Costa Blanca Leader Edition 699

No 699

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he experienced duet of Jane Atkinson and Eric Berg team up once again on Saturday 27th January to entertain audiences at the Orihuela Costa Resort Hotel in La Zenia.

The occasion is the annual show mounted by Melody Makers International and their guests the Orihuela Costa Male

Voice Choir, entitled ‘A Choral Spectacular’.

With nearly 80 singers on stage, conductor Nigel Hopkins promises one of the most diverse programmes ever seen at the Orihuela Costa Resort, with music ranging from Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody and We Will Rock You to Nessun Dorma.

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The choirs, whilst singing individually, will join together on several occasions with numbers that will include the Battle Hymn of the Republic and You Raise Me Up amongst others.

Tickets for both shows (2pm and 8pm) are available from La Ponderosa Gift Shop (next to

Consum at La Zenia) as well as the CardPlace shops at both Punta Prima and Benimar. The concerts will be supporting the children’s charity Debra this year, whose shops at Urb La Marina, San Fulgencio and Pueblo Bravo, Rojales, also have tickets for sale.

Front page image: Jane Atkinson and Eric Berg ... well-known comedy duet - We’re A Couple Of Swells

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Torrevieja saltworks doubles output for UK Much of the salt currently being despatched from Torrevieja is bound for the UK

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ccording to the State Meteorological Agency, an area of 41,000 square kilometres of northern Spain, around 8% of the country, was covered by a white blanket of snow during recent storms Many areas were quickly covered by snow and ice, especially the province of Ávila and Segovia, a good part of Guadalajara, Soria and north of Madrid. Areas of Cuenca and Teruel were also affected, as were all of the country’s mountain systems.

Whilst not good news for the areas affected the sudden downfalls were a boost to the local, especially, Torrevieja, economies because of the urgent need for salt, a lot of it.

Local experts can be found at the Torrevieja saltworks where, this week, according to Operations Director Joseph Pérez, five thousand tons of special salt will be moved by road, to municipalities in northern Spain.

And next week there will be another five thousand tons transported north. That means the arrival and despatch of almost fifty large trucks, twice the usual number, every day.

The Torrevieja saltworks main customers, all belonging to Salinas España, are subcontracted companies which are engaged in the maintenance of public highways and toll roads through private concessionaires.

But the product is also exported throughout Europe, often by sea, where the capacity for it’s movement by boat much higher.

In the case of the Torrevieja saltworks, the company guarantees only a short stay in the port, something that is possible thanks to the special salt transport system across a conveyor belt system, of almost two kilometres, that connects the port facilities with the salt yards, This solution lowers costs and, more importantly, allows movement and loading of the goods at their destination in far less time.

This week 60,000 tons of salt is currently being loaded from the Torrevieja salt port, all destined for the same use and destination, the thawing of roads across northern Europe, but in particular, roads in the the British Isles.

Those agencies purchasing salt for the thaw already have a stockpile of salt which they maintain annually.

The salt works distribute between three and four thousand tons of salt by road transport almost every week of the year, from August to July. Only in situations like the rcent freeze is there a need to increase those stockpiles.

The company has only been able to meet the demand because it has managed to recover from the disastrous impact that it suffered during the torrential rains of late 2016 and early 2017 and it now expects to end the year with a production total of over 450,000 tons.

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Money - The root of discrimination against the Orihuela Costa

Discrimination against Orihuela Costa leaves us with an inferior quality of life

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n the December plenary meeting, the Popular Party-Ciudadanos coalition government defeated a motion presented by the opposition, with the support of C.L.A.R.O., which would have allocated 40% of investment funds available in 2017 to Orihuela Costa, respecting a commitment by all parties in the context of the 2012 budget drafted by Juan Ignacio Lopez Bas, leader of today’s Ciudadanos Party.

The motion specifically mentioned, among other projects, the construction of a much needed Cultural and social Centre in Orihuela Costa.

After the plenary meeting, the Ciudadanos party issued a statement which totally misleadingly claims that the coast did obtain 40% of the funds for investment resulting from the sale of municipal land in Orihuela Costa. In fact, the statement boasts, the coast received 47% of these funds.

According to an informed newspaper report, in the latest 2017 census the number of registered coastal residents is 28,000, equal to 38% of the total registered municipal population of 76-78,000. The census figures show the coastal population is increasingly and for the first time a majority of registered residents in Orihuela Costa are Spanish.

