Tsawwassen’s Megan and Nicole McNamara won the bronze medal at the FIVB World Beach Volleyball Championships on the weekend in Portal, Portugal.
The soon-to-be Grade 12 students at South Delta secondary school reached the podium with a 21-16, 21-12 win over Kristyna Adamcikova and Katerina Valkova from the Czech Republic on Sunday. The McNamaras were coming off a 17th place finish a week earlier in their debut at the FIVB World U21 Championships in Larnaka. This is their first international medal.
“It’s surreal, it is almost like a dream”, said Megan. “Our goal was a medal and we got it. I am very happy. I think we just played a better game. We really have given our best and we felt in control the whole time.’’
Next for the Canadian girls, are the Youth Olympic Games later this month in China.
“In a couple of weeks we’re going to be in China so hopefully we are going to get another medal there”, said Megan.
The twins lost their only match of the tournament falling to fifth seeds Sarah Schneider and Lisa Arnholdt of Germany 21-14, 21-19. The y had strung together seven wins to open the tournament.
In the final, the Germans fell to Eduarda Santos Lisboa and Andressa Cavalcanti Ramalho of Brazil 21-14, 13-21, 19-17.
