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I guess that’s it for another year. Mayor of Pilar de la Horadada, tells me that this year, more people than ever before, visited the town to take part, and to watch from the side-lines, the spectacular event that is The Sevillanas. The colourful procession of the Floral Offering To The Virgin, made it’s way along the narrow streets of Pilar, with Mayor Jose Fidel Ros, shown in my Christina Asher in the spotty top was photograph, leading the pageant towards the Parish Church. madeover by her makeover at The Councillor for Fiestas, Asuncio’n Sa’nchez, tells me the reward for all the hard New Bliss Salon in Quesada - YOU work that the residents of now also have the chance to win A Pilar, and the surrounding Complete Makeover on Thursday May villages, have put in, over 22nd when The Bliss Team will be at the months, building up Quesada Country Club for The Summer to this weeks events, is Farye and The Complete Woman. to see the enjoyment on To enter send an email to the faces of participants and visitors alike. No sueinthesun@hotmail.co.uk and you rest though Asuncio’n could win a complete makeover and tells me, for very soon, a design cut and blow dry for a friend plans are to be set in - Christina took along her friend Hazel motion, for next years Harris and Kristoff was once again on celebrations. hand to take photographs! Rob Barnes.
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After three sell out seasons in the Costa Blanca, The Cliff & Elvis tour returns in June for a fourth time and its fantastic! The Show has recently been a sell out in the UK and the two star acts are to feature in a Jukebox Legends show at Nottingham Arts Theatre on May 9th as a warm up! Cliff-AsIf is the best tribute to the Peter Pan of pop and when meeting up with Sir Cliff he looked at Will (Cliff-AsIf) and said “Its nice to meet me”!! He looks and sounds just like the UK’s idol and adds a comical aspect to his show that has everyone rocking with the music and fun!! Elvis 2000 is one of the best Elvis tribute artists anywhere and has a great voice that sounds so much like the King. Having been voted runner up in The Costa Blanca Music Awards Best Tribute 2013 and winner in 2012 Elvis 2000 back for this fabulous tour. His performance will also generate a
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2. BIC BIC (Bank Identifier Code) numbers will be phased out for cross-border payments by February 2016.
3. PAYMENT CARDS All payment cards will be migrated from magnetic strip to EMV chip. There is currently no date for completion.
Thousands of people flocked to the beautiful North West Murcia town of Caravaca de la Cruz on Friday 2nd May to celebrate the LosCaballos del Vino Fiesta. The Fiesta known in English as wine horses is held annually in commemoration of a 13th Century incident whereby the Christian townsfolk of Caravaca took refuge in the legendary medieval Castle of Santa Cruz when they were under siege by the Muslim army. It wasn´t long before water stored in the castle became undrinkable and several of the refugees became ill. At night some of the townsfolk crept out of the Castle to look for water and in desperation they raced out of the Castle on horseback to find a safe source of water. When they failed to find safe water, they found some wine, loaded the wineskins on their horses and raced back to the Castle. The wine was blessed in the presence of the Caravaca Cross and given to the ill who recovered immediately. The wine was then mixed with the toxic water in the storage tanks and became fresh, and as a result the Christians were able to resist the enemy.
Timeline for the SEPA process The process began in 1999 and is now in the final migration phase. February 2014: Credit transfers and direct debits in the EU should be carried out in accordance with the standards mentioned above. A six month transition period is being introduced. February 2016: For niche products with specific characteristics a longer transition phase is made for in some countries. 31 October 2016: EU member states with non-euro currencies must adhere to standards set for credit transfers and direct debits in euros, by this end date. SEPA indicators. Key facts at a glance. SEPA credit transfers as a % of total EU transactions is 93.9%* SEPA direct debit as a % of total transactions is 80.3%* EMV transactions as a % of total transactions is 79.6%** *February 2014-03-21 **June 2013 We hope this information provided in this article is of interest. If you would like to contact Linea Directa please call 902 123 104 More information on Linea Directa online at www.lineadirecta.com
This yearly celebration is held to remember those events. The streets are lined with stalls selling everything from local produce and wine to trinkets and souvenirs. Dozens of horses are paraded through the streets ofCaravacacoated in finery and robes. Crowds of revellers donned in white with the traditional red and gold neckerchief and sashes follow the horses towards the Castle where the horses race to the top. Numerous local bands and processions also join in the festivities making the event vibrant and exciting and something that has to be seen. Caravaca de la Cruz has a population of over 26,000 and has been declared by the Vatican as the World’s 5th holiest City giving it the privilege to celebrate the jubilee year every seven years, and was last held in Caravaca in 2010. The town is a considerable industrial centre with large ironworks, tanneries and manufacturers of paper, chocolate and oil. As well as Los Caballos Del Vino on 2nd May, the festival is held from 1st-5th May each year and has been declared of International Tourist Interest.
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Traffic on Cartagena Canal Dear Editor,
I live at Las Ramblas and often use the canal for cycling. The canal is used extensively by walkers, joggers, cyclists and others. It is a pleasant, green and healthy environment. However, in recent times the various barriers that were in place have been removed and more and more motorists are using the canal path as a road. It is spoiling the peace and tranquility of the canal environment as they drive with disregard to the signs that restrict entry to service vehicles only. The sections of the canal from past Villamartin and back to Los Dolses and Las Ramblas need no vehicular access at all. There are roads that can be used instead. The canal between San Miguel does get used by farmers accessing their land, but there is no excuse for taxis and private cars to use the route. It can be very annoying when cycling along, to have cars,vans and even lorries suddenly driving past. Can not something be done to curb this completely unnecessary traffic nuisance? Maybe if the Guardia Civil parked up on the canal paths they could collect some substantial income in fines from the non service motorist law breakers. But rather than that, why cannot the barriers be re-introduced so that the canal path can be restricted to non motorised vehicles apart from where services are needed? There are plenty enough roads for all the cars, so can’t we keep the canal exclusive for those that appreciate some pleasant and healthy exercise space. Les Wilton
EUROPEAN DAY CELEBRATIONS 2014
EUROPEAN DAY is celebrated throughout the European Union on 9th May each year. This year, European Day falls on a Friday, and whilst we shall celebrate in the main Plaza de Constitución in Torrevieja throughout the morning of Friday 9th May, other events are planned over the preceding weekend. The Mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolon Sanchez, has pleasure in inviting you to this year’s “EUROPEAN DAY” celebrations which will take place, as usual, in the Plaza de la Constitucion, Torrevieja from 10.40h until 14.00h on FRIDAY 9th MAY. This event is, of course, open to the public in general and i would be gratefull if you would circulate this as widely as possible.
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Rocky’s to Rock for Rocky’s Arena in Playa Flamenca is set to rock with a family fun day in aid of Reach Out Torrevieja, a humanitarian charity which helps the homeless and those in need. The fun takes place on Saturday May 10th when a whole host of local entertainers are giving their time for free in aid of the charity. Day manager of Rocky’s Arena, Ria Cramb, said, “We have held a fundraiser every year for the last three years to celebrate Reach Out. This year, we are celebrating Reach Out’s third anniversary and it is such a pleasure to be able to help such a worthwhile charity.” Some of the area’s top local entertainers are set to perform on the day – Sunshine FM’s Dan Davy takes to the stage at 2pm to begin the fun day. Dan is followed by Sunflower Valley, the hugely popular award winning duo, at 3pm. Then at 4pm, it’s time for the high octane antics of Suzy G and her band of dancers. At 5pm, Michael Dean rounds off proceedings with some favourite tunes through the years. With the sun set to shine on the day, it will be a perfect day out for families with bouncy castles, face painters and the wonderful magic of Graeme Mykal. The Reach Out team will also be on hand to receive donations. President of the charity, Karolina Leonard said, “We are so grateful to Rocky’s Arena
for their continual fundraising for us. Everyone is looking forward to the family fun day and are geared up to have some fun! We are asking members of the public to bring donations on the day if they can. The items we need most are basic personal hygiene products, cleaning items and non perishable food. We have had a lot of donations recently of rice and pasta, so we are very grateful that we don’t need so much of this type of food but all other foodstuffs, we are desperate for to help feed our homeless people and families.” BALD AMBITION Never one to shy away from her dedication to the charity, Reach Out’s President Karolina had a surprise announcement to coincide with the family fun day at Rocky’s. She told us, “If we receive pledges of €2000, I am going to have my head shaved on the day. Obviously, it’s a big step and my husband isn’t too happy, but if I can raise much needed funds for the charity, I will gladly lose my locks!” By 5.30pm, if sponsorship has reached the target, Karolina will go under the blade in front of all those gathered on the day. So don’t forget to put Saturday May 10th in your diary. A great opportunity to soak up some sun with friends and family with plenty to entertain the children. Not only that, but it is all for a great cause.
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Written by Eric Arnold The Jaguar Enthusiasts Club in Spain just goes from strength to strength. The club is just coming up to it’s third anniversary. We have something special planned for that anniversary meeting so why not come and join us. Our last meeting was on Sunday the 27th April, and was held at Las Palmeras, hotel and restaurant in Crevellente. Our first time at this venue and what a lovely surprise. I have to say. Las Palmeras is a little lacking as far as “kerb appeal” is concerned but the restaurant, function rooms and the terrace and pool areas are stunning. On top of that, there are plenty of parking spaces for our beloved Jaguars. We were blessed with yet another beautiful sunny day, we are so lucky. On arrival, most people congregated around the pool terrace, a few G&T’s, a beer or two, coke of course for us drivers, or just a tonic, slice of lemon! Great to meet our old friends again. We sat down for lunch just before 2:00pm in a private function room overlooking the pool, very nice. Hot bread, garlic and tomato to start, a plate of succulent ham and Manchego cheese then a choice of starters, I had a thick, flavour- some vegetable soup, lovely, many of the health conscious had the tuna salad, presented in the “deconstructed style”. Fish, lamb chops or pork for the main course or for a small supplement a solomillo which was my choice, delightful. I have to compliment the staff at Las Palmeras, the service was absolutely spot on. Wine flowed freely during all the courses. Desserts, coffee’s then outside for the obligatory “group photo”. Back to the terrace, for a little more light refreshment. Las Palmeras brought us all complimentary chopitos, of what I have no idea but lets say, I think I could have fired up my V8 on just the fumes.