On a registered population basis, Orihuela Costa should therefore receive 38% of investments. The notion that 40% of investment would compensate for a historic deficit is fast becoming outdated by population changes. 40% will soon be the percentage which corresponds to the registered population level of Orihuela Costa.

At 28,000 the population of Orihuela Costa is in fact seriously understated. Taking the level of water consumption, the Town Hall calculates that the municipal population should be 8-10,000 more than the registered population of 76-78,000.

This argument is only defensible on the premise that the commitment that the coast would benefit from 40% of the sale of municipal land applies uniquely to land sold in the period 2012-2014 and that the commitment does not apply to the sale of other land or other investment funds included in the budget of the municipality.

There is no doubt that the great majority of this 8-10,000 extra population lives on the coast and consists of those who have purchased property, who pay property taxes, who contribute to the income of the Town Hall and to the municipal economy and employment by their local expenditure.

This is a totally deceptive argument, the only purpose of which is to continue discriminating in favour of Orihuela city and surrounding villages, where these parties get their voters support and against Orihuela Costa where too few people vote.

These non-residents may not be on the municipal register (padron) but they have certain rights to services and facilities. AND the right not to be discriminated against. If these non-residents were included and their rights were recognised, the share of the coast in investments should be closer to 50%

The principle of 40% of investments for the coast was, at the time, understood to be a broad and general commitment which would compensate for the historic deficit in investments in Orihuela Costa with its resulting deficiencies in terms of civic facilities, such as the Emergency Services centre, 24 hour police station, civic and social centre, library, proper parks and gardens and decent streets and pavements.

40% of the sale of land worth €3.7 million in 2012-2014 could not possibly compensate for such a huge historical deficit.

In fact, in 2017 the total of investment funds available amounted to €12.8 million derived from various sources including sale of land prior to 2012-2014, as well as 2012-14, and investments made possible by the greatly increased municipal budget of over €90 million compared to €65 million in 2012. €12.8 million is nearly four times greater than the sale of land in 2012-14. What Ciudadanos fail to explain in their statement is that out of the total investments in 2017, Orihuela Costa will receive only a little over €2 million, the equivalent of less than 20%.

A less than 20% share of investments for Orihuela Costa is shameful.

It mocks the idea of compensating for a historical deficit in investments and leaves Orihuela Costa poorer compared to the rest of the municipality in civic facilities (not to mention inferior services such as street cleaning and rubbish removal) – despite the fact that Orihuela Costa contributes to some 60% of municipal income.

Money matters.

Discrimination against Orihuela Costa matters and leaves us with an inferior quality of life, compared to the rest of the municipality, especially when the coast provides some 60% of the income of Orihuela. It should be stopped.

Another test is coming.

The Town Hall has sold more land, mainly of course in Orihuela Costa. The government estimates that the proceeds amount to €14.5 million.

If the Popular Party-Ciudadanos government does not allocate Orihuela Costa at least 40% of this amount, enabling a substantial investment in much needed civic facilities, there will be a serious reaction to this continued, unjust discrimination against nearly 40% of the official population of Orihuela.

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“Made in Elche” rocket bound for space in 2019

Agricultural Visitor Centre for Orihuela How does a seed germinate? How does traditional irrigation work? These are some of the mysteries that surround us in a region such as Vega Baja, where agriculture has prospered for more than ten centuries with an undeniable heritage value.

Last week, the Councilor for Tourism, Sofía Álvarez, announced that the Provincial Council of Alicante has allocated 150,000 euros from within the Sustainable Development Plan for the creation of an Interpretation Centre of the Huerta de la Vega Baja that will be located on a plot located on the Camino de En medio, a few kilometres from Orihuela city.

The centre will see the establishment of a museum and a visitable garden that it hopes will attract thousands of tourists into the municipality each year.

The centre will by funded by a Provincial Grant

It is intended that the new visitor centre will open its doors by the end of the year, with workshops and an experimental garden that will help to raise awareness about nature and our rural environment.

Land for the project was gifted to the city by the Confederación Hidrográfica del Segura (CHS). The project will include the creation of a site museum, an exhibition room, a vistable garden of 4,300 square metres, an experimental garden, as well as a tourist information point and a car park.

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lche Company PLD Space say that they have raised the money needed that will enable them to continue with the development of their Arion 1 reusable suborbital launch vehicle.

