Pinnacle of success

They faced the champions Danish Beach Handball Dream and the team from Almeria started by winning the first set by a tight 27:26. The Danish team recovered in the second set and won 16:18 to force a shoot­out. There, the AM Team Almeria could not with his rival and the final 6:8 deprived the Spaniards of the chance to achieve the gold medal. The handball team proudly conquered a new metal in the tournament bringing home the silver, last year, they won the bronze medal.

THE recent Age Support Almanzora Afternoon Tea and Fashion Show, held at the charity’s shop in Albox, was a huge success with guests enjoying the entertainment and food while buying clothes and accessories. Lady Ellen sang beautifully and everyone enjoyed the afternoon tea, with cava, served on cake stands, as they watched the models parade to music in clothes for shopping, evenings and weddings.

Vanya, President of Age Support, was the lively hostess and she thanked everyone for supporting the event, the volunteers who made it all possible, Ann for running the raffle, the models of course and Ray, the compere. The event, which raised €840 for the charity, concluded with a June wedding party with their own married duo, Mike and Sharon, as the happy couple.

Vanya and her team are straight on to the next event which is the annual Funfest, held at the Arboleas Community Centre on Saturday July 15 from 6pm to 11pm with lots of live music, stalls, food and drink, €1 entry.

OPERATION Crossing the Strait of Gibraltar (OPE) 2023 has officially begun.

The ship, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, of the Trasmediterranea shipping company, which set sail at 01.00am on June 15 from the Port of Almeria with the destination of Melilla, was the first departure within the framework of this operation.

The operation starts with an estimated 52 weekly departures to North Africa.

“Our expectations for the

Expectations are good

OPE which has just started are quite good,” confirmed the president of the Port Authority of Almeria (APA), Rosario Soto, who added: “We expect around 700,000 passengers, thereby surpassing the traffic of 2022 and even of the pre­Pandemia summer when a movement of 580,000 passengers was recorded.”

The Port Authority of

New motors

Almeria has earmarked €542,200 for this year’s OPE, of which the largest item (€200,000) is for staff reinforcement.

The APA has around 80 employees in a bid to offer the best service during the special travel period, of which 61 are staff plus another 12 have been expressly contracted for this purpose.

ALMERIA City Council has approved the purchase, through lease with option to purchase, of 10 vehicles for the Local Police.

Seven cars will be patrol type and three will be untransformed (camouflaged).

The councillor for Safety and Mobility, Maria del Mar García Lorca, said “the acquisition of these vehicles provides the Local Police with adequate means to carry out their work.”