Walking warriors

PREPARE to don a yellow shirt and join the Darkness Into Light mental health or‐ganisation on Saturday, May 6 for their annual charity walk, raising funds for those in suicidal crisis or self‐harm‐ing on the Costa Del Sol.

The walk along the coast in the early hours offers a heartwarming experience, uniting a community to sup‐port mental health.

On Saturday, May 6 at 6am, join walkers at Blue Dolphin Beach Restaurant in Estepona to show your sup‐port for mental health other day centre in Estepona, set to open in June. awareness and make a posi‐tive difference in your com‐munity.

James recently began Oral Immunotherapy Treatment with Dr Isabella Fernandez de Alba in Granada, and can now tolerate six peanuts per day.

The organisation’s past ef‐forts have helped their local partner, Afesol Salud Mental, to obtain a new day centre and they have raised a stag‐gering €50,000 to furnish an‐

FUENGIROLA hosted the opening matches of the Finnish Baseball League over the weekend, and it was a grand slam of an event! The games took place at the Jesús Gámez field in the Elola sports complex, on Saturday, April 22 and Sun‐day, April 23. Lapuan Virki went head to head against Joensuu Maila in the women’s category on Saturday. On Sunday, IPV faced off against Hyvinkää Tahko in the men’s category.

Baseball is a popular sport in Finland, and the matches were a big deal, with live television coverage across the country. The event was made possible by a partnership signed in 2017

The event has grown sig‐nificantly since its establish‐ment in Dublin in 2009, now spanning 22 countries, sup‐porting 36 charities with more than 200,000 walkers. The Costa del Sol walk began in 2016 and has since ex ‐panded to three locations.

Registration is available via Facebook or online: http://www.darknessinto light.ie/.

If you can’t make the walk, donations are also accepted through the website.

Home runs

between the Finnish Baseball League and Fuengirola Town Hall.

The matches were a hit with locals and tourists alike, especially as many Finns call Fuengirola home.

Spectators packed in to support their favourite teams and enjoy the stadium atmo‐sphere. With an exciting start to the season, Finnish baseball fans can’t wait to see what the coming months hold.