Phuket To Host Finals Of The Beach Volleyball World Tour 2007

[Jai Dee]

Phuket will be host venue again for the last round of the Beach Volleyball World Tour 2007 with the finals on Channel 11

The world’s top beach volleyball stars will be coming for the 2nd Phuket Thailand Open on Karon Beach, from 31 October – 4 November 2007, for the last stop on the Swatch-FIVB Women’s Beach Volleyball World Tour.

The organizers told Andaman News that the tournament offers prize money of US$200,000 or about 7 million baht, and has attracted entries from all the world’s leading beach volleyball teams to what is one of the biggest events on the beach volleyball calendar in Asia. Over 80 teams from 30 countries have entered the tournament including the current World No 1 pairing from Brazil, World No 2 team from China, the 2006 Champions also from China, plus current Olympic and World Champions from the USA.

In addition, all the top ranked teams in the world standings have entered for the tournament including Thailand, as the host country is allocated 2 teams in the main draw and 4 additional teams will participate in the qualifying rounds.

Matches will start from 09.00 daily, except on the finals day when matches start at 16.00. Both semi-finals on Saturday 3 November and the final and 3rd/4th place play-off on Sunday 4 November will be televised “live” on national TV Channel 11 and on Eurosport across Europe.

Admission to the tournament is free, and the programme includes beach volleyball camps each day, cheerleader contests and other activities in the tent village.

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 27 October 2007

[NBT TV Phuket]

Interview - Misty May Teranor and Kerri Walsh, the Olympic, World & US Beach Volleyball champions

To see or download mini-video, go to http://www.thaisnews.com/news_detail.php?newsid=215139

This weekend the Phuket Beach Volleyball tournament will be televised live by Channel 11 at approx. 4-6pm, on Saturday & Sunday 3 & 4 November, so we turn now to our interview with Misty May Teranor and Kerri Walsh, the Olympic, World & US Beach Volleyball champions. They will qualify for the 2008 Olympics by playing in the Phuket tournament taking place at Karon beach. They lost in the semi-final last year at Phuket, and yesterday Misty’s husband lost his wedding ring worth 1mllion baht in the sand whilst training the team at Karon. We asked Misty first how important this tournament is for them:

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www.fivb.org

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Interview - Geoffrey Rowe, Organiser of the 2nd Phuket Thailand Beach Volleyball Open; Eam Thavornwongvong, Kata Group of hotels;

To see or download mini-video, go to http://www.thaisnews.com/news_detail.php?newsid=215124

Our interviews are first with Geoffrey Rowe, Organiser of the 2nd Phuket Thailand Beach Volleyball Open from Pentangle Promotions Company, then Eam Thavornwongvong, from Kata Group of hotels, the hosts of volleyball organizers & press; The Tournament is on Karon Beach, from today 9am – 6pm, until the final at 4pm on Sunday 4 November. The Press Conference was held at Kata Beach Resort with a Vice Governor, TAT, & sponsors. Geoffrey first explains how important this final leg of the world tour is for Phuket.

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2006 Champions & finalists from China;

62 teams incl. favourites Brazil & US; & Thai.

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Semi finals & Finals live on TV11 nationwide,

approx. 4-6pm, Sat. & Sunday 3 & 4 Nov.;

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Interviews for Andaman News TV11 (VHF dial) 8.30am + maybe FM90.5 Radio Thailand 6pm, both broadcast to Phang Nga, Krabi & Phuket provinces, maybe FM108 Mazz Radio 7.30pm in Phuket & maybe Phuket Cable TV Channel 1 at 7, 10.30 or 11pm, weekdays & www.Thaisnews.com

[NBT TV Phuket]

Beach Volleyball World Tour 07 live on TV11 today & tomorrow

The Swatch FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 07 is now on at Karon beach, Phuket, with the Semi finals live on TV11 nationwide, from approx. 4.30pm on Saturday 3 November:

Schedule now confirmed:

Match 59 at 16:00 Walsh-May-Treanor USA [seeded 1] v. Brink-Abeler-Jurich GERMANY [14];

then Match 60 Tian Jia-Wang China [2] v. Branagh-Youngs USA [4].

Then 3/4th place & 1/2nd place Finals live on TV11 nationwide at 4pm-6pm on Sunday 4 November:

Schedule:

Final 3rd Place Match 61 16:00 Loser of match #59 v. Loser of match #60

Final 1st place Match 62 Winner of match #59 v. Winner of match #60

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Interview - Anouk Boileau, a Canadian beach volleyball player, Swatch FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 07 at Karon

To see or download mini-video, go to http://www.thaisnews.com/news_detail.php?newsid=215151

Interview for Andaman News TV11 (VHF dial) 8.30am + maybe FM90.5 Radio Thailand 6pm, both broadcast to Phang Nga, Krabi & Phuket provinces, FM108 Mazz Radio 7.30pm in Phuket & Phuket Cable TV Channel 1 at 7, 10.30 or 11pm, Friday 2nd November 2007 & www.Thaisnews.com

We turn now to our interview with Anouk Boileau, a Canadian beach volleyball player, who was playing in the Swatch FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 07 now on at Karon beach, Phuket, with the Semi finals & Finals live on TV11 nationwide, at approx. 4-6pm, Saturday & Sunday 3 & 4 November. Anouk lost in an earlier match, but she was watching a qualifying match of her friends from Canada (in green) who beat Holland (yellow) by 2-1 sets. She explains the finer 'finger' points of the game to us, and first what she thinks of Phuket & how her match went here:

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www.pentanglepromotions.com

www.fivb.org

[NBT TV Phuket]

It will be an All American final as both won in the semi finals this afternoon:

Branagh-Youngs USA [4] beat Tian Jia-Wang CHN [2] 2-0 sets (21-17, 21-17) in 33 minutes.

