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If you go to this place called “Island” (Is this spot also called “Plaza Azul?”) along Pres. Quirino Highway, you will see people of all ages playing an old game known as “croquet”. However, the players call it “Gateball“. In fact, there’s already an existing GateBall League in Manila as shown on a vest of a player in one of the pictures in the gallery.
More (story and pictures) if you read the rest…
The rules are similar to croquet, where you use a mallet to hit a ball making sure it goes through a miniature “gate” installed on the ground. The balls have numbers on them but I’m not sure how they score or win in this game.
Are you a Pandacan resident interested in this game? Fortunately, we have our own chapter, and if you wish to join, simply go to the island (or “trophy”) every morning to meet the players!
Landmarks and streets near the place:
Iglesia ni Cristo, Tracy Tiff, Pandacan United Methodist Church, Carlos Street, West Zamora Street.
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meron rin na naglalaro ng volleyball diyan tuwing hapon.
may mga palaruan rin diyan na pang bata gaya ng slide, see-saw at swing.
Greetings.
May I ask if san po sa Manila pwedeng makabili ng gateball equipment: like mallets at tsaka balls po
hi marissa, di po ako naglalaro ng gateball, pero maraming bilihan ng kung anu anong sports equipment sa may quiapo-sta cruz area, sa raon(quiapo)-hanggang rizal avenue(sta cruz)
thanks.. i’ve not been there to quiapo.. bago lang ako dito sa cavite.. I’ll try to go there one of these days.. we will use the equipment for our retirement facility kac
good luck. busy ang area ng quiapo, kung magsisimba ka rin, go there, friday. otherwise iwas ka sa araw na un. again, busy ang quiapo, listo ka sa gamit, hehe.
hehehe… patay…thanks sa paalala…^_^
[...] Trophy sa Gitna ng Highway – The commemorative landmark for Dra. Maria Paz Mendoza Guanzon on the “island” of Pres. Quirino Avenue is also the site of several Pandacan activities, such as Gateball. [...]