Tom Bergemann is a talented beach volleyball player, but living in rural Australia means it is hard to find a sand court to train on.
He's the bush battler without a beach volleyball court who has trained in the dirt in pursuit of an Olympic dream.
Bergemann's father, Paul, has battled a severe back injury that has put him off work for an extended period. Ms Roberts has been travelling the state trying to unearth athletic gems and observed that the most enthusiastic applicants often came from rural areas. In that respect, fashioning a beach volleyballer out of somebody who trains on dirt or indoors is not at the extreme end of the spectrum, but it still presents challenges.
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