Volleyball Classic returns to Cobram-Barooga

By Owen Sinclair

Feb 19, 2025

Izac Carracher and Mark Nicolaidis celebrate their first National Tour title in almost two years at the Cobram Barooga Classic 2024. Photo by Contributed

The world and some of its finest athletes will descend on Cobram-Barooga at the end of the month in an event not to be missed.

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From February 28 to March 2, Thompsons Beach will come alive as athletes from at least 80 nations including Russia, the US and Germany compete in the Australian Beach Volleyball Tour - Cobram Barooga Classic 2025.

President of Cobram Barooga Business and Tourism Nicky Goldsworthy said this year’s event will be better than ever.

“People should be extremely excited,” she said.

“It’s pretty freaky to think we’ve qualified as one of the major points of beach volleyball.

“To think that we’ll have some of the world’s best athletes as well… is pretty cool.”

President Goldsworthy said this year’s event will be more family oriented than ever before.

“The idea is to make it more family oriented with more family-based seating on the day and music,” she said.

Junior athletes will once again also get a chance to shine in the Australian Junior Beach Volleyball Tour segment from March 3 to March 4.

Several local schools will visit the event as part of their sports programs.

“I’m very proud of my region, and the opportunity to showcase it,” she said.

The draw for the event, which is free for spectators to attend, will be released on Wednesday, February 26, on the Australian Beach Volleyball Tour website.

Find out more through the Cobram Barooga Business and Tourism Facebook page at https://tinyurl.com/38bx4a7t.