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Tremendous Sunday performed host to an thrilling day of finals volleyball, with the Canberra solar shining upon the athletes as medals have been determined within the second spherical of the 2024/25 Australian Seaside Volleyball Tour.
Within the males’s draw, the highest 4 seeds loomed giant in Saturday’s quarter finals, all progressing by way of to Sunday morning’s semi finals.
Mark Nicolaidis and Izac Carracher, alongside Jack Pearse and D’Artagnan Potts showcased their power, each shifting ahead to the Gold Medal match in two units.
But it surely was the second seeds Jack Pearse and D’Artagnan Potts who got here out on prime within the three set battle to say gold.
The gold medal end noticed Potts safe his first Australian Seaside Volleyball Tour win, and Pearse lock up his second tour win.
“It’s my second win at an ABVT, however first win as a partnership at an ABVT, so tremendous stoked and proud of how the event went,” Pearse stated.
“Arising in opposition to Nicolaidis and Carracher within the last, we knew coming in it was going to be a problem.
“They’ve acquired some actually good weapons they usually play some actually nice volleyball, however I feel we managed to play a bit extra constant right this moment and performed higher when it mattered.”
“It’s my first ABVT win, and we have been capable of finding our rhythm there in direction of the tip of the sport,” Potts stated.
“I received U21’s right here a number of years in the past which was good enjoyable, and it’s good to come back again and get the ABVT win and I’ve warmed as much as being right here in Canberra and I actually wish to compete right here.”
Within the ladies’s competitors, Georgia Johnson and Lizzie Alchin dominated the ladies’s draw, not dropping a set of their journey to the ultimate, which noticed Lizzie Alchin attain her first Australian Seaside Volleyball Tour last.
However securing the win was new pair and prime seeds Taliqua Clancy and Jana Milutinovic, who demonstrated their expertise as they progressed by way of to Sunday’s last and not using a hiccup.
The highest of the rostrum end is Clancy’s fifteenth Australian Seaside Volleyball Tour win, and Milutinovic’s fourth – which items collectively a fourth straight win from 4 competitors begins for the 23-year-old.
“It was me and Taliqua’s first occasion collectively so I used to be a bit nervous entering into,” Milutinovic stated.
“Clearly with a brand new partnership, you by no means know what it’s going to appear to be on the court docket, however it was so superior and a lot enjoyable.
“I’ve by no means had such a tall companion, so having the ability to simply put it up and see Taliqua bang it was actually cool.
“We felt actually good about our workforce all through the event, and we have been constructing on every recreation and going by way of the processes and we managed to get the win.
“Getting this win might be my fourth ABVT win back-to-back, which is one thing I didn’t even realise.
“I’m wanting ahead to getting onto the world tour with Taliqua and seeing what we are able to obtain collectively – we’ve acquired Cobram arising after which following a number of weeks of coaching we are going to head to Mexico and Brazil for some Challenger and Elite 16 occasions, and it’ll be my first Elite 16 occasion and I’m am excited to see the place we are able to go.”
Earlier within the day, Paul Burnett and Luke Ryan pushed by way of to defeat Justin Schumann (VIC) and Garang Anyang (VIC) within the males’s conflict for bronze, whereas 2023 Trinbago Commonwealth Youth Video games Silver Medalist Cameron Zajer and her companion Ruby Vanloo took down fifteenth seeds from Queensland Rebecca Ingram and Matisse Conlon to earn a spot on the ABVT podium.
2024/25 AUSTRALIAN BEACH VOLLEYBALL TOUR
Spherical 2 – Lyneham Seaside Volleyball Courts, Canberra
WOMEN’S GOLD MEDAL MATCH
(1) Taliqua Clancy/Jana Milutinovic defeat (3) Georgia Johnson and Lizzie Alchin 2-1 (21-16, 21-13)
MEN’S GOLD MEDAL MATCH
(2) Jack Pearse/D’Artagnan Potts defeat (1) Mark Nicolaidis and Izac Carracher 2-1 (12-21, 21-14, 15-10)
WOMEN’S BRONZE MEDAL MATCH
(5) Cameron Zajer/Ruby Vanloo defeat (15) Rebecca Ingram/Matisse Conlon 2:0 (21-7, 21-17)
MEN’S BRONZE MEDAL MATCH
(3) Paul Burnett/Luke Ryan defeat (4) Justin Schumann/Garang Anyang 2:0 (21-14, 21-13)
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