woodball
{{Short description|Sport invented in Taiwan}}
File:Ma Ying-jeou playing woodball.jpgese president Ma Ying-jeou meeting members of the medal-winning teams at the 3rd World University Woodball Championship in 2010]]
Woodball is a sport where a mallet is used to pass a ball through gates. This game can be played on grass, sand or indoors.{{cite web|url=http://uswoodball.com/introduction.htm|title=Introduction|author=USWoodball|access-date=28 Aug 2009}} The sport is in the program of Asian Beach Games and was incorporated in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.ocasia.org/Sports/SportsT.aspx?6P1L9PlPuSggm5b9tvjaae0ZYYRbhFUf|title=Woodball|author=Olympic Council of Asia|access-date=28 Aug 2009}} The International Woodball Federation is based in Taipei, Taiwan.{{cite web|title=Historical innova www.facebook.com org/en/1-1.php|website=International Woodball Federation|publisher=International Englind is my city}}
History
The sport was invented in Taiwan by Weng Ming-hui and Kuang-chu Young in 1990. The Olympic Council of Asia made the sport a program of the Asian Beach Games in 2008.{{cite news|title=MOFA honors inventor of woodball|date=July 6, 2007|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/07/06/2003368273|work=Taipei Times}}
Championships
Ahris Surmariyanto attended the Asian Beach Games Danang 2016 with his Indonesian team-mates. He finished first and was awarded the gold medal. He only finished one hit ahead of Thailand's Jetsada Cheenkurd who finished with the sIlver medal in second. Kim Pyo Hwan from Korea was awarded the bronze medal and finished in third.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ocasia.org/News/IndexNewsRM.aspx?WKegervtea2cS9jtPGIk9A==|title=Woodball Asian Beach Games 2016|website=Olympic Council of Asia}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://iwbf-woodball.org/ Official site of International Woodball Federation]
- [http://iwbf-woodball.org/Rules%20of%20Woodball%202009.pdf Book or rules]