Women's FIBV beach open in Phuket Thailand

After staging women's FIVB Challenger/Satellite events in Pattaya (2001), Bangkok (2005) and Phuket (2005), Thailand hosts its first open SWATCH-FIVB World Tour stop.  The 2005 Phuket stop served as a prelude to the 2006 season-finale where the competition was part of the Andaman Festival to mark the first anniversary of the Tsunami of 2004.  Jennifer Kessy and Heather Lowe won the 2001 Pattaya events for the United States while China?s Linjun Ji and Whenhui You captured the Bangkok stop.