The NASH National Under-17 and Under-19 National Beach Volleyball Championships take place this weekend at Birchenough Bridge, in Manicaland, hosted by Goko High School. There are 88 teams from all 10 provinces taking part, and this is the 4th edition. Mnene from Mberengwa are the defending girls champions, and Cornway the boys. The U17 is a new age group.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Zim&#39;s national schools&#39; beach volleyball championships on this weekend. No beaches here, playing on dry river bed of the mighty Save River! <a href="https://t.co/nIfozQS9D8">pic.twitter.com/nIfozQS9D8</a></p>&mdash; Steve Vickers (@SteveVickers5) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveVickers5/status/781767203871789057">September 30, 2016</a></blockquote>
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We spoke to Stanslous Muguto, he's the Under-17 national team coach for indoor volleyball, and he'll be there. So, of course, we dont have any beaches in Zimbabwe, so why play beach volleyball: