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Beach Volleyball Players May Be Forced to Cover Up in London

Beach volleyball is known to many as the sport of “beach babes,” but when Olympic preliminary competitions begin July 28 in London, fans may see a new outfit adorning the athletes’ bronzed bodies: full body suits. &ldquo [...]

Posted On : Jul, 25 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: female beach volleyball players permit...

The International Volleyball Federation says it will allow shorts and sleeved tops at the Olympics, in addition to bikinis and body suits. The rule already applied to Continental Cup qualifiers for the Olympics involving 142 nations. Fede [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Spike in women players

A record number of teams took advantage of good beach and weather conditions at the Kaiteriteri Beach Bash volleyball tournament yesterday. Eight men's teams, nine women's teams and eight mixed groups entered the annual tournament [...]

Posted On : Jan, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

Volleyball players take to the beach for another classic

Competitors came from various locations around the globe last weekend to pay homage to the memory of Ranse Jones during his second annual beach volleyball tournament at Deerfield Beach. Jones, a firefighter and professional beach volle [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Sands of time running out for beach volleyball players

To get to the London Olympics, beach volleyball player Marie-Andrée Lessard had to resort to drastic measures. Her sport is underfinanced, and so is she. So Lessard, 33, of La Salle, Que., appeared in a popular television reality s [...]

Posted On : Jun, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Volleyball players battle at beach

Current men’s beach volleyball world champion pairing of Jonas Rekermann and Julius Brink from Germany are seeded to compete against New Zealand’s number one pairing of Kirk Pitman and Jason Lochhead. New Zealand’s numb [...]

Posted On : Jan, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Pro Beach Volleyball Players Championship under way

Match of the day: The Pro Beach Volleyball Players Championship held at the new Hahana Beach sports facility in Columbia Township kicked off Friday with a slew of the top players participating. Misty May-Treanor/Nicole Branagh, the No. 2 [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Beach volleyball players enthusiastic to have played in Stat...

By day, David Vander Meer delivers goodies for his family-owned business, Van’s Pastry Shoppe. By night, he manages and coaches volleyball with his wife Michelle at their business Carpe Diem Volleyball. Share Vander Meer began [...]

Posted On : Jun, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Canadian beach volleyball players Lessard and Martin split m...

Thailand Canada's Marie-Andree Lessard and Annie Martin split their opening matches Thursday at the Phuket Thailand Open beach volleyball tournament. Lessard, of Ville LaSalle, Que., and Martin, of Sherbrooke, Que., opened with a 21-1 [...]

Posted On : Nov, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Canadian beach volleyball players Lessard and Martin split m...

Canada's Marie-Andree Lessard and Annie Martin split their opening matches Thursday at the Phuket Thailand Open beach volleyball tournament. Lessard, of Ville LaSalle, Que., and Martin, of Sherbrooke, Que., opened with a 21-16, 17-21, 16-14 [...]

Posted On : Nov, 06 2009 | Comments : 0

Beach volleyball players excel in Fall Fiesta tourney

Delray Beach's Ben Mayell had never played volleyball with Kaitlin Kirsner before the recent Fall Fiesta tournament on Fort Lauderdale's beachfront. But the new teammates didn't take long to mesh, and their solid play enabled them to reach [...]

Posted On : Nov, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Ranked first in the world Brazilian volleyball players will ...

The 4th Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT which is the last program on the Women’s Beach Volleyball World Tour, will be held on Karon Beach from 3 – 8 November 2009. Offering prize money for US$190,000, the tournament can attr [...]