The tournament is located in Murray Street Cootamundra. We construct 8 beach volleyball courts on the road and have 2 permanent courts.

In 2024 there were 168 teams.

Coota Beach is a 6 per side mixed competition. You can only have a maximum of 3 men on the court at one time.

If injuries result in your team not being able to field a minimum of 6 players, you must inform the registration area.

We ask for teams to wear the same colour shirts or if your team is coming fancy dressed we ask you to have a common theme. We require all team members to have a number either on their shirts or written clearly on legs or arms. We require this for the judging of the Most Valuable Player of the Carnival

Every team plays 3 games on Saturday and a minimum of 1 on Sunday. If you win on Sunday, you continue. 

If you are placed in A-Grade for Sunday and you lose your first game. You get a second chance as your team drops down into A-Reserve. If you lose after this, you drop out of the tournament

Alcohol can be consumed at Coota Beach but there are some important things to remember:

1. Alcohol will not be permitted to be consumed until 10 am each day
2. There is strictly no glass bottles or other glass containers allowed in the Coota Beach Facility. Security will check bags and eskies.
3. Police will be patrolling the facility and checking ID’s. There are some serious consequences of underage drinking. You have been warned.
4. Coota Beach is a family event. Intoxicated players and spectators will be asked to leave the event venue
5. Every team will play 3 games on Saturday. Should your team be too intoxicated to play they will be disqualified and asked to leave the event venue

Team captains will required to bring the signed registration sheet for their team to the registration shed 30 minutes prior to their first game. Registration packs and wristbands will then be issued to all teams members to be worn over the weekend.

The Courts are marked 1 to 10. 1 is at the Northern end and 10 is the last permanent court. 

We are on a tight schedule with games. Games go for 20 minutes. Teams swap ends after 10 minutes. We then have a 2 minute turn-around before the next games start. Please be at your designated court 10 minutes before you play.

If your team looses your game on Saturday you must provide a referee for the next game on that same court.

On Sunday, if your team wins, you need to provide a referee for the next game on that court, unless the committee directs otherwise.

A Scorecard will be placed on the referees stand prior to you starting your referees duties. Please complete the scorecard during the game. After the game, please double check with both teams that you have shown the result correctly. In the past, referees have mixed up the winner and loser. This obviously creates problems with the draw.

Please bring the scorecard to the registration area after the game and place in the designated holder for each court.

Sundays games are knockout, unless you are in A-Grade. Losing A-Grade teams in the first round on Sunday will drop down to A-Reserve. If you lose your next game in A-Reserve, you are out of the tournament

If there is a draw on Sunday, (meaning-both teams are on exactly the same amount of points) play will continue until one team leads by 2 points. 

All games will delay until the drawn game is concluded.

Please feel free to setup gazebos or other shade protection areas. Your structure must be securely anchored and in good condition. The committe holds the right to instruct a team to remove unsafe structures.