May I take this opportunity to thank all the members that attended especially the new members and the members that bought guests, bringing the total to 58 people and 18 cars. I am pleased to say, among the attendees were many of the old favourites and some new member’s cars as well. I have to say, when you looked at them all lined up it was a fabulous sight to behold. An art show in steel and leather which included some of the most iconic example of automotive art ever made. The meeting also held a few surprises, apparently, in recognition of my hard work in forming a running the club, it was decided that I should be elevated from Chairman to President (El Presidente) of the club, also, apparently it is more apt for the Spanish environment. Ian McMenemy was promoted from Events Manager to Events Director in recognition for the fantastic job he does in organising our events. Satisfied and satiated, some members started to depart just before 5:00pm however some of us were still there at 6:00pm - what a great day. Our next meeting is provisionally planned for Sunday the 8th June, venue and exact menu still to be finalised. This will be the meeting that celebrates our third anniversary. If you own a Jaguar in Spain, come and join us. The Jaguar Enthusiasts Club is the largest of the worlds Jaguar Clubs, apart from joining in the fun at the meetings, members also benefit from a glossy 132 page A4 monthly magazine, Jaguar spares department and a technical advice service second to none. If you live in Spain and own a Jaguar you should be a member of The Jaguar Enthusiasts Club. The JEC in Spain is organised by Eric Arnold and Ian McMenemy. Eric can be contacted by email at jaguarspain@outlook. com or by phone on 609931647 or alternatively check out www.jec-spain.es or the JEC main web site www. jec.org.uk. Our Events director, Ian McMenemy can be contacted at McMenemy@ JEC-events.com. Not forgetting David Shea who looks after our Facebook identity and John Parkin who manages our dedicated web site www.jecspain.es
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GO SATELLITE was set up 8 years ago by husband and wife team Ian and Deborah. Ian has more than 20 years experience, having spent 10 years with SKY In Home Services in the UK, where he worked on the specialist heights team as well as SKY´S Prestigious VIP Team which caters for the “stars”, therefore the quality of his workmanship is extremely high! After leaving SKY, Ian set up his own business in the UK and ran this very successfully for 5 years before moving to Spain. SERVICES WE OFFER We are here to help!!!! We can arrange Installation of TV direct from the satellite with no monthly subscription. We are able to make repairs to existing satellite systems, potentially saving you from additional costs. We are suppliers of Sky and humax receivers direct from the UK. You will find we are the cheapest on the Costa Blanca. Ask us about Sky cards and subscriptions as well as Al Jazeera cards for bars enabling viewing of Premier League Football matches. Our latest additional service is VPN routers, pop in to the office or give us a call for more details. We are not only here for
WHERE ARE WE? GO SATELLITE is based in Ciudad Quesada and covers most of the Costa Blanca. WHY ARE WE DIFFERENT? Ian said “Being a small company has its advantages. We offer a personal service and get to know all our customers by name. It’s important to us that people fully understand and are happy with the service we are providing. We realise that the technology involved can be confusing but we are happy to spend time with our customers to ensure that they get the best system for their needs”. CUSTOMER SERVICE Any concerns or queries are dealt with in a clear and professional manner and clients can call Ian at any point if they have any queries. This ensures that all of their customers have complete peace of mind throughout the lifetime of the service. Added to that is the fact that GO SATELLITE is a fully legal, Spanish registered business that provides individual, company and community installations with a free no obligation site survey. Go Satellite is going from strength to strength! SATISFIED CUSTOMERS! Over the past 8 years the company has installed hundreds of satellite TV systems for individuals, companies and communities. The Go Satellite system uses highest quality Portuguese-manufactured dishes and requires NO monthly payments. Packages are available to suit everybody´s requirements and budget. GO SATELLITE offer expertise, reassurance and a proven track record, which can be backed up by many a satisfied customer.
OTHER SERVICES Go Satellite not only provide television but are also able to provide internet and telephone services. Packages are available to suit all with a switch on/off service available for non residents. COME AND MEET US! We have an office in the Business Centre Calle Los Arcos No7 Ciudad Quesada, so you can now come and meet us and we will endeavour to help you with all of your TV queries. DISH ISSUES? Here at Go Satellite, we use only Top Quality Portugese dishes and Invacom LNB’s. Sky Packages are also available. If you do not have room or do not wish to have a dish, give us a call as we have a solution! At Go Satellite, we will endeavour, to provide TV for everyone. So, if you are fed up of missing your favourite programs or you have lost your TV signal and do not want to lose out any more, then call Ian or Deborah on 965 725 670 or call into our office to find out more about GO SATELLITE and its services. Alternatively check out the website:www. freetvspain.com
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Getting to Grips with my Underwear.... Finally!
Working in the business I can tell you that one of the questions that I am constantly asked is: What can I do with all that underwear that’s been lying around in my draw(s) for years. Most if it accumulating dust. Well, I’m going to tell you the same thing that I tell everybody that comes to my stall. Firstly, take a deep breath, get your courage and attack every item that is discoloured, threadbare, wires sticking through, worn out, stretched elastic or looks like your Mum used to wear it before bequeathing it to you. Show no mercy, all that old stuff is doing is making you depressed and wasting your time...Just Bin it! Secondly, divide what you have left into three piles. 1)Those you like and wear frequently, 2) those you have probably only worn a couple of times, 3) those you have never worn and probably still have the labels attached. This leaves you with three piles although you may have your own personal preferences for yet another type. It doesn’t matter as long as you have taken control. Those things you have in the third pile you can donate to your favourite charity shops. The Costa Blanca has so many and they would love to be able to make use of them for a good cause. As an additional benefit you are also helping to save the planet. Don’t worry, it only hurts for a while.... With the second pile this is not an option of course. No one will thank you for giving them used underwear. Instead, maybe you could do what our parents often did and recycle them. Use them as rags for cleaning or dusting etc. But be careful not to scratch any of your furniture with any wire parts.
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Alternatively, just throw them in the bin. But whatever you do, do not hang onto these old or unwanted underwear items. Finally, those items you love and wear often you can use as a guide to future lingerie purchases. You can now begin to rebuild your wardrobe so that you end up wearing what you actually want and what makes you feel good about yourself. Studies have shown that (maybe with the exception of chocolate) nothing helps a woman to feel good about herself as much as wearing great underwear that both feels good and looks good. So go on treat yourself. Get yourself professionally measured in a quality lingerie retail outlet with plenty of variety for you to choose from. Here at Shani’s Lingerie we offer a free bra fitting service and have a large range of cup and strap sizes in different models. If you want a fitting you might want to come early or call to make an appointment so that we can make sure we can give you all the time you need to ensure a comfortable fit. We also have an excellent exchange policy. Just bring back the items with tags attached. We also have a measuring and fitting service on site which will ensure you get the right fit in the first place. Directions: Proceed in to Zoco Market. Turn left immediately and go to the very end where you will see the Iron Art stall. Turn right and we are the 2nd stall on the right. Playa Flamence Market: We are ¾ of the way down the market from the Celtic Isle. We are on the left hand side opposite a cul de sac with other stalls in it. You can also call me on 622280043 Find my details on Facebook:ShanisLingerie@ facebook.com/happynewyear123. Click “Like” Our website page is. www.shanislingerie.com Please visit me and quote this newspaper for a 10% discount this weekend only.
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CANTABILE’s concert at la Siesta Church on St. George’s Day was a resounding success. The church was virtually full and the audience enjoyed a varied programme from the ladies of Cantabile, both choir and soloists. They were able to present the church with a retiring collection of over 200 euros, thanks to their efforts. CANTABILE’s next appearance will be a Spring Concert which begins with a choral version of Johann Strauss’s ‘Tales from the Vienna Woods’. The choir and soloists’ other songs will include works by Brahms, Mozart, John Williams, Ennio Morricone, Joaquín Rodrigo and Howard Shore, English composers Michael Arne & Samuel ColeridgeTaylor and arias from two Spanish zarzuelas. Cantabile are also very
pleased to announce that they will be joined by la Orquesta de Cuerda Pulsada Cecilio Gallego, directed by Manuel Martínez Guirao, with their beautiful guitar, mandolin and lute music. The choir is accompanied by Christine Eames and conducted by Jennifer Morton. This concert will take place at Torrevieja’s Palacio de la Música on Saturday May 10th, starting at 8pm. Entrance is free by invitation ticket from the Municipal box office, or the Palacio from two hours before the start of the concert. If you enjoy singing to a good standard, Cantabile are always on the lookout for new members. In particular at present, we need more sopranos, though mezzos and contraltos are equally welcome. Rehearsals take place at La Siesta Church on Fridays, 3-5pm. Anyone interested in hearing more about the choir and their concerts, booking tickets or joining us, should contact Jennifer on 966796866, or email jen-morton@hotmail.co.uk.
their latest production ‘Skool Blazers’.
Another originally scripted play, by humourist John Wallace. This is about those naughty St Trinian’s schoolgirls when they make a return to the School, amidst chaos and confusion. The current pupils are not so well behaved either. Audiences are in for a treat, with lots of topical
HARLEQUINS The Choir that Rocks
FACT.. Singing reduces stress, can lower blood pressure, and increases life expectancy. Singing brings enormous pleasure personally, and to those listening. (hopefully!) Our local community Rock choir has now been running since 2012 and has raised thousands of Euros for local charities. You can help us to raise even more, as we now have vacancies for at least 10 new members!
