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Gateball is a mallet sport just like croquet. It is a highly-strategic, non-contact team sport, which can be played by anyone regardless of age, gender, or physical fitness. The sport originated in Japan in 1947 and is now played by millions of people throughout Asia, South America, Australia and now...the UK!

The game is played on a rectangle of grass, clay, dirt, carpet or astroturf about the size of a tennis court.  Each court has three gates and a centre pole. The object of the game is to score points by hitting balls through the gates then hitting the peg.  It can be played by two teams of up to five players, but can be played by as few as two people. Each game only lasts for 30 minutes, which makes it a perfect social sport, even for busy people!   

A very good overview of gateball, Gateball: Croquet's missing link?, was written by James Hawkins in the Croquet Gazette (2002).