A trio of talented sportswomen will step onto uncharted sand this week at the Australian Beach Volleyball Tour event in Canberra, simply by taking part. Carly Salmon, Jess Bayiartakis and Evie Ruffle are members of the Australian Women’s Beach ParaVolley Team, however they will line up in the able-bodied draw of this week’s women’s challenger event. It is the first…
The USA team of Sara Hughes and Kelly Cheng were crowned Torquay Challenge champions today after defeating Lvwen Yuan and Jie Dong (CHN) in the Women’s Final of the Beach Pro Tour tournament, the first of three events featured in the Great Ocean Road Beach Volleyfest. The top seeded team of the Challenge event were dominant, leading from the very…
Seventy-three teams representing 24 different countries will take to the court in Torquay from tomorrow until Sunday 27 November to compete in the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Challenge, the first event of the Great Ocean Road Beach Volleyfest. As the Beach Pro Tour season winds down towards the inaugural Finals in Doha, Qatar (26-29 January) and the Olympic qualification…
The Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Tour is coming down under in 2023, as Mollymook on the NSW South Coast has been announced as the host of the Australian leg of the tour. Running from 27 – 30 April 2023, the four-day volleyball festival will bring the top beach volleyball players in Asia to Australian shores to compete on…
At their first year in the AVL, the Tasmanian Echidnas are considered by many the league’s underdogs, but that doesn’t mean that they won’t make the other teams fight hard for their points. A Tasmania-based volleyball franchise built with the aim of bringing together the best players from around the State and building a pathway for Tasmanian young talents, the…
Are you interested in sports integrity? Have you thought of yourself as an adjudicator? Volleyball Australia needs you! Volleyball Australia has recently revamped its integrity policies including adopting Sport Integrity Australia’s National Integrity Framework. Under our new policy framework for managing disputes and disciplinary action, there may be times where we need to convene an Internal Tribunal Hearing to hear…
Volleyball Australia (VA) in partnership with its disability community stakeholders wishes to introduce a framework and associated actions to enable VA to engage and collaborate with the disability community and provide oversight of, and support for the production of participation opportunities for the disability community, including at the high performance level. It is therefore proposed by the VA Board that…
Volleyball Australia is currently seeking applications for the roles of Strength and Conditioning Coach (Australian Volleyball Academy) and Queensland Academy of Sport Assistant Coach. Strength and Conditioning Coach, Australian Volleyball Academy. Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra P/T role – 20hrs a week (Salary commensurate with experience) Applications close on Tuesday 17th May at 5pm. The Australian Volleyball Academy is seeking an…
Volleyball Australia is excited to announce that we will host the FIVB Level 2 Coaching Course in Sydney from Saturday 2nd – Wednesday 6th July 2022. This is a great opportunity for coaches to improve their knowledge through the expertise of an official FIVB coach developer, with presentations of the most recent trends of the modern game. Peter Nonnenbroich from…
The volleyball community is joining people across the world to mark International Women’s Day, Tuesday 8 March. Sport has played a big role in helping to #BreakTheBias, with female sports leaders both on and off the sporting arena, helping to inspire women to forge equality. Beach Volleyball Olympic Gold Medalist, Natalie Cook, became a household name after claiming gold with…
