Beach volleyball in Bremen: Gernert and Barber triumph!

Beach volleyball in Bremen: Gernert and Barber triumph!

The highlight of the German Beach Tour (GBT) took place in Bremen on the weekend of June 12th to 15th. The all -round successful tournament inspired the audience and players alike, while the great emotions boiled on the sand.

In an exciting final, Nele Barber and Melanie Gernert got first place among women. This was not only Barber’s first tournament victory, but also kindly fourteenth gold medal. The two talents played through the tournament and made only one sentence. In the decisive match, they clearly prevailed against the Duo Chenoa Christ and Anna Behlen 2-0 (21:16, 21:16). Third place went to Elea Beutel with Leonie Klinke and Larissa Claassen with Sandra Ferger. Gernert can look back on an impressive career in which she has been active on the German Beach Tour for 20 years and has already won her first gold medal in 2007, such as [volleyball-verband.de] (https://www.volleyball-verband.de/de/Redaktion/2025/beach --barber- undreinhart-sowa-siegen-bbe-in-bremen/)) reported.

emotional farewells and exciting duels in men

The final between Jonas Reinhardt and Robin Sowa was on one side and Luis Kubo and Yannik Kühlborn on the other side a real nerve game. Reinhardt and Sowa, who started the tournament as favorites, finally prevailed in the Tiebreak with 26:24, which marks their first victory this season. The third-placed were Niklas Held with Hennes Nissen and the experienced Ponewaz twins, Bennet and David, whose emotional farewell to the audience due to Bennet's shoulder injury. "Thanks to all fans," said Bennet after the final match, while David is preparing for the rest of the season with Luis Kubo, as volleyballer.de stands out.

The course of the tournament was peppered with exciting encounters and strong performances. The competition was strong, including teams like Daniel Kirchner with Erik Stadie-Seber and many more. Overall, the German Beach Tour 2025 opened its season with its stations in Bremen, Düsseldorf, Munich and Berlin and is still waiting for more tournaments, for example in Hamburg.

an unforgettable weekend for beach volleyball fans

The mood on the beach of Bremen was simply fantastic and was also heated up by the GBT DJs, which provided party atmosphere during the games. Tickets for the games were available from 45 euros, while the first days of the competition could be visited free of charge. Enthusiastic spectators were also able to pursue the matches in the free livestream on the Twitch channel of Spontent, which expanded the range of the tournament again. The GBT media library enables the games to be replaced in a relaxing manner, as can be seen on germandachtour.de.