The volleyball championships are a Porty favourite, with spectators watching the teams practicing on the sands for days in the run up to the big matches.
Thanks goes to Portobello Community Council for the reminder last night!Are you an action photographer? Then read on...
The Scottish Beach Volleyball Photographer of the Year Award 2011The Beach Commission are again awarding £110 prize money to the best photographs taken at a Scottish Beach Volleyball event. A maximum of 3 photos should be submitted to the Beach Commission, along with name, address and a contact telephone number, by emailing them (a maximum of 5MB per email) to info@scottishvolleyball.org , or posting them to the SVA Office. The Beach Commission will decide on the winning photograph at the end of the beach season.
Also, if anyone takes photographs of the Scottish Beach Tour that they consider worthy of uploading to the SVA Gallery, then again, please email these or post a CD or DVD containing the images to the SVA Office. A guide to producing images of the correct standard and resolution required for the gallery can be forwarded by email if required.
While ownership of any images will be retained by the photographer, the SVA maintains the right to use any image submitted for marketing and promotional purposes.
Next weekend the Scottish Beach Volleyball tournament will arrive in Troon, and in St Andrews the weekend after that. The teams will be back on Portobello beach on 7th and 20th August, watch this space for details. If you want to sharpen up on the rules beforehand, read here.
from http://innertubemap.com/blog/post/168 (especially for the photo of the male teams in action)
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