Beach Volleyball At Horse Guards Parade

Yesterday, I spent a pleasant afternoon at the beach volleyball on Horse Guards Parade.

Note :-

1. The advert for New Zealand on top of New Zealand House.
2. In four hours, we saw four matches. The Netherlands won two and Venezuela and Italy one each. Sadly the British women lost to the Italians. But the Dutch beating the Germans was probably very satisfying for them.
3. The food was no better than at the Lee Valley.
4. The weather wasn’t good, but everybody carried on regardless. Even the Italian and Australian girls, who obviously train in the sun!
5. I’ve put most of the comments in the pictures.

In some ways the stadium itself is a star.  It just shows how with careful design, you can build a temporary 16,000-seater stadium.  How many other sports could put on a championship in such a stadium? It would be ideal for tennis, some equestrian sports like dressage, boxing and martial arts, to name just a few. The only problem in the UK would be the rain.

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