St Kilda Beach Volleyball

17/03/2026

It took us a couple of goes at it but we got there. Lets hope for nice weather

Thanks to Big Al and the Vic Beach crew for running this event again this year.

Seconds to Give beach volleyball fundraising! A (very) social event. it's that social, we're taken it to republica

Thanks to Big Al and the Vic Beach crew for running this event again this year.

Seconds to Give beach volleyball fundraising! A (very) social event.

Come join us for a night of beach volleyball and help fundraise for our next distribution to the villages in the Philippines!

For $30 you get a night of fun playing beach volleyball, a beer/wine/soft drink and pizza at Republica afterwards.

Come join us at St Kilda beach on the 20th of March, 2026 (Friday)

Let us know if you can make it via Big Al - [email protected]

Details as follows:

When: 20-Mar-2026 (Friday)

Time: 18:00 - 20:00

Where: St. Kilda beach at Republica

Cost: $30.00

Registration: [email protected]

More info: secondstogive.org

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24/02/2026

No Republica Beach Volley tonight – Tuesday 24th of Feb – Turns out I am afraid…

I am a little disappointed by the BOM’s “Storm of the Century” with between 40 and 70mm or rain. We were supposed to get 1mm of rain per minute! I was so excited!

We trained on the beach this morning and it was glorious! Such a perfect orange and purple sunrise. Golly, I hate getting up in the morning, but I adore it when I’m up.

To be honest, I can hear the thunder rumbling in the distance. There is a monster coming at us. The big question is how long will it last and will the second coming hit us as predicted right on Beach Volleyball time?

I think it will be too close to call, so we have decided to err on the side of dry and have the night off.

So, no Republica Beach Volley tonight – Tuesday 24th of Feb.

We will be back on the beach tomorrow and Thursday.

al

11/02/2026

No Republica 4s tonight – Wednesday 11th of Feb

Arrgh!

This one is so hard to pick! The apps all say there is a fish gut full
of rain coming!

It’s not on the radar, but there are glimpses or rain, hints and
allegations of what is to come.

Am I squinting too hard at the screen and hunting for clues to back up
the forecast?

Gosh.

Sigh.

We are going to have the night off. The forecasts are too compelling to
ignore.

Wishing you all the driest in Wednesday evening attire.

We will be back tomorrow (that’s Thursday for those playing along at
home…).

al.

26/11/2025

No Republica Beach Volleyball tonight – Wednesday 26th of November.

Hi friends.

Today’s weather was forecast to be “not fun to be outside”, with gusts of “What the f@&% you doing? get back on the couch you fool” (these are official classifications from the BOM), and the forecast seems to be quite accurate so far.

Currently the wind in st Kilda is 67kms gusting to 82kms, and we usually want to max out around 35kms. The wind is supposed to drop this evening, but so is the temperature. Sounds like a recipe for some serious couch time to me.

There is no Republica Beach Volleyball this evening – Wednesday 26th of November. We will be back on the sand tomorrow night and again on Friday for the Charity event.

Chat soon.

x

11/11/2025

No Republica Social 4’s beach volleyball on this evening (Tuesday 11th of November). Sad face.

I have this theory that if you spin around in a circle too fast and then stop suddenly, then your clothes will keep spinning and you will end up wearing them backwards. I think this is happening with the world at the moment and the world is spinning too fast and we have caught up to Autumn on the other side of the planet. Dusseldorf in Germany (a country known for its incredibly warm summers and winters) is actually warmer than here right now and we are 20 days off the start of summer.

Anyhoo, enough ramblings from me. The weather is awful today and will not get any better for this evening, so there is no Republica Social 4’s beach volleyball on this evening (Tuesday 11th of November). We will be there in shorts and a t-shirt tomorrow and Thursday.

I hope you manage to stay warm and dry today. I am refusing to leave the house again today. I hope my little girl enjoys the sleepover at child care.

al

p.s. I’m kidding, there is no sleepovers at Child care. I will go and get her later on this afternoon.

08/10/2025

Volleyball tonight? Wind says no.

Ah man!

Maud is super bummed that we are cancelling tonight. She rocked it last night and was so excited to get back out on the sands tonight. Sadly, the wind was also excited to get to the beach and is now a little too strong for us to play in. So, Republica Beach Volleyball is cancelled for this evening, Wednesday 8th of October.

We will be back tomorrow as usual!

We don’t like playing in wind above 30kms, and usually cancel if it gets above 40kms. Currently it’s sitting on 43kms, gusting to 61kms. It may go up, it may go down, but we need to make a call by 3pm so that Republica can sort their staff out. Apparently, there are rules about how you need to treat people these days… (Our refs are the best, so we treat them amazingly all the time).

I use the Observations page on the Bom for St Kilda and find it’s usually pretty accurate.

https://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV60901/IDV60901.95864.shtml

Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow or next week.

Yours in volleyball.

al

13/02/2025

No Beach Volleyball tonight – Thursday 13th of Feb

It’s hot and It’s excessively windy, but later on it’s gonna be cold and wet. Neither of these are conducive to playing beach volleyball so we are not going to be out on the beach tonight playing.

We have the Vic Open on this weekend with the finals on the sands where we usually play. Sunday from 10-4pm. Come along and watch the pro’s play.

Enjoy your weekend and see you all next week.

al

04/02/2025

Sigh, No Republica Beach Volleyball tonight – Tuesday 4th of Feb.

Man oh man, I wish I was playing weather bingo at the moment for all of the reasons we are cancelling Republica.

It was 38° and now it’s 50km/h wind. Gosh. It seems we cancel more than we play at the moment.

No Republica Beach Volleyball tonight – Tuesday 4th of Feb.

It’s lucky that it is so good when we do get to play.

See you tomorrow or Thursday or next week.

al

02/02/2025

Gosh we love Republica Beach Volleyball.

It looks like the planned heatwave will be a lot cooler and wetter than predicted, which I think is just bloody wonderful. I was not looking forward to keeping everyone entertained indoors for 3 days straight.

I hope you made the most of the weekend. I ran a tournament on Saturday for 250 people on 30 courts and gave away $5k in cash and prizes and then marveled at the all the shiny things at the Pride March on Sunday before everyone melted.

We will be Republica-ing on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week. The temps look perfect, but there may be a little wind (hopefully less than last week).

Please let me know if you are coming along to join in the fun.

al

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23/01/2025

No Republica Beach volleyball tonight – Thursday 23rd of Jan.

Yesterday was windy, the day before was windier, tonight is going to be even more windier and with a sprinkle of rain thrown in for good measure.

I'm gonna hide under the couch and escape the weather.

No Republica Beach volleyball tonight – Thursday 23rd of Jan.

See you all next week.

al