Ibiza Sun 752 eissue 18th September 2014

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Ibiza’s Clubs to Gross 400million€ in 2014 Double the total budget of Consell & Town Halls.

Sector employs 9,000 staff.

Ibiza’s nightclub and live music businesses, defined as those operating under Discoteque and Café Concierto licences, predict total revenue of 400million euros as the

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summer season draws to it’s close with the final cash bonanza of the closing parties starting now and running up to October 8th. The figures announced by the Disco sector trade association do not include the hugely increased revenues of the ever burgeoning Beach Club sec-

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Tourism Diversifies Ibiza is no longer just a destination for the Brits and Germans, we are diversifying spectacularly, as can be seen with the August figures: 169,665 British tourists, 99,893 Italians, and 65.475 Germans arrived on the island. Along with these predominant groups were 23,647 French tourists, 23,563 Dutch, 14,716 Belgium and 14,564 Swiss. All representing spectacular increases in numbers when compared to recent years. The Portuguese tourists have also increased in number to 3,160 thanks to the economic turn around in the coun-

try but the Czech numbers have remained the same as in the past three years at 1,400 visitors. Direct flights to Sweden have worked well in increasing numbers with 2,074 Swedish tourists arriving in August. 1,557 Polish and 5,188 Austrian also passed through the airport in August. The only disappointment is the Russian market with only 672 August visitors. *As no separate figures wee given for Ireland we think the stats grouped them into British.

tor. Highlighting the scale of their business interest in the Ibizan economy, their 400million€ is almost twice the total budget of the Island Consell Government and all the district town halls which combined total 212million€.

The association has highlighted the importance and volume of business they generate, together with providing around 9,000 jobs, in presenting a case to receive the same fiscal treatment as beach clubs and other daytime open air venues which only pay 10% IVA (VAT) whilst the

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clubs pay the full 21% rate.

British owned super-club brand Gatecrasher, which opened under licence in San Antonio’s Eden nightclub earlier in 2014, remained closed for a third week with planned events cancelled or relocated elsewhere.

The club has faced numerous problems over the first months of operation and after first reducing the nights of operation until the last, Carnaval, was running Fridays only, until that too ceased and the doors have remained closed since. Staff of the company are anxious to know if and

Russians 672 Czech 1,400

“169,000 Brits & Irish visited Ibiza in August—that’s about the same as the population of Ipswich, which also begins with the letter I, is on pretty well the same longitude (there’s 15 miles in it) and has a strong football connection to Portman(y), Other remarkable coincidences include both having ‘bus stations’ and ‘post offices’, and their similarity in always outshining their bigger, grander neighbours shows why there are renewed calls for a twinning partnership.”

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when their contracts will be honoured and wages paid.

Speaking directly with Gatecrasher owner Simon Raine this week he stated that they were meeting with the Dutch owners later next week adding “we can tell you we intend to be in Ibiza in 2015”.

Stolen Property Worth 120,000€ Recovered.

Two men have been detained for breaking into chalets in the Santa Eulalia area of the island and stealing money, jewellery, clothing, and computer equipment. Their booty was found in a flat rented by one of the pair in Figueretes—the total haul was valued at 120,000€. The Duo were said to be making plans to ship the good off Ibiza. More arrests are expected as the police operation unfolds.

Building Project Stopped and Another Must Be Demolished.

After complaints to the Coastal Authorities and the Town Hall in Sant Josep, the GEN ecological group managed to get the Town Hall to inspect what they believe is an illegal building project taking place in a highly protected

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Luke Rhoden Tragedy The father of Luke Rhoden who died after being restrained by police in Ibiza says he's made a major breakthrough in his search for answers Luke Rhoden, who was 25, died of a heart attack after the incident earlier this month.

Tests found he'd been taking drugs. But his dad Norman, who's been to Ibiza to carry out his own investigation, says evidence from a doctor who treated Luke casts serious doubt on the account given by the police.

Norman Rhoden says he will continue to ask questions about his son's death and is now trying to raise funds to bring his body home.

The Doctor concerned Akoskin Santiago was the first medical professional at the scene, and has now made public statements to the press regarding his concerns at the treatment of Luke, and the potential for that to have contributed to his death.

Specifically Santiago says that he had taken Rhoden’s heart rate at 160bpm—very high—at which level the brain would be struggling to gain additional oxygen. Santiago says one of the Guardia Civil officers was using his Baton at Luke’s throat as a method of restraint and that he has considerable

concerns as to the effect on Luke’s ability to take in air. He says he requested that the Guardia Civil officer stop using his Baton 3 times, twice being told in reply that he knew what he was doing, before he finally relented on the third request.

A spokesperson for the Guardia Civil responded by stating that they were investigating Santiago’s administration of two Valium doses to consider whether this could have had a causal effect on Luke’s death. Santiago said yesterday that he asked one of the officers to let him administer a tranquilizer. "I put a dose of diazepam (valium) in two injections, first five milligrams and the second ten.” He went on to say “that can not cause cardiac arrest in anyone” and that "the valium is a very safe substance. “ Santiago denied any negligence and indicated that he thought the accusations were simply the reaction of the Guardia to cast doubts on his reputation following his public statements.

In response to our enquiries of the British Embassy we received a response yesterday from Simon Montague Director of Communications in Madrid stating “We are continuing to provide consular assistance to the family of Luke

Below: Mr Rhoden pictured with his son Luke.

natural park area on the coast near Es Xarco. This week, technicians from the Town Hall have inspected the project and found that the work underway does not fit with the licenses that the builders have and made them stop the project. It is the opinion

of the GEN that the building cannot be finished, and should never have been given any permissions. It is said that in the week that lapsed between making their official complaint to the Town Hall and the Town Hall taking action, there appeared to

be an increase in the work on the building.

In an unrelated report, a complaint filed in 1996 by the GEN which led to a court order for the demolition of a house built in the Puig des Corb Marí area of the Ses Salines natural park has

Rhoden, following his death in Ibiza on 2nd of September. In line with the range of practical support and advice that British Consulates overseas provide to bereaved families, our assistance has included liaising with and meeting family members in Ibiza, providing practical support as well as accompanying them to meetings with the Spanish authorities and others.

We are aware of the allegations concerning Mr Rhoden’s death. We have raised them with the appropriate authorities and asked them to investigate the circumstances .“ There has been no change in the Guardia Civil position who continue to state that their officers acted impeccably.

The official autopsy confirmed Luke’s cause of death as cardiac arrest. Drugs were found in his system though we have not seen any details of what drugs or in what quantity they were taken.

Luke’s family have set up a Facebook page and are appealing for any further witnesses to come forward. They are also raising funds in an effort to have his body returned to the UK. https://www.facebook.com/ JusticeforLukeRhoden

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Ibiza News been upheld this week by a court in Palma. The Court has ordered the Consell Island Government to explain in 10 days why they have not carried out the sentence or they will face legal action and fines, which will be at first applied personally to the President of the Consell, Vicent Ferrer.

Again the Town Hall of Sant Josep granted the building licenses for the house which, according to the GEN and the courts, under no circumstances should have been allowed to be built in this protected area.

Finally on this topic, this week San Antonio Town Hall has stopped building work on a chalet in the Sant Mateu area of the borough, because it is in a naturally protected area and has been built without respecting the conditions and characteristics of the license issued by the Town Hall.

Saved from Drowning in San An & Sant Miguel A 37 year old woman, believed to be under the influence of drugs and drink, was dragged semi conscious at 6.30pm from the sea at S’Arenal beach in San Antonio. Initially rushed to hospital in a grave condition, after several days of intensive care treatment the woman started to make a recovery.

A life guard was hero of the day when a 59 year old woman was rescued unconscious from the sea at 10.30am by the life guard at the Port of Sant Miquel beach.

After the life guard administered initial life saving first aid, the emergency services took the woman to hospital for intensive treatment.

Operation Monkey.

Operation Monkey is the code name given to the police operation that this week led to the arrest of two young British men for concealing massive amounts of drugs in a hotel luggage store when they left the hotel.

The police detained the men as

they returned to another hotel room they had rented elsewhere in Ibiza. A search of the luggage left at the first hotel uncovered 7.561 ecstasy tablets, 67 grams of cocaine, 435’2 grams of methamphetamine, 14’6 grams of marijuana and 888,30€ in cash. This is the biggest amount of ecstasy discovered by the police in this summer’s special antidrug operations.

Hospital Parking Complaints.

It is reported that the public parking at the new hospital in Ibiza town is pretty empty most of the time. At 2,10€ an hour with a maximum of 12€ a day, most of those using the hospital prefer to park in the nearby free car parks such as the one at the Cinema and then walk to the hospital. Despite public and hospital staff pressure, the managers of the hospital are not going to change the pricing for the parking. The money raised from the parking is part of a complex payment package which will eventually pay the constructors for the building of the hospital in 32 years time. Each year the health authorities pay a lump sum to the builders to pay off the construction costs, but the builders also get money from running the parking and other concessions at the hospital, also paying off part of the health authorities construction debt. The health authorities suppose that if they reduce the parking charges then they will have to divert money from possible investments in medical facilities to top up the hospital builders loss of debt repayment earnings from the parking concession.

Restaurant and Bar Rubbish Fines.

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Ibiza News

Farming News Black pudding and Spaghetti harvesting began today. In Ibiza it always begins on the first day after the first rains after the September full moon.

Spaghetti yields will be down because of the lack of rain at the height of the growing season, expect prices to rise. Black puddings are also yielding less than average kilos per hectare.

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bish out too late at night after the collections have been made.

Another eight bars have been fined for not recollecting the terrace furniture when they close and for not cleaning the public space they occupy with their terraces.

S'Esplamador Island.

