Beach volleyball champs kick off in Durban
Catch all the action at the Open Beach Volleyball championships which kick off in Durban this week.
THE Open Beach Volleyball Championship kickes off in Durban on Friday, 6 December which coincides with the national tour that stretches from 6–8 December. Durban’s beach volleyball fans will be able to watch the championships at New Beach from 11-15 December. The event will bring the curtain down on the FIVB’s (Fédération Internationale de Volleyball) 2013 beach volleyball championships.
Former champion KZN Provincial volleyball player Sunil Geness says: “I am confident that our well-co-ordinated media blitz will create the desired awareness of the global beach volleyball event in our city – where the ‘fun never sets’. To this end, we are bracing ourselves for a huge turnout of fans and the general public for the entire duration of this year’s sizzling beach volleyball event.”
In addition to watching the world’s best beach volleyball players from 28 countries in action, Geness said spectators can look forward to getting their hands on attractive give-aways from the promoters. “With public viewing being free of charge, be in the stands if you want to be a winner,” says Geness.
Meanwhile, South Africa’s 2016 Olympic Games’ hopefuls, Freedom Chiya and Grant Goldschmidt head the country’s top male contenders for the FIVB’s final leg in Durban. Joining Chiya and Goldschmidt for the FIVB Durban Open are Jerome Fredericks and Leo Williams; and Clinton Stemmet and Jamaine Naidoo.
South African women’s teams consisting of Sheana Abrahams and Natasha Strydom; and Anneta Frederiksen and Gadija Jappie; Palesa Sekhonyana and Randy Williams; and Judith Augoustides and Kirsten Pocock will make sure that our flag flies high.
