Player Profiles

Angie 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 3^rd in Mexico in 1999 and 5^th in Spain 2004.

Barry 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.

Denise 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.

Greg 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 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 5^th in Great Yarmouth and Weymouth 2006.

Jake 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.

Liane 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 3^rd in the 2006 VEBT Finals and played in the World University Games in Korea 2003.

Lucy 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.

Mel 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 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.

Shauna 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 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.

Zara 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.