In a tiny village in the Mazury region of Poland will again become the center of the beach volleyball world from August 13-19 as Stare Jablonki gears up to host the last of a FIVB-record eight grand slam events of the year—the $600,000 Mazury Orlen Grand Slam. The increasingly popular summertime event will once again be held on the grounds of the beautiful, very hospitable and sprawling Hotel Anders. Featuring men’s-only competition for the first four years, and then double gender tournaments in 2008 and 2009, Stare Jablonki moved up a step to hold Poland's first ever grand slam in 2009 and continued as a grand slam the last two years as well. The Hotel Anders and Stare Jablonki have been awarded the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball SWATCH World Championships. The 2011 Stare Jablonki gold medals were claimed by USA’s Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rogers for the men and Brazil’s Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca for the women. USA’s Dalhausser/Rogers defeated home-country stars Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel in the men’s gold medal match and Brazil’s Juliana/Larissa won the women’s gold medal match over USA’s Jennifer Kessy/April Ross for the Brazilian’s third consecutive gold medal in Stare Jablonki. Winning the men’s bronze medal last year was Brazil’s Alison Cerutti/Alison Emanuel while the women’s bronze went to Brazil’s Maria Antonelli/Talita Antunes. The Mazury Orlen Grand Slam will be the FIVB SWATCH World Tour event following this year’s 2012 London Olympic Games and it will be the 12th all-time men’s event in Poland and ninth tournament in Stare Jablonki while it will be the ninth overall women’s event in Poland and fifth world tour gathering in Stare Jablonki. The men played earlier this season in April in Myslowice, Poland. The sprawling and tranquil Hotel Anders event site is located adjacent to the beautiful Lake Szelag Maly.