Previous Margate Masters Events

2010 Event - voted best event on tour for second year!

The 2010 Margate Masters beach volleyball event was described as a “huge success”, with Volleyball England declaring that they want to come back in 2011.

The free event, which is organised by Thanet District Council’s Sport Matters team, ran from Friday (9 July) to Sunday (11 July). Some of the UK’s top beach volleyball players took to the courts on Margate Main Sands, with almost 4,500 spectators turning out to watch the action over the weekend.

In the women’s competition, where we had 16 teams, British number two seeds Denise Austen and Mel Coutts, took the title on their first visit to Margate. In the finals, they beat Gabriela Medricka from the Czech Republic and Eva Czinegeova from Slovakia, who had won Margate Masters for the last three years running.

The men’s event saw 26 teams with number one seeds Davide Grandolfo from Italy and Berislav Bobus from Croatia winning the title. The runners-up were number three seeds Richard Payne from South Africa and Rob Flay from Great Britain. It was the second time Richard had been runner-up at the event in the last four years.

Over 60 pupils from across Kent competed for the Margate Masters Schools Competition with expert coaching and matches in the main arena.

Families got involved with free coaching in the 'Kids Volleyzone' and matches on the outside courts.

See all of the results at on the Volleyball England website.

4 a side local 2nd place winners	4 a side local 2nd place winners and runners up 2010	Competitor's athletic jump at net	Busy beach at Ladies match	Kids with Volley Banner	Kids Volleyzone
Community volleyball courts	Community Courts	Community Courts match	Hartsdown Technical College U15 winners	Tunbridge Wells Girls Grammer U15 winners	Westlands School U13 winners
Wilmington Grammer School for Boys U13 winners	Centre Court Crowds	Local Standards Competition	Pairs Local winners and runners up	Crowds look on to centre court	Women's Group stages action
Women's Group stages action	Ladies Qtr final	Men's Group stages action	Men's group stages action	Men's Qtr final action	Men's semis
Philippe eats sand	Richard ponders!	Referee questions	A Special Helper	Finals crowd	Ladies Finalists
The Ladies final begins	Ladies final	Service	Ladies final action	Margate Masters	action at the net
point winner	The crowds look on	Sunday entertainment - Dancers	Crowd interaction at dancing comp!	Sunday Dancers - The Finals	Men's Final - serve
Men's Final - the action begins	Margate Masters	Men's final net action	Margate Masters	Men's final action	at fight at the net
Winners officials and volunteers at Margate Masters 2010