Rounders is a sport which originated in Great Britain and Ireland. The game is regulated by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Ireland and the National Rounders Association (NRA) in England.

Game-play centres around innings where teams alternate at turns being batters and fielders. A maximum of nine players are allowed to play in fielding positions at one time.

Points (”rounders”) are scored by the batting team by completing a circuit around the field through four bases/posts without being put ‘out’ - for example, by a ball they batted being ‘caught-out’ or touching a tagged base/post.

The sport is very old and it has been documented as early as the seventeenth century.

Although it is generally considered a school game, rounders is played at international level. Currently, teams from Canada, England, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Scotland and Wales compete against each other.

In 2008, the Rounders World Cup will be held in Sheffield, England. The final will be played on Sunday 29 June 2008 at the Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield. The matches will be played to NRA Rules. Further details from the NRA.

The ball is hard with a cork centre and covered in white leather and is comparable in size to a tennis ball.

A rounder is scored if a member of the batting team complete a circuit of the bases without being put ‘out.’