Comments on: Australian Beach volleyball tour 2009… still a no go. http://beachtraining.com/beach-volleyball-tour-2009-still-a-no-go/ Beach Volleyball skills, drills and thrills Sat, 09 Jul 2011 06:42:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dt http://beachtraining.com/beach-volleyball-tour-2009-still-a-no-go/comment-page-1/#comment-11611 dt Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:44:18 +0000 http://beachtraining.com/?p=224#comment-11611 yaaaaay! From the AVF Website: www.avf.org.au It has been a long time coming, but The Australian Volleyball Federation (AVF) today announced that the National Beach Championships will take place at the Sandstorm Beach Club on Kessels Rd, Nathan QLD. As most of the volleyball community would be aware, the AVP and subsequently Crocs pulled out of promoting and sponsoring the National Beach Volleyball Tour for 2009. The final advice was only received in December and since then the AVF has been trying to pull together the necessary sponsorship to make a Tour possible. Whilst there has been definite interest from companies seeking to invest, the financial crisis has made it impossible for these companies to come up with the cash required for 2009. Natalie Cook, Olympic Gold Medallist knows all too well the importance of the Tour to both the athletes and the AVF and has kindly offered her venue to deliver a National Beach Championships. AVF CEO Joan Perry today said that “Natalie has been our saviour. She is truly committed to the advancement of beach volleyball in this country and by offering the Sandstorm venue has literally saved the AVF thousands of dollars.” “Delivering a National Beach Tour is an expensive exercise, each Tour event costs nearly $100,000 before television and prize money is figured into the equation. Without the support of sponsorship this was simply not possible. We still wanted to provide an opportunity for the best beach volleyball players in Australia to compete for the honour and prestige of being crown the National Champion and Natalie has made this possible” said Perry. The event will be open to all beach volleyball players around Australia and details for entry will be published by the end of this week. W. Joan Perry CEO , Volleyball Australia yaaaaay!

From the AVF Website:
http://www.avf.org.au

It has been a long time coming, but The Australian Volleyball Federation (AVF) today announced that the National Beach Championships will take place at the Sandstorm Beach Club on Kessels Rd, Nathan QLD.

As most of the volleyball community would be aware, the AVP and subsequently Crocs pulled out of promoting and sponsoring the National Beach Volleyball Tour for 2009. The final advice was only received in December and since then the AVF has been trying to pull together the necessary sponsorship to make a Tour possible. Whilst there has been definite interest from companies seeking to invest, the financial crisis has made it impossible for these companies to come up with the cash required for 2009.

Natalie Cook, Olympic Gold Medallist knows all too well the importance of the Tour to both the athletes and the AVF and has kindly offered her venue to deliver a National Beach Championships. AVF CEO Joan Perry today said that “Natalie has been our saviour. She is truly committed to the advancement of beach volleyball in this country and by offering the Sandstorm venue has literally saved the AVF thousands of dollars.”

“Delivering a National Beach Tour is an expensive exercise, each Tour event costs nearly $100,000 before television and prize money is figured into the equation. Without the support of sponsorship this was simply not possible. We still wanted to provide an opportunity for the best beach volleyball players in Australia to compete for the honour and prestige of being crown the National Champion and Natalie has made this possible” said Perry.

The event will be open to all beach volleyball players around Australia and details for entry will be published by the end of this week.

W. Joan Perry
CEO , Volleyball Australia

]]> By: Beach Volleyball Guru http://beachtraining.com/beach-volleyball-tour-2009-still-a-no-go/comment-page-1/#comment-11558 Beach Volleyball Guru Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:54:58 +0000 http://beachtraining.com/?p=224#comment-11558 apart from me setting up a net at mollymook beach and inviting down a few friends for a game, i think the option needs to be put to the states to claim the rights for the event. set the date in March or April, run it in the north of the country, so we get some sun (?), and the hosts get the benefit of probably winning it - if nobody can make the trip. Any prizemoney can be donated to the Bushfire / Qld floods appeals. I'm with you Tristo, it just has to happen. apart from me setting up a net at mollymook beach and inviting down a few friends for a game, i think the option needs to be put to the states to claim the rights for the event.

set the date in March or April, run it in the north of the country, so we get some sun (?), and the hosts get the benefit of probably winning it – if nobody can make the trip. Any prizemoney can be donated to the Bushfire / Qld floods appeals.

I’m with you Tristo, it just has to happen.

]]> By: Tristo http://beachtraining.com/beach-volleyball-tour-2009-still-a-no-go/comment-page-1/#comment-11555 Tristo Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:21:12 +0000 http://beachtraining.com/?p=224#comment-11555 I agree Guru. Luckily we have a lot of participation at the State level. I think we just need to get one event together before the end of the summer so that someone gets crowned National champion. It's going to look a bit lame in 10 years, when we go through the record books and say "Hmmm... who was national Champion 2008/09?... oh yeah, that's right, the AVF didn't have a spare weekend to put a tourney on..." I agree Guru. Luckily we have a lot of participation at the State level. I think we just need to get one event together before the end of the summer so that someone gets crowned National champion. It’s going to look a bit lame in 10 years, when we go through the record books and say “Hmmm… who was national Champion 2008/09?… oh yeah, that’s right, the AVF didn’t have a spare weekend to put a tourney on…”

]]> By: Beach Volleyball Guru http://beachtraining.com/beach-volleyball-tour-2009-still-a-no-go/comment-page-1/#comment-11553 Beach Volleyball Guru Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:57:56 +0000 http://beachtraining.com/?p=224#comment-11553 good post. the sport shouldn't fall over just because the national federation is unable to host a national tour. the players shouldn't stop playing just because there is no money. what ever happened to 'for the love of it?' good post. the sport shouldn’t fall over just because the national federation is unable to host a national tour.

the players shouldn’t stop playing just because there is no money.

what ever happened to ‘for the love of it?’

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