Barefoot Cup End-of-League Tourney

This week marks the start of the league-ending tournament for the Barefoot Wine AVPNext Championship Cup at Wasatch Beach. The women's tourney starts tonight (Tuesday) and the men's tourney on Thursday night. Next week, the women's and men's finals will be played on Thursday night, July 2nd.

There is a lot on the line for the teams in the Open divisions. The winners earn the highest cash payout ($500 per team) in the history of Wasatch Beach (okay, it is a short history but still a great payout). As if that weren't enough, the Open division winners also earn a trip to the national Cup finals in San Francisco, all expenses paid. In San Francisco, they will compete against winning teams from 15 other Cup locations around the country. Should they win there, more cash awaits plus a berth in the San Francisco AVP Tour Stop. So this is huge.

Ten women's Open teams have played each other during the course of the past five weeks. Going into the tourney, the top seeds are:

Helen Farr and Traci Walsh
Jada Scott and Lindsey Metcalf
Nina Mortensen and Brenda Whicker

Going into the men's Open tourney, the top 2 of the 14 men's Open teams are:

Derran Cannon and Taylor Evans
Joe Hillman and Mike Burke

Six men's A teams will also be in action, playing for product prizes. The top seeds in men's A are:

Ben Goodro and Ryion Butcher
Bobby Webb and Matt Heidrich

You can see the brackets and the schedule for this week and next on the WBV site. In addition, many of these players have bios on our Community page. Finally, check out the Barefoot Cup page on avp.com.

Next Thursday night (July 2), Barefoot Wines will be at the beach, hosting a Barefoot Beach Party during the finals (6:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.). There will be beverages, games and activities and the best beach volleyball action you may ever see. More info is available on our Welcome page.

So, bring your bare feet to the Beach and join the fun!