The New Zealand Beach Volleyball Championships from today until Sunday afternoon is the final event on the NZL Beach Volleyball Tour for the 2016-2017 summer.
The overall Tour Champions trophies will be decided as well as the national championships.
The national champs will be contested between the best 12 teams in the country for both genders with likely interest in the performances of the NZ Secondary Schools gold medallists Hikaru Han and Libby Houghton of Spotswood, who are stepping up to have a shot at the best senior players.
The Spotswood pairing took the secondary schools title last weekend at Mount Maunganui with Tyran Gillespie and Billy Johnstone of Western Heights winning the senior boys' title.
Teams competing at the national champs have plenty of motivation in trying to qualify for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. To do so, teams must achieve high results on the new-format World Tour over the next six months.