The win was the second title this season for the Masakayan/Youngs tandem as the pair also overcame early deficits to win the WPVA Chicago Open July 13 over top-ranked Lisa Arce and Holly McPeak.
Poppinga, a former University of Hawaii All-American teamed from Mililani, and Rock were playing in their first championship match this season after finishing third three times early this year.
Masakayan, who notched her 37 pro beach win and 34 on the Evian Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, and Youngs tied the Best of the Beach IV finale at 7-7 and went ahead 8-7 before falling behind 13- 10.
In a 59-minute match, Masakayan and Youngs scored the last five points of the match to share the $10,000 first-place prize. The winning pair had to qualify for the final two days of competition by winning three-straight pool play matches Friday at Nawiliwili Park.
Masakayan and Youngs, who won a record seven of eight matches in the Best of the Beach IV, advanced to the finals with a 15-13 come- from-behind win over top-seeded Arce and McPeak in a 79-minute, 113-sideout match. Poppinga and Rock, who shared $8,000 for second, upset second-seeded Karolyn Kirby and Nancy Reno 15-9 to advance to the finals.
Youngs, who is the only first-year beach player to win pro titles, also set an Evian Tour earnings record for a rookie by compiling $17,741.25 in only six domestic starts this season.
The win was Masakayan's 11th "major" title on the WPVA as she won her last Evian Tour "grand slam" event two years ago in Newport, R. I. (July 2, 1995) with Kirby. Youngs, who leaves next month to play professionally in Turkey, captured her first "major" crown.
Kirby and Reno scored a 15-6 decision over top-seeded Arce and McPeak in the third-place match as both top-seeded teams were upset in the semi-finals.
Poppinga and Rock led from the start to defeat Kirby and Reno 15-9 as the pair evened their season series at 2-2. Kirby and Reno split $6,000 for third-place while Arce and McPeak shared $4,500 for fourth.
Hosted by the Kaua'i Marriott Resort & Beach Club on Kalapaki Beach, the $50,000 Best of the Beach IV is co-sponsored by the County of Kaua'i, the Kaua'i Economic Development Board, the Kaua'i Visitors Bureau and the Kalapaki Beach Resort Association. The Best of the Beach IV, the fourth and final "major" event on the 1997 Evian Tour, is being taped by FOX Sports for replay the week of October 5.
Sunday's Results
Championship match (winners finish first, split $10,000; losers place second, split $8,000) - Liz Masakayan, San Diego, Calif./Elaine Youngs, San Diego (ninth-seeded) def. Karrie Poppinga, Mililani, Hi./Angela Rock, Leucadia, Calif. (4), 15-13. Third-place match (winners finish third, split $6,000; losers place fourth, split $4,500) - Karolyn Kirby, Brookline, Mass.-San Diego/Nancy Reno, Glen Ellyn, Ill. (2) def. Lisa Arce, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Holly McPeak, Manhattan Beach, 15-6.
Semi-finals - Masakayan/Youngs def. Arce/McPeak, 15-13;
Poppinga/Rock def. Kirby/Reno, 15-9. Contender's bracket, second-
round (losers eliminated, place fifth, split $3,750) -
Masakayan/Youngs def. Barbra Fontana, Manhattan Beach/Linda Hanley,
Pacific Palisades, Calif. (3), 15-9; Poppinga/Rock def. Linda
Chisholm, Van Nuys, Calif./Deb Richardson, Minneapolis, Minn.-Santa
Barbara, Calif. (6), 15-11.
Arce and McPeak, winners of seven of the previous 11 Evian Tour events this season, scored two wins Saturday to advance to the Best of the Beach IV semi-finals along with second-seeded Karolyn Kirby and Nancy Reno.
Remaining in contention for the $10,000 first-place prize in the $50,000 Best of the Beach IV are the tandems of third-seeded Barbra Fontana/Linda Hanley, fourth-seeded Karrie Poppinga/Angela Rock, sixth-seeded Linda Chisholm/Deb Richardson and ninth-seeded Liz Masakayan/Elaine Youngs.
Fontana and Hanley, who dropped a 15-7 decision to Arce and McPeak here last season in the Best of the Beach III finals, open play Sunday at 9 a.m. (HST) against Masakayan and Youngs with the winners advancing to the semi-finals against Arce and McPeak at approximately 11:30 a.m.
