In the past couple of months our beach volleyball athletes have been competing in multiple Beach Volleyball Pro Tour events, showing consistently good progression.
Issa Batrane and Freddie Bialokoz have competed in one Challenge event in Itapema, four Futures event (Australia, Lithuania, Greece and Italy) and in a Zonal Event in Norway. The team Batrane Bialokoz showed very steady progression. In the first tournaments they had to go through the qualification tournament and slowly they have been climbing up the ladder, securing the main draw via entry points for the Futures events. The best results so far in the season are two Bronze medals at the Futures events in Ios and Ciro’ Marina and a silver medal at the NEVZA tour in Norway.
Joaquin and Javier Bello have competed in two Challenge events (Tlaxcala and Espinho), and have then took part in four Futures event in Australia, Thailand, and twice in Greece. Steady performance for the team always qualyfing in the Futures events in the main draw via entry points. The team has been competing on the Spanish tour as well, via wild cards. The best results for team Bello Bello are a gold medal in the NEVZA Zonal tour in Norway, a 5th place in Ios, two gold and one bronze medals on three Spanish Tour stops.
Jessica Grimson and Daisy Mumby had their debut on the Pro Tour in the Challenge event in Tlaxcala, Mexico. They have then competed in five Futures events, namely in Thailand, Spain, Greece and Italy. Jessica and Daisy showed great improvement, with the last tournament showing a great progression from the qualification tournament through to the main draw, getting a final 5th place. They got an historic gold medal for England at the NEVZA Zonal Tour in Norway.