Spike time!
Sipping cold beers on the beach is a luxury not many rural communities get to have within town, but Coota has their yearly beach volleyball which brings the beach to them. Held on Murray Street from the 14th-16th of February, the Coota Beach Volleyball cannot run without the necessary hands to make the event happen.
Adina Care have been proudly running the Coota Beach Volleyball and would like all willing community members to put their hand up and make contact with them on 02 6942 3511.
CEO of Adina Care, Greame Sloane, said, “The Coota Beach Volleyball in 2025 will be very similar to the program we had last year.
There will be over 100 teams participating in the event which is run over three days. The Friday is the local school event, then Saturday and Sunday is an open event for people from wherever they come from.
“Last event we had people from as far as Sydney come to participate. There are lots of little jobs that we do around the courts and organising the day that we would like some assistance from volunteers. Any contribution is valuable and we can put people to an area that they are comfortable with.
“Things like running score sheets back to the main tent or running messages, assisting with putting stuff together. A lot of the major work like putting up the nets, the watering and the infrastructure around the sand has already been organised but we need people for the little jobs and they all go together to make the whole thing work.
“What we are hoping people will get out of it is a sense of community and a sense of fun and enjoyment for the day. Most of the participants have a great day. It’s an opportunity for us to imagine for a weekend that we live on a beach and we do stuff that beach people do.”
There are flag races alongside the volleyball as well as other activities.
“There will be lots of refreshments for sale, along with food, tea and coffee. This means a lot to Adina Care for a whole range of reasons, but primarily it is about helping the community to understand that we have got lots of young people who work with us and they are there to care for our older people and for the wider community, we must continue to attract younger people to the community and put on events and activities that younger people can enjoy and participate in.
“At the end of the day, those people are the ones who contribute to the care of our elderly residents and they are the people that make a difference in their lives.
“We are looking forward to the community responding as they did last year as it will be bigger than last year and we are expecting more teams to participate and we are feeling very positive.”
Why not give a go at the behind-the-scenes processes of the big day?
-Jack Murray
