The Beach Blacks and Beach Ferns made a major step in the qualification process for the Paris Olympic Games over the weekend, winning the Continental Cup Oceania Zone Championships in Vanuatu.
The Beach Ferns duos of Alice Zeimann and Olivia Macdonald and Kiana Stevenson and Maria Hanabadi saw off Vanuatu in the final while the Beach Blacks combinations of Brad Fuller and Alani Nicklin and Tom Reid and Jack McManaway also beat the host nation in the final matches.
The weekend's results see New Zealand qualify through to the final phase of Olympic qualification held during 2024.