S'Esplamador Island was bought for 42,500 pesetas, (just over 7,000â‚Ź) in 1932, from Carlos

They appear thinner, also because of the drought. First tastings suggest that this has concentrated the flavour significantly. The proof will come when all the harvest is in. Early indications are though that 2014 could be declared a vintage year. The first since 1955!

Tur Roig by Bernard Cinnamond James. Bernard was a British Businessman, who was sailing around the Mediterranean at the time and found he liked Formentera. Using money he had from the sale of his polo ponies and stables in the UK, Bernard bought the island, 137 hectares, and other land in Formentera.

He died in 1972 but spent most summers on the island. Bernard's descendants have continued to spend summer on the island and

have respected the environment keeping the island and the buildings in much the same state as when they bought it. They have gone on record as saying that they would like the illegal camping that occurs on the island controlled. They have also asked that there be less promotion by the tourist authorities of the therapeutic mud baths as these are not regulated and hence there is no sanitary control creating what they see as public health and safety issues. The family is happy to continue as owner of the island and is willing to comply with all the environmental protection laws applicable now it is part of the Ses Salinas Marine Natural Park.

Balcony Collapse Large pieces of an upper floor balcony suddenly rained down on the terrace below including a cafĂŠ bar and the entrance to a busy office. Police sealed off the area preventing any staff at the Wembley Bar on Av Dr Fleming in San Antonio returning to the premises. The offices of British owned internet portal Ibiza Spotlight were also sealed behind Police tape with staff unable to access the workplace this morning.

Back to School Back To School.

A total of 18.352 primary school children in Ibiza and 1.101 in Formentera started the school year on the islands this week. They will be taught by 1.601 teachers in Ibiza and 116 in Formentera giving a reasonably low average pupil to teacher ratio. All the school repairs, improvements, and new installations were completed on time and the first few days back to school went smoothly. Only the new digital blackboards installed in the Santa Gertrudis school couldn't be used on the first days because the electricity supply

was not completed on time.

As a foot note to this report, the pupil to teacher ratio for the whole of Spain was criticised in a European survey this week. They claimed that 80% of the Spanish Education budget went on paying the wages of the larger than average number of teachers employed in the Spanish system leaving little for investment in new schools and things like computers in the classroom.

We love this photo. Local Lad Oscar Noha takes a peak through the gates on his first day at school.

Below 2 interesting old images to come across our desk this week. On the left proof that there was indeed an ice cream van in Ibiza at some point in the past. On the right evidence that Piscis Park has always been the same hip and groovy place it remains to this day.

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Brilliant! I must admit I was a bit sceptical at first expecting to see delusional Karaoke singers but not a bit of it. Absolutely amazing how much talent is out there.

The first act I saw was a young lad of 9 who put the room into awed silence—an incredible voice—and tackling a really big Whitney number. None of us there will be surprised to see him walk out on the London stage of the real deal and for sure walk away with 4 yes votes. To follow we get break dancing, a choir, an acoustic group, an acrobat/contortionist/er, not quite sure really, quite odd but very entertaining. And yes there were a couple of—I’m just going to say it—nutters. Everyone knows you can’t have a good talent show without a couple of people who have a slightly skewed view of the world around them, and as long as we’re laughing together without cruelty let the people do what they want to do.

It is all entertaining and it really is, plus of course being live and local it’s way better than the TV show. The room was packed by the end of the night—tourist and locals in the crowd and performing. It all kicks off 9.30 Thursday night, ideally get there a bit earlier if you want to perform. 5€ entry and a 100€ cash prize for the winner.

Paddy Slater So that’s Thursday. On Mon, Wed, Fri and Sat Paddy Slater makes musical mastery look effortless with his crowd-pleaser sets of guitar and keyboard music to which he adds his own vocals and because I think he realised one part of his body wasn’t creating music he’ll set off with foot tapping percussion loops and I think I once spotted him playing a harp with his elbow.

How can I describe his style, tough really, folky-indie? I don’t know anyway it doesn’t matter as you’ll love it, everybody does.

Hurling Finally on the things you can do at Donnegans that don’t involve putting things in your mouth Hurling fans will be very pleased to know that you can guarantee it will be on at Donnegans—they don’t bump it for football, racing or anything else—it is your Hurling pub.

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Sunday Roast at Donnegans

Our visit to Donnegans Tuesday night coincided with an event that many Ibiza residents and workers seem to have been looking forward to more than Christmas— the moment summer breaks. Sorry to the tourists reading this who will undoubtedly be far less enthusiastic about the heavens opening, but open they did and in full effect. Within minutes the solid oppression of baked earth that has been with us for months (when did it last rain? June? - sorry again tourists not trying to rub it in) was washed away to be replaced with that fresh scent and a glimpse of Autumn coming. I know many people still enjoy their Sunday roasts throughout the summer but for many of us this meteorological moment

heralds a return to that most British, Irish and possibly Scottish by the time this is on the streets, meal that is the Sunday roast.

Donnegans’ ticks all the boxes—first and most important everything is fresh (as is absolutely everything on the Donnegans menu), Auntie Bessie will not get a look in. The portions are very generous and everything is perfectly cooked. We are quite late eaters and sometimes a late Sunday roast has that ‘oven’ taste to it from the meats being kept warm through the day. I’ve never known that at Donnegans.

The price is brilliant. 9.50€ for the Main course—but you may as well go for 2 course as at 12.50€ it comes with a free drink—so you are basically getting your starter/ pudding for free. Pudding for free! - 3 very sweet words.

So that’s Sunday sorted but the Donnegans menu is huges and has plenty to offer from breakfasts to snacks to meals all through the week, and all through the day from 10am to 11pm. It’s just one of the reasons to go to Donnegans to eat—you don’t have to worry if the kitchen is open—it just always is.

So what stars to get in 2 lines remaining? The pies are legendary (left), and I can’t get enough of their melt in the mouth ribs. Can’t end without mentioning their chips—a humble companion that wouldn’t normally get a mention in a food review—but Donnegans are fat, hand cut, proper chips—like your mum made. There’s a thought, Sunday roast with a side of chips ….

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Ibiza Landmarks Nicole Torres The San Antonio Egg In 1992 this sculpture was built to commemorate the 500th annyversary of the discovery of America and because of a legend that says

Stand Up Paddle Surf seems to be capturing the imagination right now, and when your mornings start like this it’s hardly surprising. Our fitness correspondent James Davis sent us this sunrise snap. For more information on all things Paddle contact James on 971338093 or via his business website www.thirtyeightdegreesnorth.com

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Christopher Columbus was born on this part of the island.

Createt by three men: Antoni Hormigo, Julio Bauzá and Julio Ojeda. It is built of reinforced concrete and stands six metres tall in the centre of the roundabout on the way in to San Antonio. Representing the egg Columbus supposedly used to convince Queen Isabel of Castilla to finance his voyage, an iron replica of the Santa María – the head ship used on the first voyage – with its prow pointing west, towards America.

The Vara de Rey Statue As you stroll down Vara de Rey in the centre of Ibiza Town, you find a huge statue of a man sword in hand, around which children play and people have their photo taken. This man was General Joaquín Vara de Rey y Rubio, born in the castle of Ibiza and who later died fighting the American Army during the Independence of Cuba, at the battle of El Caney. It was built with donations given by the people from Ibiza and its inauguration was in 1904, was attended by King Alfonso XIII. The Big Hand As you drive towards the port of Ibiza, in the middle of one of the roundabouts there is a huge hand with seven

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dogs in different hunting positions on top. This monument is in honour of the Ibizan hound or Podenco Ibicenco and is an idea of Andreu Moreno. This dog is typical to the island, it has been used to assist hunting thanks to its great sight and hearing. It is thought this dog was introduced to the island in the 7th century BC by the Phoenicians or Carthaginians.

The Shouting Man The Sant Antoni Shouting man – as he is commonly known in the British community – is a representation of an Ibicenco shouting an uc. This uc shouting is a very old tradition in Ibiza and Formentera and was used to communicate with neighbour as houses were far from each other and because it the message was received quickly.

Nowadays this practice has died out and is usually only heard at folk displays – I say usually because I used to hear it at home, Granddad taught me!

As a shout, the uc depends a lot on the person shouting and for what reason. It was used to call a meeting / party, to say hi, and to alert from a danger, sometimes even to laugh at a rival. The sound would be something close to Iatuuuuuuuuuu Iaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Ajajajai! Imagine walking around the fields in Ibiza and hearing that, thank goodness for mobile phones!

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Santa Eulalia Familiars The Familiar or Fameliar (it can be found written both ways has to be kept inside a dark bottle to bring good luck to the home. If you do let it out its bottle, you have to activate its imagination, you might have some trouble if you don’t! The Familiar’s motto (and the only thing they know how to say apparently) is “feina o menjar” which means “work or food”, the little spirit wants to be fed or given work to do. But, beware! There is a catch, the Familiars are very hard workers and great eaters. If you leave your Familiar at a job, you might come back to find he has eaten your whole garden or all your furniture.

Some stories tell us the trick is to give them an impossible job to finish like asking them to grab a fart with its hand (that’s Ibicenco humour for you!)

The Familiars live below the old Roman bridge in Santa Eulalia. There, according to ancient lore, on the night of San Juan on the 23rd of June, if there is a full moon in the sky, you have to pick a special/mythical type of grass or flower that only grows at midnight and last minutes before it dies, put this into a dark bottle and you have captured a Familiar. Recently, in the renewed Passeig de S’Alamera in Santa Eulalia, three little statues representing these fantastic creatures have been placed. There are more of these statues around the river area.

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Ibiza Life

Ibiza Roots Festival, September 20th Claire B The Ibiza Roots Festival is staging another ‘World music under the starts’ concerts on Saturday September 20th at 8pm, at the Baluarte de Santa Lucía, Dalt Vila.

