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).

1 star mixed 2020

Final Rankings:

1Rachel Steinitz / Noam Devey
2Sam Yang / Cecilia Manduca
3Luciano Quercia / Elisabetta Bottaro
4Luigi Antonaci / Giulia Ponti
5Pauline Gan / Martin Rees
5Melissanthi Papacharalampous / Jean-Michel Abecassis
7Duy Nguyen / Sara Mata
7Emilie Levich / Ivan Hadzhihristev
9Erika Mangialardi / Max Zwiessele
10Nikolas Tsirimokos / Natasha Goodrich
11Ben McCracken / Ali Wolff
12Nina 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.

3* women's podium

Final Rankings

1Lisa Canevari / Isabelle Tucker
2Gerda Berstautaite / Kanako Hayashi
3Julia Constantinou / Eva Holt
4Cleo Jongdijk / Eszter Nagy
5Judit Maynou / Francesca Liati
5Katie Keefe / Beth Morgan
7Michiko Takenaka / Daniela Stuppia
7Petra Vukmirovic / Ilva Chunka
9Petra Farmanova / Sylwia Miazga
10Laura Bugnariu / Cait Donnelly
11Lucy Knott / Nina Erminio
12Zoe 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.

3* Men's podium

Final Rankings:

1Mark Garcia-Kidd / Mark Baechli
2Noam Devey / Sean Davies
3Courtney Cross / Marek Biscysko
4David Novotny / Martin Alfonso
5Roman Zakrzweski / Chris Sherfield
5Krzysztof Przydrozny / Mariusz Kozik
7Richardson De Sousa / Michael McShane
7Tomek Stepien / Slawomir Master
9Simon Elliott / James Laing
10Piotr Makowski / Maks Makowski
11Bartek Soczewka / Peter Soczewka
12Jake 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!