Solid Start for Murcia’s Supermoto Racing brothers
Both Anthony and Mat Ford-Dunn were in action at the weekend at the first round of the Spanish Supermoto Championships held in Villena, Alicante. The action for the Brothers had already started the week before, when they both made the long journey to France to compete in the first round of the Supermoto Grand prix’s. The Brothers both faired well with Anthony finishing 12th in the world championships and Mat finishing 23rd in the European Championships, but it was clear that they were outpaced by superior factory machinery. Although they struggled for pace against the superior factory bikes the Team learnt a great deal that weekend and have many things to test over the coming weeks to improve the ‘Advance Moves International Removals’ sponsored, Supermotoland race bikes. The racing at Villena, Alicante was held in sunny but blustery conditions and both brothers got their championship challenges off to a solid start. Anthony qualified 3rd in the Premier SM Open championship class, and finished 5th, 2nd and 4th in his three races to come away with a 3rd overall for the days racing. The results could have been even better but the Villena circuit is notoriously difficult to pass on and a
lot of the race depends on how good a start you get. Anthony had the crowd on its feet in Race 2 when he put in an almost impossible overtaking move on the last lap to take 2nd place at the Flag. Older Brother Mat qualified in pole position for the SM35 Master championship and finished his two races in 2nd and 3rd position that gave him a 3rd overall for the days racing. Once again his results could have been even better but a crash on the first lap of race two whilst he was leading saw Mat have to remount in last position and fight through the pack to get a well deserved 3rd place at the flag. Team Sponsor Shane Stratton from Stratton Motorsports had flown in especially to watch the racing and was Happy to see both his riders on the rostrum with some good championship points under their belts. The Brothers next race in the Catalan championships on the 11th may at Menarguens in Catalunya. More details and race results can be found at www.supermotoland. com
Performances will be at ‘The Club in Quesada on Wednesday 7th May’, and at ‘El Alto ‘ in Guardamar on 8th and 9th May. Priced at just 10 euros, this represents excellent value for dinner and an original show. Tickets available from the Venues and from The Post Room Benijofar, and The Card Place in Benimar. Telephone Hotline number is 692 866 536.
Male and female members are both welcomed. No experience necessary. If you would like to be part of our choir we are holding an open day at the Cultural Centre, on Sector B, on SATURDAY 10TH MAY AT 2.30 PM. This is your chance to try something new! Interested, then see you on Saturday ...... or call Ann on 628 149 840 or email mdharlequins@gmail. com
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Hello and welcome to CanDu Computer Bytes. For the past few weeks I’ve had a number of people coming to me and saying they love to read these articles. I am incredibly flattered that things I say can be helpful to someone else. This glow fades fast when they next say “But it is sometime way over my head” - cue the sound of a balloon deflating! Although some articles are, by the very nature of the subject covered, a pig to understand and even more so to try to break down for everyone, I try to provide the building blocks of knowledge. This knowledge will help you identify the “computer expert” from the person who actually knows about their subject, by just hearing them speak! To remedy the “over the head” feeling, the subject for the next few weeks will, hopefully, be much easier to understand as it will be about choices. I can hear some of you moaning already “what is wrong with …..”. You can choose to read what follows or not. That is a choice! The choices that I’m offering today is regarding office suites. We aren’t talking about the furniture that keep your computer and bum off the floor, although these things are incredibly important, Today we are talking about the Word processor, Spreadsheet, display package and database. Have your eyes glazed over yet? No, excellent! What is the first name that comes to mind when you mention “Word processor”? After staring at my crystal ball I predict the word “Microsoft Office” or “Word” (2 attempts maybe cheating but it’s my bat and ball after all) :-) Incredible, you might say, but alas not! The vast majority of businesses (that is where we usually first come into contact with such things), of about 94%, will use Microsoft products over others. After all they have, through clever marketing, become the defacto standard for document preparation and exchange (and more power to them
for their success)! aWhat if you are a poor student (I was one of the ‘Mass Unwashed’ during my studies at Huddersfield Uni) with a very limited budget for food, mortgage, books, computer equipment, food, heating and food, products like MS Office are way out of my price range, so I looked for a cheaper (read free!) option. The first product I found was called “Open Office” which came with the 4 main tools: Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Database and Presentation. My college work became easier. Even back then they had spelling and grammar checkers in real English (which being dyslexic was a serious help), so my 25,000 word (yep you read that right) thesis became less of a trial. The cost for saving my sanity? Nothing, Nada, Nix, Zero and Zip! Today, you can still get ‘Open Office’ and it’s even better after 20 years development, but there is also ‘Libre Office’ – a very similar product, both using the accepted and free ‘Open Document Format’. If you prefer something a little closer to home then there is a MS Office 2007 clone by ‘KingSoft’ that reads and save documents in native MS Office formats. It too is free and does just as good a job at balancing your books, writing your memoirs, organising and storing your prized information and displaying your holiday photo’s (to bore the neighbours rigid with) in one neat package, as the previous 2. There are many others but part of the fun is finding one that you like and making it your own. If your conscience pricks you, there is always the option of making a donation for the upkeep and development of these packages. I have, and will continue to support these dedicated programmers, with my donations because the product of their hard work is absolutely worth it! I’m now off to Jack’s Bar in Albox for my Friday afternoon computer clinic! If you would like a clinic nearer to you – make the suggestion using the email address under this article and we will see what can be done.
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Eeny Meeny Miny Moe For over 200 years, children the world over have sung a variation of the ditty that’s had some media commentators all indignant the last week; Jeremy Clarkson love or hate him heads the cast of Top Gear – a programme that brings in £15 million in profits yearly to the BBC and is exported to 170 countries. I counted, that’s almost all of them! There are 196 or 195 if Taiwan is excluded as it’s not a country at all according to China. Clarkson allegedly mumbled the ‘N’ word nigger as he was choosing which of two cars was best. Not only was the sound muffled but he covered his mouth and the clip was discarded. The scene was shot again using the word teacher. Someone obviously has it in for poor Jeremy as last week the offending clip was given (sold even?) to the Mirror news rag with the rest recent history. Perhaps the disgruntled employee was miffed at Clarkson’s recent multi million pound windfall. In 2009
braben’s blog... Sauntering Ants!
I don’t know whether you knew about this, but apparently there is a World UFO Day. Actually isn’t that a misnomer? Shouldn’t it be called an Out of This World UFO Day? Okay, I’m being picky I suppose. There are an almost endless stream of days celebrating all manner of off the wall goings on. I can’t imagine, for example, that you are over familiar with Wiggle Your Toes Day. No, nor is anyone else I have asked, but it exists, honestly. Another special day, that I have taken a particular shine to, is World Sauntering Day; this touches the spot I think. The idea of spending a whole day ambling around, getting nowhere very quickly, is very appealing. But the reason I wanted to touch on these rather off the wall celebratory days is that things like this make me realise that there’s an awful lot going on out there that we know very little indeed about. Some of it could actually be quite enjoyable if only we were in the right place at the right time. Well, if you are a fan of such whimsical days I would recommend a trip to Finland. I don’t know what it is about the Fins, but they seem to have come up with some astoundingly original events that would keep anyone quiet during the long dark Scandinavian winters. There are some great diversions, buy my favourite has to be Anthill Sitting competitions. I think that my life may, so far, have been an empty one, because I have never before heard of anthill sitting, let alone tried the sport. Maybe some of you have an advantage over me here, but, for those of you who may be unfamiliar with this event, contestants have to sit on an anthill and endure the bites of some pretty miffed ants. Easy? Well, not really. Did I tell you those poor contestants have to bare their buttocks to do this? On reflection, thank goodness for empty lives, at least our buttocks are ant free. You’d think that was enough but, no, the Fins have an almost endless stream of events. I won’t go into them all now but, for beer drinkers there’s a wife carrying competition, where the winner gets his wife’s weight in beer! I wonder if it’s the one that refreshes the parts others can’t reach-it could do those sore buttocks some good! Graham is married to Helen and has a daughter, Alice. He lives part of the year near Albox, but works in Qatar, teaching. If you wish to contact Graham regarding this article email: helenandg@yahoo.co.uk
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the BBC invested just £100 in 50% of a venture called Bedder 6 which was owned by Clarkson and Andy Wilman (his long-time friend and the producer of Top Gear). The company was then used to commercially exploit Top Gear around the world with the BBC giving it lucrative merchandising and foreign sales rights. Clarkson owned 30% of the company and in the first year profits were ‘only’ a couple of million quid so the BBC saved money with the arrangement as otherwise Clarkson could have demanded a huge pay rise. Then Top Gear’s profits really took off; Jeremy was paid a handsome dividend of £2.7 million a year ago out of Top Gears recent £15 mil profits. The BBC needed to keep Clarkson and Wilman on board but obviously didn’t envisage Top Gear growing into such a cash cow. So this year both Clarkson and Wilman sold the sales rights back to the Beeb for multi-million pound sums.
These payments were on top of their BBC salaries. The actual sums involved have not been made public by the public owned institution as they are commercially sensitive or in other words the numbers would make people very angry. Media speculation puts the figures at £15mil for Jeremy and £10mil for Andy. Not bad for 5 years work on top of Clarkson’s £850,000 annual salary. The two co – presenters Hammond and May allegedly thought all this financial skulduggery undervalued their own contributions to Top Gear so now they’re back on a level playing field with all three of them contracted to simple yet still mind blowing large salaries for two further series after this current one ends. Getting back to the rhyme; a
variation first appears in print in 1815 when New York children chanted ‘Hana man mona mike.’ In Germany at the same time school kids chanted ‘Ene tene mone mei. In Scotland in the 1820s ‘Hickery pickery pease scon’ was sung by wee Scottish bairns. The poor thing that gets caught each time varies and it seems the version using the word nigger comes from America in the 1880s as the word wasn’t then used in Britain. Rudyard Kipling wrote a version in 1935 called ‘A counting-out song’, he used a tiger as the poor sop that gets caught by his toe. In the 1960s another version did the rounds in the UK which I still remember. It’s a little vulgar as after the eeny meeny miny moe, the baby was put on the po, then when he’s done wipe his bum and then tell his mum what he’s done!
