Guide to Trugo Clubs in Melbourne
Trugo is a unique local sport which is played in the inner suburbs of Melbourne.
What is Trugo?
Trugo is a 'true blue aussie game' played on a grass court by hitting rubber rings with a wooden mallet from one end of the green to goal posts at the other.
It is like a cross between croquet, wood chopping, lawn bowls and AFL football:
When is it played?
The Trugo season runs from August to April.
How long does the game take to play?
Trugo takes about one and a half hours to play.
What is the cost?
The teams pay $15 per year per person for registration; each of the clubs have their own in house method of raising additional moneys.
What age do you have to be?
The game of Trugo is open to people of all ages.
What is the history of Trugo?
The game of Trugo was invented by Thomas Grieves of Yarraville in 1926. Inspired by the skylarking behaviour of fellow workmen at the Newport railway yards hitting train components around the workshop he devised a game he called Tru-Go.
By the late 1930s regular games where being played in the Yarraville gardens between teams from around the local area. In 1940 the Footscray club opened the first dedicated Tru-Go pavilion and green.
In 1941 after being granted land in Beaton reserve Yarraville, Thomas Grieves, his friend Claus Ebeling and other local Yarraville business men officially open the Yarraville Tru-Go club pavilion and green in Beaton reserve Yarraville.
Other suburbs follow and start construction of pavilions and greens for the new sport of Trugo.
Since 1926 Trugo has been played in the following suburbs: Ascot Vale (Moonee Ponds), Brunswick, Coburg, Footscray, Newport, Port Melbourne, Prahran, Preston, Queen's Park (Moonee Ponds), Sandridge, South Melbourne, Williamstown and Yarraville. Today Ascot Vale, Footscray and Port Melbourne still have original structures standing from that period.
With the changing population in these areas and the traditional players of retired persons on the decline, Trugo needs new players to keep the sport alive. Keep this unique local game alive... and play a game today!
This unique local sport of Melbourne is played in the suburbs of Ascot Vale, Brunswick, Footscray, Port Melbourne, Sandridge, South Melbourne and at the home of Trugo, Yarraville. ..
This unique local sport of Melbourne is played in the suburbs of Ascot Vale, Brunswick, Footscray, Port Melbourne, Sandridge, South Melbourne and at the home of Trugo, Yarraville. ..
This unique local sport of Melbourne is played in the suburbs of Ascot Vale, Brunswick, Footscray, Port Melbourne, Sandridge, South Melbourne and at the home of Trugo, Yarraville. ..
This unique local sport of Melbourne is played in the suburbs of Ascot Vale, Brunswick, Footscray, Port Melbourne, Sandridge, South Melbourne and at the home of Trugo, Yarraville. ..
This unique local sport of Melbourne is played in the suburbs of Ascot Vale, Brunswick, Footscray, Port Melbourne, Sandridge, South Melbourne and at the home of Trugo, Yarraville. ..
This unique local sport of Melbourne is played in the suburbs of Ascot Vale, Brunswick, Footscray, Port Melbourne, Sandridge, South Melbourne and at the home of Trugo, Yarraville. ..
This unique local sport of Melbourne is played in the suburbs of Ascot Vale, Brunswick, Footscray, Port Melbourne, Sandridge, South Melbourne and at the home of Trugo, Yarraville. ..
Web Links
→ www.trugo.org.au
