Nets unlike any other will drop into the water near Kitsilano Beach this weekend.
In a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»first, competitive water polo will be played in the open ocean by former collegiate and national team athletes.
The 10-team tournament is the latest addition to the ever-expanding summer sports and lifestyle carnival, KitsFest, which caps off the first day Friday with free yoga hosted on the sand by Lululemon. This beach session is typically massive as hundreds come out to pose in the near-dark.
The festival includes three-on-three basketball, co-ed beach volleyball and tennis tournaments as well as group exercise classes for spinning and Zumba. The water polo details are still in the works.
Here’s a rundown of the festival on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This daily schedule is organized not exactly chronologically, but by sport:
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Friday, Aug. 7
9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. -- Boys and girls three-on-three basketball
3:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. -- Adult men’s three-on-three basketball
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. -- Social tennis warm up; drills, contests, new Babolat rackets for testing
8:30 to 9: 45 p.m. -- Lululemon-sponsored sunset yoga on the beach
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Saturday, Aug. 8
8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. -- Volleyball co-ed four-on-four tournament Ìý
1:30 to 6:00 p.m. -- Volleyball co-ed six-on-six tournament Ìý
9: 30 a.m. -- Zumba class
9:30 a.m. Ìý-- First of two Steve Nash Fitness World-sponsored spin classes
10:30 a.m. -- Second of two Steve Nash Fitness World-sponsored spin classes
10 a.m. -- First round women’s tennis tournament. Second round begins 11:45 a.m. Third round begins 2 p.m.
12:45 p.m. -- First round men’s tennis tournament. Second round begins 1:15 p.m. Third round begins 4:30 p.m.
9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. -- Boys and girls three-on-three basketball
3:30 p.m. -- Girls semi-final basketball games
1:20 p.m. to 5:40 p.m. (with break at 3:30 p.m.) -- Adult men’s three-on-three basketball
6:45 p.m. -- Men’s semi-final basketball games
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Sunday, Aug. 9
Time TBD -- Men’s and women’s tennis continues
8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. -- Volleyball co-ed four-on-four tournament Ìý
1:30 to 6:00 p.m. -- Volleyball co-ed four on four tournament Ìý
9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. -- Men’s, boys’ and girls’ consolation basketball games
1:20 p.m. -- Girls three-on-three basketball final
2:35 p.m. -- Boys three-on-three basketball final
3:45 p.m. -- Men’s three-on-three basketball finalÌý
