Interpack King of the Court 2018
Timeout Beach Series 2018
dts beach arena, windhoek
The fourth of 7 Timeout Beach Series 2018 events took place at DTS Beach Arena, Windhoek. The Interpack King of the Court 2018 saw a great turnout of athletes participate in 7 different categories; 2-a-side Men’s, Ladies, Social, Youth Mixed, Experienced Mixed, one vs one and 4-a-side Mixed.
32 teams participate in this unique beach volleyball event. Each category, limited to 5 teams, played one after the other throughout the day. The teams played three timed rounds. 1st round – 20 minutes, 2nd round – 15 minutes, FINAL round – 15 minutes. The teams with the lowest points in the first and second rounds will be eliminated and the FINAL round will decide the podium positions among the last 3 teams in the category.
Namibia treated us to a beautiful, warm day, perfect for beach volleyball. This fast-passed tournament provided us will many exciting rallies, great defence and athletic point winners. Special mentions go out to Bernhard Schurz & Michael Fente for competing in 3 different categories, taking 3 & 2 silver medals respectively. Also to Andriko Boehringer for winning 2 categories: Experienced Mixed with Maike van Doorn & one vs one.
A massive thank you to the tournament main sponsor, INTERPACK, for their continued support of the Timeout Beach Series 2018 and beach volleyball in Namibia.
Results:
4-a-side
1st String & Bling
2nd Ladidas
3rd 2 Lit 2 Hit
2-a-side Social
1st Martin Schurz & Flo Allers
2nd Lars Fischer & Michael Fente
3rd Emma Engel & Nikolai Palmhert
2-a-side Youth
1st Nicole Stubenrauch & Ricco Seebach
2nd Andre Utz & Max Böck
3rd Shelli Strake & Lars Fischer
2-a-side Ladies
1st Maike van Doorn & Lara Luesse
2nd Sonja Sieburg & Lara Fischer
3rd Natassia & Kyara Leuschner
2-a-side Men’s
1st Nikolai Glick & Clemens
2nd Bernhard Schurz & Michael Fente
3rd Ishitile Aloisius Vayakohambo & Steve Kangandjera
1-a-side Open
1st Andriko Boehringer
2nd Bernhard Schurz
3rd Domenic Witte
2-a-side Experienced Mixed
1st Maike van Doorn & Andriko Boehringer
2nd Lara Luesse & Bernhard Schurz
3rd Sonja Sieburg & Nikolai Pfeifer
Remaining Timeout Beach Series 2018 dates are:
1. Kalahari Open - 22nd & 23rd September 2018 - Tivoli Southern Sky Guest Farm
2. Fabupharm Swakop Masters - 3rd & 4th November 2018 - Mole Beach, Swakopmund
3. Bank Windhoek Beach Bash Volleyball - 22nd December - Long Beach, Walvis Bay
Retirement Fund Solutions Winter Classic 2018
Timeout Beach Series 2018
DTS Beach Arena, Windhoek
The third of 7 Timeout Beach Volleyball Series 2018 events took place on Saturday at DTS Beach Arena, Windhoek. The Retirement Fund Solutions Winter Classic 2018 saw a massive turnout of over 100 athletes participate in 5 categories; 2-a-side Men’s, Ladies, Social, Youth and 4-a-side Mixed Social.
The 30 teams weren’t just playing to become the Retirement Fund Solutions Winter Classic 2018 champions; they were also fighting for a cash prize pot, divided between each category, kindly sponsored by RETIREMENT FUND SOLUTIONS.
The Mixed 4-a-side category saw 6 teams battle it out, in a round-robin format. It was very closely contested for silver and bronze medals with Net Violaters & Starshine Volleyball Academy taking 3 wins each and the match between the two teams decided the medal positions. Starshine VC won the match taking 2nd place, leaving Net Violaters in 3rd. The clear winner in the 4-a-side category was Wildcats, winning all their 5 matches without dropping a single set and becoming Retirement Fund Solutions Winter Classic 4-a-side mixed champions. Gespikkeldeminiatuurgroentekewers won the best team name at the tournament.
In the 2-a-side Youth Mixed competition, 4 teams played a round-robin format. The brother and sister combination of Lina & Julian Horenburg finished in 4th after fighting hard but not able to find a win. Nicole Stubenrauch & Sven secured the bronze medal by winning half of their matches. Shelli Starke & Lars Fischer won 3 out of 5 matches and finished in 2nd place. The title went to 11-year-old Marco Utz & his 14-year-old brother Andre Utz, who dominated the category, without losing a game, and taking the gold medal.
