Brewarrina could have been mistaken for Bondi Beach last Saturday with the sun, sand, and plenty of fun.

The Brewarrina RSL hosted its very first Bush Volleyball competition.

Twelve teams entered with the majority coming from Brewarrina, but teams also travelled from Bourke and Goodooga.

The fast-paced action started at 10am with two games going at the same time to get ahead of the heat.

It was a knockout style competition with the the ‘Golden Strikers’ and 'The Little Sooks’ spiking, blocking and ace-ing their way into the finals.

It was a close game with the ‘Golden Strikers’ taking the win. They were presented with a medal and a not-too-shabby $2000 in prize money.  

“We put the Volleyball competition on due to lack of events in the town, to have something different going on," said Stephen Harding the General Manager of the RSL Club. "Our staff thought of the idea.” 

Looking set to distract the opposition at the Brewarrina Bush Volleyball.

“A lot went into the planning and preparation since this was a “first time” event. We reached out to the shire for the supply of the sand and gazebos. 

Everything else like the setup of the courts, decorations, advertising, rules, prizes, equipment, promo items, etc. we did ourselves.” 

“This was our first attempt at anything like this at Bre RSL and just like everything you do for the first time there is always room for improvement so we have taken it all on board and will aim for a bigger and better Bush Volleyball comp next year," Mr Harding said. 

“We think the day went really well and we hope to repeat this event in the future. We were also happy to see that three teams from Bourke made the effort to come over to Bre to join this competition.

"It was our first time doing it and we couldn’t have done it without the support of the town and our little helpers on the day. We would like to thank everyone for that.”