Poppinga, the former University of Hawaii All-American, and Rock are challenged by Chisholm and Richardson at approximately 10 a.m. Sunday with the winners facing Kirby and Reno in a 12:30 p.m. semi- final match.
The 12th and final stop on the 1997 Evian Tour, the $50,000 Best of the Beach IV concludes Sunday at Nawiliwili Park with a 2 p.m. third-place match followed by the championship finale.
Hosted by the Kaua'i Marriott Resort & Beach Club on Kalapaki Beach, the $50,000 Best of the Beach IV is co-sponsored by the County of Kaua'i, the Kaua'i Economic Development Board, the Kaua'i Visitors Bureau and the Kalapaki Beach Resort Association.
The Best of the Beach IV, the fourth and final "major" event on the 1997 Evian Tour, is being taped by FOX Sports for replay the week of October 5.
With the two wins Saturday, Arce and McPeak are guaranteed a fourth-place finish in the Best of the Beach IV to become the Women's Professional Volleyball Association's second winningest team ever in terms of money ahead of the former tandem of Kirby/Masakayan ($405,415) with at least $406,050.
With a least one more FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event left this season, Arce and McPeak need only to earn $10,830 in the last two 1997 events (WPVA/FIVB) to become the winningest United States team in terms of earning in pro beach volleyball history.
Reno teamed with McPeak to earned $416,880, including $110,000 in FIVB bonus pool dollars, to set the standard for WPVA teams. On an average, Arce and McPeak have a better average per event ($14,872) as compared to the McPeak/Reno ($12,261) and Kirby/Masakayan ($9,009).
Saturday's Results
Championship bracket, first-round - Lisa Arce, Manhattan Beach, Calif./Holly McPeak, Manhattan Beach (1) def. Pat Keller, Sarasota, Fla.-Lake Forest, Ill. (12)/Marla O'Hara, Agoura Hills, Calif., 15- 3; Karrie Poppinga, Mililani, Hi./Angela Rock, Leucadia, Calif. (4) def. Liz Masakayan, San Diego, Calif./Elaine Youngs, San Diego (9), 15-12; Barbra Fontana, Manhattan Beach/Linda Hanley, Pacific Palisades, Calif. (3) def. Elaine Roque, Venice, Calif./Dennie Shupryt-Knoop, Chicago, Ill.-Leucadia, Calif. (7), 15-6; Karolyn Kirby, Brookline, Mass.-San Diego/Nancy Reno, Glen Ellyn, Ill.- Encinitas, Calif. (2) def. Linda Chisholm, Van Nuys, Calif./Deb Richardson, Minneapolis, Minn.-Santa Barbara, Calif. (6), 15-9; Championship bracket, second-round - Arce/McPeak def. Poppinga/Rock, 15-11; Kirby/Reno def. Fontana/Hanley, 15-11; Contender's bracket, first-round (losers eliminated, place seventh, split $3,000) - Masakayan/Youngs def. Keller/O'Hara, 15-5; Chisholm/Richardson def. Roque/Shupryt-Knoop, 16-14.
Sunday's Schedule
9 and 10 a.m. - Contender's bracket, second-round:
Masakayan/Youngs vs. Fontana/Hanley; Chisholm/Richardson vs.
Poppinga/Rock; 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. - Beach of the Beach IV
semi-finals: Arce/McPeak vs. Masakayan/Youngs or Fontana/Hanley;
Kirby/Reno vs. Chisholm/Richardson or Poppinga/Rock.
The 12th and final stop on the 1997 Evian Tour, the Best of the Beach IV opens here Friday (September 26) at Nawiliwili Park with eight teams competing for four spots in Saturday's bracket play.
Hosted by the Kaua'i Marriott Resort & Beach Club on Kalapaki Beach, the $50,000 Best of the Beach IV is co-sponsored by the County of Kaua'i, the Kaua'i Economic Development Board, the Kaua'i Visitors Bureau and the Kalapaki Beach Resort Association.
The Best of the Beach IV, the fourth and final "major" event on the 1997 Evian Tour, starts at 10 a.m. (HST) Friday with 12 matches in two pools of four teams each. The top two teams in each pool will advance to Saturday's bracket play.