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Jim Collins Tribute Night
Jim Collins was a legendary member of the Torrevieja Barbershop Harmonisers with whom he sang for almost 25 years.He was a wonderful friend with his heart and soul in Harmony singing. On Tuesday 22nd April, TBH had an open social night, in Los Rosales, in Jim’s honour and Jim’s friends and fellow singers from all those years of singing with the Harmonisers, were invited to join us again. And what a wonderful night we had, singing with so many old friends from so many shared good times. It was a truly joyful occasion honouring a man who brought so much happiness to all those who knew him. Barber-shoppers, at the close of the evening together , always sing two songs which encapsulate our philosophy and everything Jim loved. “ Lets get together again and Keep
the whole world singing “. Here are members of 3 choruses TBH, the Velvetones and the Spangles- together with 5 Music Directors ( past and present and representing sister choruses ) and as many friends as we could cram onto the risers, saying “ Goodbye” the Barbershop Way. Chas Smith, one of TBH´s most influential previous MD´s conducts the finale featuring members of TBH, the Velvetones, the Spangles and friends old and new sing “ Keep the Whole World Singing” Monies raised on the evening was 330 euros for the “Jim Collins Fund” TBH always welcomes new members. Details on the web-site ( www. theharmonisers.com) or simple come to a rehearsal Tuesday 13.30 - 16.00 at Los Rosales ( Lemon Tree Road CV895 ) Photography by Kristoff
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A traditional roast and entertainment by singer, Keely C, were the order of the day for Time Out’s customers on 20 April to celebrate Easter Sunday in San Javier. Cruz Azul volunteers were also on hand to help sell raffle tickets for a splendid Easter Hamper, laden with wine, chocolates and lots of Easter goodies. They raised 105€ for Cruz Azul Para Mascotas. “It was a great day,” said Cruz Azul Vice President, Sue Thomason, “and we’re really grateful to Sue, Gary and all customers and staff at Time Out for supporting us”. Cruz Azul is run along similar lines to the PDSA in the UK and its mission is to provide veterinary care for the sick and injured pets of people in need and to promote responsible pet ownership. As a new association, Cruz Azul’s priorities will be to: Provide and maintain veterinary services on a stable, sustainable and long-term basis. Expand these services, in line with a clear and controlled Business Plan
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La Zenia church - Sunday 4th May
A packed audience at La Zenia church last Sunday were treated to one of the finest concerts heard on the Costa for many a year. This was the verdict of the audience who gave conductor Nigel Hopkins and his chamber choir ‘In Harmony’ a standing ovation at the conclusion of their concert, ‘Music for a Summer’s Evening’. With music by such composers as Mozart, Franck, Stainer, Bruckner, Mendelssohn, Caccini and many more, In Harmony showed their mastery of the liturgical repertoire, and their understanding of the unique Spanish church acoustics. The choir numbers were interspersed with solo songs by choir members Sue Lewey, Chris
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book review “Ruined with brawling and caterwauling” Summer in February Film Review.
Enchant no more as they did before, And so it ends with friends.” (William Ernest Henley.) This is an Edwardian period drama directed by Christopher Menaul based on the period leading up to the first world war. It has been adapted for the screen by Jonathan Smith from his 1995 eponymous novel. Based on a true story set in Cornwall so you might recognise Penzance, Lamorna, Prussia Cove, Holywell and Porthcurno. The scenery is rugged and there are plenty of beach scenes and views of the rolling waves on a moonlit evening adding atmosphere as well as natural beauty. The storyline focuses on a group of Bohemian artists known as the Lamorna Group because of the location of their colony. AJ dominates the group as the enfant terrible without quite achieving its notoriety. He is better known as Alfred Munnings played by Dominic Cooper ( Mamma Mia and My Week with Marilyn.) The others see him as a genius, a great painter and are filled with admiration. He relishes in dominating the group and during rowdy drink sessions he recites atmospheric verse to captivate his audience who are truly smitten. AJ is described as a bibulous boor although in reality he seems more of an arrogant lout than quintessentially Bohemian. Undeniably he is self-centred and prone to violent outbursts especially when he can’t get his own way. He becomes brutish with Florence when she is unwilling to consummate their relationship, prepared to rape her, leaving her inconsolable and destroying this illusion of love. His friendship with Captain Gilbert Evans (Dan Stevens from Downtown Abbey) seems rather contrived. They are more like polar opposites. For a soldier Gilbert seems very gentle and courteous. Perhaps he’s a new breed? He seems well-suited
for a match with Florence Carter Wood, an aristocrat, determined to become an artist and independent from her father. Naturally she is depicted as a beautiful and talented young woman and desirable to the two eligible bachelors who are unwittingly vying for her affections. AJ seems paranoid that he is working class; he believes that Florence will civilise him and yet his wildness motivates his passion for the canvas. He seems just as insecure as Florence. I paint. That’s what I do. And nothing else matters. I see it and I paint it. He hates Modernism and loathes the works of Pablo Picasso whom he crudely calls Piss-casso. But husband material to an innocent virgin with his experience of women? I don’t think so. Florence agrees to sit for the great artist so that she can be tutored by him. He advises her to be bold, to dive in at the deep end and be daring. I will bring you alive and will capture you forever. Years from now they’ll look at you and they’ll know exactly what I was thinking.” But what was he thinking about when he painted her mounted on a horse? It certainly wasn’t love. Perhaps infatuation? He produces a fine work of art called Morning Ride which is exhibited in the Royal Academy alongside his other women. Florence disapproves and feels that she is just another of AJ’s conquests
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alongside Dolly and the gypsy woman. Florence’s character (Emily Browning) is rather sketchy but what motivates her to accept AJ’s proposal is rather baffling. She may be in love with the idea of his brilliance, love-struck like a child. She is inexperienced and wanting to discover herself and talents through art so she isn’t mature enough to make a commitment and acts impulsively. Meanwhile Gilbert dilly dallies too long and the opportunity to have a romantic encounter with the woman he loves is lost. She agrees to marry AJ, something she lives to regret. She knows that they are going to be trapped in a loveless marriage which leaves her suicidal. Gilbert observes from a close distance, still hoping. An unsatisfactory and short-lived marriage followed by a pregnancy could only amount to scandal and humiliation for a vulnerable Florence which it does. She has this selfdestructive thread in her character and her demise is tragic. The critics panned the film but I think it is an interesting film although it doesn’t portray the real conflicts in the love triangle or resolve them. AJ eventually became President of the Royal Academy. The soundtrack is beautiful: Siren’s Lullaby, In Perfect Straight and After the Ball. Composer: Benjamin Wallfisch. Worth a watch.
I gather it was Elton John, who in 1976 first released the song “Sorry seems to be the hardest word” which he’d cowritten with Bernie Taupin. A song that at the time reached number 11 in the UK and 6 in the USA, and has subsequently been recorded by many different artists. But how true that phrase is. How many disagreements, misunderstandings and fights could have been avoided if only a simple apology had been forthcoming? But how difficult we all find it to say, and truly mean that word?
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Duncan Burr is Licensed Lay Reader for the Anglican Chaplaincy of Costa Almeria and Costa Cálida and may be contacted at djburr@avired.com
Hurt and misunderstanding abound in all walks of life – yes, even within the Church! Yet however much we may regret something we’ve said or done, and the possibly unintended impact we’ve had on others, so often our pride prevents us from saying ‘sorry’. For ‘sorry’ implies acknowledgement of wrong, giving power to others to accept or reject our apology and risking humiliation, which necessarily makes it difficult to say with meaning. But ‘sorry’ and humility are essential facets of the Christian faith. Every time I hurt someone else, I necessarily also hurt God, who wills me to acknowledge not only my failings, but also my absolute inability to earn His approval by overcoming my faults in my own strength. And that’s a real tough issue for my pride. For as Easter has so recently reminded us, true Christian faith acknowledges that no amount of good works can ever win favour with God; that it is only by accepting the sacrifice of Jesus who died in my place, that He is able to offer complete forgiveness. Details of a number of English Language Churches are given in Sol Noticeboard; for any wishing to Worship, whilst additionally, further information about the Anglican Church in this area may be seen on the web site www. mojacarchurch.org
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1. In which month do we traditionally celebrate Halloween? .......................................................................................... 2. Which children’s publisher has a red and black animal as it’s logo? .......................................................................................... 3. Complete the acronym ‘CPRE’, ‘Council for the Protection of R E’? .......................................................................................... 4. Which Goalkeeper Andy played for Oldham in the 1990’s? .......................................................................................... 5. What is the outer edge of a circle more commonly known as? .......................................................................................... 6. In the 1996 Five Nations tournament, which country was expelled? .......................................................................................... 7. Which country was the first to put a man in space? .......................................................................................... 8. Who had a hit with ‘Money for nothing’? .......................................................................................... 9. Who made the ‘Victor’ car? .......................................................................................... 10. Who was the lead singer with the Police? .......................................................................................... 11. Who did Dr Crippen murder? .......................................................................................... 12. What type of dog was Rin Tin Tin? .......................................................................................... 13. Which club was Alan Hansen say would ‘Never win anything with kids’? .......................................................................................... 14. What was the name of the bumbling French Detective in the Pink Panther films? .......................................................................................... 15. Which newspaper was founded in the 1980’s and dissolved in the 1990’s? .......................................................................................... 16. Who designed the dress that the Princess of Wales got married in? .......................................................................................... 17. Which Ben E King song went to Number one 25 years after it was first released? .......................................................................................... 18. Which continent has the largest proportion of ice? .......................................................................................... 19. Which Jack Nicholson film was based in a mental hospital? .......................................................................................... 20. What word comes after Cloak, Ball and Waiting to form 3 new words? ..........................................................................................
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At last BrainBashers horse derby, 10 fine horses completed the gruelling 3 mile course. Predictably, as per every year, the results mysteriously went missing. However, various marshals remembered the following snippets of information: ?Simple Simon lost to Zebra Wings. Zebra Wings beat Simple Simon, Frogman’s Flippers and Apple Pie. Fizzy Pop lost to Minty Mouth, Simple Simon and CD Player. Frogman’s Flippers beat Windy Hill, CD Player and Simple Simon. Top Hat lost to CD Player, Kippers and Apple Pie. CD Player beat Top Hat and Fizzy Pop. Apple Pie lost to Zebra Wings and Simple Simon. Kippers lost to Apple Pie and Frogman’s Flippers. Frogman’s Flippers beat Fizzy Pop, Minty Mouth and CD Player. CD Player lost to Frogman’s Flippers, Kippers and Apple Pie. Top Hat beat Fizzy Pop and Windy Hill. Minty Mouth lost to Windy Hill and Simple Simon. Windy Hill lost to Apple Pie and CD Player.
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Sudoku is a placement puzzle. Enter the numbers 1 to 9 in each row and column of a grid, made up of 3 x 3 subgrids. The catch is that each row, column and grid must contain only one instance of each number or letter.
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Ingredients 1 litre/1 pint 15fl oz water salt large handful fresh mint, leaves only 500g/1lb 2oz fresh peas (shelled weight) salt and freshly ground black pepper drizzle olive oil 200ml/7fl oz crème fraîche 4 slices Parma ham, fried or grilled until crisp (optional), to serve Preparation method 1. B ring the water to the boil in a large pan and add a generous pinch of salt. 2. A dd the mint leaves and bring the liquid back to the boil. 3. A dd the peas and cook for 2-3 minutes, until the
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5. A dd just enough of the cooking liquid to cover the peas and mint, then blend for 1-2 minutes, to create a smooth, bright green purée.
