Richmond Volleyball Beach Series concludes with UKBT 3* weekend
While it’s been a much shorter summer series this year, the 3 tournaments were full of thrilling games and top-quality plays. Thank you to all the players who took part in the tournaments and helped bring back the fun at the beach courts in Teddington.
1* Richmond Mixed
The series kicked off with a 1* Mixed tournament, which was full of close matches and epic rallies. In the end, Rachel Steinitz and Noam Devey won the gold medal match against Sam Yang and Cecilia Manduca. The bronze medal match was an all Italian affair with Luciano Quercia and Elisabetta Bottaro claiming victory over Luigi Antonaci and Giulia Ponti (RVB coach).
Final Rankings:
| 1 | Rachel Steinitz / Noam Devey |
| 2 | Sam Yang / Cecilia Manduca |
| 3 | Luciano Quercia / Elisabetta Bottaro |
| 4 | Luigi Antonaci / Giulia Ponti |
| 5 | Pauline Gan / Martin Rees |
| 5 | Melissanthi Papacharalampous / Jean-Michel Abecassis |
| 7 | Duy Nguyen / Sara Mata |
| 7 | Emilie Levich / Ivan Hadzhihristev |
| 9 | Erika Mangialardi / Max Zwiessele |
| 10 | Nikolas Tsirimokos / Natasha Goodrich |
| 11 | Ben McCracken / Ali Wolff |
| 12 | Nina Erminio / Anja Erminio |
3* Richmond Classic (Women)
In the 3* women’s tournament, the final was a surprise battle between the 5th and the 9th seeded teams, with the young pair of Lisa Canevari (RVB player) and Isabelle Tucker (5th seed) beating the 9th seeded pair of Gerda Berstautaite / Kanako Hayashi who won silver. The two top seeds battled it out for the bronze medal with Julia Constantinou and Eva Holt beating Cleo Jongdijk and Eszter Nagy.
Final Rankings
| 1 | Lisa Canevari / Isabelle Tucker |
| 2 | Gerda Berstautaite / Kanako Hayashi |
| 3 | Julia Constantinou / Eva Holt |
| 4 | Cleo Jongdijk / Eszter Nagy |
| 5 | Judit Maynou / Francesca Liati |
| 5 | Katie Keefe / Beth Morgan |
| 7 | Michiko Takenaka / Daniela Stuppia |
| 7 | Petra Vukmirovic / Ilva Chunka |
| 9 | Petra Farmanova / Sylwia Miazga |
| 10 | Laura Bugnariu / Cait Donnelly |
| 11 | Lucy Knott / Nina Erminio |
| 12 | Zoe Tucker / Emilie Levich |
3* Richmond Classic (Men)
While there was a surprise final in the women’s tournament, the men’s final was between the two top seed teams. The gold medal went to Mark Garcia-Kidd and Mark Baechli winning the final against the Welsh pair of Noam Devey and Sean Davies. In the bronze medal match, RVB coach Courtney Cross and Marek Bisczyko claimed the victory over the all RVB pairing of David Novotny and Martin Alfonso.
Final Rankings:
| 1 | Mark Garcia-Kidd / Mark Baechli |
| 2 | Noam Devey / Sean Davies |
| 3 | Courtney Cross / Marek Biscysko |
| 4 | David Novotny / Martin Alfonso |
| 5 | Roman Zakrzweski / Chris Sherfield |
| 5 | Krzysztof Przydrozny / Mariusz Kozik |
| 7 | Richardson De Sousa / Michael McShane |
| 7 | Tomek Stepien / Slawomir Master |
| 9 | Simon Elliott / James Laing |
| 10 | Piotr Makowski / Maks Makowski |
| 11 | Bartek Soczewka / Peter Soczewka |
| 12 | Jake Sanders / Phillip Russ |
Coming Soon: Winter Series 2020/21
After a successful winter series last year we are planning on running more winter tournaments this year. Stay tuned to our social media and website for announcements!