Following the success of Ibiza Roots Festival’s last editions this summer with Calle 13 and Alpha Blondy as headliners, another very special date has been added.

Chambao, with one of the world’s most emblematic female flamenco singers of the last decade, who has set a musical trend worldwide with her unique style and voice, presents her greatest hits as part of her ten year around the world anniversary tour. It is ten years since the band made their breakthrough with what came to be known as Flamenco Chill, during which time the group from Málaga has developed unique music, which transcends the frontiers of age, gender and nationality, achieving great international recognition. Chambao celebrates their tenth anniversary featuring brand new versions of their most iconic songs, which are pervaded by the electronic and the world music’s most luxurious sounds. Chambao comprises lead singer Lamari along with her band: Toni Romero (keyboards) Tony Cantero (guitar) Roberto Cantero (sax, soprano, tenor, flute) and Juan Heredia (drums).

Also on the bill are Super Cumbia y La Liga de la Alegría

from Formentera, who combine reggae, murga uruguaya, ragamuffin and hip hop, amongst other styles. There will also be theatre circus performances by Diagonal Ibiza and Clownidoscopio, and music and sacred dance performances by Hyat, featuring Romana Alarcon (opera singer), Illo Muriel (Zeal) and Marta Chandra (Sufi Dance). Hyat puts on a show that combines dance, music and songs with a deep poetic sense, embodied in Sufi and tribal dance choreography. The full line-up is: Chambao (Flamenco-Chill, Spain) Super Cumbia y la Liga de la Alegría (Formentera) Hyat (music and sacred dance) DJ Al Varo (Radio Babilonia World Music) VJ Violeta Galera (Visual Arts) Clownidoscopio / Diagonal (theatre, performances) I went to the Ibiza Roots Festival for Calle 13 at the Recinto Ferial in July and it was a very well organised event with a great choice of live music and spontaneous performances in between. It should be a good night out, all within the majestic surroundings of Dalt Vila.

Tickets are 20€ and can be bought online or from a number of places on the island. Check the Facebook page and/ or website for details. www.ibizarootsfestival.com facebook.com/IbizaRootsFestival

Language School The popular government run language courses are now enrolling students at the Adult Schools of Ibiza. The schools offer Spanish, Catalan and other studies throughout the island, and at very little cost— last year for example the 3 mornings a week 3 month beginners Spanish cost just 16€ registration fee. Enrollment is open from Sept 12th through Sept 25th at the following locations:Ibiza town at Via Púnica 29 Sant Antoni, c/Alacant 33 Santa Eulària, St Jaume 72 St Josep, in the school at the start of the Es Cubells road Cala de Bou in the City Hall Building (Oficines Municipals) St Jordi in the City Hall Building (Oficines Municipals) Enrollment is 6 - 8pm on Monday in all locations (except Cala de Bou) and 11am - 1pm on Tuesday in all locations (except Sant Josep).

Other days and times vary according to the location. More information: http://bit.ly/1qidKFL

or http://www.cepasantantoni.cat/matricula/ Santa Eulalia Familiars on the Passeig de S’Alamera

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Lucy Loves ...

Sophia V Lucy Lord is a regular Ibiza visitor and her love for the island has resulted in several novels set on the island. I talk to Lucy about the Ibiza connection and the inspiration she draws from the island.

Can you tell us a bit about yourself, and what brought you to Ibiza?

I’m a London-based novelist, and all of my books start in Ibiza. I fell in love with the island years ago, and have been coming here as frequently as I can ever since.

My latest novel, a romantic comedy called A Girl Called Summer (available on Amazon), is almost entirely set here, and writing it made me yearn for warm, pine-

scented air, silvery olive groves and – of course – the most beautiful beaches in the world!

Where is favourite place in Ibiza to visit in the daytime?

Beach bars have to be my absolute favourite environment, and here in Ibiza you’re spoilt for choice! Extremely difficult to narrow it down, but if I had to I’d say Sa Trinxa at Las Salinas for sheer, glamorous fun, PK2 at S’Estanyol for its chilled, laidback vibe and unfeasibly clear sea, and Elements at Benirrás for its delicious food, stylish, bohemian atmosphere and wonderful view of the beach.

And your favourite place at night?

Ibiza Old Town, without a doubt – although Ca’n Talaias, up in the hills north of San Carlos, is a fantastic place to go for dinner. It used to be English film star Terry Thomas’s house, and was turned into one of the island’s first Agroturismo boutique hotels by his son Cushen with his wife Laetitia. It’s staggeringly beautiful up there, with an enormous outdoor terrace and breathtaking views over dense pine forest all the way down to the sea. It’s so lovely that I set the wedding at the end of A Girl Called Summer there. http://hotelcantalaias.com/en

Any advice for people wanting to last in Ibiza?

Pace yourself!

Page 10 Short Story (untitled) Lucy Lord ‘Darling!’ Saffron wafts across her sun-drenched roof terrace in a transparent kaftan that does nothing to disguise her tall, slender body in its tiny string bikini. ‘You look shattered. Was your budget flight hell?’

I’ve forgotten what a bitch she can be. We were at school together, but have little in common any more. She’s now an exmodel with a stupidly rich husband and streaky-blonde twin girls living in a stunning villa in Ibiza. I’m a London-based photographer, here to take pictures of the yummy mummy in her palatial boho-chic abode.

It’s beautiful here, with an enormous infinity pool, lush gardens hung with hammocks and views down to the glittering deep blue sea. The air is scented with mountain herbs and I’m itching to start snapping a palm treesurrounded yurt festooned with bright pink and orange silk fluttery drapes, one level down from the pool.

Saffron catches me glancing at it and smirks.

‘Do you like my daughters’ play area, Gemma? Quelle fun that you’re now taking photos of my designs! And me!’

She never did like the fact that she failed A Level Art. *** We’re lunching at Sa Trinxa, on Playa Las Salinas, and as I gaze out over the white sand and exquisite turquoise sea, mellow beats throbbing in my ears, I am transported. How long ago was it? 15 years? 16?

Alejandro. Beautiful, brilliant Alejandro, who made love to me on this beach under the stars after all the bars had shut.

Alejandro, who made me laugh more than anybody had ever made me laugh, who made me happier than I’ve ever been.

Alejandro, whom I stupidly left, both of us crying, at the airport, telling him I had to return to London, had to finish my art degree, had to…

‘Still single, then?’ Saff’s husband Ludo, swigging vintage cognac, breaks my reverie, unsubtlety checking out my

boobs.

‘So brave of you to wear a bikini.’ Saffron brushes a strand of blonde hair away from her lovely face and looks pointedly at my bare tummy, which I instantly try to pull in. ‘At our age, a one-piece is much more flattering on the fuller figure, don’t you think, Gem?’ ‘Mummeee, we want a swim!’

The two little girls, who really are adorable, tug at her long legs.

‘Oh for God’s sake.’ She shakes them off, rolling her eyes at me.

‘It’s Mummy’s me time. Darling, can you bear to take Scheherazade and Francesca into the sea? Drown them, if you must!’

‘Anything you say, my love,’ says Ludo, rising from his seat and giving me an almost imperceptible wink. As the twins cry ‘Yay Daddy!’, one hanging off either arm, I find myself warming to him.

Once they’re out of earshot, Saffron leans across the table conspiratorially.

‘Now they’ve gone, I’ve just got to tell you!’ She puts a tanned and perfectly manicured hand on my arm. ‘There’s a chap turning up any minute now who runs a private boat company.

Only last week we chartered a catamaran to Formentera from him, and he is total affair material! To. Die. For.’ ‘But what about Ludo and the girls?’ Call me old fashioned.

‘Must you always be so bourgeois, Gem?’ I’m about to respond, when she starts waving, madly. ‘Alex!

Over here!’

I turn around, knowing, somewhere in my heart, that it’s him.

He runs across the sand and up the wooden steps to our table.

He’s even more handsome now he’s older, his dark eyes crinkly, his smile so wide it looks as though it might split his face in two.

‘Gemma? Is it really you?’

As he looks into my eyes, takes my face in his hands and kisses me, all the years fade away.

Once we’ve come up for air, I glance, briefly, over my shoulder.

The look on Saffron’s face will stay with me forever.

Seems I can’t deny, some days just don’t feel right, seems I feel much better,

At night

Placebo Hard Rock Hotel Claire B Last Friday saw Placebo play at The Hard Rock Hotel, the first big name rock band to play at the venue since it opened. And having been to several of the events there over the summer, it was the only one I’ve experienced that had a live concert feel. Arriving just after 9pm, the DJ was playing music that complemented the band and what their audience would appreciate, rather than the usual offering of EDM. A support band would have been nice, but I suppose I shouldn’t be greedy.

Securing my place near the front of the stage, it was clear that the assembled crowd was predominantly Spanish and locals, and judging by their reaction when Placebo came on just after 10pm, they were fans and not just curious tourists. I’ve noticed that Spanish fans tend to get more excited at concerts, and they were screaming, jumping up and down at the beginning of each song, and knew all the words.

But then the energy and raw rock music heavily laden with furious guitar playing and drumming that was emanating from the stage could not be ignored, as singer Brian Molko’s distinctive voice rang out loud and clear over the top. It was a mega hot night and the extra heat from all the bodies at the front of the stage must have pushed the temperature up to over 40 degrees, but this just added to the atmosphere – rock gigs should be hot and sweaty! I retreated further back for some of the gig, in an effort to find some air and save my feet from being jumped

on by the excited girl next to me. Great abstract projections on the back of the stage and dramatic lighting and lots of strobes and white light added to the musical performance. One of the highlights was when they played ‘Special K’ which caused the crowd to get even more excited and induced a sing-a-long en masse. Shortly after I’m sure I saw someone’s bra winging it’s way onto the stage – that’s a new one for me! They left the stage after playing for just over an hour, but returned to play a four-song encore, including a cover of Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill’. At the end of their 90 minute set, they all went to the front of the stage, held hands and bowed to huge cheers, whilst a feedback loop played in the background. They looked like they had enjoyed the gig and it was obvious that the audience had.

