THE LEGENDS TOUR 2024  starts on 3rd May and features 20 tournaments across four continents with a prize fund of over €18 million.  The over 50’s first tournament, hosted by Ian Woosnam, will be at Apes Hill golf course, on the blissful island of Barbados. Set on the site of an old sugar plantation, Apes Hill occupies the island’s highest usable terrain, with  wonderful views and cool breezes from  both the Atlantic and the Caribbean.   Bearded fig trees line the fairways and green monkeys swing through the trees.  Designer Ron Kirby  also oversaw the c ..read more

Legend has it that St. George never visited England – nor was he or his horse present on the first tee at Campoamor for La Siesta’s annual St. George’s Day competition. That said, there was a full house of golfers to celebrate the day. The weather was kind again and the scene was one of patriots decked out in red and white, joined by friends from afar, including one guest from Norway. The course is really good at the moment and is attracting a lot of players so the day was never going to be a quick one. With this creating a relaxed atmosphere we were off. Some little tweaks were made to handi ..read more

CF Calpe – 4    CD THADER – 0 By Steve Hibberd Although still clear of the Community league relegation zone, because of this recent mauling at play off contenders Calpe, the trapdoor appears too close for comfort for the men from Rojales. Losing talisman Javi for a 3 match suspension was a massive hammer blow for manager Canales, who himself was serving a 1 match ban.  With only 3 games of the season remaining, every game must now be treated like a cup final. Straight from the offset, Thader were on the attack, culminating in an assist by Dani Lucas to Tremino, who narrowl ..read more

Villajoyosa 2-0 SC Torrevieja League leaders Torry made the 130-minute round trip to 11th placed Villajoyosa on Saturday looking for a positive reaction following the disappointing home draw against Crevillent only 3 days earlier. The line up saw Carmona and skipper Manu back in the defence, but unfortunately top scorer Lewis was unavailable for selection due to suspension, after picking up a late yellow card. Both Antón and Campillo also missed out due to injury and sickness respectively. Nevertheless, Gil was able to put out a strong squad that should have been capable of overturning their m ..read more

The Scorpions will have to wait rather longer than they first thought to see their football stadium renovated after the Orihuela council failed in its bid to obtain a grant from the Valencian Community. The Higher Sports Council (CSD) has published the provisional results of the applications for subsidies however, the council’s proposal has not reached the cut-off mark. The City Council was confident of being able to attract this aid worth 510,000 euros, after losing an aid from the Provincial Council of 90,000 euros at the beginning of the current legislature but that will now not be the cas ..read more

SC Torrevieja CF 6-3 Pinoso CF by Chris Peach Antón (13, 85), Carlos (26), Montero (32,34), Amin (88) Torrevieja took an important step towards promotion with victory over strugglers Pinoso in a high scoring affair at the Esteban Rosado on Sunday as a brace each for Antón and Montero, together with goals from Carlos and Amin, powered Torry to the best win of the term. Indeed, it was Antón who got the home side off to the best possible start when he powered home a venomous volley with just 13 mins on the clock and with Torrevieja in complete control the goal scorer turned provider just 10 mins ..read more

This week the members of the La Marina Golf Society met at El Plantio golf course to compete for the Roger & Colin Memorial Trophy.  Roger & Colin were founder members of the society and to this day are greatly missed by those that knew them. The weather was warm and perfect for a game of golf, and whilst the course was looking a bit worse for wear due to the lack of rain, everyone had an enjoyable day and some good scores were achieved. After the game the members met back at the La Marina Sports Bar for some well- earned refreshments and the day’s presentation.  We were del ..read more

On 17th. April 32 members and guests ‘teed it up’  to compete for the Harry Wilcock (Just One More) Trophy, in memory of Harry, who sadly passed away last year. Although somewhat breezy, generally the weather for playing golf was good. It was a pity though that the course was not in  good condition, as some fairways were quite patchy. This no doubt was a consequence of the general shortage of water. Davide at the Lo Crispin Tavern kindly provided food in the evening  for players and their guests, as well as entertainment, from a local saxophonist/singer. Over 250 euros was rais ..read more

By Suzi Cooper The 2024 Champion of Champions event took place at Quesada Bowls Club. The weather was perfect for playing. After a gruelling few days for some competitors, playing twice a day, the finals were completed within the original time scale. In the Mixed Fours it was the Greenlands four of Derek Toozer, Jacqui Johnston, Lisa & Pete Bonsor who took the title against San Luis team of Dee Hoey, Mike Veale, Caroline & John Smyth. The Mixed Triples final was contested by Mo & Martin Foulcer and Alan Bannister of Vistabella and Derek Toozer, Lisa & Pete Bonsor of Greenlands ..read more

The Mojácar Municipal Rhythmic Gymnastics Team has taken part in the final of the Almería Provincial Council Rhythmic Gymnastics Promotion Circuit held in Balanegra, Berja, with excellent scores, as we have now got used to.   The Mojácar team have ended up champions of Almería and with a gold medal in the Cadet and Infant 2 categories: Nina Hernández, silver medallist and Almería 2024 runner-up in the ball category; Sara Pérez, gold medallist, champion of Almería in the youngest category, hands-free, and Pilar Flores, bronze medallist, third in Almería, youngest category hands-free. &nbs ..read more