Another great weekend at SideOut

15 Jul

Written By Volleyball England Foundation

Leyton Beach hosted another exciting SideOut Challenger Series (2* UK Beach Tour) tournament last Sunday! A big shout out to all the players who took part in this great day on the sand and hats off to the winners!

Sunday 11 July

SideOut Challenger Series (2*) - Leyton

SideOut were so excited to see lots of new teams in Sunday's tournament. After lots of closely fought matches, Sarah and Michelle claimed their first-ever gold medal in the series after scoring a 2-0 win over Zuzana and Thurka.

WOMEN

Sarah Steiner & Michelle Pratt

Zuzana Dibley & Thurka Sivapalan

Marina Mersiadou & Elena Sanchez

Chiara Succi & April Eassom

Gold medal match: 2-0 (15-7, 15-1)

Bronze medal match: 2-0 (15-13, 15-9)

Over in the men's tournament, it was a tight final between Toms & Vitalijus vs Manos & Dimitris. Both teams were playing their first-ever SideOut finals with Toms and Vitalijus topping the podium with some great play and a close 2-set win.

MEN

Toms Jankovskis & Vitalijus Valteris

Manos Kammas & Dimitris Raftopoulos

Archie Golding & Robert Poole

Damiano Fassina & Manuel Piubelli

Gold medal match: 2-0 (15-11, 15-13)