When Jorre Kjemperud goes to Stavanger for the World Tour event (July 3-7) it will be the shortest trip he makes to an event in the 2002 season, but in his chosen sport he has already come a long way.
" Stavanger is my home town and my house is four minutes away from the stadium," he says. It will be a treat for the partner of Vegard Hoidalen who like other professional players on the circuit, spends a great deal of time travelling the world to compete in international Beach Volleyball events, a lifestyle, he says, that has taught him how to "order food in five languages!"

The Norwegian boys Kjemperud-Hoidalen took the bronze medal at the 2001 World Championship in Klagenfurt and Jorre has his eyes on one event this year - not surprisingly it is Stavanger, where players compete on courts often in the shadow of huge ship. "It would be the best feeling to be number one at "our" tournament, he said. Stavenger will be a real party this year, with World Tour tournaments for both men and women in an event that has now become one of Norway´s summer sporting highlights. Kjemperud-Hoidalen were fifth last "at home" and this year will be out to make the podium.