Beginners Knowledge of TRUGO

A BEGINNERS KNOWLEDGE OF TRUGO;

Trugo, is a sport said to have been invented in the Newport Railway Workshops in the Western suburbs of Melbourne, by railway workers in the 1920s. The first club was in the suburb of Yarraville. 

The requirements for the sport were based on what the railway workers could find: the length of the pitch was the length of a carriage, the goalpost width was the distance between seats, the mallet was a sledge hammer, and the black rings were an internal component of buffers.

HOW TO PLAY: 

Played outdoors on a green lawn similar to that used for lawn bowls (90 feet for men, 70 feet for women), the objective of the game is to score goals or points by striking a rubber ring (wheel) with a mallet though a pair of goal posts. The player stands on a rubber mat and is facing away from the goals, feet either side of the wheel. The short handled mallet is swung between the player's legs to strike the wheel. The player's opponent ensures that the wheel is safely contained by collecting it in a canvas bag attached to a long pole once the wheel has passed the goal line. The players swap roles after four wheels have been struck by the first player. Each player has 24 shots, 12 from each end. The player or team with the most goals at the end of the playing period is declared the winner. 

PLAYED BY BOTH, MEN AND WOMEN- COME CHECK IT OUT AT 

THE THOMASTOWN TRUGO CLUB!!