Shanon Zunker, former national player and coach lives and breathes beach volleyball.
Monday 7 November 2016
By Ashley Macrae
Shanon Zunker has some simple advice: “If you want to experience the real Gold Coast then you should play beach volleyball at the Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games”.
Zunker should know. The 38-year-old former national player and coach lives and breathes beach volleyball and wants others to jump on board and get involved.
He has been playing beach volleyball for more than 20 years, representing Australia for nine of those and is now coaching at the Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games.
The proud Gold Coaster is very excited to see competitors getting involved on his home turf.
“Beach volleyball is a safe, low contact, low impact sport and, because it’s played on soft sand, it’s good for your joints, compared to other sports,” Zunker said.
“It’s basically a party on the beach. You have got the water, the sand, and the volleyball. What more could you want?”
The 10th biennial Jupiters Pan Pacific Masters Games is being held 5-13 November, 2016, on the beautiful Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.
The world’s biggest and best biennial masters games is showcasing competition in 43 teams and individual sports and has attracted about 13,000 participants from Queensland, interstate and overseas.
