The Woodlawn Regional Park is bringing some beach volleyball to the beach at Boundary Dam.
Construction on two courts began last week at Woodlawn's Boundary Dam location and both are expected to be ready in time for the second annual Beach Bash celebration Saturday.
Woodlawn manager Nathan Puffalt said the courts will be a nice addition to the community.
"I don't think there are any beach volleyball courts of this size and of this professionalism anywhere in this area," said Puffalt. "It's going to be huge not only for the community but also for developing a league and player development."
Puffalt said the idea for courts came from the public. In January they asked the public what addition they would like to see at the park via their Facebook page and number one was beach volleyball.
"We wanted to bring that in for everybody and it's an easy choice. It's something that everyone enjoys, brings people to the beach and allows us to offer more."
While the concept of creating beach volleyball courts at the beach doesn't sound like a difficult task, there is a lot of work that goes into their creation.
To create proper courts they had to dig three feet deep and install proper drainage and landscaping material. There is also a particular type of sand and nets required for a quality court.
Puffalt said the task of making the courts a reality has been a full community effort. Turnbull Excavating has donated their equipment and labour to handle all of the earthwork and other tasks. Prairie Mines and Royalty donated the sand for the court and the City of Estevan hauled it from the mine to the beach. Puffalt added the Red Cross donated $3,000 and they have another major, yet to be announced, sponsor.
The first chance to show the courts off to the public will be Saturday when they host Beach Bash 2013.
After a successful debut last year, Woodlawn and the Estevan Chamber of Commerce have another full day of events lined up for Saturday.
Beginning at noon, Beach Bash will feature everything from a sand castle competiton to wakeboarding demonstration by the SaskFirst Wakeboarding Team to a Zumba demonstration by Tanya Nichol.
Puffalt said they will also have six bands - Third Town Band, Spencer Vaughn, Smoke Killer, Jen Lane, Tequilla Mocking Bird, Headling Cover Band and Third Degree Burnz - performing throughout the day. They will also be showing the Saskatchewan Roughrider game against the Montreal Alouettes in the Molson Coors Beer Garden.
"If you're not going to the game this is probably the best place to watch it," said Puffalt who added Beach Bash is an excellent chance for them to showcase the beach area to the community at large.
"We want to show off the community's involvement in it and give them a party to celebrate what Boundary Dam has become for all those who remember what it used to be. We'll just have a lot of fun."
