Cat and a half marathon!

How did pet cat Thor get from Ciudad Quesada to La Marina after disappearing from his home. Thankfully he was taken in by a concerned couple that saw him stressed out and exhausted on the road outside their house in La Marina urbanisation. Thor took refuge with them and they called in Pets In Spain animal charity for help in trying to locate his owner using their network of volunteers and contacts. In the meantime, after a long rest and a feed Thor decided to leave his rescuers house to continue on his marathon journey! It was a few days later that this extremely people friendly cat was seen again and picked up, this time by a Swedish lady on holiday and staying with her grandmother.

She subsequently viewed the appeal for his whereabouts on the Pets

In Spain Facebook page and recognising him she contacted them. The charity was able to locate the cat’s owner and organise a very happy reunion as seen in this photo.

Left is much relieved owner Esther with Thor and his Swedish rescuer Michele.

The Pets In Spain animal charity has a great reputation in helping people be reunited with their missing pet cats and dogs. For more information contact the charity by email on info@petsinspain.com, or in WhatsApp to 0034 645469253. Donations will be gratefully received. Visit the Web site: petsinspain. com

Imanyo Golf Society

“Diabetes Cup” 8th March at Altorreal

This is the fourth time we played for the Diabetes Cup which is sponsored by Dave Allison (Society Photographer) in memory of his wife Joyce.

Twenty-seven players took part and the format wasfull handicap Stableford split into two groups with one overall winner. On arrival at Altorreal we were greeted by Antonio and his team, everything was organised and ready to go and the course was in excellent condition from tee boxes to greens. The weather was a very pleasant 25 degrees with blue skies, perfect for golf and of course shorts for the majority of players.

Winner of the Diabetes Cup was group A winner Colin Deare with a very nice handicap cutting 44 points, runnerup of group A was Phil Naughtonwith 39 points and third place went to “I’m here for one” John Fairbrass with 33 points. Group B winner on count back was “Pork Pie” Steve Matherswith 34 points, runner up was Paul Davison alsowith 34 points and third placewent to “Flying Scotsman” Andy Ramage with 32 points.Nearest the pin’swinners weregroup A, holes 5, 12, and a tie on 18 Colin Deare with “Three Clubs” Sean Mc Guinness, group B, hole 4 Colin Pepperday hole 10 Simon Dakers, hole 15 Steve Gain. Best front nine went to “Mr Celtic” Brian Gordon with17 points and best back nine went to Lee George with 17 points, the Two’s pot was not won so it will be carried over to the next game. There were five match play singles and one doubles knockout competition. Peter Kelly won 3 & 1 against Steve Day, Sean McGuinness won www.imanyogolfsociety.com imanyogolfsociety@gmail. com

3&1 against Brian Court, Brian Gordon won 6 up against Alan Boyden, Lee George won 2 up against Steve Burns and John Fairbrass won 3 up against Steve Ayre. Doubles was Steve Hopkins & Steve Gain won 3 up against Terry Burton & Colin Pepperday.

The football card was won by Brian Gordon with Middlesborough winning €40 and raising €40 for our chosen charities of 2023. We would like to thank Antonio and staff at Imanyo’s for the good food and great hospitality.

Abbey Angling

On Tuesday the 7th of March we made our first visit of the year to the Embalse de Argos for the final round of this years Abbey Angling cup.

The venue is pegged along a peninsular that as what is now as the cold side and the warm side. The cold side does not get much sun, even in the summer months and at this time of year was probably peaking at about 10 degrees with a very strong face wind. Where as the warm side had a bit of sun and no wind with a temperature of about 20 degrees. This reflected in the fishing with the warm side fishing much better than its counterpart.

Winner not only on the day but winner of the Abbey angling cup was Bob Robinson. Drawn on the warm side he fished the method feeder with corn or pellets at about 45m to catch carp for 18.10kg.

In second place on the end peg again on the warm side was Graham Patterson. He fished the cage feeder with either maggots or corn for 16.70kg.

In third place making hsi debut for the club was Gary Plant. Aagin on the warm side he used similar tactics to Graham for 13.64kg.

The best weight on the cold side was Barry Smith with 11.68kg caught on maggot on a cage feeder.

Rods N Reels.

The next day at the same venue, and after the exploits of the previous day we decided to all fish the warm side. The thinking was that the fishing would be better. This day was a much warmer day with little or no wind , high pressure and temperatures approaching 30 degrees in the sun trap of these pegs. In essence the venue fished much harder,mainly we decided due to the rapid rise in air presure.

Winner on the day from peg one was the Burnley maggot master, Barry Smith he fished at about 25m with maggot or corn and caught 12 carp for a total of 18.12kg.

In second place was another raider from over the borders , this time from Serville, Dale Smith. Dale fished the method feeder mainly but also caught a couple of barbel on the slow sinker for 8.82kg.

In third place for the second day running was Gary Plant who also used the method for 8.18kg. For further details please visit our wesite www.abbeyangling.es

Ian Brown

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