The top four-seeded teams of Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak, Karolyn Kirby/Nancy Reno, Barbra Fontana/Linda Hanley and Karrie Poppinga/Angela Rock received a bye into Saturday's bracket play.
Eight bracket matches will be played Saturday starting at 10 a.m. with six teams advancing to play Sunday beginning at 9 a.m. The Best of the Beach IV semi-final matches will be held at 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Sunday. The third-place match will be played at 2 p.m. followed by the championship match at 3 p.m.
The most likely team to make a seed break-through in the Best of the Beach IV is Liz Masakayan/Elaine Youngs. Despite being seeded ninth this weekend, the pair has placed third, seventh, first and fourth in their four Evian Tour events together this season. Masakayan and Youngs scored one of the season's biggest upsets when the pair rallied from 10-2 and 14-9 deficits to down Arce and McPeak 16-14 to win the Chicago (July 13) event.
In the three previous Best of the Beach events, teams seeded ninth through 12th have only advanced twice to the double-elimination bracket play.
The Hawaiian tandem of Danalee Bragado and Poppinga made the biggest seed break-through in the Best of the Beach when the pair entered the 1995 event at Nawiliwili Park as the 12th seeded team. Bragado and Poppinga scored three Beach of the Beach II upset wins over the third, fifth and ninth-seeded teams enroute to a fifth- place finish.
Arce, who is seeded first this season with McPeak as the Women's
Professional Volleyball Association's No. 1 team, placed seventh
with Christine Schaefer in the inaugural Best of the Beach in Las
Vegas, Nev., after being seeded 10th in the 1995 competition. Arce
and Schaefer scored three upset wins in the 1994 Best of the Beach
over the sixth- (twice) and seventh-seeded teams.
Elaine Youngs and Jennifer Meredith are only the third and fourth rookies ever to qualify for the 12-team, 24-player Best of the Beach competition as the Women's Professional Volleyball Association concludes its 11th-season of operation.
The 12th and final stop on the Evian Tour, the Best of the Beach IV opens Friday (September 26) at Nawiliwili Park with 12 team competing in the fourth "grand slam" event in 1997.
Hosted by the Kaua'i Marriott Resort & Beach Club on Kalapaki Beach, the $50,000 Best of the Beach IV will feature three days of competition on two sand courts at Nawiliwili Park.
The County of Kaua'i, the Kaua'i Economic Development Board, the Kaua'i Visitors Bureau and the Kalapaki Beach Resort Association are co-hosting the event with the Kaua'i Marriott.
The Best of the Beach IV features both pool and bracket play. Friday's (September 26) pool play of 12 matches starts at 10 a.m. (HST). The top four-seeded teams will receive a bye into bracket play and will be joined by the top two teams from each pool.
Eight matches will be played Saturday (September 27) starting at 10 a.m. with six teams advancing to play Sunday (September 28) beginning at 9 a.m. The Best of the Beach IV semi-final matches will be held at 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Sunday. The third-place match will be played at 2 p.m. followed by the championship match at 3 p.m. at Nawiliwili Park.
Lisa Arce and Hawaiian Danalee Bragado were the first two rookies to compete in the Best of the Beach competition as the pair posted seventh and ninth-place finishes, respectively, in the 1994 finale at Las Vegas, Nev.
The 1994 Evian Tour rookie-of-the-year, Arce is competing in her fourth Best of the Beach after winning last year's event with current partner Holly McPeak.
Bragado (1989 Punahou High graduate), who finished sixth in the 1995 Best of the Beach event with Hawaii resident Karrie Poppinga (Mililani), is seeded 10th this weekend with Ali Wood.
Youngs, who became the first rookie to win an event title when she teamed with Liz Masakayan to capture the Chicago finale July 13, has earned a record $12,741.25 for a first-year player.
Meredith is the top rookie in terms of points on the 1997 Evian Tour after posting career best finishes of fifths with Leanne Schuster at Chicago and Hermosa Beach. Meredith is 19th in points (168) and 21st in earnings ($9,635) this season.
