Player Profiles

Allan 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.

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.

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.

Jody 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 5^th Australian Pro Tour. His future goal is to represent his country in the Olympics.

Luke 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.

Morph 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.

I 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 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.