XX Edizione PALERMO - Italy  11-22  MAGGIO 2005
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Beach Volley / Press Release n.34 20 May 2005

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

PROSERIES BEACH VOLLEY INTERNATIONAL TOUR IN MONDELLO
Full stand at the beach volley test match played at night

Yesterday evening while you could hear the voice of Kelly Joyce across Valdesi Square, a beach volley match went underway between the French Team with Greg Znatchkovsky, known as Snatch and Laurent Krafft, his first time here in Mondello, and the team “revelations” made up of Jaroslav Petrucha (Pasta) and Andrej Barbierik nicknamed as Barbi, this was the first time this pair played in Mondello and played at a high performance. In two sets played, they won the first with 21/16 and the second with 21/19, the two strong beachers took the match and are considered to be amongst the favourites.
This afternoon at 3.00pm the two Brazilans Paulao, ex world champion, and Lissandro Carvalho will take on Buragina/Hinchley.
The womans category will begin today at 4.30pm, the first time for the players competing for the Queen of the Beach title: Denise Koelliker and Luna Pietrucci against Maarja Natus and Katri Vaiknemets.
And this evening at 10.00pm the first official evening match will take place.
A large turnout is expected for todays matches in which the following teams will play: Znatchkovsky/Krafft and Emanuele Monduzzi/Gregor Lah.

Program for the 20th of May:

3.00pm: Paulao/Carvalho - Buragina/Hinchley
4.30pm: Koelliker/Pietrucci - Natus/Vaiknemets
10.00pm: Monduzzi/Lah - Znatchkovsky/Krafft



 

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