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Weekend Watch - 25 March 2016

 

Weekend Watch - 25 March 2016

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Weekend Watch - 25 March 2016
There is a massive Easter weekend of sport coming up with plenty of quotas up for grabs in both Australia and abroad.

Olá amigos,

Há uma enorme fim de semana de Páscoa do desporto chegando com abundância de quotas em disputa na Austrália e no exterior (There is a massive Easter weekend of sport coming up with plenty of quotas up for grabs in both Australia and abroad).

This long weekend Australia will look to qualify quotas in both table tennis and boxing, the first BMX World Cup event takes place in Argentina and plenty more. 

Sport: Beach Volleyball
Event: Asian Beach Volleyball Championships (Manly, NSW)
Schedule: Saturday-Monday
AUS Athletes competing include: Nicole Laird and Mariafe Artacho del Solar, Justine and Jordan Mowen, Isaac Kapa and Chris McHugh  
http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/news/australia-look-to-conquer-asia-s-best-in-manly

Sport: BMX
Event: World Cup 1 (Santiago Del Estero, Argentina)
Schedule: Saturday-Sunday
AUS Athletes competing include: Caroline Buchanan, Bodit Turner, Sam Willoughby, Anthony Dean, Lauren Reynolds 

Sport: Table Tennis
Event: Oceania Championships (Bendigo, VIC)
Schedule: Friday
AUS Athletes competing include: Miao Miao, Jian Fang Lay, Sally Zhang, Melissa Tapper, Wade Townsend, Kane Townsend, David Powell, Heming Hu
http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/news/rio-table-tennis-teams-qualification-picture-becomes-clearer

Sport: Equestrian
Event: FEI World Cup Jumping Final (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Schedule: Friday-Sunday
AUS Athletes competing include: Edwina Tops-Alexander and Chris Chugg
http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/news/tops-alexander-and-chugg-jumping-at-world-cup-chance

Sport: Tennis
Event: Miami Open (USA)
Start time: Thursday – Monday
AUS athletes competing: Sam Stosur, Daria Gavrilova, Casey Dellacqua, John Millman, Nick Kyrgios

Sport: Road Cycling
Event: Volta Catalunya (Spain)
Start time: Thursday – Monday
AUS athletes competing: Simon Gerrans, Rohan Dennis, Richie Porte, Cameron Meyer, Damien Howson, Jack Haig

Sport: Boxing
Event: Asia/Oceania Olympic Qualifying Tournament (Qian'an, China)
Schedule: Saturday-Wednesday
AUS athletes competing: Kristy Harris, Shelley Watts, Caitlin Parker
http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/blog/olympic-boxing-scoring-shelley-s-blog

Sport: Golf
Event: WGC Match Play (Austin, USA)
Schedule: Thursday-Saturday
AUS athletes competing: Marc Leishman, Adam Scott, Jason Day

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