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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Coolangatta
Thursday, March 12, 2026

Match #5: Pool C

(3, Q1) Oliver Merritt/Jed Walker, Australia
vs.
(14) Lucas Heggie/Noah Smith, New Zealand

Oliver Merritt
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 21, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Caloundra

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$5,100.00

Jed Walker
Australia

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 2, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Coolangatta 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$2,425.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	US$3,850.00

Previous Coolangatta Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Did not play	Soloman Bushby - 9th
2025	Ben Hood - 5th	Finley Bennett - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	13	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Futures Coolangatta Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/11/2026	Qualifier 1	Beau Donoghue / Matthew-Kyle Gigliotti, Australia (Q16)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:32
Wed, 3/11/2026	Qualifier 2	Maksymilian Dymczyk / Witold Witkowski, Poland (Q9)	Won 21-12, 23-25, 15-11	0:50
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool C	Lucas Heggie / Noah Smith, New Zealand (14)

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$600.00
Total	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$3,850.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Oliver Merritt												Jed Walker
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00	World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,625.00
7	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	$650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	0	0	1	1	0	4	3	0	0	$800.00
11	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	1	$5,100.00	Total	12	0	0	1	1	0	5	3	0	0	$2,425.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00	2	3	40.0 %
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00	3	3	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$3,750.00	9	8	52.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Oliver Merritt													Jed Walker
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00	2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$150.00
7	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	2	$3,375.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	$550.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,625.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,625.00
10	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	2	$5,050.00	Total	Total	11	0	0	1	1	0	5	3	0	1	$2,375.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	6	50.0%	3	25.0%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3	60.0%	0-5	0.0%	6-3	66.7%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	9-8	52.9%
2025-2026	5	62.5%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	5-3	62.5%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	7-5	58.3%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		2-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	2-0	100.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	4	1	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	6
Total	0	0	4	1	2	4	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	8

Lucas Heggie
New Zealand

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 12, 2006 (20 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$50.00

Noah Smith
New Zealand

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 31, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$50.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	US$100.00

Previous Coolangatta Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Sanya	Q10	21st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	2/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	Q3	17th	100	US$0.00

BPT Futures Coolangatta Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool C	Oliver Merritt / Jed Walker, Australia (3, Q1)

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$100.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Lucas Heggie												Noah Smith
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$50.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	$50.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$50.00	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	$50.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Lucas Heggie													Noah Smith
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$0.00	Total	Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	$0.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches	By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall	Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	0-0	0	0	1-2	33.3%
2025-2026	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	0-0	0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0	0	0	0-0

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/12/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Pool C