The funding will be provided by the European Union and will advance the implementation of its space project next year, however the Elche firm is still looking for 8 million euros in private investment.

"The news confirms that we are in the Champions League of emerging projects and with more possibilities in the markets of the future," said business director, Raul Verdú.

CEO, Raúl Torres added, "We are much closer to developing a rocket system that allows Spain to have its own scientific and commercial launching capacity into space. This is a capability that has been achieved by only ten countries around the world," he said.

Arion 1 is a kerosene-fuelled, single-stage rocket, designed to use a combination of parachute and propulsion to land after lofting its 200-kilogram payload into a 250-kilometer suborbital trajectory. PLD is positioning the Arion 1 as both a commercial suborbital launcher and technology demonstrator for Arion 2, a three-stage smallsat launcher designed to carry up to 150 kilograms to low Earth orbits between 400 and 1,200-kilometers.

The first launch of Arion 1 is planned for 2019

with Arion 2 to follow in 2020.

“This year the workload will be very high, with the aim of completing the construction of the prototypes and their propulsion testing at Teruel airport. ”That's where we see the fruits of our labours because at the Elche Business Park we cannot test our engines for safety reasons. The airport in Teruel, which is about 3 hours from Elche, is the ideal location, "said Verdú.

Now that the EU has given the green light to the programme, the company will become the first commercial launcher of reusable aircraft. Its challenge is to drastically reduce the cost of scientific and commercial access to become the "FedEx" of space.

Apart from the economic aid, the Elche company has also received the support of important people from within the space industry, such as Franco Malerba, the first astronaut in the history of Italy who flew on the NASA space shuttle in the STS46 mission. During the last year, Malerba has contributed his knowledge and experience to the company.

Last June the company satisfactorily concluded the first phase of testing of the Arion 1 engine.

Since then, the prototypes have continued to be tested thanks to the strong economic injection of the EU, confirming the future of PLD Space.

PLD Space plans to relocate this year from the Universidad Miguel Hernández’s Science Park to a new plant in Elche. They also plan to set up new engine testbeds at Teruel Airport.

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Spain the global leader in organ donation and transplants “Spain continues to break records and is once again the global leader in organ donation and transplantation", says Dolors Montserrat, the Spanish Minister for Health The country has maintained its global leadership for 26 straight years after it broke its own record by reaching 46.9 donors per million population in 2017, a total of 2,183 donors.

This led to 5,259 organ transplants, surpassing the figure of 5,000 for the first time in 2017.

This result raises the transplant rate to 113 per million population and consolidates Spain internationally as 'the transplant nation'.

Dolors Montserrat said that these are "the best figures in the history of the Spanish transplant system" and demonstrate that "Spain is the Dolors Montserrat, the most generous country in the world, where Spanish Minister for more people donate organs that save lives".

Health flanked by the She added that the organ donor rate per milDirector General of the lion population has increased by 30% in the Spanish National last three years. These figures show that six people a day donated their organs in 2017 and Transplant Organisation, Beatriz Domínguez-Gil 14 transplants were performed daily. and the Secretary"Professionalism and human generosity can be General for Health, found behind each transplant. The best healthJavier Castrodeza care professionals and the most generous people come together on the same country project, a Spanish project, of solid organ transplants (up 9.1% to 5,261). New all-time records for the Spanish National Transplant Organisation were also recorded which we should be proud", she added. for kidney, liver and lung transplants, and increases were recorded Montserrat thanked everyone involved in the process “who make in all types of transplant except pancreas. our healthcare system one of the best in the world, demonstrating In total, 3,269 kidney transplants (up 9%), 1,247 liver transplants with each transplant that our great National Health System guaran(up 8%), 304 heart transplants (up 8%), 363 lung transplants (up tees quality, universality, fairness, cohesion and equality for all Spaniards in the face of illness.”

18%), 70 pancreas transplants (down 4%) and eight intestine transplants (up 100%) were performed. The waiting list has also short“We are all equal in Spain, we receive an organ wherever we are ened for all organs (except pancreas) from a total of 5,480 at the from, because giving life knows no regional boundaries.” end of 2016 to 4,896 patients at 31 December 2017. Of those, 74 She also stressed that the Spanish transplant system is an internaare children. tional benchmark that has served as a model for countries around The involvement of ER doctors and intensive care specialists, as the world. well as their close collaboration with transplant coordinators, is The minister made her comments at a press briefing where she was another of the keys to explaining the spectacular increase in the accompanied by the Secretary-General for Health, Javier number of donors.

