Tuesday , March 19 2024

Zakynthos:- FootVolley event this weekend in Lagana.. prominent guest stars

In recent years, professional football players have taken up footvolley in both promotional events and celebrity matches. Zakynthos has now got its first “official” event which starts this weekend, with special guest stars.

Footvolley combines field rules that are based on those of beach volleyball with ball-touch rules taken from association football. Essentially footvolley is beach volleyball except players are not allowed to use their hands and a football replaces the volleyball

 

It is definitely an interesting and fast sport that would appeal to sports enthusiasts all round.

 

This year the organiser Christos Komiotis has brought to Zakynthos Guest stars in the field of sports. Competing here are 18 couples from all over Greece. Guest stars will be at the event.

Among them will be Luciano de Souza, or  simply Luciano  a Brazilian former professional footballer and current football manager, who at one point playing for Olympiacos FC from 1998 to 2001, where he won three Greek League titles and one Greek Cup.

Michael (Michalis) Mouroutsos an Olympic taekwondo gold medalist from Greece. He became the inaugural Olympic champion in the men’s -58 kg division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Other couples are professionals of their field and have many appearances in Europe.

The competion starts on Saturday, 31st July, 2021 .. 10.00 a.m in front of the HASMA all day beach bar restuarant at Laganas.

Photos:- public domain social media & pinterest 

About Louise Inzk

Louise is Australian born and has been a Greek citizen since 1991. She has deep cultural ties with the island, often writing about Zakynthian Traditions and Culture. She is also an active member of the Volunteer Group of Zakynthos, Giostra Di Zante and is a member of the women's choir "Rodambelos". Her love of the island and all it offers saw her joining the Zakynthos (Zante) Informer admin team in 2014.

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