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Chris and I have a bit of history and we have learnt so much from playing with other partners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Volleyball Australia\u2019s Selection Committee has also nominated the men\u2019s combinations of Zac Schubert and Max Guehrer while Cole Durant will play alongside Paul Burnett.<\/p>\n<p>In the women\u2019s competition, Australia will be represented by three teams.<br \/>\nNikki Laird will play with Becchara Palmer, Phoebe Bell will team up with Britt Kendall, with Phoebe\u2019s regular partner Jessyka Nguamo out through injury, while the developing team of Jasmine Fleming and Stefanie Fejes will also represent Australia on the recommendation of Academy Head Coach, Margo Wiltens.<\/p>\n<p>The Asian Championships are an important lead up to the Asian Continental Cup Qualification process for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games to be conducted over the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>The current Asian champions, Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar, did not stand for selection in view of the heavy competition program they will have with the World Tour this year.<\/p>\n<p>Related links of AVC<br \/>\nAVC Website: click www.asianvolleyball.net<br \/>\nAVC Facebook: click www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<br \/>\nAVC Twitter: click: https:\/\/twitter.com\/avcvolley<br \/>\nAVC Instagram: click: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<br \/>\nAVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<br \/>\nAVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FROM VOLLEYBALL AUSTRALIA Canberra, Australia, January 18, 2019 &#8211; Chris McHugh and Damien Schumann have reunited for the Asian Senior Beach Volleyball Championships in Udon Thani, Thailand from February 12&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":50796,"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-50795","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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