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What is so special about Jeju Furey Beach Volleyball?
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¡ã Teenager volunteers from The Jeju Weekly are posing after cleaning up and covering in Hamduk Seoubong beach. Photo by Kim Jinmi

On May 25 and 26, 9th Jeju Furey Beach Volley Ball tournament was held in Hamduk beach. At that time, Hamduk beach was filled with enthusiasm and excitement of many players . Lots of expats and Korean people joined the game.

9th Jeju Furey Beach volleyball tournament (BVB) has successfully held. BVB is an annual charity event held by Jeju Furey Foundation. Approximately, 160 players have joined the tournament this time. Each player belongs to the volley ball game and had several matches to decide winner team.

The organizer, Daniel Nabben(Canada,23) explained how he started to organize this charity event. Since 2009, he has been doing his charitable work. His friends died in 2009 by illness. Because his friends had 2 kids and spouse. So, Nabben has decided to help them. Eventually Nabben found the charity named 'Jeju Furey'. He named it after his friend, Nathan Furey. Now, Jeju Furey subsidized two impoverished families in No-hyung and Ih-ho.

"Participants ought to pay 40,000 won to join the game. People can enjoy the volleyball game as well as donate money." Said Nabben.

So far, the Jeju Furey BVB game event gathered 50 million won. The donation and any other profits were used for the poor.

Nabben added that 10th BVB game will be on October. “If you want to join this game, don't hesitate to come. Don't worry about your sport abilities; flexibility, speed and so on. As the organizer said, everyone in the world can join the game. Jeju Furey beach volley ball game greets participation of various people around the world. Feel free to play volley ball with fascinating scenery.”

 

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