Four Australian teams will be lining up for the first Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 event of the season this week in Tepic, Mexico. Olympic silver medallists Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar take their place as fourth seeds in the women’s draw, with two Australian men’s teams attempting to qualify for the men’s event. Chris McHugh…
Mark Nicolaidis and Izac Carracher were familiar faces on the Australian Beach Volleyball Tour leading into 2021/2022 – having podiumed at a number of the national events – however they were relatively unknown on the international circuit. That all changed in the summer of 2022 when the youngsters burst onto the international scene at the Gold Coast Beach Pro Tour…
Queensland pair Bryce Poland and Christopher Blake have won their first Australian Beach Volleyball Tour title, while a pair of Chinese Olympians also claimed victory in Wollongong. More than 100 teams took part in Wollongong as part of the third stop of the Australian Beach Volleyball Tour. In the elite men’s competition, Poland and Blake defeated round two winners Mateusz…
Three local players have relished competing at home and taken victory at the Australian Junior Beach Volleyball Tour in Wollongong today. Adax Brienen hails from Woonona, just 15 minutes up the road from North Wollongong Beach, and along with partner Adam Fejes (NSW) entered the tournament as favourites after winning the last Tour event in Brisbane. The top seeds made…
North Wollongong Beach is set to play host to some of the best players in the country when the Australian Beach Volleyball Tour (ABVT) hits town from Friday. Following successful events in Torquay and Canberra in 2022/23, the Tour heads to NSW with many players making their first appearance in the Illawarra region. “I’m looking forward to heading to Wollongong,”…
The third and final leg of the Australian Junior Beach Volleyball Tour hits Wollongong on Wednesday with some of the best young players in the country vying for glory. Western Australia’s Cassie Dodd will be aiming to make it three straight women’s under 21 tournament victories, having claimed the opening leg in Canberra alongside Lizzie Alchin (WA), before winning in…
It was a tournament where the favourites largely lived up to their rankings when the Australian Junior Beach Volleyball Tour hit Brisbane over the weekend. In the four categories contested, three of the top seeded pairings went all the way and were in dominant form throughout the tournament. The Under 21 women’s event saw the number one-ranked team Cassie Dodd…
World Volleyball Pro Tour Futures – Australian TeamsVolleyball Australia is calling for Expressions of Interest for Australian teams to be considered for entry into the World Volleyball Pro Tour Futures event at Coolangatta, Queensland on 29 March to 2 April 2023. Applications will close at 5pm on Friday 17 February 2023. For eligibility requirements and to submit your expression of interest,…
Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy have won bronze at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 event in Doha, Qatar. The Aussies came up against the Dutch pairing of Katya Stam and Raisa Schoon in Sunday’s semi-final, in what was a repeat of the bronze medal final from last week’s Beach Pro Tour Finals in Doha, which…
Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy have finished in fourth place at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Finals in Doha, Qatar. Saturday’s quarter-final victory over Switzerland set up a mouthwatering semi-final clash against Eduarda ‘Duda’ Lisboa and Ana Patricia Ramos of Brazil. The Australians took it to the reigning World Champions from the outset and claimed an early…