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A roasted leg of lamb is always a treat but it’s even better when studded with garlic and served with fresh mint sauce. For the mint sauce chopped Ingredients 2kg/4lb 8oz leg of lamb 1 bulb garlic large bunch rosemary sea salt and black pepper 2 carrots, roughly
3 white onions, quartered 250ml/9fl oz dry white wine olive oil
1 tbsp caster sugar 3 tbsp white wine vinegar
6 sprigs mint, leaves only, finely chopped
Preparation method 1.Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. 2.Use a small, sharp knife to make 12-14 slits all over the lamb. Peel two garlic cloves and slice them into shards. Roughly squash the remaining garlic and put into the bottom of a large roasting tin. 3.Push a few slivers of garlic and small sprigs of rosemary down into each slit in the lamb and season with plenty of salt and pepper. 4.Put the carrots and onions into the roasting tin, drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Lay the lamb on top and roast in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. 5.For the mint sauce, mix together the sugar and vinegar until the sugar is dissolved. Add the mint and mix well. Season with salt and pepper and transfer to the fridge to steep. 6.Remove the lamb from the oven, pour in the wine then return to the oven and roast for a further 45 minutes. 7.When cooked, remove the lamb from the oven and transfer to a board. Cover with foil and leave to rest for 15- 20 minutes. 8.Carve the lamb into thin slices and serve with the mint sauce and roasted vegetables
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Close relatives are spearmint, peppermint, curly mint, ginger mint, apple mint, pineapple mint, eau de cologne mint, water mint, pennyroyal, Corsican mint Native habitat •Temperate areas of Europe, Asia & Africa Growing conditions •Mints will grow in most conditions but not too dry •Likes damp, moist soil with shade at the roots & sun on the leaves •Will tolerate some shade. •Can be very invasive ideal for containers or in buckets in the ground to
restrict root growth. Maintenance •Control spread into lawns by mowing •Pull up roots regularly to avoid it swamping other plants •Water well in dry weather •Feed when showing signs of rust disease Parts used •Leaves Properties •Pleasant smell & taste •Has antiseptic qualities - used as a mouth freshener Uses •Spearmint & peppermint aid digestion •Mint jelly and sauces •Peppermint oil used as a flavouring in drinks, confectionary, medicine, soaps and toothpaste •Tonic, cough mixtures, bronchial trouble,
asthma •Cleaning wounds •Gargles and mouth washes •Vermin deterrent – rats and mice dislike mint •Name derives from the nymph Menthe, who was turned into a plant by the goddess Perserpina when she found out that Pluto was in love with her. •Greeks used to clean their banqueting tables and added to their baths to stimulate their bodies •Romans used it in sauces, as an aid to digestion and as a mouth freshener. •Romans brought mint to Britain •Used by monks in medieval times for its culinary and medicinal properties • M o s t l i k e l y taken by the Pilgrim Fathers to America
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Pushpa Khimji fondly nick-named The Bolton Girl brings “BOLLYWOOD” to QUESADA for another FUN EVENT on Friday May 23rd at The Spice Hut in Quesada with a cooking demonstration where you will be invited to have a go! There will be music & dancing as well as audience participation with a Sari Competition and Pushpa will be demonstrationg and teaching Bhangra! (dancing!!) Famous for Fabulous Food the order of the day is an eat as much as you like curry and rice and nan lunch and all of this is at the very special price of just €8.90 and this includes a drink! Starting at 12.00 on Friday 23rd May don’t miss Pushpa The Bolton Girl doing Bollywood!! There will be a raffle in aid of The Children’s Home in Elche and if we can get enough them Smarties for The Smartie Competition will be on sale at the very special price - temporarily we are having to make a small charge as we cannot get any “free smarties!” Pushpa is still very much in the lead in The Smarties
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Challenge - we are calling in past Smarties so if you have Smarties tubes full or even half full can you return them to Quesada Country Club, The Spice Hut or Bar Sofia on El Raso. Pushpa will also be telling everyone a little about Indian culture and the meaning and history of the little red dot that some Indian ladies wear. There will also be a few questions on India and some prizes for the first person to get the correct answer so any quizzers out there it is time to “bone up” on Bollywood!
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COMMUNITY NEWS Torrevieja Costa Lions Club
Please come and join our club members on one of our “ Business meeting nights” and see what we are doing this year to raise money for charities, in our local area and further afield. We are growing in numbers every month so if you feel like helping us then we can be found on the second Thursday in every month at the Cabo Cervera Hotel in La Mata near Torrevieja, Meetings now start at 19.30 hours. If you like what you see and hear, then you will be invited to join us at our next social night event later in the month, where ever and what ever it may be you can be sure of a good night. Contact me on davedanie@gmail.com or via our web site on membership@ torreviejacostalions.org
COFFEE MATES
If you would like to have a coffee and chat, exchange news etc. please join us at La Laguna Hotel, Lo Marabu, Friday mornings from 11.00 Ann - 965 070 247 - 666 747 398
CASTILLA AMIGOS
We are a friendship group for single people. Meeting every Wednesday from 3 pm at BAR SOFIA on the El Raso urbanisation (off the Lemon Tree Road) Guardamar. - ANN - 965 070 247 - 666 747 398
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AT PILAR DE LA HORADADA. Mon, Tues, Wed and Thurs. 10-1pm. For information ring John McGilvray on 966 786 774 or Mobiles 634 658 506 / 695 871 707 or e mail carolejohn_3@ hotmail.com
modern jive classes
Modern Jive Spain Ceroc Style with Paso A Paso Tuesdays 1.30pm The Club, Quesada. Tuesdays 5pm La Marina Sports Complex, La Marina Urb. Thursdays NEW SUMMER TIME 6pm Los Rosales Restaurant, Guardamar. La Mosca still tbc All classes start with a ongoing beginners class. Thursday dance social with different entertainers and Dance Junction Disco at Los Rosales Restaurant. Doors open 8.30pm. All welcome. 1st May FIESTA BALL €10 includes 3 course meal with wine and entertainment with Chloe Leigh and her Cher tribute. Tickets for the ball now on sale at the restaurant or our dance sessions. www.modern-jive-spain.com / Face book same Tel 670 711 408
Strictly Social Club
“We are the Strictly Social Club, meeting on the 2nd and 4th Wed of each month, 14.30 for 15.00 at the New Asturias Restaurant in Punta Prima on the N332. We are looking to recruit new members to our club. Our activities include, a quiz, with a guest speaker from time to time, and is primarily a place for people to meet and make new friends. Each Christmas, we hold our annual lunch which is always well attended, and good value for money. During the year, we also organise trips out to places of interest. So, if you would like to join our merry throng, please contact: Margaret on 966 730 569 where you will made to be very welcome.”
La Bamba’s - Ballroom / Latin / Sequence Dancing
Los Rosales Restaurant, Guardamar CV895 [near Lemon Tree Sunday Market] Monday - SOCIAL DANCE 8.30pm 10.30pm [SEQUENCE CLASS 7.30pm - 8.30pm] Friday - SOCIAL DANCE 7.30pm 10.30pm Wednesday - New Beginners Class 2pm -3pm Intermediate Class 3pm - 4pm Intermediate Plus Class 4pm - 5pm For more information contact Andrea and Brian 616 478 157
Fast events
Friday 16th May The May Ball at The Amapola Restaurant, Bolnuevo Dancing to Terry J 25 euro’s incl meal with wine. Coach available from Camposol 5 euros Saturday 17 May May Fayre at Marianos restaurant, Camposol Many stalls incl. The FAST famous cake stall and Grand Raffle Draw at 2pm Doors open 11am. Friday 1 August Rock n Roll bar-B-Q at The Clubhouse Camposol Dancing to The “B” Boppers Tickets 7 euro’s Bar-B-Q 5 euro’s 11 October Autumn dance at The Trevi bar details to follow 29 November Christmas Fayre at Marianos restaurant, Camposol 5 December Christmas Party night with Barrington at The Clubhouse Camposol Tickets 12 euro’s incl. Buffet All tickets for FAST functions are available from the bookstall the 2nd and last Friday of every month sector B, Camposol or telephone Brenda 680 174 499 or Jean 646 737 479
SPIRITUALIST CENTRE benijofar
(formerly Spiritualist Church, Quesada) Meets at NEW ADDRESS: with immediate effect at Hamilton´s Bake House, 62 Calle Vicente, Blasco Ibañez, Benijofar 03178. We hold a Sunday Service at 11.30 a.m., a Tuesday Evening of Mediumship at 7.30 p.m. And every Thursday there is an Open Circle where you can develop your skills commencing at 7.30 p.m. Spiritual healing is available every Sunday and Tuesday after the service. Annette Rogers, will take the Divine Service with Mediumship on Sunday, 11th May at 11.30 a.m. On Tuesday 13th May, there will be an Evening of Mediumship with Oscar Villegas (a Columbian Medium) commencing at 7.00pm. Please note it is an earlier start and will continue until 9 pm, all Mediumship entry 5€. Oscar will also take the Divine Service with Mediumship on Sunday, 18th May at 11.30 a.m. There will be a Workshop on Monday 12th May from 7-9 pm with Oscar Villages entitled “Enhancing Guidance in Spiritual Development” Tickets available at services or from Hamilton´s Bake House. Everybody welcome. Contact Wendy on 965323028. www.spiritualistchurchquesada.com New email is phoenixchurch23@gmail. com Identificacion Fiscal G54713789.