& Walsh-May-Treanor USA [1] beat Brink-Abeler-Jurich GER [14] 2-0 sets (21-17, 21-16) in 35 minutes,

Both matches kept going despite the rain that fell heavily at times.

[steelepulse]

It will be an All American final as both won in the semi finals this afternoon:

Branagh-Youngs USA [4] beat Tian Jia-Wang CHN [2] 2-0 sets (21-17, 21-17) in 33 minutes.

& Walsh-May-Treanor USA [1] beat Brink-Abeler-Jurich GER [14] 2-0 sets (21-17, 21-16) in 35 minutes,

Both matches kept going despite the rain that fell heavily at times.

Times for the finals have been moved up from 4 pm to 2 pm to try and avoidthe afternoon rain. This announcement was made just after everyone left the stadium on Saturday after  the last games.

FIVB website says 1:30 for start time to get the crowd there before it starts, but seeing as how the crowd was told 4 pm the whole day Saturday, I think the crowd will be lighter than expected.

[NBT TV Phuket]

TV CHANNEL 11 NATIONWIDE WILL STILL SHOW FOOTAGE FROM FINALS AT 4-6PM AS AIRTIME BOOKED AS SCHEDULED, WHATEVER TIME THE ACTUAL FINALS TAKE PLACE, WHICH COULD CHANGE AGAIN DUE TO WEATHER.

YOU CAN ALSO WATCH TV11 NATIONWIDE ONLINE AT http://www.prd.go.th/tv_radio_online/index.php

There will also be some highlights and interview on 'ANDAMAN NEWS' in English, 8.30-9.00am on Monday, on TV Channel 11 (VHF dial, not TrueVisions) & the audio may be repeated at 6pm on Radio Thailand FM90.5, both to Phuket, Phang Nga and Krabi, plus FM108 Mazz Radio at 7.30pm. It may also be shown on Phuket Cable TV channel 1 at 3, 7, & 10.30/11.00pm, + 01.30am. with news text, photos and VDO Clips on www.ThaisNews.com Thai language news is on TV11 VHF dial at 5.30pm most days.

[NBT TV Phuket]

MiniVDO: The American Olympic & World beach volleyball champions won the final World Tour event in Phuket.

To see or download mini-video, go to http://www.thaisnews.com/news_detail.php?newsid=215167

The Swatch FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 2007 finished on Sunday afternoon at Karon beach with a win for the favourites, the no1. seeds, and also Olympic & World beach volleyball champions, Kerri Walsh & Misty May-Treanor, (here in white tops) by 2 sets to 1 against their compatriots & no.4 seeds, Nicole Branagh & Elaine Youngs (in red tops). The favourites won the 1st set 21-18 played mostly in rainy and windy conditions, but dropped the 2nd set 16-21, before winning the final set 15-13, as the rain subsided and the sun came out. The Chinese team & no.3 seeds, Jia Tian & Jie Wang (in red tops) won the 3rd place final earlier in the rain, by 2 straight sets, 21-18, 21-19 against the Germans, the no.12 seeds, Rieke Brink-Aberler & Hella Jurich. The finals and semi-finals on Saturday were shown on Channel 11 nationwide. The Governor of Phuket, Nirund Kalayanamit, led VIPs and sponsors, to present the medals and trophies to the winners, and runner ups, who now concentrate on the Olympics in Beijing, China next year.

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Press Conference Beach Volleyball World Tour in Karon

To see or download mini-video, go to http://www.thaisnews.com/news_detail.php?newsid=215166

After the presentation of the awards, we now have an excerpt from the press conference for the Beach Volleyball World Tour in Karon, as we hear first from the Chinese team who were placed 3rd, then the American team placed 2nd, and finally the American team placed 1st as winners: ……. Jia Tian & Jie Wang: Chinese team & no.3 seeds, won 3rd place final; Nicole Branagh & Elaine Youngs: US, no.4 seeds, won 2nd place in Phuket; Misty May Teranor & Kerri Walsh: Olympic, World, US & Phuket champions.

from Andaman News TV11 (VHF dial) 8.30am + maybe FM90.5 Radio Thailand 6pm, both broadcast to Phang Nga, Krabi & Phuket provinces, FM108 Mazz Radio 7.30pm in Phuket & Phuket Cable TV Channel 1 at 7, 10.30 or 11pm, Monday 5 November 2007 & www.Thaisnews.com