Players enjoy new flooring

THE recently completed new flooring at Warrnambool’s Val Bertrand Stadium has hosted its first major tournament.

By Staff Writer

Warrnambool’s division one men’s team put in a huge effort at last weekend’s Seaside Tournament to finish third in their pool.

The 51st annual Seaside Volleyball Tournament again attracted hundreds of players to the Caramut Road complex, with some travelling from as far afield as South Australia, Tasmania and country and metropolitan Victoria.

Warrnambool is home to Australia’s biggest and longest-running volleyball event, the Seaside Tournament, which is held every long weekend in March – and last weekend’s event was again a huge success.

“This year we had 94 teams entered and they competed in a total of 270 games across four stadiums over the three days,” Warrnambool Volleyball Association president Rachelle Bartlett said.

“Our men’s division one side finished third in their pool and then went on to play Ninja Turtles in the quarter final.

“Unfortunately they lost 2-0 but the Turtles then went on to win their division. Tristan Gibbs also finished second in the best and fairest vote count for division one which was a great achievement.”

The Warrnambool men’s division three side finished first in their pool and went down 2-1 against Pew Pew (the eventual division three winners) in the semi-finals.