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VNZ Board seeks to fill Appointed Board Member Vacancies

At the recent meeting of the VNZ Board, the Board resolved to advertise the two vacancies for Appointed members on the Board.  The Board Appoinment Panel will consider applications and determine the Appointed members within fourteen days of the closing of applications.  Applications close on Friday 9th March 2012 and the application form is here

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Continental Cup Finals Day

The final day of play at the AVC Continental Cup Oceania Zone Tournament was played in stunning conditions at Mt Maunganui, although in the matches played later in the day, the players had to cope with an increasing breeze. 

In the Men's, Samoa took third place after a golden set win over Fiji, whilst in the Bronze medal playoff in the Women's, the New Zealand combinations proved too strong for the Samoan women.

The women's gold medal match saw the up and coming Vanuatu combinations against the vastly more experienced Austrlaian pairs.  In a stunning upset, the Vanuatu number 1 combination had a win over their much higher ranked Australian counterparts, but the Australians still took out the tie 3-1.

The much anticipated Trans-Tasman clash in the Men saw the Australian number 2 combination of Boehm/Kapa come out firing against the number 1 New Zealand combination Ben O'Dea/Pitman and some stunning blocks by Kapa had the kiwi's on the back foot and set the scene for the Australian's to take the tie 4-0.

Results and final rankings here

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Age Group Beach Champions Crowned

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The 2012 National Age Group Beach Champs have wrapped up in Mt Maunganui with the champions in the various age groups found after two days of exciting play.

In the Under 21 grade, Jesse Hawkins and Thomas Hartles have carried on their winning ways and added this title to their New Zealand Senior Men's title won last weekend.  They beat Griffin Muller and Paora Morunga in the final.  The Women's title went to Charlotte and Sophie Joy, over Claudia van Velthooven and Shaunna Polley. 

The Under 19 Men's Champs are Manaia Harris and Max Longdill, who prevailed over Keanu White and Matt Kilpatrick.  The Women's title went to Beneice Douch and Alice Bain over Dylan Vaetoe and Andrea Tauai.

In the Under 17 grade, the boys title was claimed by Thomas Reid and Caleb Aperahama over William Clague and Jack Boyle, whilst Amy Robinson and Bria Merritt took out the Womens grade over Annalise Vukets and Annuska Menoita.

The Under 15 awrads went to Jordan Urwin and Ben McColgan and Lydia Fookes and Imogen Francis.

Results here

Link to photos here

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