This years Inter Regional Beach Championships (U18) takes place at the Cardiff Beach Centre over the this weekend of the 8-9th July, and the All Nations Beach Championships (U19) takes place over the weekend of the 29-30th July.
As a region we did extramly well last year, picking up most of the Silver medals on offer, plus the team prize in the All Nations, this years we are aiming for the top prize in all competitions.
U18 Inter-Regional Beach Championships 8-9th July (players must be 17 or younger on 31/12/23)
The SWVA will be competing against the other VE Regions, following our success last year, we have been allocated two team places for the Girls event. That’s four pairs, so we will be selecting 8 girls for this event, the boys have one team, that’s four players, two pairs.
U19 All Nations Beach Championships 29/30th July (players must be 18 or younger on 31/12/23)
Last year we won the team prize, beating Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, it’s a slightly older age group, so we can welcome back players from last year’s IRB / IRC.
Training / Selection
As there is not much time, we will be only holding one or two player selection events, with the first at the Cardiff Beach Centre on the 10th June for the Boys and the 17th June for the Girls (11am to 3pm). We are aiming for a second session at Weymouth over the weekend of the 1st or 2nd of July (TBC), on alternate days to the Sandbank events.
We are looking for focus, speed, motivation, teamwork, the skills and the passion to play beach volleyball. You don’t need to be tall and the youngest member of the 2022 team was 13, so give it a go.
Qualification: You need to be resident, play for a club or go to school in the SWVA Region, that’s a SW England county or South Wales. If you also qualify for Wales, you can choose which region to represent.
The cost of the training is £20 and you can book it at: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/southwestvolleyballassociation
Things to bring with you:
- Signed parental consent form (if new to the IRC/IRB program)
- Sun cream (high SPF)
- After sun
- Sunglasses
- Packed lunch & snacks
- Water
- Towel
- Change of clothes
If your daughter / Son is interested in the SW beach volleyball programme but is unable to attend the first session for any reason, please do get in touch to let me know, there may well be other events we can assess their ability.
Please note the age groups are with ref to the end of the year and not school years, more details of these event are available at: https://www.inter-beach.net/
Any other issues or for more info, please let us know.
Many thanks to Flo and Ben and the rest of the SW Beach coaching team for arranging.
