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Canadian pairs move on to semis in Commonwealth Games

 

GOLD COAST, Australia, April 10, 2018 – Canada’s men and women beach volleyball teams are in the semifinals of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at Queen Elizabeth Park in Coolangatta.

 

In the men’s segment, Sam Schachter and Sam Pedlow will go against New Zealand’s brothers Sam and Ben O’Dea. The other semifinal will have Chris Gregory and Jake Sheaf of England against Australia’s Damien Schubert and Christopher McHugh.

 

Schachter and Pedlow defeated Cyprus’ Dimitris Apostolou and Georgios Chrysostomou 2-0 (21-17, 21-15), while the O’Dea brothers beat Trinidad and Tobago’s Daneil Williams and Daynte Stewart 2-0 (21-15, 21-14). 

 

In the women’s competition FIVB World Ranking leaders Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan moved a step closer to the women’s gold medal match by advancing to the last four. 

 

The Canadian pair beat Scotland’s Lynne Beattie and Melissa Coutts 2-0 (21-9, 21-9), and they will take on Mariota Angelopoulou and Manolina Konstantinou after the Cypriot duo beat New Zealand’s Shaunna Polley and Kelsie Wills 2-0 (21-10, 21-17). 

 

Canada and Trinidad & Tobago both had men and women in the tournament while St. Kitts and Nevis men and Grenada women also took part in the first ever beach volleyball tournament in the Games.

 

NORCECA Confederation is also represented among the technical officials as the control committee of the competition is comprised of Canada’s Ed Drakich and Andre Trotier as technical and referee delegate, respectively. Trinidadian Mushtaque Mohammed is member while Brian Hiebert (Canada), Martin Swsey (Belize), Julien Seraphine (St Lucia) and Kenneth Waugh (Jamaica) are among the referees.