The Richardson Foods Group volleyball reverse doubles tournament featured an array of talent last weekend.
In the attack line format where men spike from behind a three meter line and women can spike from anywhere, teams were entered as two men, two women or mixed.
Teams competed in three skill categories — Pro, Supercomp and Competitive.
The Pro division was captured by six-foot-seven inch giant Alex Swiatlowski and his partner Nicholas Stefanakis. They beat last year’s summer series champion Mike Aitken and his partner Angela Owen who was an outstanding power hitter for the Camosun Chargers.
Swiatlowski and Stefanakis were on Team BC who captured the Western Nationals. They captured the final with a score of 21-18; 21-16.
Kris Youakim and Bastian Nill (Germany) captured third place and Brett Hallgren and John Ogilvy finished fourth in the division.
The Supercomp division was won by the team of Jasmine Kim and Dave Dooley. They had a close 22-20; 21-28 victory over the team of Kim Howell and Jamie Jackson.
Jonny Lee and Spencer Morriss captured third place.
Karin Maessin and Brett Hastings finished fourth.
Michael Anderson and Josh Hample won a three-set tie-breaker to capture the Competitive division. After dropping the first set 20-22, they came back to win the second game 21-18 and win the tie-breaker set 15-11. They beat Kim Lucus and Emma Rimmer in the final.
Ty Anderson and Jasmine Popoff captured third place over Caitlyn and Ken Lowe.
The final tournament of the series will be the Domino’s Doubles on Sunday, Aug. 28.
This will be the final tournament ever for the series that has run for more than 25 years.
For information or registration, email Lorne Chan at spike99@shaw.ca or call 250-812-2708.
