Tamara and Ernest brought a new game for the Komisi Pemuda to play after Sunday services. It’s called Gate Ball. The game is actually remodelled by Eiji Suzuki for younger people from the French game called Croquet.

Today’s players were divided into 2 teams, one with the 5 red balls which have odd numbers, and the other with the 5 white balls, which have even numbers. Andreas, Rina, Maryoko, Eric, and myself got the white team. Irlanto, Dewi, Chris, Prissa, and Ernest got the red team. Yero also joined the game after he’s done with his exams at Farabi.

We didn’t consider this game as sports because we don’t sweat a lot playing this. That is if we didn’t play it under the hot sun, of course. The game was fun, and we had two rounds today and played under the official rules. But because the first round is still introductory so people gets the hang of it, the half-hour time limit was removed.

The only problem with the game is the field. The Mardiko field (The one next to my church) is an absolute uneven ground, so the balls could really be unpredictable, and you can also cheat by having the ball stopped from getting out by a bunch of grass. Next week, we have to find a better spot to play the game if we’re going to play it better.

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