Castrodeza, and the Director General of the Spanish National However, the number of live-donor kidney transplants continued to Transplant Organisation, Beatriz Domínguez-Gil. fall, with a total of 332 (compared with 341 in 2016). This is likely The Director General, Beatriz Domínguez-Gil, explained the organ due to a greater chance of receiving a transplant from a deceased donation and transplantation activity data recorded in Spain during donor. This type of transplant accounts for 10.2% of the total.

2017. According to figures, Spain set new all-time records in both the total number of donors (up 8.1% to 2,183) and the number of Donors from road traffic accidents account for 4.2% of the total, the

lowest percentage to date.

Furthermore, the gradual aging of donors is becoming more evident: Over half (54.6%) are over 60; 30% are over 70; and 9% are over 80. The oldest age for an effective donor currently stands at 91 for a liver transplant.

Refusal from relatives stands at 12.9% (the lowest ever), which falls to 6.5% in the case of non heart-beating donors.

One out of every five organs is transplanted in a region other than where the donor comes from.

All autonomous regions posted a rate in excess of 35 donors per million population, nine surpassed the national average (46.9) and, of those, four posted rates in excess of 70 donors per million population (the regions along the Cantabrian coast).

Cantabria tops the table with a rate of 74.1 donors per million population. This is followed by La Rioja (71), the Basque Country (70.3), Navarre (70.3) and Murcia (66).

In terms of absolute increases, the Region of Valencia stands out with a contribution of close on 30% to the overall increase in donors throughout Spain, followed by Murcia, Catalonia and Andalusia.

In percentage terms and in order, the autonomous regions posting the highest growth in the number of donors are La Rioja (up 37.5%), the Region of Valencia (up 31.9%), Murcia (up 27.6%) and the Balearic Islands (up 25%).

Valencia’s La Fe University hospital recorded the highest number of heart and liver transplants whilst the Univ. Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca in Murcia recorded the highest number of donors.

Spain also posted a new record in the number of new bone marrow donors in 2017, which rose to 78,291 (up 196%), practically twice the figure expected.

The pace of new donors has reached an average of 220 new donors joining the system every day.

If this can be continued, Spain will reach its targets for the second stage of the Bone Marrow Plan (400,000 donors by mid-2018) two and a half years ahead of schedule.

At 1 January 2018, a total of 357,492 (up 26.7%) bone marrow donors were registered in Spain. This compares with a figure of 281,748 registered at the same time in the previous year.

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Tragedy of decomposing Man detained for setting bodies found in San Javier fire to waste containers

Local Police from San Pedro del Pinatar arrested on Wednesday the alleged perpetrator of two acts of arson in Calle Campoamor de Lo Pagรกn which resulted in the destruction of a waste container.

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he bodies of 43-year old Joaquin and his 52-year old sister were found dead on Tuesday, in their family home in the La Paz neighbourhood of San Javier, after a neighbour, alerted by the prolonged absence of the pair, and by the foul smelling odours coming from the house, notified the Local Police.

Security councillor, Angela Gaona, said that the police and the fire service responded at 05.30 in the morning, after receiving a call via the emergency services.

At around 06.15 a second alert occurred, notifying the authorities of another container fire in the same street.

Unmarked police vehicles were then despatched in an effort to find the perpetrator which they eventually did at 6.40 am, already in the act of setting another fire in Calle San Lorenzo, 400 metres from the previous incident.

The sister, who suffered from downs syndrome, was dependent on her brother who very rarely left the house, so it was not unusual for the pair to remain indoors for days at a time. Indeed Joaquin worked on his computer from home so he only occasionally left the house for food.

The suspect is a 32 year old Colombian who was arrested after a chase on foot. Among his belongings the police found several lighters and flammable materials which he is thought to have used to commit the earlier crimes.

However, the unusual smell gave an indication that something was badly wrong so the neighbour, a retired civil guard officer, decided to call the Local Police, who immediately attended the property gaining access through the courtyard at the rear of the building.

On entering the accommodation they found two bodies, both said to be in an advanced state of decomposition. The pair are thought to have been dead for over a month. The woman was sitting curled up on a sofa and her brother was lying on his bed.

