This week Montpellier hosts the Seashore Professional Tour, an international beach volleyball competitiveness. For the occasion, the town hall sq. has been reworked … into a seaside.
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The beach front in the town. For some several hours now, the residents of Montpellier have been rediscovering the city hall square. Normally designed up of paved streets, the square in front is currently coated with 40 centimeters of sand to accommodate … a beach volleyball court docket. In reality, from Wednesday 24 August to Sunday 28 August, the metropolis hosts the international beach front volleyball match in this spectacular environment. Let us go back to an XXL business in a couple of figures.
Assembled and disassembled in 24 several hours
In circumstance of use for the 5 times of level of competition, the field will be dismantled the working day soon after the stop of the opposition. The assembly operate, which took spot on Tuesday 16 August, this kind of as disassembly, can take only 24 hrs for the complex groups.
“Our target is to depart the position as we discovered it, explains Teodor Rodar, the complex director of the Beach Masters firm, in demand of the set up. There are 46 elements that make up the composition, it is assembled like Lego.
A discipline of six meters by 20
As this is an intercontinental tournament, the organizers are subject to rigid principles. The area, for illustration, have to respect a size of 6 meters by 20. Between the registered teams, 4 French couples have now experienced for the main draw. Two more pairs will glimpse to be a part of them, winning tickets on qualifying day on Wednesday 24th August.
40cm thick sand
An important player in this activity, the sand is distribute on the floor for a thickness of 40 centimeters. Ample to cushion the recurrent falls and dives in this sport. Plenty of even to maintain the ball from bouncing.
Particularly good, this sand also has the particularity of not retaining warmth. Presented by the municipality of Montpellier, it will then be donated to the city’s beach volleyball club.
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