We have had similar organisations sprout up occasionally over the years, usually in the form of a Players Association, but in the past they have not achieved much.
As far as I can see, the big difference here is that the ABVC has a broader purpose than it’s predecessors in that it is concerned with the entire sport rather than just the players.

It is outlined in the attached document:ABVC.pdf

The ABVC’s primary purpose will be to represent Australian beach volleyball’s constituent interests. This will include but not be limited to players, coaches, event organisers, indoor sports centres, umpires, administrators and private enterprise within beach volleyball.

I will be very interested to see who is behind this group, but on the face of it, it looks like a step in the right direction for Australian beach Volleyball.
Check it out the discussion here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Australian-Beach-Volleyball-Commission/124163024324915

Mens VIC Beach Volleyball Open 2011 results

Womens VIC Beach Volleyball Open 2011 results

You can see some beautifully edited videos (nice job Raf) from of the semis and finals on the NBVA website.

Mens semi final 1 – NSW Open 2011

Womens finals – NSW Open 2011

Here are the mens results:

———– Mens Beach volleyball NSW Open 2011 ————-

Place	Team	Rating	Points
1	Boyd/Prosser [9]	AAAA	50
2	Riginelli/Bourne [5]	AAA	45
3	Schumann/Boland [6]	AAA	42
3	Turner/Soderberg [1]	AAA	42
5	Gulline/Carey [2]	AA	39
5	Crook/Lyne [7]	AA	39
7	Thomas/Zunker [3]	AA	37
7	Blackburn/Feuerrigal [4]	AA	37
9	Gillett/Maclean [8]	AA	35
9	De Oliveira/Taufa [13]	AA	35
9	Bol/Dahlmeier [11]	AA	35
9	Strom/Magnusson [10]	AA	35
13	Jelicic/Jones [17]	AA	31
13	Wilson/Evans [12]	AA	31
13	Laverne/Horsky [14]	AA	31
13	De Luna/Bentley[16]	AA	31
17	Strammer/Vismans [18]	A	27
17	Dumas/Trepanier [21]	A	27
17	Symonajc/Sawyer [20]	A	27
17	Kinch/Pallant [19]	A	27
17	Cauvier/De Faveri [22]	A	27
17	Klepp/Bartelheimer [23]	A	27
17	Morley/Reeves [15]	A	27

———– Womens Beach volleyball NSW Open 2011 ————-

So here it is, starting with the Womens South Australian Open for Beach Volleyball 2011

Mens South Australian Open Beach Volleyball Championships 2011

Place	Team	Rating	Points
1	McHugh/Slack	AAAA	50
2	Kapa/Boehm	AAA	45
3	Snart/Court	AAA	42
3	Fox/Van Winsen	AAA	42
5	Roth/Gulline	AA	39
5	Soderberg/Helman	AA	39
7	Mercer/Grice	AA	37
7	Durant/Borrett	AA	37
9	Crook/Lyne	AA	35
9	Frank/Jeroen	AA	35
9	Schumann/Boland	AA	35
9	Kingston/Linton	AA	35
13	Collings/Smooker	AA	31
13	Fury/Blackburn	AA	31
13	Moore/Moore	AA	31
13	Burns/Kinch	AA	31
17	Winter/Long	A	27
17	Bradley/Bawhey	A	27
17	Rankin/Nielsen	A	27
17	Hampton/Arnold	A	27
17	Warden/Faulkner	A	27
17	Rogers/Heyneman	A	27
17	Halliday/Anstey	A	27
17	Smith/Kurtzer	A	27
25	Smyth/Smyth	A	19
25	Rigo/Howie	A	19
25	Kennedy/McEwen	A	19
25	Adams/Adams	A	19
25	Coffee/Clewes	A	19
25	McKenzie/Moore	A	19
25	Meija/Granfield	A	19
25	Sibbons/Panno	A	19
33	Peacock/Rudd	B	11
33	Bonser/Blewett	B	11
33	Hentschke/Evans	B	11
33	McIntyre/Clough	B	11
33	De Wilde/Trimboli	B	11
33	Sibbons/Powell	B	11
33	Behrend/Roberts	B	11

Manly beach has been all but washed away. The NBVA club president put out the call to members to leave any the posts near the wall “if you happen to find one”… a sad day indeed.

Last time this happened was about 10 years ago, and it took around 4 months for the sand to return, but it will return, so it’s not all bad news. Looking on the bright side, at least this has happened in Winter. A good chance to spend some time doing rotator cuff exercises to get over all our shoulder injuries.