The Australian women’s volleyball team has surged into the Olympic knockout stages but the men are out,going down to Spain in a must-win final pool game.
Waverley Council officers will hit the beaches for face-to-face feedback about the volleyball nets,which a small group of local residents say have become a hazard.
Volleyball Australia is fuming at the decision from Destination NSW to cut funding for a key Olympic lead-up tournament due to be held early next year.
Volleyball Australia and the AIS are working on a beach volleyball court design to fast-track development on the sand to chase Olympic medals.
Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy,ranked eighth in the world,are the most promising beach volleyball pairing Australia has seen in a decade.
Volleyball Australia wants the country back in the world's top three for beach volleyball and hopes this week's world tour event in Manly is a step in that direction.
Uren will host a junior beach volleyball tournament in Canberra on Sunday.
Australia have taken out the men's beach volleyball gold medal and the silver in the women's competition.