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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Coolangatta
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Match #24: Winner's Bracket Round 2

(1) Thomas Hodges/Ben Hood, Australia
vs.
(5, Q2) Soloman Bushby/Justin Schumann, Australia

Thomas Hodges
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 4, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

East Melbourne

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Jurmala 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$77,002.95

Ben Hood
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 22, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toowoomba

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$5,206.10

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$300.00

Previous Coolangatta Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Maximilian Guehrer - 3rd	Toby Bergh - 21st
2023	Did not play	Lucas Josefsen - 5th
2024	Did not play	D'Artagnan Potts - 13th
2025	Did not play	Oliver Merritt - 5th

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Futures Coolangatta Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool A	Pawel Lewandowski / Mateusz Zieba, Poland (16, Q12)	Won 22-24, 21-14, 15-12
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool A	Skyler Kaufman / John Schwengel, United States (9)	Won 21-18, 21-12
Sat, 3/14/2026	Winner 2	Soloman Bushby / Justin Schumann, Australia (5, Q2)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Thomas Hodges												Ben Hood
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	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$7,200.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
10	0	1	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	$23,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
26	1	2	1	1	6	7	4	4	0	$44,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$1,125.00
6	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	21	0	1	0	1	3	11	4	0	0	$2,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
47	1	4	3	1	7	13	11	5	1	$76,675.00	Total	30	0	1	0	1	3	12	6	1	2	$4,925.00

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

Individual Finishes by Season

Thomas Hodges													Ben Hood
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	1	1	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB
10	0	2	2	0	3	1	0	2	0	$16,575.00	2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$0.00
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
14	1	1	1	0	2	5	4	0	0	$29,000.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$500.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
11	0	1	0	1	2	4	3	0	0	$19,125.00	2024	FIVB	12	0	1	0	1	0	6	1	0	3	$1,100.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	$11,825.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	$3,175.00
46	1	4	3	1	7	13	11	5	1	$76,525.00	Total	Total	30	0	1	0	1	3	12	7	1	5	$4,775.00

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%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1-0	100.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	2-0	100.0%
2025-2026	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1-0	100.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	2-0	100.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Total	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Soloman Bushby
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 29, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$3,301.38

Justin Schumann
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 5, 1998 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Melbourne

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$2,100.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,300.00

Previous Coolangatta Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Matthew Abela - 13th	Garang Anyang - 9th
2023	James Takken - 5th	Did not play
2024	Jed Walker - 9th	Garang Anyang - 5th
2025	Harley Sinclair - 9th	Garang Anyang - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	2/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	3	1st	400	US$1,000.00

BPT Futures Coolangatta Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/11/2026	Qualifier 1	Paul Hausknecht / Christopher Teetz, Germany (Q15)	Won 21-14, 21-12	0:32
Wed, 3/11/2026	Qualifier 2	Ethan Grocott / Thomas Heptinstall, Australia (Q10)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:39
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool D	Seth Grant / Michael Tyler, New Zealand (12)	Won 21-18, 21-15
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool D	Joshua Howat / Luke Ryan, Australia (4)	Lost 21-18, 18-21, 13-15
Sat, 3/14/2026	Winner 1	Finley Bennett / James Kay, Australia (11)	Won 21-15, 21-14
Sat, 3/14/2026	Winner 2	Thomas Hodges / Ben Hood, Australia (1)

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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00
Total	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Soloman Bushby												Justin Schumann
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	1	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
22	1	0	0	1	5	12	2	0	0	$2,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	1	0	0	3	4	3	4	0	0	$2,100.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
32	1	0	0	1	5	12	4	2	1	$2,950.00	Total	24	1	0	0	3	4	3	4	1	0	$2,100.00

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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	9	1	90.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	9	1	90.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Soloman Bushby													Justin Schumann
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$50.00
											2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	$600.00	2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$100.00
10	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	$1,050.00	2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00
9	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	3	$500.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	$350.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$150.00	2025	FIVB	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	$550.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2026	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
31	1	0	0	1	5	12	4	2	6	$2,800.00	Total	Total	22	1	0	0	3	4	3	4	1	6	$1,900.00

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	7	70.0%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	0	0	0	0-0	7-0	100.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	9-1	90.0%
2025-2026	7	70.0%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	0	0	0	0-0	7-0	100.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	9-1	90.0%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0	0	0-0	8-0	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	4-1	80.0%

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	2	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	1
Total	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	1

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/14/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Winner 2