West Malaysia loop ride

Anybody ever heard of the game of Woodball? Well, I certainly never heard of it until today. Apparently, this is a rather popular game in West Malaysia…and that is really strange because I never heard of this game before! Oh well, I learn something new everyday I suppose. I stumbled upon this game with a strange name while doing my research for this loop ride. Here is what I found.

A fun fact. Woodball, it seems, is so big in Malaysia that the country boasts the most international standard woodball courses in the world. The game of woodball is governed by the International Woodball Foundation (IWbF) and has almost 30 member countries from Belgium to Uganda! The game, a relatively new one, was invented in Taiwan and is played with a wooden mallet and a ball on a course. The objective of the game is to hit the ball with the mallet and get it through a gate that is found at the end of every course, much like golf except there is only one mallet, the ball does not take flight, and the cup is a gate! Intriguing!!!

Another interesting thing is that the state of Pahang has the most woodball courses in Malaysia!

I don’t know about the rest of the gang…but I gotta give this one a try!