Melbourne Beaches Volleyball Association - MBVA

17/05/2026

Want access to more beach volleyball courts?

Help us advocate to create more vibrant inland beach volleyball facilities by transforming this abandoned lawn bowls space in Darebin:

https://yoursay.darebin.vic.gov.au/JCMP

Volleyball Victoria

We’d like to hear your thoughts on the future of the John Cain Memorial Park

30/04/2026

End of season survey closes tomorrow (Fri 1 May) - this is your chance to tell us what you think so we can plan for next season.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MBVA2026

Thanks to everyone who has already completed! 🥰

25/04/2026

Thanks to everyone who has provided feedback in the end of season survey so we know where things can get better for Season 26-27!! ☀️
You still have a week to get it done and what a beautiful week (for Melbourne weather) it will be!👉 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MBVA2026

19/04/2026

🏐🔥 Podium moments from the 2026 Mahindra Australian Beach Volleyball Tour in Cobram last week!

Huge congratulations to our MBVA & Volleyball Victoria medal winners, and to every team that brought the rivalry, energy and beach volleyball spirit to the sand 🙌

ABVT ELITE MEN
🥇 Gold: Justin Schumann

ABVT ELITE WOMEN
🥈 Silver: Lucie Sauerova & Rebecca Ingram

ABVT CHALLENGER DIV 1 WOMEN
🥉 Bronze: Madera Famous & Adele Curtis

ABVT CHALLENGER DIV 1 MEN
🥇 Gold: Bobby Te Rangi & Brock Dingley
🥉 Bronze: Arley Hinchley

ABVT CHALLENGER DIV 2 MEN
🥈 Silver: Jack Hutchings
🥉 Bronze: Joe Kneebone & Finn Langfeldt

And a massive shout-out to our 2026 Australian Junior Beach Volleyball Tour Cobram champions 🏆

AJBT U21 WOMEN
🥉 Bronze: Hilary Hannagan

AJBT U19 WOMEN
🥇 Gold: Ella McDonell & Ruby Smith
🥈 Silver: Ellie Mae Jury
🥉 Bronze: Ruby Longmuir

AJBT U19 MEN
🥈 Silver: Jack Hutchings
🥉 Bronze: Joe Kneebone & Finn Langfeldt

Outstanding performance on the sand from every one of our members. Keep bringing it 💪

13/04/2026

Season done (well almost!) ☀️

Thanks everyone for being part of a great summer of beach volleyball — we’d love your feedback to help make next season even better.

👉 Fill out our end of season survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MBVA2026

And if you’re keen for one last hit, the Lorne Classic is on next week 👀

Volleyball pyramid courtesy of Big Al and Eric

15/03/2026

14/03/2026

Victoria turned up BIG at the Australian Youth Beach Volleyball Championships!!
89 athletes. 37 teams. 6 medals. 2nd overall for the President’s Shield 🏆
🥇 U16B Ethan Hosking-Mani & Seb Gelt
🥇 U18G Ava Palser & Maddison Kerr
🥈 U16G Gemma Yong & Ellie Mellings
🥉 U14B Heritage, Lanham, Subramaniam, Tanurahardja & Wong
🥉 U14G Goodman, Huang, Hutton & Tupou
🥉 U18G Ella McDonell & Ruby Longmuir

Every single athlete are MBVA members. 💛💙

Thank you to our 19 coaches, 9 support staff, Victoria, Australia, all the state associations and every family that made this week possible!!

See full post here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18ME7jdALS/?mibextid=wwXIfr

📸 Rogue Gun Photography & Media

14/03/2026

🌟🔥🌟 BIG COOLANGATTA POST 🌟🔥🌟

Congratulations to the entire Volleyball Victoria team which was 89 athletes strong!! ✨✨

The MBVA community is so proud of every one of these young athletes. All Victorian athletes at the 2026 Australian Youth Beach Volleyball Championships are part of MBVA, played across 37 teams, backed by 19 coaches and 9 support staff!!

Victoria finished 2nd overall for the President's Shield, bringing home 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 3 Bronze medals across 5 divisions!!