Joaquin had been caring for his sister since the death of their mother last summer. Neither body showed any signs of violence but there was an inordinate amount of waste scattered about the house with one source suggesting that the man had been suffering from depression.

The neighbours are now mourning the tragic end of the siblings after their long run of problems, the illness of their mother, who

He is now facing charges of arson, resulting in the destruction of 11 waste containers as well as a number of adjacent palm trees.

The councillor emphasised the enormous damage that this type of vandalism costs for the municipality as well as the risk that it has for members of the public. was suffering from dementia, and her subsequent death, as well as Joaquin's separation from his wife who left him without even a note.

They remember Joaquin as being in a state of depression, but say he was always busy looking after his sister, whom neighbours say he bathed, dressed and fed like a daughter.

One theory is that the pair might well have been poisoned by carbon monoxide although until the results of the autopsies are known, the Judicial Police will not speculate on the causes of death, whether it was simply a tragic accident or whether their lives were ended by some other more sinister means.

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Topsy-turvy pound This week has seen the pound seesaw, rising against the US dollar to over 1.36 and dip against the euro to 1.12. Put them in a blender and the euro is up strongly against the dollar to 1.214, its highest level for 3 years.

The pound’s slide against the euro was a combination of UK and Euro influences: London Mayor Sadiq Khan released a Brexit impact report which made gloomy reading for the UK economy suggesting a ‘no-deal’ would cost the UK £50 billion and generate a ‘lost decade’. Over in europe there were good figures out of Germany and the European Central Bank released minutes from its last meeting which were positive for the eurozone.

Meanwhile the Trump show won’t roll into town next month as Washington signals that the president’s proposed UK visit has been cancelled. The official reason is cited as his disapproval of the new US Embassy in Vauxhall but we all know that he wants to avoid the planned protests.

Around the world the pound was up against the Hong Kong Dollar 10.66 and steady against the Australian dollar at 1.73 having taken a dip down to 1.71 on Thursday.

In other news, UKIP flag bearer Nigel Farage has unexpectedly lent his support to a second Brexit referendum to “silence the Remoaners once and for all’. I’m not sure which pubs he frequents to sound out public opinion but the Government’s shaky handling of Brexit negotiations so far might give Mr Farage a nasty shock!

As always, shop around for the best exchange rate and don’t take unnecessary risks; you will never catch the top of the market!

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TM Group to build 1,200 properties in Benidorm The Orihuela developer, based in Torrevieja, has contracted to the largest investment in its 50 years of operation.

The promoter has purchased a plot of 165,000 square meters in Benidorm on the second line of the Poniente beach and is destined mostly to the construction of houses for both national and overseas clients.

90% of the properties will have views of the Mediterranean Sea and, according to the group's forecasts, will be available for sale in the summer of 2019, although their completion will be one year later.

According to Pablo Serna, General Manager of TM Real Estate Group, "this development positions us as real estate leaders in the tourist capital of Europe, being the promoter with the most land in the municipality of Benidorm."

With this acquisition, the fourth of the group in the Benidorm area in

the last three years, TM Real Estate Group has become the promoter with most land in Benidorm which will result in the construction of about 1,200 homes in the town. Thus, the company’s activity in the area is guaranteed during the next decade.

The company are now investing about 260 million euros, an amount that will provide an important economic boost and the generation of 800 jobs.

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Puig promises improvements to Vega Baja Hospital Ximo Puig with the mayor of Orihuela at the Vega Baja Hospital

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he Vega Baja Hospital, which serves half of the region’s population, was visited by the President of the Valencia Consell, Ximo Puig, on Tuesday, who announced that the Ministry of Health is currently talking with the centre’s management as they assess the requirements of the local population.

The study will also show how the hospital can best meet those needs together with any necessary expansion that might be necessary to ensure that suitable resources are in place.

Both the users and public representatives have been demanding an extension to the hospital for some years which the Generalitat Valenciana has now recognised.

Puig said that the objective is to provide better care to patients, however, it is not yet known what investment might needed or when it will become available.

“The extension is necessary to improve and expand the portfolio of available medical services. They form a large part of our budget, currently 6,500 million euros, which is

40% of our actual expenditure, "said Puig.

The president was accompanied by the Minister of Health, Carmen Montón, who said that with this extension we want to improve three areas, which are "specialised care, outpatient consultations and also have greater surgical capacity in the future."

