LateRooms.com - Enter a Team in the Gold Coast Beach Soccer Challenge

    GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA, April 03, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Sports fans will have the chance to put their beach soccer skills to the test in a tournament on the Gold Coast next month.

The game may be relatively new to Australia but it has a huge following overseas, having first been played on the sandy stretches of Rio de Janeiro more than 30 years ago.

Flamboyant former Manchester United and France star Eric Cantona's love of beach soccer has helped bring it to a global audience in over 170 countries, making it one of the world's fastest-growing sports.

Youngsters and adults have been invited to enter their own teams in the 2011 Gold Coast Beach Soccer Challenge. Kids will play on April 20th and 21st in the under ten, 12, 14 and 16 age categories.

Men and women are set to compete on April 23rd and 24th.

Each side must have between five and ten players.

Registration costs AU$25 per person, with trophies and specially-designed tournament strips up for grabs.

The action is scheduled to run from 08:30 to 16:30 local time on each day at Kirra Surf Life Saving Club on Coolangatta Beach.

Soccer enthusiasts thinking of staying in Gold Coast hotels and taking part can find a large selection of last minute accommodation at LateRooms.com.au.

More information is available at http://www.beachsoccerchampionships.com.au/.

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