Tahuna Beach again proved its the best beach volleyball venue in the country providing a stunning 2 days for the Tahunanui Grand Slam. 14 mens teams and 12 womens teams from all over the country and a men’s team from Chile took part while Brendon Heath was back in his hometown as No 1 mens seed and with new partner Greg Lindsay-Brown took out the mens title.
The top 4 teams played a round robin on day 1 giving Anna and Bailey 3 tough games losing all 3. However they need these tough games to improve. In the playoffs Anna and Bailey played Michelle Kenny and Marie-Claire Brehaut and had a very close match just losing 19-21, 22-24. They then won their last game easily in 2 sets to finish 5th=.
Debbie Hill and Melissa Ruru followed on their good form from Sumner Beach last weekend (2nd in the Christchurch leg of the McEntee Hire National Beach Tour)with a close win over Emma Preston and Toni Edmondson in the final. full results can be found on http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-3035-0-0-0&sID=30076