Top Rookie Money Winners Name, Year, Events, Pts Earnings Elaine Youngs, 1997, 5, 132 $12,741.25 Barbra Fontana, 1991, 17, 224 12,660.00 *Holly McPeak, 1991, 16, 216 12,485.00 *Lisa Arce, 1994, 12, 213 10,900.00 Jennifer Meredith, 1997, 10, 168 9,635.00 Cammy Ciarelli, 1991, 16, 176 7,812.50 Diane Pestolesi, 1991, 15, 168 7,437.50 *Allison Johnson, 1990, 15, 140 6,562.50 Lynda Johnson, 1996, 9, 114.4 5,643.75 Rita Crockett, 1989, 13, 113 5,516.00 Danalee Bragado, 1994, 12, 146 5,350.00 Shannon Millen, 1990, 15, 132 4,875.50 Bev Lidyoff, 1994, 12, 121 4,125.00 *Jeanne Griffith, 1995, 10, 88 3,800.00 Wendy Fletcher, 1994, 15, 94 2,787.50 Debbi Black, 1989, 11, 90 2,629.00 Marsha Miller, 1996, 9, 86.4 2,606.25 Monique Oliver, 1990, 13, 96 2,000.00 *Johana Wright, 1993, 11, 105 1,700.00 *Valinda Hilleary, 1992, 15, 64 1,481.25 Krista Blomquist, 1993, 12, 96 1,425.00 *rookie-of-the-year
The Best of the Beach IV features both pool and bracket play. Friday's (September 26) play features two pools of four teams each with 12 matches starting at 10 a.m. (HST). The top four-seeded teams will receive a bye into bracket play and will be join by the top two teams from each pool.
Eight matches will be played Saturday (September 27) starting at 10 a.m. with six teams advancing to play Sunday (September 28) beginning at 9 a.m. The Best of the Beach IV semi-final matches will be held at 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Sunday. The third-place match will be played at 2 p.m. followed by the championship match at 3 p.m. at Nawiliwili Park. The winning team will share the $10,000 first-place prize.
The winningest player in pro beach volleyball history with 67 event titles, $662,909.13 in earnings and 120 final four finishes in 159 pro starts, Kirby has placed third in each of the three Best of the Beach events.
The Best of the Beach is the only "major" title Kirby has not won as she has teamed with four different partners to capture 12 Evian Tour "grand slam" team events along with winning the individual Top of the Tour crown in 1993.
Kirby and Nancy Reno won their second Evian National Championships in Hermosa Beach, Calif., this season after capturing the Evian Tour's most prestigious title in 1992. Kirby teamed with Liz Masakayan to win the national crown in 1993 and 1994.
A winner of an event title in each of the past eight seasons, Kirby won her first "major" title in 1990 with Jackie Silva at the Ocean Pacific U. S. Open. Kirby and Masakayan team to win three-straight Ocean Pacific U. S. Opens crowns (1993-1995.).
Silva, a gold medalist for Brazil (with Sandra Pires) at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, and Kirby won the first shootout crown together in 1990. After finishing third and second in the 1991 and 1992 shootouts respectively, with Angela Rock, Kirby and Masakayan captured three-straight shootout crowns (1993-1995).
On the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour, Kirby teamed with Reno (1993) and Masakayan (1994) to win World Championship events in Brazil to help establish the United States as a force in beach volleyball internationally.
A third-place finisher in the World Championships of Beach Volleyball earlier this month in Los Angeles, Calif., Kirby and Reno are competing in their 27th pro beach volleyball event together. Kirby and Reno, who won the first-ever women's international event in 1992 at Almeria, Spain, have captured 10 event titles enroute to 103-32 match mark together.
Pat Keller and Marla O'Hara of the Women's Professional Volleyball Association will be the featured players at a beach clinic Thursday (September 25) on the Evian featured court from 4-6 p.m. (HST). The "free" skills clinic is open to individuals of all ages at Nawiliwili Park near Kalapaki Beach in Lihue, Kaua'i, Hi.
1. Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak 2. Karolyn Kirby/Nancy Reno 3. Barbra Fontana/Linda Hanley 4. Karrie Poppinga/Angela Rock 5. Krista Blomquist/Christine Schaefer 6. Linda Chisholm/Deb Richardson 7. Elaine Roque/Dennie Shupryt-Knoop 8. Gail Castro/Gayle Stammer 9. Liz Masakayan/Elaine Youngs 10. Danalee Bragado/Ali Wood 11. Jennifer Meredith/Leanne Schuster 12. Pat Keller/Marla O'Hara
Hosted by the Kaua'i Marriott Resort & Beach Club on Kalapaki Beach, the $50,000 Best of the Beach IV will feature three days of competition starting Friday (September 26) on two sand courts at Nawiliwili Park in Lihue.
The County of Kaua'i, the Kaua'i Economic Development Board, the Kaua'i Visitors Bureau and the Kalapaki Beach Resort Association are co-hosting the event with the Kaua'i Marriott Resort & Beach Club.
Arce and McPeak are one of four teams earning a first-day bye in the three-day event along with the tandems of Karolyn Kirby/Nancy Reno, Barbra Fontana/Linda Hanley and Karrie Poppinga/Angela Rock.
Eight teams open play Friday (September 26) starting at 10 a.m. (HST) as the Best of the Beach IV divides into two pools of four tandems. The top two teams in each pool advance to the second day of play.
Eight matches will be played Saturday starting at 10 a.m. with six teams advancing to play Sunday beginning at 9 a.m. The third-place match will be played at 2 p.m. Sunday followed by the championship match at 3 p.m. at Nawiliwili Park. The winning team will share the $10,000 first-place prize.
A fourth-place or better in the Best of the Beach IV will move the Women's Professional Volleyball Association's top-ranked team ahead of the former tandem of Kirby/Liz Masakayan ($405,415) into second- place with at least $406,050.
With a least one more FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event left this season, Arce and McPeak need only to earn $15,330 in the last two 1997 events (WPVA/FIVB) to become the winningest United States team in terms of earning in pro beach volleyball history.
Reno teamed with McPeak to earned $416,880, including $110,000 in FIVB bonus pool dollars, to set the standard for WPVA teams. On an average, Arce and McPeak have a better average per event ($14,872) as compared to the McPeak/Reno ($12,261) and Kirby/Masakayan ($9,009) as pro beach volleyball earnings have continued to increase annually.
CHARTING THE TOP WPVA TEAMS
(includes FIVB Bonus Earnings)
Partnership EarningsEvents 1 2 3 4 W-L
McPeak/Reno-WPVA $205,880 21 12 5 4 0 103-15
McPeak/Reno-FIVB 211,000 11 6 0 2 1 60-12
McPeak/Reno-'96 Oly 0 1 0 0 0 0 2-2
McPeak/Reno-1993 Other 0 1 1 0 0 0 0-0
Totals $416,880 34 19 5 6 1 165-29
Partnership EarningsEvents 1 2 3 4 W-L
Kirby/Masakayan-WPVA $326,290 34 26 1 3 1 183-20
Kirby/Masakayan-FIVB 79,125 11 3 3 3 0 41-15
Totals $405,415 45 29 4 6 1 224-35
Partnership EarningsEvents 1 2 3 4 W-L
Arce/McPeak/WPVA $189,350 18 11 3 2 0 95-12
Arce/McPeak/FIVB 212,200 9 3 3 2 1 49-12
Totals $401,550 27 14 6 4 1 144-24
Pool A - Krista Blomquist/Christine Schaefer (fifth-seeded), Gail Castro/Gayle Stammer (8), Liz Masakayan/Elaine Youngs (9) and Pat Keller/Marla O'Hara (12).
Pool B - Linda Chisholm/Deb Richardson (6), Elaine Roque/Dennie Shupryt-Knoop (7), Danalee Bragado/Ali Wood (10) and Jennifer Meredith/Leanne Schuster (11).
10 a.m. - Blomquist/Schaefer vs. Keller/O'Hara; Castro/Stammer vs. Masakayan/Youngs; 11:15 a.m. - Chisholm/Richardson vs. Meredith/Schuster; Roque/Shupryt-Knoop vs. Bragado/Wood; 12:30 p.m. - Blomquist/Schaefer vs. Masakayan/Youngs; Castro/Stammer vs. Keller/O'Hara; 1:45 p.m. - Chisholm/Richardson vs. Bragado/Wood; Roque/Shupryt-Knoop vs. Meredith/Schuster; 3 p.m. - Blomquist/Schaefer vs. Castro/Stammer; Masakayan/Youngs vs. Keller/O'Hara; 4:15 p.m. - Chisholm/Richardson vs. Roque/Shupryt- Knoop; Bragado/Wood vs. Meredith/Schuster.
