Beach Training

Who will win in Beijing?
Starting with the womens. There’s been one big upset already with the Austrian girls Schwaiger-Schwaiger AUT [18] beating Greece, but I reckon that will be all they do. I would be putting money on Tian Jia-Wang CHN [1], Walsh-May-Treanor USA [2], Barnett-Cook AUS [10] or Ana Paula-Larissa BRA [3]. I’ve thrown [...]

First up, Semi final number 1. – Lochhead-Pitman NZL [19] Vs Barsouk-Kolodinsky RUS [4].
Unfortunately for our guys, despite pulling out the Haka after warm up, this was a fairly one sided match. The Russians have been on a roll all tournament and just bombed jump serves and side out like they were playing indoor. [...]

What a day of beach Volleyball!
We had hoped to see at least one of our mates get through to the final day. Well we had two chances. Williams-Metzger USA and Lochhead-Pitman NZL.
Now Willie and Stein won an AVP event this year, Willie finished 4th at the last Olympics and Stein’s career record is pretty [...]