It was a great opportunity to see Placebo, who usually only play huge venues and festivals, in the smaller and more intimate Hard Rock Hotel where you can get a good close-up view of the band. It’s a great venue size-wise and has a large, high stage and excellent sound. The only problem for me was the high drinks prices – I really object to being charged 12€ for a bottle of beer. But it was a great gig, and it was a gig, not just a PA or a short live performance. The final gig of the season will see The Prodigy playing at Ushuaïa next Friday, which should be a great climax to the Hard Rock Hotel’s first year on the island.

Placebo ‘Special K’:

https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=K4sIHMEBQ-k Placebo ‘Running Up That Hill’:

https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=p5wota5vQCU

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Credit Rüt Huyzentruyt

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The kooks @ Claire B The penultimate Ibiza Rocks gig of the season saw The Kooks playing with support from Teleman.

The venue filled up early, so by the time Teleman took to the stage in the already dark venue at 9.20, there was a big crowd to watch them. Wearing co-ordinated shirts, the four-piece band from London entertained the crowd with songs from their first album released in May this year, ‘Breakfast’. I know it’s not fair to compare bands musically to others, but they were reminiscent to me of ALT-J and weren’t really my cup of tea. However, they were well-received by the assembled crowd who enjoyed their performance.

The Kooks are no strangers to Ibiza Rocks – this was their third appearance. They appeared on the stage to screams and soon had everyone dancing, waving their arms in the air and singing along.

They put on an excellent show, switching the pace from slower numbers played by singer Luke on an acoustic guitar to faster paced songs played on electric guitar. Luke is a great and engaging frontman, commanding the stage with bags of energy and presence, whether he was playing the guitar or roaming the stage with the mic. They ended with ‘Do You Wanna’ accompanied by a frenzy of strobe lights. But a few minutes later they were back for an encore, and the venue erupted. They looked great and they sounded great and the audience loved them.

The heat this September has been relentless and last Wednesday night seemed hotter than ever, with high levels of humidity and no breeze whatsoever, which only added to the atmosphere of the gig – you were in a hot, sweaty, packed venue, which was perfectly fitting for the electric performance coming from the stage.

At the end, five happy band members left the stage to a venue full of happy punters who had witnessed another great gig at Ibiza Rocks. With one more to go this summer, it’s been a great year, and this will be remembered as one of the best, against some very stiff competition.

Videos of The Kooks:

pacha Summer 2014 Nicole Torres Pacha Ibiza is the most iconic club on the island and it’s parties are always different and amazing. So, what has Pacha been up to this Summer?

Monday night saw a new party in Pacha's main room, Ibiza Rocks House at Pacha, promoted by Ibiza Rocks, with its wild party atmosphere and great house music and some pretty peculiar goings on it has become in just one season a must-attend in the Ibiza party circuit.

Tuesday night has hosted the most iconic Pacha party, Flower Power, the icon within an icon. Continuing to bring the sixties' spirit of Peace and Love, through music and decoration, to the nights of the 21st century. Everyone loves flower power and long many it continue.

Wednesday has also been a new success with Aoki's Playhouse, where you can listen to Steve Aoki's signature electronic-rock sounds. I doubt many people thought they would be dancing to Nirvana and Rage

http://youtu.be/omHbxYQlgqA http://youtu.be/MiqcQ58w3I8 Credit. Living Photography

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Pukka up

Against the Machine at Pacha. Steve Aoki is a great example of Pacha embracing change in the last year or two.

The party hosted on Thursday nights is becoming a Pacha classic - David Guetta's F*** Me I'm Famous.

Love him or loathe him it is hard to argue with his success and hard to believe he has been going 11 years! Showing no signs of tiring, 2014 saw its busiest opening party!

Insane, in its second year at Pacha, took on Friday nights and has turned Pacha crazy by the hands of resident DJs John Digweed and Mk. Eclectic is the name of the insane game and the summer line up has included Fritz Kalkbrenner, Uner, Steve Lawler, Joris Voorn, Coyu, DJ Sneak, Derrick Carter and Mark Farina. (Insane took a day off from the asylum for four fridays in which Pacha was taken over by Guy Gerber's Wisdom of the Glove – there is still one left on the 26th of September.)

Saturday nights still hold that Pacha cachet for chic with Pure Pacha, returning this year after a brief hiatus. The night has been one of the busiest of the island thanks to the classic four-to-the-floor house music by the resident DJs, Bob Sinclair and Marting Solveig.

Solomun +1 has closed the week on Sundays with deep, funky house on its second year at Pacha. This

year found Solomun in some great collaborations with the likes of Pete Tong and German DJ duo Andhim.

If you have missed any of this year's Pacha roster, calm down, you still have September! Well actually only a bit of it. Time to get busy—see the closings diary over the page.

www.pacha.com/

Monday 22nd September Pacha are hosting the 17th annual DJ awards.

This year there are 11 categories; Deep House, Tech House, Electro House, Techno, Trance, Drum & Bass/ Dubstep, Newcomer, Electronic Live Performance and International DJ, plus 2 new categories, Breakthrough and Electronica. In addition to the public vote categories there are 12 Special Industry Awards, chosen by an industry panel, to be presented during the ceremony.

The next installment of the Pukka Up ‘AWOL’ parties is here! After the monumental success of the first AWOL event with Scott Mills for Radio 1 Weekend this one takes things to a new level completely!

Two of the biggest names in Ibiza daytime parties have teamed up t create an amazing party day which starts out at sea on the legendary boat where thousands flock every week, and later on to seeing the night in at the abandoned zoo that The Zoo Project call home.

Starting the day at Itaca at 12pm things are kicked off in true party style like only Pukka Up can, including discounted drinks and even a free body paint for every person!

As it's a Pukka Up AWOL event expect some surprises in there too! The boat will be decked out with themed décor, plenty of inflatables and dress up items for everyone to kit themselves up in!

The Pukka Up boat will sail on Saturday 3 - 6 where you will experience the worlds biggest and best boat party, with CO2, WIFI, body paint freebies and some special surprises to mark this monumental partnership!

Afterwards you will get a free bus and entry to Zoo Project where you can enjoy one of the most loved parties on the island.

See flyer above for full details.

Closing parties Week to 25/09 W.A.R.!

Matinée

Blasé Boys Club

Friday 19 September

Saturday 20 September

Monday 22 September

Ibiza Rocks Hotel

Amnesia

Sankeys

Mark Ronson & Zane Lowe

Main Room

Duke Dumont

Fridayend Within Doorly Anushka Lydia Sanz

André Vicenzzo Flavio Rebeka Brown (live PA) Terrace Taito Tikaro Lydia Sanz

Jax Jones and Andy Baxter

Carl Cox - Music Is

Together

Flower Power

Tuesday 23 September

Tuesday 23 September

Tuesday 23 September

Space

Amnesia

Pacha

Discoteca Carl Cox Loco Dice tINI

Main Room Chase & Status Netsky Sigma B.Traits

Main Room DJ Piti Global Room Sebastian Gamboa Angel Linde

Terraza DJ Sneak Yousef Just Be (Bushwacka!)

Sunset Terrace Ibiza Sonica Presents DJ Sneak (Sunset set) Igor Marijuan Andy Baxter (after midnight)

+ special guest TBA Terrace Fatboy Slim Eats Everything Justin Martin Waifs & Strays

El Cielo Willie Graff Graham Sahara

Cream competition Win a Pair of VIP Tickets to Cream Amnesia

2014 marks Cream Ibiza’s 20th Anniversary and they have given us a pair of VIP tickets for each remaining party up until the closing on 25th September.

We’ve delved into the cream photo archive and each week we’ll be bringing you a picture from the history of one of Ibiza’s most successful parties—all you have to do is guess the correct year.

Answer the question to win a pair of VIP tickets to Cream Ibiza Closing Party Thursday 25th September featuring Paul Van Dyk, John O'Callaghan, Simon Patterson, Gareth Wyn, and on the Terrace, NERO, Jaguar Skills, Jeremy Olander and much more.

What year is this classic Cream photo by James Chapman?

A) 2001 B) 2006 C) 2011

Below Graham Sahara

Send answers by email headed ‘CREAM COMP’ to editor@theibizasun.com.

Before midnight Sunday 21st September. Winner will be notified and announced online via the Ibiza Sun facebook page Monday 8th September. Tickets are not transferable.

Dress code applies. See Cream Website for further info on the night and venue.

Premier Etage Local Heroes Presents Hofer66 Clara Da Costa El Salon Shhh Ibiza Presents Quini7 Eóin Smyth

www.cream.co.uk Winner 18th September: Maria Mork and the answer was b.2003. Maria seemed very happy when she received the news: “Really?? That's amazing. I am here on holiday. Never been to Amnesia before, so it was just a lucky guess. “ We hope you have a great time Maria!

