Margate Masters Beach Volleyball

5th annual Margate Masters hailed a massive success!

The site has been de-rigged now but Margate Beach turned into a national sports arena for the 9th and 10th July 2011.

A full summary of the event will follow along with pictures on this page.

Many thanks to all of the players, officials, volunteers and sponsors for a great event.

Margate Masters 2011

This FREE event returned for its fifth year in 2011 and celebrated the best of top class action and family interaction.

Voted as the Best Tour Event in 2009 and 2010 by the players and officials of Volleyball England, previous events attracted large audiences to see the action on the showcourts.

The action kicked off on Friday 8 July with a schools competition where pupils could qualify to represent Kent at the UK School Games in Sheffield in September 2011. During the day local youngsters got the chance to play in the main arena.

The elite competition started on Saturday 9 July, with the main Volleyball England Beach Tour event attracting the top players in the country, along with some invited international teams. There was full match commentary and entertainment, including music, crowd competitions and beach sports demonstrations.

The women’s final then took place on the Sunday at 1.30pm, followed by the men’s final at 3.30pm that day.

Thank you to our Sponsors

Margate Masters - Event History

Margate Masters is an established part of the Volleyball England Beach Tour (VEBT), a series of events attracting the top players from around the country and some from oversees. The event is hosted on Margate Main Sands with an impressive venue built each year.

The high quality venue has recently been included in the Pre-Games Training Camp brochure for London 2012 Olympics. This will hopefully encourage travelling international teams to come to Thanet to train prior to the main event to be held in Horseguards Parade, London.

Thanet District Council work closely with Volleyball England to put on the event providing a high level spectator event for local residents and using it to encourage local people of all ages to come and have a go. The event has grown from strength to strength in the last three years and aims to provide the best Beach Volleyball event for spectators, officials and players alike by including;