Saturday, Sept. 27 - Double-elimination Bracket Play
10 a.m. - Lisa Arce/Holly McPeak (1) vs. Friday's second-best pool runnerups/Match No. 1; Karrie Poppinga/Angela Rock (4) vs. Friday's best pool winner/Match No. 2; 11:15 a.m. - Barbra Fontana/Linda Hanley (3) vs. Friday's second-best pool winner/Match No. 3; Karolyn Kirby/Nancy Reno (2) vs. Friday's second-best pool runnerups/Match No. 4; 12:30 p.m. Match No. 1 losers vs. Match No. 2 losers/Match No. 5; 1:30 p.m. Match No. 3 losers vs. Match No. 4 losers/Match No. 6; 2:30 p.m. Match No. 1 winners vs. Match No. 2 winners/Match No. 7; 3:30 p.m. Match No. 3 winners vs. Match No. 4 winners/Match No. 8.
Sunday, Sept. 28 - Olympic Crossing play-ins, semis and finals
9 p.m. Match No. 8 losers vs. Match No. 5 winners/Match No. 9; 10 , $6,000; Fourth, $4,500; Fifths, $3,750; Sevenths, $3,000; Ninth, $2,500; 10th, $2,167; 11th, $1,833; and 12th, $1,500.
The Best of the Beach IV is the 12th and final stop on the 1997 Evian Tour and will be staged at Nawiliwili Park near Kalapaki Beach in Lihue, Kaua'i, Hi.
Hosted by the Kaua'i Marriott Resort & Beach Club on Kalapaki Beach, the $50,000 Best of the Beach IV will feature three days of competition on two sand volleyball courts with 12 teams competing.
The County of Kaua'i, the Kaua'i Economic Development Board, the Kaua'i Visitors Bureau, and the Kalapaki Beach Resort Association are co-hosting the event with the Kaua'i Marriott.
The Best of the Beach IV features both pool and bracket play. There will be two pools in Best of the Beach IV featuring four teams each during the opening day of play with 12 matches September 26 starting at 10 a.m. (HST). The top four-seeded teams will receive a bye into bracket play and will be join by the top two teams from each pool.
Eight matches will be played September 27 starting at 10 a.m. with six teams advancing to play September 28 beginning at 9 a.m. The Best of the Beach IV semi-final matches will be held at 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. September 28.
The third-place match will be played at 2 p.m. followed by the championship match at 3 p.m. at Nawiliwili Park. The winning team will share the $10,000 first-place prize.
Echo Entertainment of Encino, Calif., will be taping the Best of the Beach IV for distribution via Fox Sports the week of September 28. Maria Barnes of Irvine, Calif., who is completing her sixth- season in the Evian Tour television booth, will provide the commentary.
Hawaii resident Karrie Poppinga (Mililani) and native Danalee Bragado (Honolulu) will be competing in the event. The Evian Tour is staging its fourth event in the Islands, including the 1990 Evian Invitational in Honolulu, and the 1995 and 1996 Best of the Beaches in Kaua'i when Holly McPeak played on the winning teams.
McPeak, the Evian Tour's most valuable player the past two seasons, teamed with Nancy Reno to defeat Barbra Fontana and Cammy Ciarelli 15-7 in the 1995 title match. McPeak and Lisa Arce won the 1996 title by defeating Fontana and Linda Hanley 15-7.
The Best of the Beach III features both pool and bracket play. There will be two pools in Best of the Beach III featuring four teams each during the opening day of play with 12 matches Sept. 26 starting at 10 a.m. (HST). The top four-seeded teams will receive a bye into bracket play and joint the top two teams from each pool in the "Elite Eight".
Eight matches will be played Sept. 27 starting at 10 a.m. with six teams advancing to play Sept. 28 beginning at 9 a.m. Following two play-in matches, the Olympic Crossing semi-final matches will be held at 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 a.m. Sept. 15. The third-place match will be played at 2 p.m. followed by the championship match at 3 p.m. at Nawiliwili Park.