Barefoot Wine, AVP Kick off 2010 Barefoot Wine AVPNext Championship Cup

Barefoot Wine, an E & J Gallo winery, and the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour are kicking off the second season of the Barefoot Wine AVPNext Championship Cup with 24 leagues around the country. The Barefoot Wine AVPNext Championship Cup is a grassroots series that takes place at local beach volleyball leagues nationwide and gives amateur beach volleyball players an opportunity to earn the right to go up against the AVP’s top professional teams and win cash prizes.

13 leagues will return from last year’s 16-league competition. In addition, new 2010 leagues have been added in Atlanta; Austin, Texas; Bellevue, Wash.; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Manhattan Beach, Calif.; Nashville, Tenn.; Point Pleasant, N.J.; San Diego; and Tampa Bay, Fla.

Each city’s winners will receive an all expense-paid trip to the AVP’s Barefoot Wine AVPNext Championship Cup in Chicago Aug. 27, 2010. All winners will play against each other for a chance to advance to the AVP’s main draw the following day. In addition, Barefoot will award winners with $10,000 in cash prizes ($5,000 per gender).