{"id":27255,"date":"2018-03-09T17:05:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T17:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=27255"},"modified":"2018-03-09T17:05:36","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T17:05:36","slug":"beach-volleyball-courts-coming-canton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/03\/09\/beach-volleyball-courts-coming-canton\/","title":{"rendered":"More beach volleyball courts are coming to Canton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE founder of Cardiff Beach Volleyball in Canton is investing \u00a332,000 to increase the number of courts from four to six.<br \/>\nCarl Harwood, 54, of Barry, and business partner Mike Constantinou, devised the plan after problems with drainage at the Victoria Park site.<br \/>\nThe \u00a332,000 will pay for a new drainage system, expanding the number of full-sized, moveable courts from four to six.<br \/>\nMr Harwood said: \u201cThe courts were getting waterlogged and so we had to put in a drainage system anyway.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27258\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27258\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27258\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-09-at-15.20.44-300x225.png\" alt=\"Victoria Park volleyball\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-09-at-15.20.44-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-09-at-15.20.44-770x578.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-09-at-15.20.44-500x375.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-09-at-15.20.44-293x220.png 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-09-at-15.20.44.png 964w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27258\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-09-at-15.20.44-300x225.png\" alt=\"Victoria Park volleyball\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-09-at-15.20.44-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-09-at-15.20.44-770x578.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-09-at-15.20.44-500x375.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-09-at-15.20.44-293x220.png 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-09-at-15.20.44.png 964w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript> The volleyball courts at Victoria Park are in the middle of being redeveloped.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cIt just made sense to take that opportunity to expand the area. It\u2019s a big process; we have had to move 700 tonnes of sand.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s years ahead of what we expected but the club has grown in popularity over the last three years and it\u2019s important to have the right infrastructure in place to cope with this expansion.\u201d<br \/>\nLucy Cuthbert, 35, from Granville Avenue regularly walks her two dogs round the park. She said: \u201cI\u2019ve watched the whole process take place. I didn\u2019t even notice there were volleyball courts until the work started happening.<br \/>\n\u201cI only live round the corner so I may be tempted to give it a go when it\u2019s finished, we\u2019ll see.\u201d<br \/>\nMr Harwood has been running Cardiff Beach Volleyball for two years at its current site and previously ran Barry Beach Volleyball for 20 years.<br \/>\nLast September he and his business partner signed a 25-year lease for the Victoria Park site.<br \/>\nThe launch of the new courts is expected to take place in the Easter holidays. Mr Harwood is hoping to host a range of events from volleyball to beach football and rugby to give a taster of what might be available in the future on the site.<br \/>\nThe club has around 80 registered members and up to 150 people who use the site. The oldest member, Jeff Tree is 73 and when he\u2019s not spending time in Florida still likes to play beach volleyball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE founder of Cardiff Beach Volleyball in Canton is investing \u00a332,000 to increase the number of courts from four to six. Carl Harwood, 54, of Barry, and business partner Mike Constantinou, devised the plan after problems with drainage at the Victoria Park site. The \u00a332,000 will pay for a new drainage system, expanding the number of full-sized, moveable courts from four to six. 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