The 2-a-side Social competition, once again a round robin format was played with 5 teams.
Midway through the pool stages we unfortunately had an injury to Jeffrey Hass, and he was unable to continue, and he and his son Patrick had to withdraw. We at Timeout Beach Series 2018 and all the teams at the Retirement Fund Solutions Winter Classic wish him a speedy recovery and hope to see him back on the sand very soon.
The first semi-final saw Niklas Gerber & Nino Leicher beat Nikolai Pfeifer & Fabian Hass 2:0 and advance to the final. The second semi- final also only took 2 sets with Abiatar Andreas & Mutasa Kudakwashe beating Hencock & Smash.
3rd place went to Hencock & Smash with a consistent performance with a 2:1 win over Nikolai & Patrick. As the sun started to set the final was ready to take place. Right from the start it was a tight match but It took only 2 sets to separate the teams, with Abiatar & Mutasa beating Niklas & Nino winning 2:0, 21:14, 18:21 to finish top of the podium.
The Ladies category saw 5 teams playing through the day to find the best 2-a-side ladies team. The ladies played a round robin format with the top 2 teams playing a final. Rosi Hennes & Simone von Wietersheim won all 4 pool games and qualified as favourite in the final. It was much closer with the other 4 teams, and some close matches eventually saw Catherine Thomas & Hendrina Lindongo, Maike von Doorn & Lara Lüsse and Sonja Sieburg & Lara Fischer taking the other semi-final spots.
The first semi-final was comfortable won by Rosi & Simone 2:0 and advancing them to the final. The second semi-final was a much tighter match. Eventually Cathy & Hendrina winning in 3 sets to meet Rosi and Simone in the final.
In the 3rd / 4th place match Maike & Lara showed some great teamwork after the disappointment of losing the semi-final match and won the match 2:0 and took home the bronze medal.
In the final Rosi & Simone continued their dominance with a strong 2:0 win over Cathy & Hendrina and becoming the Retirement Fund Solutions Winter Classic Ladies Champions 2018. This is now Rosi & Simone’s second RFS Winter Classic tournament win in a row.
The Men’s category, 10 teams, split between 2 groups, played pool matches to determine the semi-finals. In group A, Steve Kangandjera & Panashe Chiguta winning all four pool matches to advance to the semi’s. The same pattern also happened in group B with Bernhard Schurz & Brandon de Jager also winning all 4 matches.
The first semi-final saw Luke & Jan-Eric out play Ishitile & Jefta, winning 2:1, 21:18, 16:21 & 15:9. The second semi saw a convincing win for Steve & Panashe over Bernhard & Brandon, 2:0, 21:14 & 21:13.
The bronze medal went to Bernhard & Brandon after a great performance over Ishitile & Jefta, winning the match 2:0, 21:18 & 21:19.
The much-anticipated Men’s Final took place in under the floodlights just after another beautiful sunset and in front of a large, noisy crowd. The first set was a tense, close affair, with both teams trading points. Eventually the Luke & Jan-Eric opened up a two-point lead, which they held to the end, winning 21:19.
The second set followed a similar pattern. Steve & Panashe tried everything, but weren’t able to get ahead on the score board and Luke & Jan-Eric finished of the second set and the match 2:0, 21:19 & 21:17 and becoming the Men’s Retirement Fund Solutions Winter Classic Championship 2018.
A massive ‘Thank You’ goes to our tournament Sponsor; RETIREMENT FUND SOLUTIONS for their continued sponsorship of this event.
The Timeout Beach Series 2018 makes its fourth stop of the year at DTS Beach Arena for the Interpack King of the Court 2018 in July.
Official Results:
Ladies 2-a-side:
1st Rosi Hennes & Simone von Weitesheim
2nd Catherine Thomas & Hendrina Lindongo
3rd Maike von Doorn & Lara Lüsse
Men’s 2-a-side:
1st Luke Brinkmann & Jan-Eric Sack
2nd Steve Kangandjera & Panashe Chiguta
3rd Bernhard Schurz & Brandon de Jager
Social 2-a-side:
1st Abiatar Andreas & Mutasa Kudakwashe
2nd Niklas Gerber & Nino Leicher
3rd Hencock & Smash.