The rainbow centre
The rainbow centre for spiritual awareness. We meet in the function room at sacos bar el liminar just off the cv 905 rojales torrevieja road We have a divine service every Sunday at 11am and on wedensdays we hold an evening of clairvoyance at 7.30 pm Also there is an open circle held every wed evening at 5.30 pm for anyone interested in clairvoyance Healing is available by trained and certified healers after each meeting a warm welcome to friends old and new The mediums for may 2014 are Sunday 4th Jacqueline Holland hunt Wed 7th david darnbourgh Sunday 11th ray bailey Wed 14th debie Blevins Sunday 18th morag bullock Wed 21st morag bullock Sunday 25th anna marie Wed 28th jimmy mcArthur
50+ SOLOs
(Torrevieja area) No subs or fees and open to ladies and gentlemen over 50 years of age and on their own. We go to different restaurants normally the first and third Saturday of the month. We have lunches on 24th May and 7th June with raffle or quiz. To enquire or book please contact Ruth 966789063 or Anne 966786281
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Neighbourhood Watch
The next meeting of the Rojales Neighbourhood Watch Group will be held on Monday 2nd June 2014 at 11am in the Municipal Centre in Ciudad Quesada. The meeting is open to all residents living in the 03170 postal area and we look forward to welcoming you. Please tell your neighbours and come and join us. For further information about Neighbourhood Watch in Rojales please see our website www.rojalesnw.info or contact: David East (LeadCoordinator) david.east82@gmail.com or Helen Tudor (Secretary) helentudor22@gmail. com.
Crime Watch Spain
(Vecinos Colaborando Costa Blanca) VG-Reg. 008261/2002. Our annual general meeting will be celebrated on 29th May, Thursday, after our Spanish classes, at 13.15hrs, at Patricias Bar, Calle Parque Lagos, Torretas III, Torrevieja. Anyone interested please contact us, or send your proxy at the above mentioned address or come to the meeting. And if you were interested in learning Spanish our Association offers a yearly course, fifty two weeks a year, with a native teacher, for advanced, beginners and absolute beginners, every Thursday, from 10.00hrs., at Patricias Bar. Email: colaborando. crimewatch@skynetlink.com
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two person job to move. Any two person job involves three of us: Andy, who provides the muscle, Pete, who supervises, and me - I flutter about holding things, fetching things, standing on the bottom step of ladders and urging caution. With surprising ease we transported the mallazo to its destination, then paused to confer. The original plan was somewhat sketchy, something along the lines of ‘It’s not that heavy, I expect we can shove it up on top of the gazebo without too much trouble.’ However, that was before it was delivered rolled up; now a whole new set of possibilities sprang to mind – it was one thing to manhandle a metal frame measuring 2 metres long by 1.5 metres wide on to a 10 foot high gazebo, but infinitely easier to hoist a giant hamster wheel to the same altitude. Andy and I grabbed it and sort of rolled it up the gazebo until it reached
By Jos Biggs
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the top, then at the crucial moment we let go. It bounced a couple of times, then settled, dead centre. There were two ways it could have landed – right way up or wrong way up, but our combined intelligence had ensured that, as we rolled it, we kept the join, where it was tied up, on the top. Now nothing could go wrong; the job was virtually done. All we had to do was cut the packing tape that held it in its cylindrical shape. Pete said ‘Get the snips.’ I fetched the snips. Andy stood on the stone table. I handed him the snips. Andy snipped. The packing tape gave way. The mallazo, now unconfined, sprang into the air like a dragon freed of its chains, unfurled itself, landed, quivered a few times and came to rest, 2 metres long and 1.5 metres wide, dead centre on top of the gazebo! Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together?
Humiliated On Medical Grounds
We have been spending a lot of time at the hospital recently. My lovely wife had been diagnosed with tendonitis some weeks ago, but after a period of worsening symptoms and much pain, she was sent for a MRI scan and subsequently re-diagnosed with a ruptured tendon. This involved surgery and currently she is enduring three sessions of physiotherapy each week for the foreseeable future. Before we leave for the hospital, I always discard my shorts and slip on Chinos and a pair of loafers. It’s a private hospital and daft as it might sound, to me it feels like the right thing to do. Until this week. I simply could not be arsed on Friday to change from my creased cargo shorts into strides, so I dumped my sandals - in order to avoid a hefty fine if the Guardia Old Bill stopped me - and put on my faithful Nike’s. I bought them in California five years ago at about half the price of similar ones here. They are supremely comfortable and have given me faithful service ever since. At the end of each week’s physio sessions, I have to approach the reception desk at the hospital armed with my protesting debit card to pay for that week’s treatment. It’s painful enough every seven days, but if I received monthly bills, my flexible friend would end up with a ruptured tendon
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of its own. So having paid our dues and dazzled the lovely young things behind the desk with my rapier wit and repartee, I left Mrs B. with the torturers at the gymnasium where the sessions are conducted and made my way downstairs. I was conscious of a strange noise coming from my footwear which seemed to indicate that I had stepped in something sticky; schlop, schlop, schlop it went and as I passed several ladies in one of the waiting areas, they began to giggle and whisper amongst themselves. This reaction is not unusual when I wear shorts I am forced to say. Somebody once referred to my legs in shorts as resembling drinking straws in oil drums, which was extremely hurtful at the time and I still haven’t really forgiven my Mum for saying it. But when I looked down I saw that the upper on one of my trainers had become detached from the sole thus making the curious slapping sound. My routine on treatment days is to sit in the courtyard outside the hospital where I take off my watch (to avoid a giveaway white mark on my wrist) and get a half hour of rays before returning to the reception area. Then I make myself comfortable in one of the armchairs provided and while away the remaining hour reading until my wife appears, having been released on bail until next time. But I still had to descend a floor where I knew there was another waiting area, and then through the ground floor reception which is usually bustling with people, so I simply decided to increase my pace and minimise the embarrassment of my treacherous footwear. But all that happened was that the volume increased and it was now sounding more like, Schlopity! Schlopity!
Schlop! and had the effect of attracting yet more attention and sniggering. So I took a deep breath and schlopped on. I was relieved to find a bench outside that was unoccupied, but conscious that this would be only a short respite and I would eventually have to return to the reception area where my wife expected to meet me, I weighed up the pros and cons of removing my trainers completely, but dismissed this idea on the grounds that I would look even more like a down and out. Then I noticed one of the gardeners removing something from his mouth and dropping it into a litter bin and a brilliant idea hit me. It was chewing gum and we all know how that stuff sticks to anything for life. Mmmm. As I was rummaging through the bin, I suddenly became aware of a lady sidling up and eyeing me – not so much with curiosity, but more like pity. Before I could say anything, she had extracted a coin from her purse and pressed a euro into my hand, then patted me reassuringly on the arm and moved off. ‘No wait’, I wanted to protest. But she had gone. My embarrassment with the shoe was nothing to the humiliation I now felt, so with a deep sigh and lowered head, I made my way back to the main building, dragging the offending foot behind me. And do you know what, not one person gave me a second glance. This was a hospital after all, and what could be more natural than a bloke with a gammy leg.
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Mallazo Unfurled The mallazo, the metal frame thing designed to support the rampaging grape vines, and so easily purchased, was delivered, rolled up into a cylinder by two extremely cheerful men with a small lorry. With verve and flair the lorry was reversed into our drive, the side was lowered by extremely cheerful man #1, while extremely cheerful man #2 gave the cylinder a push. Obedient to the laws of gravity the mallazo rolled off the lorry, bounced twice, missed the patio light by a hair’s breadth and came to rest, rocking gently, just outside the front door. There it sat, like a giant hamster wheel, mid-patio. Although it was not heavy, it was big, and definitely a
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The Agreement
The old olive grove to the north of Alqueria is in near total darkness with the moon’s reflected light the only illumination. Manuela and Gabriela are still deadlocked. All the villagers had long since given up hope of seeing a good cat-fight. The majority had retired to the Bar La Casa Devante where they were at least guaranteed some form of brawl as the evening’s Remitroot liquor took hold. As the impasse continued neither of the two protagonists would give ground. It was getting late, very late, something had to happen. Simultaneously both said sternly “We need to talk”. The girls were evenly matched in looks, stamina and intelligence both masterpieces of nature. They had looked each other in the eyes and found no fault. It was now time to talk, to establish boundaries. The population of Alqueria followed these events with curiosity but Sacerdote del Semblante Lánguido, the Village Priest had a particular interest in these two ladies. When the Priest arrived in Alqueria he was young, keen, naïve and full of religious fervour. Then one day Manuela came to confession. After Manuela’s revelations the Priest was in shock, he lay in his bed staring at the ceiling, he dribbled, he lost his appetite, finally he became an existentialist. Initially he was scandalised by Manuela’s confessions now he looks forward to them with a carnal longing. He keeps notes and intends one day to publish what would perhaps be the best erotic novel since Fifty Shades of Grey. Now there would be two of the same ilk at confession. The priest was beside himself with anticipation. He rushed out and bought more pencils and paper. Before every visit by Manuela the Priest had found it necessary to
sweep the confessional for electronic bugs. Recordings of the confession would fetch a good price in the back streets of Almería. Manuela and Gabriela were deep in conversation, eyes flashed and pearly white teeth gleamed as they became engrossed in their heated debate. While it may be true to say that society has historically pitted woman against women, these two had decided to put it on a formal footing. The agreement that was thrashed out over numerous glasses of Remitroot Cocktail, the favourite tipple of both girls is as follows. They would stick to the men of their own barrios, non-partisan men were fair game. Music to Blythe Gruntmore’s ears. Never to dress the same and never to make eye contact with each other. Both to assume the other doesn’t exist and never never ever comment on the hair of the other. Men, clothes and hair all pretty standard really for the feminine half of any society. It was to be a balance of female guile, the ultimate weapon system and half as old as time itself.
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Leading Removal Company reports on strengthening housing market One of Spain’s top removal companies has reported that they experienced a resurgence in the Spanish housing market during 2013 and it looks like 2014 will be an even busier year. Mat Ford-Dunn, the Managing Director of ‘Advance Moves International Removals’ pointed to the fact that many property values in Spain have now fallen to a much more realistic level and this has definitely resulted in increased house sales. This has been noticed in all regions of Spain as Advance Moves operate their relocation services throughout the mainland. Advance Moves has its main warehouse in Murcia, Spain, with an additional warehouse in Kent in the UK and has had to purchase 5 new vans and trucks to cope with the increased demand over the past year. The UK housing market is also in a state of recovery and increased house sales have resulted in more people selling up and looking to buy in Spain. There are many factors that
tempt expats to Spain, not least the recent periods of turbulent weather, which many parts of the UK have suffered. On the flip side, for economic reasons many British Expats are now able to sell properties in Spain and Advance Moves are often the first choice when it comes to repatriating them back to the UK. Mat was also keen to point out that the increase in demand for their removal services was also down to the level of service and expertise that Advance moves offer to their clients and the fact that many clients had already seen the brightly liveried vehicles on the roads undertaking their removal services. Advance moves is also a member of the British Association of Removers and one of only a few companies that export wrap furniture to provide extra protection for international removals. ‘Our clients know that they are getting a more competitively priced, premium removal service, when compared to the rest of the market. The increased volume of removals enables Advance Moves to offer their clients a more regular and flexible timetable for their individual removal requirements’ Mat sees the trend continuing throughout 2014 with the housing market in the UK and Spain continuing to make steady process. Advance Moves are gearing up for another busy year.