Ibiza Calling

La Troya

Aoki's Playhouse

Wednesday 24 September

Wednesday 24 September

Wednesday 24 September

Space

Amnesia

Pacha

ATB Gelab Camilo Franco

Terrace - La Troya Les Schmitz Oscar Colorado

Main Room Steve Aoki SBCR (Bloody Beetroots DJ set)

Ramon Castells

Main Room - Foam Party

Clockwork

Very Special Guest TBA

Caal Smile Oliver Schmitz

Uberjak'd Danny Wade Global Room - Pukka Up Ted Nilsson Marko Liv White Noise El Cielo Angel Linde Graham Sahara

Paradise

Cream Ibiza

Diynamic Outdoor

Wednesday 24 September

Thursday 25 September

Thursday 25 September

DC10

Amnesia

Destino

Main Room & Terrace Jamie Jones Dixon

Main Room Solomun Paul Van Dyk Aly & Fila B2B John O'Callaghan

Ame Cajmere Kink (live) Silvie Loto

Ben Gold Sneijder Mixmag Terrace

By Super You&Me

Infinity Ink Richy Ahmed Robert James Russ Yallop Mark Jenkyns

Laidback Luke Benny Benassi MakJ

WIN 2 X VIP CREAM CLOSING TICKETS—SEE TOP RIGHT

Ibiza Dance Chart by

The Shazam Dance Chart gives a uniquely Ibizan view of what’s hot—compiled weekly and exclusively from Shazam users in Ibiza.

Who do you think should be at the top? Best you get Shazaming ...

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http://www.shazam.com/charts/ genre/dance

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3.

Forget - Patrick Topping Bullit - Watermät Another Love (Zwette Remix Radio Edit) - Tom Odell 4.

Read All About It (Stefan Biniak Remix) - Emeli Sandé 5.

Walking With Elephants Ten Walls 6.

Pushing On (Edit) - Oliver $ & Jimi Jules 7.

Finder - Ninetoes 8.

Hoodlum - Traumer 9.

My Head Is A Jungle (MK Remix) - Wankelmut & Emma Louise 10. After Dark - &ME

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Community The Ibizan, Thursday 18th September 2014, Issue 752

The Far East Two Old Rockers Today, Thursday 18th Septem-

ber, is “The Day of The Tourist” on which there are normally a number of events taking place, many won’t be advertised, they’ll just sort of happen, so keep a look out for what’s going on in your area. Should you find yourself in Cala Llonga then you could be in for a treat as a Dance Spectacular is being held from 8-

30pm. The programme consist of a display of Country Dancing outside the tobacconists in the centre of the village, then moving down to the beach for displays of modern dances, plus some sensual and more traditional Flamenco, performed by the Natali Galves Dance Studio, all preceded and followed by a live DJ

and dancing till late. In addition to the dancing the Thursday evening Hippie Market will also be taking place The restaurants and bars will be waiting to serve you, so why not come along and enjoy another Party Night in Cala Llonga courtesy of Viva Cala Llonga and the Asociación de Vecinos.

Letter From Juan

Childcare options, what’s a girl to do?

Carly Sorensen Choosing child care is a big deal for any parent. You want somewhere safe, clean, stimulating, and happy. You want your child to bloom like the precious flower they are and be cared for by people who are qualified and love their work. You want peace of mind as you leave your treasured offspring in the hands of another. And you want it to fit around your work schedule.

This is where we had problems!

I returned to my job as an English teacher this week, so started looking for a nursery for Ela back in June, thinking I had plenty of time. This is Ibiza, the island of mañana where everything is done at the last minute, right? Wrong.

Not where guarderías or schools are concerned.

On visiting my local council office, I was told I was already too late to apply for a guardería place for this year, but could fill in the form, visit guarderías locally and go on the waiting list once I'd made my choice. So, off I went to look around the local child care centres. All lovely, lots to do, friendly staff, bright, clean, tidy. I'd be happy to send my little one to any of them. However, I soon encountered a

snag. They only operated until 3pm and work begins at 3:30pm. No good whatsoever for me! I was pretty surprised when I started researching private nurseries in my area and discovered much the same. What do afternoon and evening working parents do with their kids?! I spoke to some fellow parents who nodded and tutted sympathetically, they already knew about this and had hired nannies and child minders as and when they needed them, or chosen to be full time parents until the kids went to school. All great, but I wanted to do my part time teaching to keep my hand in, and we wanted our daughter to develop social and language skills from being in a group of her peers regularly.

Also, daily one to one child care would be expensive.

Just as we had resigned ourselves to soliciting the help of child minders and kind friends, we chanced upon a fairly newly opened private nursery not far from my work in San Antonio. It is gorgeous. Big, clean, full of colour and featuring a massive soft play area and ball pit that I had to restrain myself from diving into there and then. As we were shown around by the perpetually smiling Maria, we saw lots of happy kids, a great staff to

child ratio, and Ela squealed happily and wriggled out of my arms to play with some other babies.

I enquired about times and was elated to discover that they open until 6pm, meaning I can drop her off before work and my husband can collect her when he finishes his. The fees were incredibly good too, so we sent Ela for a trial week, gradually building up the time she spent there from half an hour to two and a half hours.

She loved it. She played instruments, interacted with other kids, explored her new surroundings and was happy to go to the carers. We had some tears at nursery and some when it was time to go, (and very nearly some from me when I first left her!) but I think that's natural for any baby adjusting to a new routine We are happy, she is happy and a new chapter has begun.

A more independent ten month old is already beginning to emerge.

Huge thanks to Cuquets for being our nursery knight in shining armour. And to any entrepreneurial child minders and business people out there, there is definitely a gap in the afternoon and evening nursery market in San Antonio and San Jose just waiting to be filled.

Juan Well, the cruise is all over. In the last few days we visited Helsinki, the Capital of Finland, which is slightly larger than the British Isles but has a mere five million inhabitants, of which 600,000 of them live in Helsinki and, amongst its many claims to fame, it is the northernmost city in the EU. We had a flying visit there and it was a very pleasant town, very clean and with some interesting places to visit, of which the Lutheran Rock Church was the most spectacular. Like all countries in the Baltic, it seems to consist of a multitude of Islands and would take more than a brief visit to appreciate it fully.

Warnemunde and Rostock, the Baltic seaport in Germany, was the next port of call, formerly an important centre for the manufacture of armaments, aircraft and U boats during the war and, not surprisingly, the RAF mounted major bombing raids in 1942 and much of the town was destroyed, and consequently large parts of the town are rebuilt. It was later occupied by the Soviet Army and became part of East Germany. Warnemunde has been part of the city of Rostock since 1323 and is known for its shipbuilding and beautiful white beaches. The town is very compact and was a very pleasant town to have a stroll around.

Then it was on to Copenhagen, a different kettle of fish altogether.

Denmark is a country of 474 islands and more than a quarter of the population lives in Copenhagen. A very exciting town with

Loco’s Bucket Loco’s pick bucket is in The Ship in San Antonio ready and waiting for everyone’s small change in aid of AECC cancer charity. Last year a total of 5.000€ was raised. For those returning home at the end of the season please remember to drop by with that drawer full of coppers—you know it makes cents. all you could wish from a capital of a country. Lots to see and do, including the Tivoli Gardens and of course the Little Mermaid statute based on the Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tale. Unveiled in 1913, she has had quite a chequered career she is only 1.25 metres high but has been beheaded twice and was taken to China a few years ago for an Expo exhibition, and over 7million Visitors came to see her.

Quite a lady! Our final stop before Southampton was the port of Skagen on the northernmost town and the largest fishing port in Denmark. It has been famous for attracting artists since the 1870’s due to the beautiful seaside, beaches and fantastic light, so we were told by our guide in Copenhagen – when we arrived in the morning you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face due to the dense fog! However it cleared in a couple of hours and we could visit this charming fishing village/town. This was the first time the Queen Victoria had visited this town but I am sure it will be back again, and talking about being back again, I was staggered by the amount of people on the Cruise that were multiple cruisers. I think we only met two other people who were on their first cruise like us. It appears to be addictive, we even met people who were on their 50th and 60th cruise! We had a great cruise and were incredibly lucky with the weather and flat calm seas and consequently, unfortunately I fear my wife may have caught the bug, so who knows, we may be heading off to the blue yonder once again – but not for a couple of years – I hope. Have a good week and I will be back to normal, writing about all the exciting things in Ibiza. Yours, Juan.

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Community

It’s Good To Talk Kate Stillman Dear Ibiza Sun, I think I am depressed. I am not sure why, or about what, but I have lost all motivation to do anything and feel fundamentally sad/low all the time. I don’t know much about counselling, or what it involves, and I am not sure it will help, but have got to the point where I will try anything – I’ve already done all sorts of other “therapies/ treatments” but nothing seems to work on me. My life is ok and other people seem much happier than me in much worse circumstances, so I really don’t understand what is wrong?

What do you think?

KL. Dear KL, Thank you for your email and I am sorry to hear that you are having a difficult time. The most important thing is not what everybody else seems to deal with in their lives but how you are dealing with things in yours. There may be situations that you find easy to manage that others don’t and vice versa, so first of all it is important to focus on you rather than compare your situation to other people’s. If you are feeling low and sad then it doesn’t matter what has made you feel this way, the fact remains that you feel it and that in itself gives it validity.

You say you have tried other therapies and treatments but they don’t work, I can’t comment on them but what I can say is that counselling is not a magic wand, the counsellor won’t be able to “fix” you and make things better. But, what they will be able to do, if you are open and willing to try, is help you understand how you are reacting to certain things, why they impact you in this way and what you might be able to do to change things if you choose to do so.

Counselling helps you understand yourself and how you fit into the

rest of the world. Once you have a clear understanding of who you are and how you behave, then you will see that you have a choice of how to manage situations that may cause you anxiety, and that feeling of being “Stuck” starts to lessen. Counselling can be hard work and can take you to some places you might not have thought you wanted to go, but ultimately with the right support and relationship from your counsellor you will begin to see changes in the way you relate to people, situations and things.

I hope this has been of some help, I would not necessarily advise you to take up counselling, but what I would do is suggest that you take some time to maybe reflect on why the other therapies didn’t work and what your contribution was to those processes and if now you feel ready to contribute in a different way.

Take care, Kate.

For contact details see Kate’s advert in local services.

View From The Pew Walter Robbins OMG! Did you know that this made it into the dictionary for the first time in 2011? It is usually spoken, or written, often on Facebook or texts, quite casually.

