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Duos from Germany and Poland triumph at Bridlington Futures

Pairs from France and the host federation collect the silvers and the bronzes in England

Published 05:37, 29 Jun 2026

Germany’s Elea Beutel & Paula Schurholz celebrate at the Bridlington Futures (source: cev.eu)

Elea Beutel & Paula Schurholz of Germany and Jakub Krzeminski & Aleksander Czachorowski of Poland conquered the podiums at the Bridlington Futures in the United Kingdom to celebrate their first Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour gold medals. Two French teams – Romane Sobezalz & Anouk Dupin and Saofe Duval & Marilu Pally – completed the women’s podium, while two home teams representing England – Juan Bello & Niko Gleed and Frederick Bialokoz & Issa Batrane – got silver and bronze in the men’s tournament.

The 2026 Bridlington Futures women’s podium (source: cev.eu)

Seeded second in the women’s main draw, Germany’s Elea Beutel & Paula Schurholz won five of their six games in Bridlington, enough for the team’s first Beach Pro Tour gold and overall second (consecutive) medal, after the Wuhan Futures bronze they earned at their previous appearance. In the semifinals, Beutel & Schurholz took a 2-0 (21-17, 21-10) win over ninth-seeded Norwegian qualifiers Sofia Mol & Cathrine Hjeltnes, and in the final, they achieved a 2-0 (21-14, 21-16) victory over third-seeded Romane Sobezalz & Anouk Dupin of France.

It was the first appearance for Dupin and 19-year-old Sobezalz together on the Beach Pro Tour. They reached the Bridlington final undefeated. In an all-French semifinal, they produced a 2-0 (21-15, 21-18) win over eighth-seeded Saofe Duval & Marilu Pally.

Duval & Pally bounced back from their only loss in England with a 2-0 (23-21, 21-9) victory over Mol & Hjeltnes in the third-place match to pick up the pair’s second Beach Pro Tour bronze.

The 2026 Bridlington Futures men’s podium (source: cev.eu)

After the Sanya Futures bronze in March and the Krakow Futures silver earlier this month, Jakub Krzeminski & Aleksander Czachorowski now have a full set of Beach Pro Tour medals together. Seeded second in the Bridlington men’s main draw, they cruised victorious through five matches to claim the gold. The only set the Poles lost along the way was first set of their 2-1 (11-21, 21-11, 15-10) semifinal against fifth-seeded Canadians Luke de Greeff & Tynan Gannett.

In an all-English semifinal, seventh-seeded Juan Bello & Niko Gleed produced a 2-0 (21-10, 21-18) upset of bracket leaders Frederick Bialokoz & Issa Batrane to secure their first Beach Pro Tour podium together.

The gold medal showdown went 2-0 (21-19, 21-14) the way of Krzeminski & Czachorowski, while Bialokoz & Batrane pleased the home fans with a second medal for England after a 2-0 (21-16, 22-20) sweep of the third-place match against De Greeff & Gannett. The Bridlington bronze was Bialokoz & Batrane’s seventh Beach Pro Tour medal, and first in 2026.