August 17th, 2014 (PARKSVILLE, BC) – Vancouver Island offered up blue skies and sunshine for day two of the 2014 Beach National Championships. The beautiful weather was accompanied by some very competitive contests, especially on feature court where multiple matches took three sets to decide the winner.
Saturday was the final day of pool play and teams have now been ranked and seeded for Sunday’s playoff rounds. On Sunday, the format moves to single elimination, so while all teams will be guaranteed to play at least one match, only the winning teams will continue on to the finals rounds.
The following teams have remained undefeated through both days of the tournament which is an amazing feat considering the level of competition –
H.May/S.Purdy (Victoria) in the 14U girls division with a record of 6-0
M.Newman/M.Elgert (Calgary) in the 16U boys division with a record of 5-0
J.Kepler/S.Stone (Surrey) in the 16U girls division with a record of 6-0
K.Van Ryk/G.Attieh (Surrey) in the 16U girls division with a record of 6-0
C.Talbot/M.Hayley (Langdon) in the 16U girls division with a record of 6-0
K.Pexman/T.Hill (Calgary) in the 18U girls division with a record of 7-0
C.Brunet/D.Meeuwisse (Calgary) in the 18 boys division with a record of 7-0
T.Dexter/M.Saly (Sherwood Park) in the 18 boys division with a record of 6-0
Sunday, August 17th is the final day of the tournament with playoffs scheduled to start at 9am and gold medal matches to begin by mid-day. The Volleyball BC live stream of feature court starts at 9am on Sunday and runs till approximately 4pm PST.
The latest results from today’s matches are available online: http://iset.net/vc/en/scoreboard.aspx?TID=178
The event live stream is available on the Volleyball BC website: http://www.volleyballbc.org/beach-nationals-live-stream/
About Volleyball Canada: Volleyball Canada is the National sport governing body for volleyball in Canada and fosters the growth and development of the sport through numerous youth and adult programs and initiatives. Volleyball Canada runs the Canadian National Volleyball Teams (Indoor, Beach, Sitting) for both Men and Women with a focus on player development and achievement in international and Olympic competition. For more information, visit www.volleyball.ca.
About Volleyball BC: Volleyball BC is the Provincial sport governing body that actively encourages and enables all residents to enjoy, participate, and excel in the sport of volleyball. For more information, visit www.volleyballbc.org.