GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA, April 03, 2011 (Press-News.org) Sports fans will have the chance to put their beach soccer skills to the test in a tournament on the Gold Coast next month.
The game may be relatively new to Australia but it has a huge following overseas, having first been played on the sandy stretches of Rio de Janeiro more than 30 years ago.
Flamboyant former Manchester United and France star Eric Cantona's love of beach soccer has helped bring it to a global audience in over 170 countries, making it one of the world's fastest-growing sports.
Youngsters and adults have been invited to enter their own teams in the 2011 Gold Coast Beach Soccer Challenge. Kids will play on April 20th and 21st in the under ten, 12, 14 and 16 age categories.
Men and women are set to compete on April 23rd and 24th.
Each side must have between five and ten players.
Registration costs AU$25 per person, with trophies and specially-designed tournament strips up for grabs.
The action is scheduled to run from 08:30 to 16:30 local time on each day at Kirra Surf Life Saving Club on Coolangatta Beach.
Soccer enthusiasts thinking of staying in Gold Coast hotels and taking part can find a large selection of last minute accommodation at LateRooms.com.au.
More information is available at http://www.beachsoccerchampionships.com.au/.
Editors Notes:
www.LateRooms.com is part of the B2C sector of TUI Travel PLC's Accommodation and Destination Division. Also within this sector are AsiaRooms.com and Hotels-London.co.uk.
LateRooms.com is the UK's leading online accommodation site offering late availability deals in over 37,000 properties worldwide, ranging from bed and breakfasts to five-star luxury hotels.
LateRooms.com offers customers a saving of up to 70 per cent off the normal room rate for a variety of independent and branded hotels. Customers can book online or by phone 24/7, whether booking 12 months or 12 minutes in advance - whatever time, whatever day. No other accommodation site offers this flexibility.
LateRooms.com arms customers with information to help them choose the right hotel. Users can read from over 540,000 true hotel reviews, written by customers who have booked through LateRooms.com and actually stayed at the hotel.
LateRooms.com is the first online site to use VisitBritain's official national classification system to rate its hotels, bed and breakfasts and guest houses. This ensures customers know the standards of quality they can expect when making a reservation.
To view LateRooms.com press pages, please see http://press.laterooms.com/au.
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The tournament takes place on Coolangatta Beach next month.
2011-04-03
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