Beach Volley / Press Release n.27 18 May 2005

XX Edition World Festival On The Beach
Palermo Mondello 11-22 May 2005

BEACH VOLLEY: TOMORROW THE MONDELLO CUP’S INTERNATIONAL MATCHES
Thursday the 19th of May at 3.00pm the mens matches begin the Proseries International Tour
And a fun match between Greg Znatchkovsky and 6 members from the audience in Mondello.

The Beach Volley Mondello Cup will begin on Thursday the 19th of May with the first mens match of the Proseries International Tour. The two holders of the cup Kaarel Kais and Argo Arak from Estonia pulled out at the last minute making room for Andrei Barbierik and Jaroslav Petrucha.
Back in Palermo will be some well known faces to the audience like the Slovenians Sandi Pivk and Ivor Grlic ( winners 4 times in the Slovenian Grand Prix) who will be playing for first at 3.00pm against Roberto Buragina, Italian and Alna Hinchley who’s Australian (two first places and one second in the asian championships).
On the beach there will also be the Frenchman Greg Znatchkovsky ( champion in France in 2000 with Laurent Krafft), at 4.30pm he’ll be in a fun match with 6 people chosen from the audience.
Tomorrow on the pitch Emanuele Monduzzi and his team player Greg Lah will be trainnig along with the favourites Moreira da Costa, Brazilian (world champion in 92/93, twice winner in the South American championships and three times champion in Brazil) and Lissandro Carvalho.
The first two of every match played will meet in the finals.
On the 20th of May the womans matches will begin for the Queen of the Beach title.
Players program for the 19th of May:

3.00pm: Pivk/Grlic - Buragina/Hinchley
4.30pm: fun match: Greg Znatchkovsky – 6 members of the audience