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The results this week: Nearest the pin hole 2: Martin Rickman, Hole 5: Kenny Reddington 3rd place George Stanhope H/cap 14 nett 57 2nd place Dave Collins H/cap 13 nett 55 1st place Ian Henderson H/ cap 7 nett 47
The last Tuesday of the month means that it’s the Monthly Medal. The day started well with wall-to-wall sunshine and no wind, so some good scores were expected and we were not disappointed. Having said that, one player who shall remain nameless managed a 12 on one hole. Ian (the Chainsaw) Henderson who controls the
handicaps managed to shoot himself in the foot today, he played as near as possible perfect golf with a gross 54 (nett 47) so he has to cut himself, I can almost see him crying over his laptop..... seriously though, well done Ian, a fantastic score, and he had the cheek to follow that with 39 points at Vista Bella the following day.
The next competition is on 6th May at El Plantio. Put your name on the list in the club house by Sunday, if you would like to play. Be sure to be there well before 9am on Tuesday. New members are welcome to join the El Plantio Golf Society, where special membership price is available for anyone who joins the Society. Visitors are always welcome, contact Ian Henderson, Tel: 966716616 or Mob: 636116230
SAMM Spring Series Races 7 and 8
This was the first time our Society has played Campoamor and it must have been on the top of everyone’s ‘to play list’, as there were 44 players ready to go and another ten on the waiting list at one time. We were not disappointed, everyone enjoyed the course, which was in excellent condition. It proved a testing course to play with the variation of holes, the different elevations and dog legs to content with. We played our usual Stableford competition with three divisions and also ‘The Albie Lush Trophy’. The Albie Lush is named after the first President of Montebello, who was very interested in golf so he started a golf society. On his passing away the people on Montebello decided to name a competition after him. Lo Crispin was asked to take it on when the trophy was not played for anymore, so a buffet was provided at The Lo Crispin Tavern to honour the occasion and as usual they did a grand job. The trophy was enthusiastically played for with
the top score on the day taking the honours. In the end it came down to two people with top scores of 31 each, the winner on a count back of the back nine was Stan Earl, commiserations to Brian Smith a worthy looser. The results were: THE ALBIE LUSH TROPHY: Stan Earl c/b Gold Division: 1st Brian Smith 31pts, 2nd Harry Wilcock 27pts and 3rd Dicky Claeys 26pts.
LO CRISPIN GOLF SOCIETY
Campoamor - 30.04.14
Silver Division: 1st Stan Earl 31pts, 2nd Sue Smith 29pts and 3rd John Henderson 28pts. Bronze Division: 1st Dave Keating 30pts, 2nd Paul Carter 29pts and 3rd Danny McErlean 26pts (c/b) The best guest was Tony
Monsellato 25pts. NTPs: Hole 2, nearest in 2 Brian Smith, hole 6 nearest in 1 Bob Gates, hole 11 nearest in 2 John Dunnion and hole 17 nearest in 1 Bob Gates. There was only one 2 which was John Jones. The free game draw went to Dave Keating.
Daya Nueva 0 v. Callosa 0 Cadets Alicante 2A
No boring scoreless game here !!
For the April 27th race day, the Race Officer set a ‘Sausage and Triangle’ course, see diagram, for the first time, but this proved too much for some crews to get their heads around and a number failed to sail it correctly. The race was therefore abandoned after 3 laps, much to the annoyance of the helm (Robert Hudson) and crew (Ernie Foster and Linda Coates) of the Sailfish ‘Mistral’ who believed they were in the lead at the time. The race restarted with 8 boats, but with the wind
increasing, the two Laser 2000’s, Shoestrings Dos and Tres, collided and had to retire, whist the Laser 13, Shoestring Quartro, again took a wrong course and was deemed ‘dnf’. The race was finally won by Don Clarke (Hartley 12.2), with Mistral’ a close second and the Faversham 14 (David Belcher) third. The wind had increased further and was gusting at 20 knots plus for the second race, but 5 boats eventually got away. ‘Shoestring Uno’ with John Down at the helm,
got a great start, led the fleet throughout and could not be caught. ‘Mistral’ decided to set reefed sails and was lying third at the jibe mark on the last lap, when the crew of the ‘Shoestring Quartro’, who were sailing under full sail and over-powered, lost control and the boats collided, forcing both to retire. Uno held on to record a well deserved win, with the Faversham 14 second and the Martin of Tony Jones third
Daya started very brightly looking to put last week’s dismal performance well and truly behind them. Twice in the opening 5 minutes the home side went close to scoring. Then in the 6th minute somehow Daya’s Manuel shot wide of an open goal ! Callosa did look dangerous on their occasional counter attacks but Daya seemed well in control. For all this attacking the home side though had not really tested the keeper. With 20 minutes gone and having nothing to show for all their possession and attacking play it was worrying for Daya. On 22 minutes the home side should have gone ahead when Luis took on and beat a number of defenders, instead of shooting though he elected to pass, the ball was intercepted and the chance was gone. Just minutes later Luis had a snap shot but the
ball cannoned back off an upright and out of play. Daya were pulling all the strings now and battering their opponents but when was the first goal coming ? With minutes to go to the break the visitors won a free kick just outside the Daya penalty area. From the fiercely struck shot Danni made a fantastic one handed diving save to keep the game 0 v. 0 at half time. The visitors started the second period like a whirlwind and caused panic in the Daya defence. Were the home side to be punished by not having found the net with their many first half chances ? Danni was being called into action far too many times now as Daya were under constant pressure. On 48 minutes a poor clearance by the visitors’ keeper fell kindly to Manuel but he pulled his shot wide of an open goal ! Were Daya ever going to score, and more to the point would the visitors find the back of the net with the
pressure they were applying. On 55 minutes Daya again missed a golden opportunity when with open goal begging the ball went sailing over the bar ! With the home side through on goal again on 62 minutes the keeper had to make a smart save. The visitors then went close themselves with a well struck shot that flew millimeters wide. With time running out and Daya in danger of conceding a goal Danni was time after time called into action. The game ended with no goals and had been a great advert for football at this level. The female match official played her part in an exciting game that was conducted in a good sporting manner except for one isolated incident that she handled well. Man of the Match was undoubtedly Danni, especially for his second half performance.
he had the cheek to follow that with 39 points at Vista Bella the following day.
The next competition is on 6th May at El Plantio. Put your name on the list in the club house by Sunday, if you would like to play. Be sure to be there well before 9am on Tuesday.
El Plantio 2 Golf Society The last Tuesday of the month means that it’s the Monthly Medal. The day started well with wall-to-wall sunshine and no wind, so some good scores were expected and we were not disappointed. Having said that, one player who shall remain nameless managed a 12 on one hole. Ian (the Chainsaw) Henderson who controls the handicaps managed to shoot himself in the foot today, he played as near as possible perfect golf with a gross 54 (nett 47) so he has to cut himself, I can almost see him crying over his laptop..... seriously though, well done Ian, a fantastic score, and
The results this week: Nearest the pin hole 2: Martin Rickman, Hole 5: Kenny Reddington 3rd place George Stanhope H/cap 14 nett 57 2nd place Dave Collins H/cap 13 nett 55 1st place Ian Henderson H/ cap 7 nett 47
New members are welcome to join the El Plantio Golf Society, where special membership price is available for anyone who joins the Society. Visitors are always welcome, contact Ian Henderson, Tel: 966716616 or Mob: 636116230
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Torrevieja Masters make their mark!!
This Sunday in the 50m Municipal pool, Torrevieja the Torrevieja Masters Team were out it force with a full team of eight swimmers. Sundays swims were the last local “Time Controls” before the Regional Masters Summer Autonomico Competition, which this year is to be hosted by the “Palacio de Deportes Infanta Cristina” in Torrevieja on 30th May and 1st June. Racing against 16 of the regions clubs and against 100 other swimmers the team collected a very good set of results in their age groups . Adam Stewart (30-34yrs) gained new personal bests in the 400m (6:44;91) and 100m (1;22;47) freestyle, with team mates Rafael Bordes (1:22;28) and Aurelio Cabello (1:18;06) also with new bests in the 100m in their freestyle (35-39yrs). This was followed with sister Lucy Stewart in the 50m breaststoke (20-25yrs) with a fantastic swim and new PB of 1:13;81 and Paul Matthews (65-69yrs) with time of 45:19. Keeping with the shorted
distances Vicki Connolly (45-49yrs) and Gillian Mc Niece (35-39yrs) swam 50m backstroke. Not a backstroke swimmer and doing this stroke for the first time, Vicki earnt herself a time of 46;72 and Gillian a time of 41:44. Keeping with the backstroke, this time 200m, Paul and Gillian earnt times of 3:29;81 and 3:09;26. Beth Altabas (70-75yrs) then swam 100m butterfly (2:14;88) to be followed by the longest distance raced in the 1500m freestyle with Vicki. Both teammates Vicki and Beth had good swims in the 1500m with times of 24:21;58 and Beth 29;08;02. In summary, a good set of results for the club and looking forward the the bigger masters competitions in May and and the Spanish Nationals in June. For more info regarding Torrevieja Swimming Club please contact Rosa – 665454126, President Felipe on 609418776 or Vicki 669637015 or by e-mail on info@clubnataciontorrevieja. com
Despite giving a below par performance for the second week running, Mazarron gained a 2-0 victory away to bottom of the league Santiago de la Ribera.