It can express almost any emotion – pleasure, shock, amusement, pain, surprise. It can be triggered by big events or small.

It is usually said, or texted, unthinkingly, just an automatic reaction to some piece of news.

But what if He is listening, what if God is listening? He might well be because He loves to be intimately involved in the lives of each one of us that is why He sent Jesus to live, and to die, amongst us. Next time you catch yourself saying or writing, OMG why not try turning it into a conversation with Him. If it’s for something good, some lovely surprise, say thank you. If it’s for bad news why not ask for His

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James Davis Many of us leave stressful lives, and stress factors can be external, such as work pressures, family, travel, or internal, such as anxiety, poor diet, nutrient depletion or lack of sleep. The stress response is fascinating; stressors trigger a co-ordinated physiological response in the body. You may have heard of the fight or flight response?

Basically when we are faced with a stressor, our system activates to give us the necessary resources to deal with that situation. Once the situation has finished, our stress response switches off and we have a period of rest and recovery.

We’re simply not designed to run this stress response system for prolonged periods, which is what unfortunately happens in our frantic busy modern lives. Over time prolonged stress without the necessary recovery can cause significant physical and mental issues and can even lead to burn out, when we feel we can’t continue.

Of course the simplest way to deal with stress would be to remove the stressing factor from our lives, but often that’s simply not a viable option.

What we can do is to acknowledge that we are stressed and start to learn some effective coping strategies and recovery strategies for lessening the impact of that stress on our

lives.

Often we can be so caught up in the stress of the situation it can be hard to see a way out or even identify a starting point, the first step is to take a deep breath, simply acknowledge that yes, you feel stressed, then make a decision to act on it positively to decrease its impact.

On a physical level stress can create a number of symptoms such as anxiety, fatigue, insomnia, digestion, increased anger, relationship problems, etc.

These symptoms can build up to create more long-term health problems. As well as the mental turbulence your body also struggles to physically deal with stress: part of the stress response involves the release of a a hormone called cortisol. While its part of the healthy response, when the stress response is prolonged, cortisol secretion is too high, one of the potential impacts is to causes fat to be laid down on the body (you body is storing up quick release energy supplies) and relative level of muscle mass can decline. This is also why we sometimes see overtraining, where people plateau and stop getting better results from their workouts, by overtraining the body is placed under stress and it starts to break down rather than recover. Add in insufficient sleep, insufficient recovery time, and other stress factors and you’ve got the recipe for

help or His comfort? This is how He loves us, His children, to live.

You see, after He died, He didn’t stay dead. He rose from the dead and is alive today. You can talk to Him wherever you are and be assured that He is listening to you.

Walter and Diana Robbins - tel 971 343383

Next Sunday 21st September: 10.30 am Choral communion at San Rafael. Seasonal Ministry led by Rev. Colin Pontin - tel 638 37 34 79. 10.30am RC Chapel at Es Canar 5.45pm Songs of Praise at Hotel Panorama Es Canar (It is regretted that due to hotel policy children under 16 are not admittedhotel.)

Stress Management

body breakdown!

That’s why although exercise is very effective as a stress release mechanism, if the body is already stressed, care has to be taken not to exacerbate cortisol levels through intensive exercise. Try exercise like gentle yoga or Pilates which is soothing to the body, allowing a release of nervous energy, while not overtaxing, and by taking the mind to the body and being aware in your practice you can help still the mind, something that’s really important for reducing stress.

Looking at your diet is also important, so consider having a nutritionist analyse your diet and guide you on avoiding foods or ways of eating that create stress in the body, at the same time as providing core nutrients that can be depleted as a result of long periods of stress; this can help improve body composition, energy levels, immune function, sleep quality and digestion.

Finally, meditation sessions help still the mind, which is really important, even giving yourself 10 minutes a day, just for you, to try to empty your mind and sit quietly can greatly help in dealing with stress.

James Davis offers a range of health and fitness services and holidays through his company 38o North . Tel 971338093 www.thirtyeightdegreesnorth.com

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Animal Rescue ...

TAROTscope 18 —24th Sept 2014.

ARIES – Queen of Disks If you have children you’ll be pretty full on with their needs and matters that effect their general well-being. Like other Aries subjects, you’ll have a practical head on too. This is a week to get outstanding financial matters sorted out and routine chores need attention too. Boring I know, so speed it up and get to more pleasant pastimes.

Ibiza’s animal rescue charities are always looking for loving homes for many abandoned and neglected dogs, cats and other pets. If you can offer a home to these animals or would like to find out more about adoption generally please contact…

Cats4Care 603255001 care4cats1@aol.com Ibiza4Patas 665023510 creawebs@ibiza4patas .org D.U.O. Ibiza 971197430 info@duo-ibiza.de Sa Coma 971192281 cpa@eivissa.es Adoptando Ibiza adoptandoenibiza@gmail.com

TAURUS – Nine of Cups Romance is pretty high on your agenda this week and you’ll want to make sure that an important relationship is worth the effort. This card indicates that it is, so make sure you get priorities right. Success is assured if you’re hoping that an important result goes in your favour; you could also gain financially through the kindness of others.

GEMINI – Four of Disks Don’t be rash and waste money as this card indicates you should save for a rainy day or towards a future investment.

There’s no point in procrastination; so begin to lay firm financial foundations; especially if recently things have been tough. Think positive and have an up-beat attitude, this in turn will help to open you up to receive more.

CANCER - The Chariot You make good progress as you begin to see the wood from the trees in all areas of your life. Don’t fret too much over the future, just trust that the universe has a bigger and better plan for you. The Chariot also indicates moves of all kinds, so you could be packing your bags for a big new adventure!

LEO – The Lovers You will be given the opportunity to choice between two paths this week. Only you know the right one for you so keep your own counsel and don’t depend on the opinions of others. For some time now you’ve wanted to ring some changes to your daily routine so you can now take steps to move closer to personal goals.

VIRGO – The High Priestess A fitting card for Virgo’s as the Sun leaves your sign this week; you are now feeling more self-reliant and prepared to trust your instincts when making important personal and professional decisions. It’s all about self-confidence and not giving in to nagging doubts. You’ve passed an important life test recently and you’re doing things your way for a change!

LIBRA – Two of Cups Love is certainly in the air for Libra’s this week. Your popularity is at an all-time high you feel reassured by the affection that comes your way.

If you’re forming new business alliances; you should be on the same page and will be quite happy planning for a new venture. Those you’re closest too will be happy to support you.

SCORPIO – Prince of Wands You may be sat in an office somewhere wishing to get away from it all this week. You will, but must first knuckle down and complete what you’ve started workwise. Others are relying on you so that they can get going on their stuff. Get creative and visionary even with mundane tasks in order to get you through the boredom.

SAGITTARIUS – Seven of Swords You’ve got a bit of what Taurus had to deal with last week by having to deal with those who are less than honest. Yes, they may be all smiley to your face but what they don’t run off with your clever ideas, partner or possessions. Normally, you have a wonderful sense of humour, but it will be sorely tested.

CAPRICORN – Six of Swords No looking back at what might have been this week. You may have a few regrets, but mentally you will be relieved that you no longer have to deal with problems that were not really of your making. Professionally you can say goodbye to a stressful time and relax into a new set of circumstances. Emotionally, you feel relief.

AQUARIUS - Eight of Disks There won’t seem that there are enough hours in the day this week as you battle with your work schedule. Yes, it’s great that everything is going so well financially; however it’s not leaving you much time for a personal life or for those you care the most. It will be a balancing act, but remember to count your blessings!

PISCES – Princess of Swords You might need to stand your ground on a matter that may seem trivial to begin with, but could escalate to much more if you avoid taking decisive action. Don’t be unsure of your viewpoint, you’ve intuitively deduced what is going on and won’t be fooled by anyone’s waffling, smokescreens or mirrors. Get them to get to the point, pronto!

Dam (Sa Coma) Male. He is very playful and loving, but also obedient. Very sociable with other dogs.

Ode to the Ageing Ex-Pat in Ibiza: Reader submission by Roxina Stone Someone told me years ago that life begins at 50.

The 20 years from then til now have flown by pretty nifty.

Arriving in Ibiza at the age of 24.

With clubs and beaches, music, sun, who could ask for more?

Remembering the crazy nights, the flirting and the chase.

Slipping in at dawn with makeup sliding down your face.

Now no more nights in trendy clubs sipping coco loco.

I’m not quite sure this island life is still my cup of cocoa!

Now there’s aching in the lumber region, stiffness of the thumbs.

Don’t know what’s receding with more speed, my hairline or

Fax (Sa Coma) Female. Very loving and happy dog. Great to have around children.

my gums.

No moped and no pushbike as they both have got the sack.

The zimmer frame is waiting parked in neutral out the back.

As for culinary delights will there ever be a whiff of anything but pureed veg when I’m old and stiff.

The mercadona shop becomes the Brian Rix of farces.

When asked to enter in my pin I’ve come without my glasses.

Trying to get the digits right the queue behind me sighing.

Shopping can be dangerous when you can’t see what you’re buying.

Now just managing the stairs to bed feels like I’ve scored a hat trick.

I’m starting a new club night called Ibiza Geriatric.

Leo (Adoptando en Ibiza) Male. Eight months old. He is a big puppy but very well behaved and happy.

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The Can Marçà Caves A few minutes drive from the Port of Sant Miquel you can find another of those things that make Ibiza beautiful and magical, the Can Marça Caves. Their formation is dated back 100.000 years and were used for years as refuge for pirates and smugglers.

The opening of the caves for tourist visitation was during the decade of the seventies and thanks to Belgian speleologist Jean Pierre van der Abelle, who together with the hotel promoters of the area made its 300 metres of path and galleries safe for visitors.

