Allan Moore

Allan MooreAllan was born in Bangor and started playing Beach Volleyball three years ago. He has represented Northern Ireland on the Urban Beach Tour last year. Allan was the only player last year in the British Isles to have played and won points in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, England and the Republic of Ireland.

 



 

Angie Clarke

Angie ClarkeAngie was born in Adelaide and has been playing beach volleyball for many years. She has been a FIVB World Tour player from 1996 - 2005 finishing 3rd in Mexico in 1999 and 5th in Spain 2004.

Barry McGuigan

Barry McGuiganBarry was born in Scotland and started playing indoor volleyball, playing libero for Scotland and GB. He gave this up to concentrate on his Beach career and is currently training with the GB squad in Bath. His greatest achievement is winning the Scottish Tour 2005.

Chloe Walkingshaw

Chloe WalkingshawChloe was born in Craigavon, and has been playing volleyball for a number of years. Chloe has completed the Irish Beach circuit a number of times and the English Beach Grand Prix once. She is also the first female Northern Irish player to compete in the Urban Beach Tour.

Denise Austin

Denise AustinDenise was born in Lancashire and has played Beach Volleyball all over the world. She was a FIVB World Tour player from 1999 - 2003. In 2006 she was the top ranked British player. Denise is a Beach Volleyball coach working with National Level players.

Denise Johns

Denise JohnsDenise was born in Luxembourg, moving to the USA. Here she took up Beach Volleyball and over the last four years has played in the American Professional Tour. She has played in various International matches and aims to be part of the 2008 Olympic squad.

Ellie Beattie

Ellie BeattieEllie started playing indoor volleyball at Cardiff University five years ago. During that time Ellie joined Barry Island Volleyball CLub and learnt to play Beach. Ellies has now played in a number of tournaments in the UK from regional to the Volleyball England Beach Tour.

 

Gabi Medricka

Gabriela MedrickaGabi was born in the Czech Republic and plays both indoor and beach volleyball. In Beach Volleyball, she has played on tour in both Germany and the Czech Republic. In the Urban tour 2006, Gabi partnered Denise Austin, winning the Birmingham leg of the tour.

Graham Riddle

Graham RiddleGraham, nicknamed "the Riddler" is originally from Edinburgh. He started beach volleyball in 2005 after playing the indoor game for many years. His greatest achievement is winning Portobello in 2006. His future goal is to move down south to further his beach career.

Gregg Weaver

Gregg WeaverGreg started playing indoor volleyball for England Juniors when he was sixteen and played in World and European Championships. He took up Beach Volleyball soon after and is currently training with the GB squad in Bath after playing in California on the American Pro Tour.

Helen Brown

Helen BrownHelen was born on the Isle of Wight and has been playing volleyball for many years. In 2005, she won Sandbanks and then went on to come 5th in Great Yarmouth and Weymouth 2006.

Jake Sheaf

Jake SheafJake started playing volleyball at fourteen. He represented England at junior level in indoor, before becoming part of the TASS Beach programme. He now trains with the GB squad in Bath and will play in the European and World U21 Championships with his brother Luke.

Jody Gooding

Jody GoodingJody is originally from Liverpool and started playing beach volleyball seven years ago, after previously playing indoor. His biggest achievements are being the youngest British Champion and competing in the 5th Australian Pro Tour. His future goal is to represent his country in the Olympics.

Kerri Olding

Kerri OldingKerri started playing volleyball when she was ten years old and has represented England at both junior and senior levels for the indoor game. In 2006, Kerri participated in the World Student Games in Beach volleyball, and currently trains with the GB squad in Bath.

Lars Jeppesen

Lars JeppesenLars was born in Australia where he started playing indoor volleyball. In 1992, he played in his first Beach Volleyball Championship and has since played in many tournaments including the Queensland Beach Volleyball Tour. Lars and Graham Riddle won the Edinburgh leg of the Tour in 2006.

Liane Herbert

Liane HerbertLiane was born in Milton Keynes and has played both indoor and beach volleyball. In indoor, she represented England from 2001 - 2004. In Beach volleyball, Liane finished 3rd in the 2006 VEBT Finals and played in the World University Games in Korea 2003.

Lucy Boulton

Lucy BoultonLucy was born in Essex and has been playing volleyball for a number of years. Lucy has played in a number of International beach events. She was named BOA Athlete of the Year for volleyball and currently trains with the GB squad in Bath.

Luke Sheaf

Luke SheafLuke started playing indoor volleyball where he represented England at junior level. After taking up Beach Volleyball and becoming the U18 British Champion he now trains with the GB squad in Bath and will play in the European and World U21 Championships.

Melissa Coutts

Melissa CouttsMel represented England at indoor volleyball, now playing for Team Edinburgh. She started playing beach volleyball at twenty-three and last year came first in the Edinburgh Urban Tour. Mel has played in the British Grand Prix and one day hopes to be UK No.1.

Mike Randall

Mike RandallMike currently lives in Dubai and travels to the UK during summer to play Beach volleyball. He started playing beach volleyball ten years ago after playing the indoor version with Wessex. Mike's greatest results include winning the Bournemouth Grand Prix.

Morph Bowes

Morph BowesMorph is originally from Glasgow and started playing beach volleyball eleven years ago. He has played in many tournaments such as Weymouth, Sandbanks and Croyde. His future goal is to continue to play beach volleyball and achieve success.

Peter Stursa

Peter StursaI have lived in Bangor, NI for 5 years and played beach volleyball here and in Europe for 10 years now. The Urban Tour will be the biggest event I have ever played in and I look forward to competing in it.

Robin Miedzybrodski

Robin MiedzybrodzkiRobin currently lives in Bath where he is training with the GB Beach Volleyball squad. In 2006, he represented Great Britain in Beach Volleyball at the World University Games in Cyprus. This will be his second year at the Urban Tour after playing last year.

Shauna Mullin

Shauna MullinShauna was born in South Africa and moved to Edinburgh, playing indoor volleyball for Team Edinburgh and Scotland. She took up beach volleyball three years ago and now trains with the GB squad in Bath. She got her first GB Beach cap in Korea in 2006.

Steve Fee

Steve FeeSteve was born in Belfast and has played both indoor and beach volleyball at a high level, representing England in both. In 1998, he became Beach Grand Prix Champion with his partner Tom Hollis. Last year, Steve played with a number of different partners.

Steve Grotowski

Steve GrotowskiSteve was born in London but now divides his time between Florida and Bath. He started playing beach volleyball when he was sixteen after trying out many sports. In 2006, he finished in the Top 20 and won nineteen East Coast tournaments in a row.

Vicky Palmer

Vicky PalmerVicky was born in Poole and has been playing volleyball since she was twelve, representing her country at junior and senior levels in the indoor game. Vicky is currently training with the GB Beach squad in Bath and won the Beach Volleyball Student Cup 2006.

Zara Dampney

Zara DampneyZara started playing beach volleyball five years ago after playing the indoor game for many years. She is competing in the World and European Tour this year, and currently trains with the GB in Bath. Zara came first in the Sandbanks Tournament 2006 with her partner.