Youth 2-a-side:
1st Marco & Andre Utz
2nd Shelli Starke & Lars Fischer
3rd Nicole Stubenrauch & Sven.
Mixed 4-a-side:
1st Wildcats
2nd Starshine Volleyball Academy
3rd Net Violaters
Timeout Beach Series 2018 events still to come:
Interpack King of the Court
28th July, DTS Beach Arena
Kalahari Open
22nd & 23rd September 2018, Tivoli Southern Sky Guest Farm
Fabupharm Swakop Masters
3 & 4 November 2018, Mole Beach Swakopmund
Bank Windhoek Beach Bash Volleyball
22nd December 2018, Langstrand, Erongo
Interpack King & Queen of the Beach 2018
Timeout Beach Series 2018
dts Beach Arena, windhoek
The second Timeout Beach Series 2018 event of the year, the Interpack King & Queen of the Beach 2018, was hosted at DTS Beach Arena last weekend.
The King & Queen of the Beach concept for this tournament is to find the best individual beach volleyball athlete in the three 2-a-side categories; Men’s, Ladies. The athletes in their own categories are divided into groups of 4 athletes and will play one set matches with each of the other 3 athletes in their group (3 different partners). You not only have to play great beach volleyball to be successful, but you also have to be able to play with different partners that you might not be familiar with. This is a skill in itself and needs to be mastered to be able to succeed at this tournament.
This tournament wouldn’t be possible without the continued support from Red Bull Namibia and Interpack, who are supporting their three Timeout Beach Series 2018 event this year. We are humbled and very thankful by their support of beach volleyball in Namibia.
The Ladies competition saw some of the best beach volleyball athletes in Namibia battle it out for the title of ‘Queen of the Beach’. Including NVF Bank Windhoek NAM Open winner; Rosi Hennes and the Fabupharm Swakop Master 2017 winner Simone von Wietersheim, who were just a few of the top names that made up the field of 8 athletes.
The ladies played in 2 groups of 4 athletes, playing round robin format. The second round again saw 2 groups playing 3 one set matches, with the top two in each group going into the final and the bottom two, playing for places 5-8.
The final four comprised of Rosi Hennes, Dorle Verrinder, Simone von Wietersheim and Karin Curschmann. After a battle royal, Hennes managed to win all her 3 games with the other 3 athletes finishing on one win each and the silver and bronze podium places would be decided on points difference.
Verrinder and Curschmann finished with a record of 21:11, 11:21 & 12:21 (-9 points). They needed to play a game of Volis, first to 5 points, to decide who finished second and third. Verrinder won 5:0 and took second and Curschmann finish 3rd. The Queen of the Beach 2018 title went to Hennes with a very impressive winning record of 21:11, 21:11 & 21:12.
The Men’s category saw 24 athletes take part. It took three rounds of action to find our final four athletes with notable performances from two 17 year olds Stephanus Nambahu and Danilo von Ludwiger, to reaching their first final in the Men’s category.
In the final, the pattern of the day continued with 3 athletes all winning 1 out of 3 matches, with the silver and bronze medals being decided by point’s difference. Danilo von Ludwiger finished in bronze position with -4 points difference and Jan-Eric Sack finished with silver -2 points. But the clear winner was Conrad Johannes winning all his 3 games in the final (21:10, 21:11 & 21:18 and taking the title of King of the Beach.
In the 4-a-side category, 6 teams battled it out in a round-robin format to try and finish on the podium.
The pool stages saw one team dominate the competition, with Starshine Volleyball Academy won all of their 5 matches. The rest of the teams had to battle it out for 2nd, 3rd and the minor places.
After 15 games were played we saw Phoenix Two finish in 3rd place with a record of 3 wins. This left the Net Violaters to take 2nd place, winning 4 games and only losing to Starshine Volleyball Academy (2:0, 21:13, 21;18). A huge congratulation to Starshine Volleyball Academy, based in Soweto, Katarura, taking the title of 4-a-side Social Mixed King and Queen of the Beach 2017.
Official Results:
Men
1st Conrad Johannes
2nd Jan-Eric Sack
3rd Danilo von Ludwiger
Ladies
1st Rosi Hennes
2nd Dorle Verrinder
3rd Karin Curschmann
Social Mixed 4-a-side
1st Starshine Volleyball Academy
2nd Net Violaters
3rd Phoenix Two