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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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International Beach Tour Opens at Karapiro

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The first of four events on the International Beach Beach Volleyball Tour was held at Karapiro this past weekend. 

In the Men's competition, world ranked Brink/Reckerman of Germany took the final over the New Zealand combination of Kirk Pitman/Ben O'Dea.  Spinnagr/Skarlund of Norway finished in third.

In the Women's Lydia McCormack/Melissa Ruru continued their good form from the New Beach Championships to add this title as well with a win over Julia Tilley/Micah Lindsay-Brown.  The third place went to Danielle Quigley/Carli Botes.

Full results here

The tour moves onto the Mairangi Beach Centre in Auckland next weekend.

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