Beach Training

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 [...]

Kirk and Jason where the highlight of day 2. Thanks to Josh and Shachty beating Canada, and Germany also beating Canada, there was still a chance for our Kiwi friends to sneak through as third in the pool (by beating Canada – Cadieux-Lelliott CAN). Unfortunately we missed the game, but they won 2-0 (22-20, 27-25). [...]

We are lucky enough to be in Klagenfurt for the World Tour grand slam this year. It’s a perfect venue. Because the Olympics are so close, a few of the higher ranked teams have elected not to play, which has left some gaps where some of our lower ranked mates have slipped straight into the [...]