One encouraging feature for the visitors was the performance of the cadetes goalkeeper Pablo who made a number of excellent saves on his debut for Mazarron. Both teams struggled to get to grips with the effect the strong wind had on the artificial playing surface but Mazarron took the lead after 16 minutes. Following an excellent run down the left by Randry, his cross was missed by Tolo but Alfonso ran in at the far post to steer the ball home. Pablo made two good saves in the 23rd and 25th minutes to keep Mazarron in the game and, when he was beaten after half an hour, a linesman’s flag denied Santiago de la Ribera an equalising goal. Mazarron should have increased their lead four minutes before the interval when Ruben broke through on the right and squared the ball back to Tolo. His shot was blocked by the keeper and Alfonso’s clever overhead kick from the rebound went just wide. A minute later Tolo tried an audacious chip from just inside
the Santiago half which caught the home keeper yards off his line but sailed agonisingly just wide. Santiago started the second half with only ten men, one of their players having presumably been sent off for comments to the referee after the end of the first period. However Pablo was soon forced to make a brave double save to prevent the home team levelling the scores. Mazarron came more and more into the game but their usual prowess in front of goal was lacking and numerous chances were spurned. Ruben was denied by the home goalkeeper on at least three occasions before Tico burst into the penalty area and his pass found Tolo was made no mistake from 10 yards to score his 23rd goal of the season. Santiago de la Ribera were reduced to 9 men a few minutes before time when one of their players received a second yellow card and, shortly afterwards, Tolo missed an opportunity to make it 3-0 when he blasted the ball well over the bar from just three yards out. Team: Pablo, Alcaraz, Enrique, Cecilio, Dani, Alfonso (Chema), Tico, Moha (Alvaro), Randry (Juanillo), Jose Ruben, Tolo. Man of the Match: Pablo
April turned out to be a very successful month for the Legionnaires, with the increasingly high attendances at our weekly Thursday and Saturday afternoon roll-ups reflecting the popularity of our friendly approach to what is a most enjoyable activity, and one which provides healthy exercise, wonderful comradeship and plenty of exposure to fresh air and sunshine at very little relative cost.
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We regularly play a once a month friendly match against The Emerald Isle, and we scored an overall victory against them on our home ground at Casa Ventura for the very first time in April, taking 4 out of the 7 rinks and winning by 110 points against 107. Winning trips were Ken Archer, Dean, James Wright, 17/14; Harry Epsom, Rita Hand, Nigel Brown, 25/5; Sharon Mitchell, Helen Hammond, Barry Edwards, 20/17 and Sadie Hubbard, Brenda Brown, Carl Allard, 20/5. Our thanks to The Emerald Isle for their continued companionship and friendliness, which we enjoyed even more on this occasion for some not too obscure reason?? We also held our first internal competition, which took the form of a knockout, with the eventual results being determined by the ‘last
The conditions were ideal, both the weather and the course were perfect for Stableford battle with just the one doubles KO match being fought out on the fairways. The “shankers” (Mike Jordan & Norman Padmore) put up a tremendous fight against one of the society’s strongest pairings in “B.O.” (Ben Price & John Osborne). Ben & John eventually closed out the match 2 & 1 as they march on into the next round. NTP’s were won by Ivor Turkington (5 & 11), Steve Fleet (9), Ben Price (15) & Barry Roehrig (17). Ian Faulkner’s tally of 24 points saw him walk off with the guest prize. Bronze division’s top 3 were - Norman McBride (33), Mick Roscoe (35) & top score of the day, complete with his new handicap, was Rob Stevens with 43 points! Silver’s winners were Phil Birtwistle (36), Capt
If you would like to try your hand at bowls, please contact our Hon, Secretary, Harry Epsom, on 966849075, or just come along to see us at between 1:30 and 2:00p. m. on one of our regular Thursday and Saturday afternoon games days at Casa Ventura, San Luis. You will be more than welcome and you do not have to be a British Legion Member to join our bowls group.
Steve Davis (37), & another winner scoring up in the 40’s was John Aitchison with 41. Gold category’s more mundane scores consisted of Ben Price (29), Ivor Turkington (33) & John Humphreys (37). Well done to all those in the prizes! The apres-golf chatter was generally focused on the recent weekend away playing in Valencia, suitably referred to as the “red wine weekend!” Ron Stenhouse came away as overall winner, which doesn’t mean he won a pair of overalls!! What has leaked out amongst the membership is Ron’s unusual pre-game routine which, he openly admits, has been the secret of his Valencian success. Was it hours & hours honing his game on the range? I hear you ask....not exactly. It was a Stenhouse routine which has been tried & tested in many golf clubs worldwide - first comes a copious intake of some of the area’s finest wines, followed by a very close detailed inspection of the grouting on the bathroom floor carried out while fast asleep and of course - starkers! Ron put his not so good performance at La Torre down to the fact that the wine was too expensive & with people persistently coming in & out of the gents - he couldn’t get to sleep! Well done to one of our larger than life’s characters! Keep up to date with all society matters on www.smgs.org or give Baz a quick buzz on 966 730 133 for info on future Wednesday meetings & please remember during these busy months to get your name down early & if you have to cancel, please do so as early as possible - thanks. Caption for pic - Some of the day’s happy winners.
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The usual good weekly turnout of members with a sprinkling of guests ventured into the Murcia region to play what I personally find to be probably the most enjoyable of the Nicklaus courses in the area. All Jack’s usual characteristic features are in abundance but the striking variety of holes you find at La Torre is certainly not always evident at his other local courses. At some of them you’d often be convinced that there’s only six holes and you play each one 3 times!
winners trophy was donated by one of our members, Rita Hand, and the Perpetual Rita Hand Trophy, as it has been named, will now be competed for in a like competition at around the same time every year. Barry Edwards won the trophy, Helen Hammond took second prize and Carl Allard third. It was a highly successful and well organised day, which was enjoyed in magnificent all-day sunshine. Special thanks go to member Nigel Brown who’s expertise in organising the event made it such a success, and to Rita for donating the super trophy.
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TMGS Match Report for Roda 30th April 2014. By heck, on this day in history Adolf Hitler committed suicide and only Alan Rickers bettered his handicap at Roda. Methinks this is the first time in some 4 years where the wind wasn’t blowing a gale at Roda, it was unusually calm and serene, which can be more than said for the pin positions. It was obvious that the Greeenkeeper didn’t get his “nookies” the night before. Only two of the four NTP’s were claimed and these were by Joe Dean on Hole 2 and Alan Rickers on Hole 13.
The next Society’s game is on Monday, 5th May 2014 at La Serena. 1st Tee time - 10.00.
The Best Guest of the day was Mickie “It’s not Bath, its Barth” Noble with 30 points; his second time on this venue.
The format is TRAFFIC LIGHTS (playing off - Yellow, Blue, Red tees alternatively).
There is no doubt about it, the Silver Division, enjoyed the course with a score of 32 needing to take 4th spot, and would have taken 2nd spot in the Gold Division.
I would be obliged if you are intending to play in this game to let Paul know by email including a buggy if you want one, this will help to ensure you have booked a place and in the booking of the Tee times & buggies with the course. Payday is on Saturday, 3rd May 2014 at La Serena, in the bar area, between 11.00 and 12.00 hours.
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Outgoing Captain lost on a count back to Jenny (chip in for 5 points) Morris for 4th spot, with Jenny claiming 3rd place. Peter Wells hit a nice 34 points for the runner-up slot but an excellent 347 saw Alan Rickers take the top spot of the day. The Gold lads fared slightly worse and it only needed 28 points from Eddie Millar to claim 4th place, Joe “The Pro” Dean‘s 34 enough for 3rd, with Mike Freeman‘s 31 claiming 2nd. Dag Lovas hit 34 points to take the winners rostrum in the Gold Division. Photo: Silver Category Winners
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Week Twenty-Seven played 29th April 2014 After the Easter break, our intrepid bowlers returned to resume their quest for league points. The Dreamers took on second placed Team Finland and, thanks to a solid team performance, dented TFs hopes for the league title by claiming a 6 – 2 victory. Don Galley of TD, with a 623 handicap series took the male high series on the night, with teammate Alan Flitmans 600 h/c series, taking second place. The team also bowled the high team series of 1766. Hall y Day managed to stop the points bleeding they had suffered for several weeks, with a hard earned 6 – 2 win. Lesley Day of HyD taking the Ladies high game scr and h/c and scr series, bowling a 225 scr and 241 h/c game and a 556 scr series. It was the turn of Juans’ Warriors to ‘have a laugh’ with Bar Mosquitos and, after 2 hours of fun, it was JW that took the game 6 – 2. Unfortunately, with the teams around them all winning as well, it means JW go into the final week at the bottom of the league. It was an all Scandinavian clash on lanes 13 + 14, when Caballo Negro came up against a resurgent Mixers trio. However, CB were in no mood to ‘roll over’ and, after losing the first game by 77 pins, they rallied to claim the next two games and the overall pinfall, for a 6 – 2 victory. League leaders Split Happens suffered a scare, when they lost the first game to Los Bandidos but, with Kjell Monsen leading from the front, SH moved further away at info@rapidrepairs.es the top of the league, with a comfortable 6 – 2 win. Splash had hoped to consolidate their move into third place in behind zoco sunday market - near quesada the league but Crazy Pinz had other ideas. After 3 close games, when they only lost the second game by one pin, CP inflicted a heavy 6 – 2 defeat on Sp. It means it’s all to play for on the last night, next week. Sue Winfield of Cornish Pride decided it was her turn to ‘carry’ her husband Shane, when they came up against Los Lobos. With Mary Whitelock bowling a steady 553 h/c series and, husband Shane hanging in with a modest 576 h/c series, Sue claimed the Ladies h/ c high series on the night with a 635 and, upped her individual seasons scores Sol Times Calida and Sol Times Blanca are independent of political parties, private investment and government. Our policy is to provide readers with Costa blanca office with a 184 scr game and a news and information service that is fair, accurate and balanced. Sol 500 scr series. Times Calida and Sol Times Blanca are independent publications. Published QUESADA BUSINESS CENTRE, weekly and produced exclusively in Murcia & Blanca. Sol Times News LB could only shake their Group cannot be held responsible for claims made by advertisers, nor can it be held responsible for errors in advertisements caused by poor quality text, CALLE LOS ARCOS 7, 03170, oppositions hands at the photographs or layout instructions. Furthermore, no responsibility can be accepted for any loss or damage resulting caused by any error, inaccuracy end and, look forward to the or non-appearance of an advertisement. Deposito Legal Sol Times Calida AL CIUDAD QUESADA conclusion of the league 851-2010. Sol Times Blanca AL 852-2010 next week.
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