The Event
Weymouth RAF Careers Beach Volleyball Classic 2010 Friday 30th July -Sun 1st
Aug
More event news will be added to this page and the Latest news page in the
coming weeks. See below for 27th july update.
To enter the Classic you need to go to the Volleyball England website, to do this use the following link:
If you want to enter the UNDER 16 or UNDER 18 event taking place on Sunday use
the link below to download an entry form
http://www.swjbt.co.uk/2010/events10WEYMOUTH.php
EVENT UPDATE 27/7/10
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Entries for mens and womens draw are now closed, go to the latest news page for
a full list of entries and qualifiers for main draw
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TRAFFIC: Weymouth is preparing for the Sailing for the Olympics, as part of that
a whole new Traffic plan is being put in place. This means arriving in Weymouth
during the day is very slow. If you are playing in the qualifier expect to take
45minutes from Dorchester to Weymouth Minimum. It should be relatively easy on
Saturday am.
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PARKING: We have parking tickets available on a first come first served basis
for two car parks in Weymouth, although these do not guarantee a space. These
can be collected from the marquee on site.
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Dont forget check in times are from 1pm on Friday and 8am on Saturday.
EVENT UPDATE 24/7/10
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If you are thinking of camping in Weymouth for the Classic
dont forget there are no camp sites within 5 miles of the event site. However if
you use our links page you can find some sites around the edge of the town. We
suggest that Bagwell farm, Sea Barn Farm and Rosewell Camp site are as good as
any.
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If you are looking for Band B or hotels you can be within a few yards of the
site so again use our links page and look for low numbers on the esplanade
EVENT UPDATE 21/7/10
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Due to the size of the entry there will not now be a qualifier for the women.
All womens teams will compete in main draw on Saturday. mens qualifier begins at
2pm friday
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Dont forget VEBT regulations state that matching shorts must be worn. This will
be enforced at Weymouth
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Seedings and teams to pre qualify for main draw will be placed on the latest
news page of this site on Monday 26th July in the evening.
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FOR ACCOMMODATION, SEE LINKS PAGE ON THIS SITE ( low number
addresses on The Esplanade or Brunswick Terrace are within serving distance of
the volleyball site)
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For current entry list see Latest news page
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Return to this site for more updates in the final week.
EVENT UPDATE 14/7/10
FORMAT
The Classic organisers last night (
July 13th ) decided to make a slight change to the format for the mens event for
2010. There will now be 24 teams in the main draw in
the mens event. This increases the chances of teams pre qualifying and also a
higher chance of getting through the qualifying competition.
The main draw for the Classic 2010 will
consist of 24 teams in
mens and 16 in the womens events.
Upto 48 and 32 women can enter the qualification competition
starting on Friday 30th July at 2pm
Those teams
that fail to qualify will play ina B or C competition on Saturday
On sunday all teams
can enter the 4 a side competition ( entry on Saturday evening)
FOR ACCOMMODATION SEE
LINKS PAGE ON THIS SITE ( low number addresses on The Esplanade or Brunswick
Terrace are within serving distance of the volleyball site)
SCHEDULE
FOR THE 28TH CLASSIC 30TH JULY TO 1ST AUGUST 2010
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THURSDAY |
CORPORATE EVENT |
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FRIDAY |
EXHIBITION MATCH
2PM QUALIFYING COMPETITION BEGINS |
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SATURDAY |
MATCHES START AT 9AM
PLAY CLOSES APPROX: 7PM
SATURDAY EVENING PARTY AT RENZ VOUS CLUB |
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SUNDAY |
FINALS DAY
JUNIOR EVENTS
4 A SIDE
3PM; WOMENS FINAL
4PM: MENS FINAL |
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