Nowadays there are programmed visits every 45 minutes from 10.30am until 8pm (the guides have a lunch break from 1.30 until 2.30, so I recommend you try a nearby restaurant or visit the nearby Port of Sant Miquel while they eat).

Approach to the Can Marçà Caves

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There are guided visits in various languages and it will only take you 40 minutes.

Some of the cave galleries have curious names, my favourite is the Buddha temple, which receives its name from a big rock that sort of resembles Buddha.

There are 2000 year old seagull fossils surrounding this temple. As you keep walking in you come to the illuminated wishing lakes - a tradition of making a wish and throwing a coin into the lakes started in the sixties.

Another of my favourite spots of the caves are the waterfalls, which are accompanied with coloured lights and soft music.

When you come back out I recommend you stop and enjoy the view of S'Illa Murada – a little island with a mansion in the middle, if you ask the locals who live there, you will get all kinds of answers. From here you can also contemplate the Port of Sant Miquel.

8. Cala Xuclar

Nicole Torres As you drive up the east coast of Ibiza, the first beach you can find when entering the municipality of Sant Joan de Labritja is 1. Cala Sant Vicent – commonly known by the locals as Sa Cala. This beach is big in Ibizan terms, 390 metres long and 90 wide, with soft fine sands brought from undersea sand banks, surrounded by clear waters.

This beach offers many water sports services and there is a volley ball net. You can also enjoy the lovely Passeo that runs parallel to the beach with its bars and shops.

Close by there is a natural stone bay called 2. Port de ses Caletes, surrounded by rock cliffs and a lot of vegetation.

It is only 60 metres long and 15 wide and it is known to have crystal clear waters. Because of its completely untouched location – don't expect to get a mojito – this is a highly recommended place for photographers, also nice for snorkelling.

Because of the rocky nature of the northern coast line, the next beach, 3. Cala d'en Serra, is 43 metres long. But it has a baby sister right next to it, 4. Cala des Pouet Vell, only 20 metres long! The horse-shoe shape of this small bay makes its crystal clear waters calm and perfect for snorkelling.

Next following the coast line is 5. S'Arenal Gros and it is the biggest beach in Portinatx. This beach is 125 metres

9. Cala de S’Illot des Renclí

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long and 55 wide consisting of white sands. You can enjoy a variety of water sports or take the glass bottom boat, or even the small water park. This beach is very family friendly. A passeo filled with bars and shops joins it to 6. S'Arenal Petit, the smallest beach in the Portinatx area, is 60 metres long with clear coloured sands. This beach is a bit quieter than its bigger counterpart.

Then you find the 7. Port de Portinatx, a small almost square beach – 40 metres long / 35 metres wide – of soft sands that take you into slow deepening waters with a considerable amount of fauna, rocks and vegetation in shallow waters. Highly recommended for snorkellers!

Next we find another snorkeller's piece of paradise, 8.

Cala Xuclar, a small, 35 metre long bay enclosed by pine covered mountains. It is a natural beach with thick grain sands surrounded by vegetation.

Another great beach for snorkellers is 9. Cala S'Illot des Renclí. This small bay has a 50 metre long beach enclosed by rocky cliffs. Its natural sands are thick and there are rock formations on the sea bed. I recommend you snorkel to the nearby island that gives name to the cala.

If you turn off at kilometre 17 of the Portinatx road, you come to 10. Cala Xarraca, of natural thick-grained sands, it is long and thin – 85 metres long and only 20 metres wide – and surrounded by rocky areas. The seabed is sandy but beware the big rocks.

I have to admit I have a soft spot for 11. Benirrás and it

11. Benirrás

9. Cala de S’Illot des Renclí 8. Cala Xuclar brings back so many great childhood memories. It is 145 metres long and 45 wide, sur11 . Benirrás rounded by mountains filled with pine trees, and its waters are filled with fish. Its emblem12. Port de Sant Miquel atic obelisk right in the middle of the bay 14.Es Pas de S’Illa des Bosc makes this beach unique to watch the sunset.

Benirrás is also known for its hippy musical ses3. Cala d’en Serra sions that start close to the sunset (A tip for resi1. Cala Sant Vicent dents: it is also a great spot to watch the sunset and enjoy the music on Sunday evenings in the winter).

Following the coast south you will reach the 12. Port de Sant Miquel, also known as Port de Balançat. With a length of 110 metres and a width of 68 metres, this beach Right in front of, and from where you can see, the Port de is between two mountains filled with pine trees. There is Sant Miquel is the 14. Platja des Pas de S'Illa des Bosc. a wide variety of water sports to enjoy. Close by to the 50 metres long and only 10 wide, visitors will find thick beach are the Coves de Can Marçà, old hiding place for sands with rocks at one of its ends. pirates to leave their contraband, which are open to the And the last beach before we enter the municipality of public.

Sant Antoni de Portmany is 15. Cala de Portixol. You can On the left side of the Port of Sant Miquel you will find a reach it through a small path between pine trees close to path with beautiful views that will take you to the 13. the Illa Blanca urbanization. This is a small – 40 metres Cala des Moltons. This 30 metre long cala is immersed in long – natural cala with only a few fisherman's sheds, nature and divided in two by a big rock - on one side which makes it a perfect location to relax and enjoy nathere are rounded stones, and on the other you will find ture. This beach is a great place to go fishing, snorkel or thick-grained sands. If you want to spend a calm day on scuba-dive. a beach with a small amount of tourist, this is a good option! Also recommended to snorkellers and photographers.

12. Port de Sant Miquel

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Cricket ICC v Common Lawyers • 30 overs per side San Agustin football ground.

• Sat 13 September Common lawyers (nothing to do with real lawyers, in fact!) won the toss and asked Ibiza to bat first, something that several years ago could have meant a short contest!Thanks to tight opening bowling, Ibiza found it difficult to score runs rapidly and indeed lost their first wicket cheaply.But then their 2 resident Kiwis,Jolyon "GI Joe" Swinburne and Andy "Cool dude"Davies (20) combined to increase the run rate and score 50 together before the latter was given out to a dubious stumping. Ibiza then lost a couple of wickets before Neill "Roadrunner"Tobitt (44) joined Jolyon (85) in a rapid 80 run partnership, taking advantage of some less accurate bowling from the visitors. Unfortunately both fell soon after and the runs slowed, but Ibiza's tailenders were still able to get the final score up to a competitive 211/9 off 30 overs.The Common lawyer bowlers with the most success were Dan "Mdma" Oversby with 4/24,Phillip Moraudi (2/29),and "Shenzo" Richardson (2/25), not forgetting Club Chairman Alan "Karate Kid" Higgins who captured the important wicket of Neill Tobitt. The visitors' fielding was excellent, saving some certain boundaries and preventing Ibiza's score from being higher.

The Common lawyers then batted and showed the all round strength of several of the club players in their side, most notably in the steady batting performance of Phillip "Golden balls" Moraudi (82 not out), well aided by some lusty boundaries from Freddie "Audit"Bucknell (48) and Angus "Goose" Barthorpe (45 not out). At first it appeared that the Ibiza bowlers were keeping them in check at 110/2 off 20 overs, somewhat below the required run rate, but then the lack of another regular opening bowler was felt and the hosts were unable to prevent the visitors from scoring the 102 runs required to win by 7 wickets in the last over. Despite the margin of victory, this match was highly competitive and with a little luck, Ibiza could have pulled off a hard earned win. Of the Ibiza bowlers, skipper Graeme "G-man"Cooper, Jeremy "Silver fox"Parmenter and Paul "Peacock" Partridge all contributed a wicket each.

ICC v Common Lawyers T20 match.

Sun 14 September This time, the Common lawyers batted first and juggled

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around their batting order to give other tour members a go.

This allowed the Ibiza opening bowlers John "Boatrace" Eastmond (3/37) and Robin "Robiño" Parmenter (3/35) the opportunity to keep the scoring down and put pressure on the visitors.Indeed they were on 70/6 at the halfway point, but once again showed their strength in depth, taking advantage of a couple of dropped catches and some wayward bowling in the last few overs to increase the run rate. Thus, thanks to some robust hitting from Dan Oversby (42),Richard "Professor" Becker (35), Freddie Bucknell (him again!41 not out) and Angus Barthorpe (26 not out), they were able to score 120 runs off the last 10 overs and set Ibiza a stiff target of 192/9.

The Ibiza bowlers tried hard with Jeremy Parmenter, Jolyon Swinburne and Paul "Peacock" Partridge all capturing a wicket each. Ibiza's fielding was rusty after several months' off cricket, and several boundaries were allowed that could have saved some runs.

Thus Ibiza needed to score at nearly 10 runs per over from the start, and, despite the loss of 2 early wickets, managed to set up the platform for this with a 100 run partnership between Jolyon Swinburne (90 not out) and Graeme Cooper (50), which threatened a remarkable victory. But when Graeme was bowled with 63 runs needed, the required run rate increased, and although Jolyon continued to hit boundaries, the visitors' death bowling was too accurate and Ibiza finally fell short by 10 runs, finishing on 182/3 in another competitive but friendly encounter.

Many thanks to the Common lawyers' Chairman Alan Higgins for bringing his team of talented and vociferous cricketers to Ibiza for 2 wonderful games of cricket, full of beer and banter, and we hope to see them back here soon!

Thanks also to the visitors for lending several fielders to Ibiza, who unfortunately could not put out a full team on Sunday, due to work commitments.

And last but not least thanks to Lynn "Nightingale" Carpenter for preparing the sandwiches for both teams. That’s it for now, until the Benidorm tour.

RPHood.

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Sport who overcame the Czech Republic 4-1.

On to Rugby League and leaders St Helens, although losing in their final game, sneaked the Shield as Castleford surprisingly lost to Catalans in Perpignan.

