as the statement would be false otherwise. Linkage--
http://www.projo.com/lifebeat/content/GO_Croquet_08-11-11_2NPL8F3_v12.486fe.html
A U.K. club has found a home by sharing with a true athletics venue. Photo two is very blurry, but it seems to show grass cut to a level that would be conducive to croquet. Seems like it is a real challenge here in the U.S. to get soccer clubs to share fields. Article link--
http://www.yeovilexpress.co.uk/news/9190170.Anyone_for_croquet_/
A photo gallery on the Sticky Wicket croquet event held in Warrensburg, New York--
http://poststar.com/gallery/sticky-wicket-croquet-games/collection_cd2ff38a-c6d6-11e0-a9ff-001cc4c03286.html
The Newport Patch posted a nice photo gallery on a croquet exhibition in Newport. Question: Where is Newport?
http://newport.patch.com/articles/photos-croquet-at-rough-point-is-a-hit#photo-7344039