Birmingham 2022: Team England’s Beach Volleyball teams to be decided at Selection Tournament this weekend
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England’s best Beach Volleyball stars will go head-to-head this weekend for the chance to represent their country at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. From May 26 to 29, Deep Dish Crystal Palace, London, will host what is the biggest Beach Volleyball tournament on home soil since the 2012 Olympic Games, with a limited number of spectator tickets available.
The race to secure Team England’s place in the men’s and women’s tournaments at Birmingham 2022 is a hotly contested one. When Beach Volleyball made its Commonwealth Games debut in 2018 on Australia’s Gold Coast, Jake Sheaf/Chris Gregory and Jess Grimson/Victoria Palmer were the chosen pairs and progressed to the semi-finals and quarterfinals, respectively.
With a burgeoning home Beach Volleyball scene, there is now an even larger group of rising stars fighting for the chance to represent their country. That will come down to the final matches at the Commonwealth Games Selection Tournament on May 29, when there will be just 60 days to go until Birmingham 2022.
Rob Payne, Interim Deputy CEO of Volleyball England, said: “Our Commonwealth Games Selection Tournament is the biggest Beach Volleyball milestone to date in our pre-Games build-up. Deep Dish Crystal Palace is a key legacy venue from London 2012 and it will provide a fantastic setting with an electric atmosphere for fans and our top athletes vying for the chance of playing at Birmingham 2022. Outside of the Commonwealth Games themselves, on the domestic scene it doesn’t get much bigger than the Selection Tournament, which will really show why Beach Volleyball will be one of the highlights of this summer’s games.”
Men’s Beach Volleyball teams in contention:
- Javier Bello and Joaquin Bello
- Freddie Bialokoz and Issa Batrane
- Niko Gleed and Harry Jones
- Sam Dunbavin and Haydn Lawson
- Matt Hunter and Sam Walrond
- Enrique Bello and Peter Soczewka
Women’s Beach Volleyball teams in contention:
- Jessica Grimson and Daisy Mumby
- Katie Keefe and Isabelle Tucker
- Victoria Palmer and Alana Snow
- Gaia Canevari and Lisa Canevari
- Anaya Evans and Ellie Austin
- Sofia Nicholson and Alice Brand
Commonwealth Games Selection Tournament
Teams will be seeded into one of two pools per tournament. The winner of each pool will earn themselves a place in the semi-finals leaving the remaining teams to fight over the other final semi-final spots. On the final day of action, with 60 days to go until Birmingham 2022, it will be decided which two teams will lead the charge in front of a home crowd.