Renegades doing it on the beach

As indoor players we all have a love/hate relationship with beach volleyball (some leaning more towards one extreme than others).  Sure, it's nice to get outdoors into the sunshine, expererience a bit of a breeze on your face and feel the sand between your toes... But with constant sunburn, uncontrollable balls flying around in the wind and the energy sapping sand making your legs feel like concrete the relationship between indoor playerand the beach can be a tumultuous one.

But it seems a few of our Renegades have pushed past these hurdles and excelled on the beach this year.  Here's just a few highlights from my lunchtime perusal of the beach results for the season to date:

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Round 1

• AA Women - Nicki Stevens 1st
• A Men - Olivier Bellon 5th
• B Women - Caitlin McOmish 1st
• B Men - Jeremy Majid / Paolo Olivero 1st

Round 2

• AA Women - Nicki Stevens 3rd
• A Men - Olivier Bellon 2nd
• B Women - Caitlin McOmish 3rd
• B Men - Stewart Gleadow / Jeremy Lam 3rd

Round 3

• AA Women - Nicki Stevens 3rd
• A Women - Nicole Fitzgerald / Katie Goldsworthy 1st

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 Round 4 

• AA Women - Nicki Stevens 3rd
• A Women - Caitlin McOmish / Eva So 2nd
• A Men - Olivier Bellon 5th
• B Men - Stewart Gleadow 3rd

Round 5

• AA Women - Nicki Stevens 3rd
• A Women - Caitlin McOmish / Eva So 3rd
• A Women - Gill Irvine / Jess McMillan 5th
• A Men - Olivier Bellon 5th
• A Men - Eric (me) / Bedrich Eckhardt 9th (bloody sun, and wind, and sand...) [img_assist|fid=2514|class=article-logo|thumb=0|height=137|width=200|alt=Eric diving|caption=Eric and Bedders]
• B Men - Tom Hals / Amir Ansari 5th

Round 6

• A Women - Caitlin McOmish / Eva So 1st
• A Men - Olivier Bellon 1st
• A Men - Paolo Olivero / Bedrich Eckhardt 3rd

Congratulations to Olivier Bellon, Caitlin McOmish and Eva So who won the right to play in the AA division this weekend (and good luck guys).

See more beach photos here