{"id":104761,"date":"2023-03-13T10:06:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T10:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=104761"},"modified":"2023-03-13T10:06:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T10:06:49","slug":"volleyball-empowerment-helps-boost-beach-volleyball-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/volleyball-empowerment-helps-boost-beach-volleyball-in-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"VOLLEYBALL EMPOWERMENT HELPS BOOST BEACH VOLLEYBALL IN NEW ZEALAND"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p><strong>The sport in the Pacific country experiences growing success and popularity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A high-quality national beach volleyball tour, growing international success, rising popularity and participation numbers&#8230; These are some of the results affected by the devoted work of Volleyball New Zealand to boost the development of beach volleyball in the country, done with financial support from FIVB\u2019s Volleyball Empowerment project, providing an ongoing beach volleyball coaching programme for both genders in the Pacific Island nation.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Lochhead, a former professional sand player, whose coaching experience in beach volleyball included work with the likes of Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena, was hired in 2021 to lead New Zealand\u2019s national teams. He and his assistants Craig Seuseu, Brad Takai and Mike Watson have put in a lot of work, the results of which have started showing.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104767\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage.asmx_-7-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage.asmx_-7-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage.asmx_-7-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage.asmx_-7-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage.asmx_-7-580x326.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage.asmx_-7-860x484.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage.asmx_-7-1160x653.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage.asmx_-7-500x281.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage.asmx_-7-800x450.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage.asmx_-7-1280x720.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage.asmx_-7-1320x743.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage.asmx_-7-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage.asmx_-7.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In May 2022, New Zealand\u2019s leading women\u2019s pair Alice Zeimann and Shaunna Polley made their way to the top 20 in the FIVB World Ranking. In September\u2019s Asian Beach Volleyball Championship in Thailand, Zeimann &amp; Polley not only claimed their country\u2019s first women\u2019s medals in the history of the competition, but also topped the podium to claim the continental title after shutting out the likes of China\u2019s Xia Xinyi and Lin MeiMei in the semis and Australian Olympic silver medallists Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho Del Solar in the final.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cn0uCfRPRB7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cn0uCfRPRB7\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is now summertime in New Zealand and a great national beach volleyball tour, with four high-quality double-gender tournaments, has just been completed. Zeimann &amp; Polley won the first women\u2019s title at the G.J. Gardner Homes New Zealand Beach Tour stop held in the first half of February at Tahunanui Beach in Nelson, backed it up with two more gold medals at the third and fourth Tour events in Mount Maunganui over the last two weeks, and emerged as seasonal Tour champions. They also reached the final at the second tournament in Auckland in late February, but after a hard-fought three-set battle, they were outplayed by Olivia MacDonald and Alaina Chacon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104763\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-1.asmx_-4-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-1.asmx_-4-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-1.asmx_-4-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-1.asmx_-4-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-1.asmx_-4-580x326.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-1.asmx_-4-860x484.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-1.asmx_-4-1160x653.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-1.asmx_-4-500x281.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-1.asmx_-4-800x450.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-1.asmx_-4-1280x720.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-1.asmx_-4-1320x743.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-1.asmx_-4-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-1.asmx_-4.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the men\u2019s side, the newly formed pairing of Thomas Reid and Jack McManaway quickly unveiled their growth and potential by winning both in Nelson and in Auckland and eventualy claimed the New Zealand Tour title. Playing with Ben O\u2019Dea in 2022, Reid managed to win New Zealand\u2019s first Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour medal by finishing third at the Songkla Futures and went as far up the World Ranking as number 42. Now he hopes for more success in 2023 as he hits the upcoming Futures events in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand and Coolangatta, Australia with his new 21-year-old partner.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104764\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-2.asmx_-4-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-2.asmx_-4-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-2.asmx_-4-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-2.asmx_-4-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-2.asmx_-4-580x326.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-2.asmx_-4-860x484.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-2.asmx_-4-1160x653.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-2.asmx_-4-500x281.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-2.asmx_-4-800x450.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-2.asmx_-4-1280x720.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-2.asmx_-4-1320x743.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-2.asmx_-4-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-2.asmx_-4.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mount Maunganui Beach is now about to welcome the country\u2019s first-ever world-level tournament, a Beach Pro Tour Futures event from 15 to 19 March.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104765\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-3.asmx_-1-300x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-3.asmx_-1-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-3.asmx_-1-1024x511.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-3.asmx_-1-768x383.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-3.asmx_-1-580x290.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-3.asmx_-1-860x429.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-3.asmx_-1-1160x579.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-3.asmx_-1-500x250.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-3.asmx_-1-800x399.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-3.asmx_-1-1280x639.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-3.asmx_-1-1320x659.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-3.asmx_-1-600x300.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-3.asmx_-1.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Data shows that volleyball is the fastest growing secondary school sport in New Zealand, at 35% over the last five years. Over 22,000 school students play volleyball. It is estimated that 120,000 people overall play volleyball in New Zealand. The sport is most popular with girls. At the recent New Zealand secondary schools beach volleyball event we had 179 teams participate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know people play it as it is dynamic and physical, yet fun and they can spend time with&nbsp;their&nbsp;friends,\u201d added Toni-Maree Carnie.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104766\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-4.asmx_-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-4.asmx_-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-4.asmx_-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-4.asmx_-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-4.asmx_-580x326.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-4.asmx_-860x484.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-4.asmx_-1160x653.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-4.asmx_-500x281.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-4.asmx_-800x450.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-4.asmx_-1280x720.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-4.asmx_-1320x743.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-4.asmx_-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GetImage-4.asmx_.jpeg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>QUICK LINKS<\/p>\n<p>AVC Website: click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianvolleyball.net\/\">www.asianvolleyball.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Facebook: click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation\">www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Twitter: click: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/AsianVolleyball\">www.twitter.com\/AsianVolleyball<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Instagram: click: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n<p>AVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sport in the Pacific country experiences growing success and popularity A high-quality national beach volleyball tour, growing international success, rising popularity and participation numbers&#8230; These are some of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":104762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beach-volleyball-news","category-slider"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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