THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, August 11, 1996 TAG: 9608090208
SECTION: VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON PAGE: 32 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY LEE TOLLIVER, BEACON SPORTS EDITOR
LENGTH: 48 lines
Out and about in the Virginia Beach sports scene:
The National Bud Light Pro-Am Beach Volleyball Series returns to Virginia Beach this weekend with more than 600 players converging at 2nd Street attempting to qualify for the national finals.
Men and women open divisions will play Saturday and their competition will be broadcast at a later date on the Prime Network.
Amateur divisions for coed and four-person teams will be held on Sunday.
The top five teams from each of 12 divisions qualify for the Bud Light National Championships Oct. 12-13 in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Stay on the beach.
Once the sand has cleared from the Bud Light volleyball event, more volleyballers will take to the sand as part of the 34th annual East Coast Surfing Championships sports festival Aug. 23-25.
Brought to you proudly by the Virginia Beach Jaycess and featuring as a main event the Bud Surf Tour professional surfing competition.
A new event this season will be an Hawaiian outrigger canoe race featuring 15 teams from up and down the East Coast. Then there will be the usual array of beach/water-related sporting activities of amateur surfing and skimboarding.
There will also be a golf tournament on Monday at Honey Bee. Call Gary Kennedy at 498-5467 about that.
Simply super.
As it is summer beach party time, it is also tournament fishing time as the Super September Tournament Series gets under way with a second season that includes 12 different events.
The marlin tournament sponsored by the Virginia Beach Billfish Foundation will be held Aug. 31 through Sept. 2.
The Portsmouth spot and croaker tournament runs the same weekend.
The Salt Ponds Open and the amberjack release event will be held the weekend of Sept. 7-8.
There will be a flounder tournament Sept. 7-15, followed by the Rudee Inlet Tuna Challenge Sept. 13-15.
The Virginia Beach Surf Fishing Tournament will be held Sept. 19-20 and there will be a casting contest on Sept. 21.
The Marina Shores Open runs Sept. 21-22, followed by a King Mackerel event Sept. 28-29. Speckled trout anglers go at it Sept. 27-29.
The youth portion of the contest runs the entire month and the awards party at the Virginia Marine Science Museum will be held Oct. 12.
For information on any of the events, call 1-800-445-9440. by CNB