Annie Martin News

Trading soccer for sand leads Hamer to world stage. Burlington's Julia Hamer will represent Canada in a pair of international competitions in the month ahead, the Junior World Championships in Halifax and the FISU World University Beach Volleyball Championships in Maceio, Brazil.

Zara Dampney and Shauna Mullin hope to have chance to play in front of a big home crowd again after their London 2012 campaign came to a premature end.

JULY 29: Annie Martin of Canada waits at the net during the Women's Beach Volleyball Preliminary match between Great Britain and Canada on Day 2 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Horse Guards Parade on July 29, 2012 in London, England.

Gary Connery, playing the role of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, parachutes from a helicopter during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium July 27, 2012.

There has never been an Olympic venue like London's Beach Volleyball court. Parked in the middle of the Horse Guards Parade-where the Queen's birthday is celebrated in the Trooping the Colour ceremony every June-it's right off St.