06/01/2001
Goodwill Beach Volleyball Fever is Rising
OLYMPIC gold medallists
Kerri Pottharst and Natalie Cook are in Brisbane today to
give the world's travel buyers a first-hand taste of the excitement
of the 2001 Goodwill Games.
Australia's star beach volleyball pair took
to the specially designed sand court at the Australian Tourism
Exchange, as part of a fun promotion for the Goodwill Games.
Beach Volleyball is certainly a hit with Goodwill
Games spectators with more than 60 per cent of seats already
booked out. The tickets are the cheapest of all the Goodwill
Games ticketed sports, starting at just $10 per adult, per
session.
Kerri and Natalie will compete in a field of
64 world-class athletes - 16 women and 16 men's pairs - from
August 29 to September 4 at South Bank Piazza, for a total
prize purse of $US300,000.
The seven day competition is shaping up to be
one of the most exciting of the 14 sports, with Games' organisers
planning some fun entertainment to provide additional hype
for spectators.
The competition draw will be announced following
the World Championships in Austria in early August.
The South Bank Piazza will be transformed into
a beach setting with more than 1050 tonnes of sand to be poured
into the main arena and an adjacent practice court.
Additional grandstands will boost the venue's
capacity to 2200, with two sessions of competition being played
each day. Four days of play will take place in a single elimination
format, with first round losers advancing to the classification
round, and winners to the medals round.
South Bank Piazza will begin to be transformed
from about August 17, when overlay specialists and organisers
begin the bump-in process.
Plenty of seats still remain for sessions
on August 29, 30 and 31 and September 3 and 4. The Saturday
and Sunday sessions on September 1 and 2 have already booked
out. Tickets are available at Ticketek outlets throughout
the country, by phone on 133 877 or visit www.ticketek.com.
Media information:
Nikki Todd, 2001 Goodwill Games Brisbane
Ph: 07 3233 2045 (direct) / Mobile: 0408
011 204
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