Wigan ended up 2nd with Huddersfield 3rd and both now face each other in the upcoming playoffs while the Saints face Castleford, Warrington face Widnes and Leeds face Catalans.

Changing codes now and in the Premiership, Saracens, Bath and Leicester lead the table with 2 wins from 2, while there were

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other wins for Wasps, surprisingly over favourites Northampton, London Irish & Gloucester.

On to Footie and title favourites Chelsea (hee, hee, hee!) lead the Premier League table by 2 points after 4 matches but there's an awful long way to go yet, but 4 wins from 4 ain't a bad start!

As for the results at the w/end: Arsenal 2 Man City 2: a great match to all intents and purposes, but City deserved the win, and as for Wilshere, I'm still not convinced about his pedigree.

Chelsea 4 Swansea 2: the battle of the only 2 remaining 100%

records! with the Blues coming out on top with a treble from striker-of-the-moment Costa to make 7 goals in 4 matches. Having said that the Swans were brilliant in the the first half and should have been out of sight by half-time but you have to take your chances in this League.

Crystal Palace 0 Burnley 0: a share of the points, but no goals whilst both stay in the bottom 4.

Liverpool 0 Aston Villa 1: que sorpresa! Lesson 1: When you don't have Sturridge or Suarez available, you don't leave Sterling on the bench, do you, Mr Rodgers! As for Villa, 2nd in the table but only 4 goals scored in 4 matches, hmmm!

Southampton 4 Newcastle 0: could be curtains for Pardew but

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Barclays 52 Super Series The 2014 season of the Barclays 52 Super Series comes to an end with the race Zenith Royal Cup Marina Ibiza. A total of eight TP52 boats from as many different nationalities are involved in the Ibizan test, which will have five days of qualifying races until Sunday.

Crews arrived on the island over the past weekend to train with very different objectives. Quantum Racing's owner Doug DeVos (USA), winner of the 2013 circuit Super series, has come to Eivissa with the intention of keeping great win for Koeman and his Saints to go 4th with things looking up down on the South coast.

Stoke 0 Leicester 1: Question: how the hell can you go to champions Man City one week and beat them and then lose at home to a promoted side? Answers to Mark Hughes, c/o The Potteries,

the first he holds in the circuit.

The boat steered by Ed Baird will leave with a lead of eight points on Ran Racing. The title is achieved after the sum of the scores obtained in the tests of Capri, Porto Cervo, Palma and Ibiza.

On the other hand, the organization and participating athletes will pay posthumous tribute to coincide with the final race of the competition, to the British Olympic gold medallist and member of Team Origin, Andrew Bart Simpson, who died last year in a training of Copa America.

Stoke! Good win for the Foxes, their first in the top flight this season.

Sunderland 2 Tottenham 2: exhilarating game, apparently, with Spurs in 6th and the Black Cats with their 3rd draw from 4.

West Brom 0 Everton 2: ahead after 2 minutes, the Toffees never looked in danger but not

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great for the Baggies as they wallow in the bottom 2.

Man Utd 4 QPR 0: at last, a win for LVG and all the comments from OT are a bit OTT, methinks, as they're talking about winning the League and obviously think one swallow makes a summer! Just remember, 5 points from a possible 12 isn't a great start and 3 points at home against Our 'Arry's Rangers, who are looking pretty doomed unless they pull their fingers out, should be a given.

Finally, Europe returns this week, and in the Champions League, both Man City and Arsenal are in Germany, the former at Bayern Munich and the latter at Dortmund, whilst Chelsea are at home to Schalke and Liverpool home to Ludgorets. In the Europa, Tottenham are at Partizan Belgrade, Everton are at home to Wolfsburg and Celtic are in Salzburg.

'Tis all for this week, lads and lassies, may your team win and may the sun continue shining!

Local Football Sa Peña Deportiva beats Formentera La Peña Deportiva beat Formentera 2-0 in a high octane derby. It was an intense game on the field which then kicked off in the post match press conference. Formenterés accused the Ibiza based referee of being biased with their President Felip Portas going as far as stating that “the result was known from the moment a referee from Ibiza was chosen.”

The game started with a confusing first fifteen minutes in which neither team came out on top and the numerous interruptions prevented any real

flowing play until the visitors had a clear chance on goal— It was a one on one between Mourad and Moro, with the Peña keeper saving well.

Peña were starting to look dangerous down the left with José Carlos Moreno running rings around the Formentera defence and putting some telling balls into the centre.

Just before the break tempers neared boiling point as Tena was sent off as last man in a bad challenge on Piquero.

The opening 45 minutes was as much warfare as football—the spirited crowd including a large contingent from Formentera

Sa Peña Deportiva vs Formentera. Credit Vicent Mari.

deserved more.

With a man down, Luis Elcacho, Formentera’s coach, had a half time reshuffle which worked for some time as the match seemed to be heading for a goalless draw—that is until an isolated attack by Salas beat Marcos Contreras with a tight low shot to the near post.

Credit belonged to Ramiro, who stole the ball, lifted his head and passed it with perfection for Salas to put it away.

Formentera tried in vain to turn the tide but the cause was lost when Piquero—an exFormentera player scored in the final minutes to give the Santa Eulalia club the points.

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USA vs Serbia. Credit Susana Vera

FIBA World Cup Nicole Torres The FIBA World Cup ended last Sunday with USA getting the gold medal – again – against Serbia.

Quarter finals

Lithuania 73 Turkey 61 – In a battle of the NBA bigs, it was Toronto’s Jonas Valanciunas who got the better of New Orleans’ Omer Asik after leading his side with a 12 point, 13 rebound double-double.

Renaldas Seibutis top scored with a game-high 19 points containing 3/3 from downtown as Lithuania shot above 50% from 3-point range in 19 attempts. In comparison, Turkey struggled to find their rhythm and connected with just 3 of 18 shots from beyond the arc.

Slovenia 76 USA 119 – Yet again, Team USA emerges victorious. After a first half that looked like a real basketball game, Team USA started to pull away in the third quarter and completely blew Slovenia away in the fourth.

James Harden and Steph Curry can most easily be identified as the catalysts behind the push.

Serbia 84 Brazil 56 – Serbia reached the final four with a crushing win against Brazil after storming clear in the third quarter. Milos Teodosic top scored with 23 points including a perfect 10/10 from the FT line. There was no way back for the South American side and they fell to a 28-point defeat undoing their hard work in the tournament.

France 65 Spain 52 – Not many expected Spain to fall before the final but just as they did on route to EuroBasket gold last summer, France believed as a unit and pulled off a stunning result. Without star players Tony Parker and Joakim Noah, Boris Diaw led his side to victory with a teamhigh 15 points. Spain struggled to penetrate their opponents on the offensive end and finished with a low shooting percentage of 32 with NBA big-men Marc Gasol and Serge Ibaka combining for just 5 points while Pau Gasol led all scorers with 17, in what

could well be his final appearance for the national side.

Semi Finals

USA 96 Lithuania 68 – Team USA became the first team to reach the FIBA World Cup final after easing to a 96-68 victory over Lithuania in the first semi-final in Barcelona on Thursday. The reigning World champions pulled away in the third quarter with a dominant 33-14 period as they continued their long-standing win streak.

France 85 Serbia 90 – Serbia reached the final of the FIBA World Cup 2014 after beating France 90-85 in a gripping semi-final in Madrid on Friday.

Nicolas Batum netted an impressive 35 points on 8-12 3point shooting while Boris Diaw added 13 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists but France saw their comeback fall short to miss out on a place in the final. As for Serbia, they progress to Sunday’s showdown with the defending world champions USA in high spirits after continuing their strong form in the knockout stages. Milos Teodosic top scored with 24 points to lead a total of six players in double figures.

The Final

USA 129 Serbia 92 – Kyrie Irving claimed the MVP award and led his side to victory with a 26-point haul with seven other players reaching double figures for the States. James Harden added 23 points while there were 12 point apiece for unsung heroes Klay Thompson and Kenneth Faried, 11 each for Rudy Gay and DeMarcus Cousins with Steph Curry and DeMar DeRozan both scoring 10. As for Serbia, they were led by 18 points from Nemanja Bjelica and Nikola Kalinic as the game quickly ran away from them. They were very efficient inside the arc shooting 62% but their overall percentage was down below 50 as they made just 5/20 from 3-point range in comparison to USA’s 15-30 success rate from downtown.

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World of Sport Jezza’s Sport Report Jeremy Parmenter G'day, you Sporting Poms! The reason for my Aussie vernacular is don't know if you heard but that golfing legend from the land of Oz, Greg Norman, had a bizarre accident last week with a chainsaw, which nearly cut off his right hand and missed the main artery by millimetres. Fortunately he's a leftie and as he so wryly put it “at least I would

have been able to carry on with my tennis!".

Talking of Golf, Rory McIlroy, joint leader of the final FedEx challenge Tournament for the win bonus of 10 million bucks, had a disastrous final round, with lots of bogeys, and having started at 11 under ended up way down the field. Another bizarre story here as in Saturday's third round a wayward drive from the Brit hit the trees

and bounced in to a spectators pocket (sorry, how?!) causing Mac to have a drop-ball!

Better news for another Brit, that forgotten man of European golf, Paul Casey, as he won the KLM Open in Holland, with Brits Dyson and Sullivan taking 2 and 3. And how 'bout this, a hole in one from Sullivan won him a trip to space next year (no, not 'ere in Ibz!) but he can't make up his mind whether he goes, or his "'er

Formentera Barmy Army travel to Peña —report p21 indoors!"!

Tennis and what a wonderful year that Swiss Meister Federer is having as he rounded it off by leading his country to the Davis

Cup final for the first time in 20 years, after beating Italy 3-2 in Geneva, where he and World No 4 Wawrinka will take on France, (Continued on page 20)