U18:
Girls: Ava Palser, Maddison Kerr, Ella McDonell, Ruby Longmuir, Jocelyn Kerr, Madeleine Goldsworthy, Ella Britten & Char Tolley-Conman
Boys: Jack Hutchings, Arley Hinchley, Joe Kneebone, Finn Langfeldt, Charlie Lanham, Benji Jenkins, Adam Suchard, Lucas Lazar, Jagger Wood & Athan Bitsikas

U17:
Girls: Adele Curtis, Mayra Pacioni, Stella Spink, Maia Reynolds, Charlotte Heritage, Summer Newton, R**t Kahlon, Ediri Ukoko, Tegan Drummond & Jasmine Abella-Sentance
Boys: Nathan Clough, Leo Pellone, Jack Beddoe, James Beddoe, Ben Goodman, Lenny Wong, Austin To, Buckley Penny, Hugo O'Neill & Soroush Yousefi

U16:
Girls: Ellie Mellings, Gemma Yong, Luana Degaspare Oliveira, Katelyn Britten, Caitlin Uffindell, Anya Marjanovic, Eila Dewhurst, Elis Sen, Amalia Langfeldt & Solenne Taylor
Boys: Seb Gelt, Ethan Hosking-Mani, Eamon Gibbs, Zol Zamani, Ryan White, Liam Lau, James Burgess, Nicholas Truong, Ted Lavery & Gordon Tupou

U15:
Girls: Katie Tran, Nanami Hutton, Letitia Caspersz, Victoria Kallis, Lola Wilding, Eliana Zulliger, Kiki Mahon, Salina Marques, Neeve Kirkpatrick & Nina Nayagam
Boys: Oscar Cracknell, Dustin Van Cuylenburg, Jai Sekhon, Levi Pang, Ashton Lee, Jacob Fu & Justin Zhong

U14:
Girls: Avelyn Tupou, Stella Goodman, Maika Hutton, Nini Huang, Emilie Cheung, Courtney Caspersz, Alannah Reynolds, Emma D**g & Saskia Hinchley
Boys: Adam Heritage, Harvey Lanham, James Tanurahardja, Jesse Wong & Kathir Subramaniam

Special Achievements:

U18G 🥇 Ava Palser & Maddison Kerr (Back to Back)
U16B 🥇 Ethan Hosking-Mani & Seb Gelt

U16G 🥈 Gemma Yong & Ellie Mellings

U14B 🥉 Adam Heritage, Harvey Lanham, Kathir Subramaniam, James Tanurahardja & Jesse Wong
U14G 🥉 Stella Goodman, Nini Huang, Maika Hutton & Avelyn Tupou
U18G 🥉 Ella McDonell & Ruby Longmuir

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U18B 5th - Jack Hutchings & Arley Hinchley
U17G 5th - Mayra Pacioni & Adele Curtis
U15B 5th - Oscar Cracknell, Jai Sekhon, Dustin Van Cuylenburg & Levi Pang
U15G 5th - Letitia Caspersz, Nanami Hutton, Victoria Kallis & Katie Tran

U18B 6th - Finn Langfeldt & Joe Kneebone

U14G 7th - Courtney Caspersz, Emilie Cheung, Emma D**g, Saskia Hinchley & Alannah Reynolds
U17B 7th - Lenny Wong & Ben Goodman

U17B 8th - Leo Pellone & Nathan Clough
U16B 9th - Zol Zamani & Eamon Gibbs

✨✨Thank you to all the coaches!!✨✨

U18: Ben Carroll, Quinn Brown, Kayla Hor & Liza Gelt
U17: Eric Gelt, Liam Mathieson, Mark Famous & Liv Jury
U16: Ella Mustovic, Adam Pattali, Gabriele Famous & Bek Pocock
U15: Bernard McInerney, Trent Holland, Zach Ah-Tye & Billy Jones
U14: Carlo Pacioni, Matt Lycett & Kira Woodward

✨✨And a huge thank you to the support staff!!✨✨

Head of Delegation: Rebecca Carter
Assistant Head of Delegation: Scott Davidson & Josh Neville
Program Directors: Tamsin Hinchley & Darren Curtis
Assistant Program Directors: Matt Lanham & Daimon Jenkins
Referees: Olivia Szalay & Jayvier Yang

What a great event up in Coolangatta!!
Rumour has it that everyone had a blast!!

Thank you to our 19 coaches, 9 support staff, Volleyball Victoria, Volleyball Australia, all the state associations ( Volleyball South Australia, NSW Phoenix, Volleyball Queensland, Volleyball NT, Volleyball WA) and every family that made this week possible!! 🇻🇺🏐 A special shout out to who made the trip across the Pacific to compete at AYBVC 2026!! Four teams across U16, U17 and U18 Girls took to the sand at Coolangatta.

Thanks also to VBVA - Vic Beach Volleyball Academy and the broader VBVA community for helping many athletes over the years at training - with VBVA athletes well represented in the medals.

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06/02/2026

04/02/2026

Great chance to play beach volleyball this Friday evening at the pop up courts at the Frankston Waterfront Festival…