Beach volleyball royalty to be crowned 0 This year’s Interpack King and Queen of the Beach tournament is set to take place this Saturday at the DTS Beach Arena in Olympia, Windhoek.
The event, hosted by the Timeout Beach Volleyball Academy, will feature several categories.
These include two-a-side men’s and women’s competitions, a legends (men, women) division as well as four-a-side mixed social category, which requires that at least one female player be on court at all times.
Entries for the event close on Friday.
“We are very excited to welcome back Interpack as tournament sponsor for the third time in 2016,” said James Verrinder, the head coach at the Timeout Beach Volleyball Academy.
“We are very thankful for their support and are looking forward to working with them again for this event. Interpack has kindly sponsored N$6 000 in prizes which will be divided among the five categories.”
The format for this tournament is to enter as an individual athlete and play with several partners to find the best all-round beach volleyball athlete.
This is the fourth event in this year’s Timeout Beach Volleyball Series.
The tournament will see some of the top Namibian beach volleyball athletes right now with Word Press Namibia winners Anita Kinder and Simone von Wietersheim, Under-19 World Championship Internationals athletes Fabian Pfeifer, Daniel Pfeifer, Kristin Schulz and Michaela Böhringer in action.
“We will also see the past legends of volleyball in Namibia hitting the sand again and dusting of the skills, including Walter Farmer, John Beukes, Ruben Delie and Karin Curschmann,” Verrinder added.
The King and Queen tournament will start at 08:00 and the finals are expected to be played around 18:00.
“Please feel free to come and join us and watch some great beach volleyball action at this purpose-built beach facility.
“Food and drink will be available to purchase all day,” Verrinder said.
The last event in the Timeout Beach Volleyball Series will be at Swakopmund where the FabuPharm Swakop Masters will be hosted on 22 and 23 October.
Interested players may contact Verrinder via email: j.verrinder@gmail.com or call: 081 4554571 for further details or for entry forms.
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