The Coota Beach Volleyball Festival was established in March 2000. The aim was to create a unique event that would attract attention to the town and consequently showcase local businesses.

Cootamundra has always been shortened to 'Coota'. The idea was to somehow link this with Kuta Beach in Bali. The initial planning therefore focused on creating an event that somehow had a beach theme. The obvious problem was creating a beach theme 400km away from the nearest coastline.

Long story short, the solution was to construct a full size beach volleyball court in the centre intersection of the main street of Cootamundra which is also the Olympic Highway. So at 4.00am on Saturday morning 17th February 2001, approximately 100 tonnes of sand was dumped on the main street of Cootamundra and Coota Beach was born.....

From that day, in February every year, the CBD of Cootamundra is transformed into a beach oasis. Over 400 tonne of sand is now used to construct three full size Beach Volleyball courts. In addition to this, we have construced a permanet full size court adjacent to where the tempory courts are placed.

Teams from Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Wagga Wagga, Temora and surrounding towns visit Cootamundra to serve, set and spike their way into a share of the prize money on offer.

The Coota Beach Volleyball Festival has grown significantly since its first year in 2001 where we had one court, 16 teams and one day of competition. In 2008 we had four courts, 64 teams and two days of non stop volleyball action. In 2009 & 2010 we had  five courts and 84 teams. How big can this thing get???

The Festival also incorporates a sprint triathlon that has been held for seven years. The triathlon is quickly becoming an event in its own right. For more information please click below.

COOTAMUNDRA BEACH TRIATHLON For More Info - Click Here

Email: simon@cootabeach.com.au

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The Coota Beach Volleyball Festival is sponsored by organisations like:

Manwaring Sand & Gravel