Updated 4/24/03
East End Volleyball History
East
End Volleyball Flashback: In
1987 EEVB ran a special demonstration for Jose Cuervo Tequila and le coq
sportif in Central Park. The event was closed to the public and was intended to
showcase beach volleyball and le coq sportif 
clothing to the media, both sports and
fashion. Seventy tons of sand was placed in a parking lot near the lake at the
southern end of Central Park and a volleyball court was erected.
A volleyball demonstration was held featuring Pro Beach stars Karch Kiraly, Pat Powers, Brent Frohoff, and Scott Akatubby.
After the demo Powers, Frohoff, and Akatubby became fashion models along
with EEVB players such as Pam Choi to showcase le coq sportif's beach
volleyball line in what was a truly unique EEVB promotion. (Photo: Pat Powers
hits a Kiraly set past Frohoff at the demonstration).
East
End Volleyball Flashback:
Bethany Beach, Delaware's Richmond &
Franklin Hall have won every EEVB tournament they have entered including the
1989 DeKuyper Wildwood Open. (Below left, Franklin Hall hits a Richmond set off
Rafael Del Valle's block as Omar Vargas plays defense. The Halls also won the
1993 Details Magazine tournament at Jenkinson's Beach in Pt. Pleasant, NJ and
the 1993 Big Shot Championships at Trump Plaza.
East
End Volleyball Classic Moment
Sinjin' Smith, all-time victory leader on the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball
Tour, talks to players at a 1990 volleyball clinic at the Hampton Beach Club.
Over 35 players participated in the clinic run by Smith and his personal coach
Ian Gregory. Basic skills plus doubles defense and handling game situations
were featured at the Clinic.
East End Volleyball will continue to offer players the opportunity to improve their game with clinics by former AVP star, 1984 Olympic Gold Medallist and current coach at USC Pat Powers.