Taliqua Clancy, centre, with her proud grandparents Robert and Jocelyn Clancy during a visit back home late last year … Taliqua went to school at St John’s Lutheran School and Kingaroy High School

April 6, 2018

South Burnett beach volleyball star Taliqua Clancy will hit the sand at 3:00pm on Friday for her first match during the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

The Aussie Olympian and her on-court partner Mariafe Artacho del Solar will take on Cyprus pair Mariota Angelopoulou and Manolina Konstantinou in a preliminary Pool A game at Coolangatta beach.

Channel 7 is expected to have live coverage of the match.

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(Photo: Channel 7)

UPDATE: Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar made short work of their Cypriot opponents, winning 2-0.

They followed this up with wins against Grenada on Saturday and Scotland on Sunday.

The pair has now secured a berth in the quarter finals, which will be played on Tuesday (April 10).

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The full beach volleyball schedule is below:


 

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