We are well into the massive summer of beach volleyball, with athletes taking to sand right across Australia. We encourage all participants to keep an eye on event entries open near them, and to nominate before entries close. See what events are coming up in your local state below. National Events Australian Junior Beach Volleyball Tour Wollongong8 – 9 March Event Information:…
Volleyball Australia is proud to announce the formation of the Disability Working Group. The group will provide transparent direction and technical advice to VA with respect to all matters relating to the provision of participation opportunities for the disability community. The working group will: “Volleyball Australia recognises that volleyball is a sport for all abilities, and is committed to supporting…
Volleyball Australia is pleased to announce that the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Futures event will be a feature of Volleyslam 2023 at Coolangatta for the second straight year. The event will take place from 29 March to 2 April and form part of the ten-day, four-event Volleyslam 2023 extravaganza. The Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour is the international Beach…
Top spot on the elite men’s podium had a European flavour to it at the Australian Beach Volleyball Tour in Canberra with a new combination taking the long path towards a memorable title. Italian Daniele Acconci and Polish-born Mateusz Zieba entered qualifying with an international wildcard into the event. While Zieba is a familiar face around the ABVT, Acconci is…
Georgia Johnson and Jasmine Fleming entered the Australian Beach Volleyball Tour event in Canberra as top seeds, but without a tour title to their names. That has all changed now with the Queensland combination coming back from a set down in the quarter-final, semi-final and final to claim the gold medal. After comfortable Saturday victories to top their pool, Johnson…
The end of 2022 marked a significant milestone for Australia’s Men’s Beach ParaVolleyball team, as they traveled to Florida in December to compete at the 2022 USA Beach ParaVolley Regional Development Event (RDE). The three-man team was led by Western Australia’s Brad Barclay, who not only captained the team for his second international tournament, but also coached the squad at Hickory Point Beach…
One of the biggest school events in the Southern Hemisphere, the 2022 Australian Volleyball Schools Cup has welcomed almost 4,000 students to the Gold Coast to compete across almost 40 different divisions. Competing in the Year 7, division 2 category is Marryatville Primary School from South Australia, who brought up to Queensland one team made up of year five and…
Volleyball Australia and the State and Territory Members have agreed to co-invest a total of $3.2m over four years to grow participation nationally as part of the Volleyball Participation Investment Model agreed to at the recent Annual National Stakeholders Meeting. Part of the investment will be directed towards building and refining SpikeZone, Volleyball Australia’s entry-level volleyball program for kids aged between…
Volleyball Australia in partnership with the Australian Institute of Sport and Volleyball ACT are set to host the first Australian Beach ParaVolley National Series in Canberra this September. The five day event will showcase the ever growing Australian Beach ParaVolley program, with the hope of attracting more athletes to join the program. It will be the first major Beach ParaVolley…
As we celebrate National Volunteer Week (16-22 May) this week, Volleyball Australia (VA) joins the rest of the volleyball community in recognising and saying a big ‘thank you’ to its amazing volunteers, who tirelessly support grassroots sport, club activities and volleyball events across the country. This year’s National Volunteer’s week theme is ‘better together’, as Australia’s largest annual celebration of…