Montón said that the aim of the Valencian government is to expand the building and provide it, not only with better services, but also with the necessary staff to run the additional facilities.

The Generalitat recently undertook an expansion of the Emergency Department in the Vega Baja Hospital where more than one million euros was invested and the space increased by an additional 269 meters.

The improvements aalso brought with them an increase in the number of medical staff and, according to Montón, a plan is now being finalised to increase the number of staff in the Children's Mental Health Unit.

The councillor also noted that the bidding process for a CT scanner and a mammographer is under way, under the supervision of the Amancio Ortega foundation. The Foundation provides the support programme that is currently modernising the cancer detection and radiotherapy treatment units in all public hospitals.

"It will be something that improves the ability of staff to offer the best diagnoses and treatments in this area," added Montón.

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Compensation for supermarket cashiers despite being found guilty of thefts

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Barcelona supermarket, which sacked five female cashiers who were secretly filmed by hidden cameras stealing products from the store, has been ordered to pay them compensation by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg.

Following the disappearance of stock in 2009 the owners told their staff that cameras were to be installed. They were informed of the locations of many of the cameras but not those of a small number of cameras that were hidden.

All five women were shown films of them stealing. They each confessed they were involved with the thefts and were fired on disciplinary grounds.

The Spanish courts ruled that the dismissals were fair, including on appeal to the High Court but the then took their case to the ECHR. The European court ruled that while the women received a fair trial and were dismissed on fair grounds, an employer cannot secretly film their employees in the workplace.

The Spanish women claimed compensation for lost wages, €6,500 each for “considerable moral damage” and another €2,906.80 to cover legal costs. The ECHR refused wage compensation and reduced the non-pecuniary damage to €4,000. The first applicant López Ribalda received €500 for legal costs and expenses and rest received €568.86.

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HELP at Home Costa Blanca expands into Cabo Roig ELP at Home Costa Blanca have now moved into their second shop unit in Cabo Roig, adding to the shop already established in Playa Flamenca.

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The move will also allow them to free up space in Playa Flamenca which will now specialise in clothing and those smaller domestic items.

Located next door to Compured Computers, at Centro Commercial Cabo Roig, Local 8, N332 km 49, it is a slightly larger establishment than Playa Flamenca, and with rather more generous facilities, the charity will now manage their operation from the Cabo Roig shop, which they will also use as an outlet for furniture and larger household goods.

The new shop is open from 10.30am to 2pm every Monday to Friday, Telephone 965 328 794 for more information.

Already the charity have had many generous donations and house clearances and the items that I saw during my visit are all of a very good quality and offer exceptional value for money.

You can see many of them yourself as the staff update their Facebook page, www.facebook.com/helpathomecb/, on a daily basis.

The charity still run their market at the Emerald Isle on every Tuesday, raising funds for a special needs vehicle, so do go along and provide your support.

And in terms of it’s most appreciated asset….personnel! Volunteers are urgently required to work in the office or the shop, to work as drivers, befrienders or fundraisers. So if you can spare a morning a week, or even just the occasional couple of hours, please get in touch with the centre by calling: 965 328 794, by email: charitycentre.helpathomecb@gmail.com or by simply dropping in during any weekday morning.

Pink Ladies New Year Swim Well done to the thirteen swimmers who took the plunge on New Years day at Playa Flamenca beach, raising money for Maria and the Pink Ladies/Panthers, AECC. For the fourth year running Eamon Reilley, the proprietor of The Blarneystone, Zeniamar, gathered together his staff and patrons to take part and help get the fundraising year off to a flying start. So far €1,133

has been raised, and with an ongoing raffle, all involved hope to reach €2,000 by the presentation night on the 27th January.

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Swimmers; Simon Morton, Carl Wilson, Marlene and Ralph Raybould, Lynda Mullahy, Peter Lehner, Graham Phennah, Mandy Thorneywork, John Dynes, Eamon Reilley, Ron and Liz Drennan, Aaron Melia.

Three Kings celebrations at Age Concern

A 3 Kings celebration party was held on Saturday 6th January at the centre of Age Concern in Calle Paganini, La Siesta. This special afternoon was for the benefit of 45 valued beneficiaries who certainly know how to party, and they did in style! A delicious buffet tea was specially prepared by the staff of The Vestry in Algorfa, and was enjoyed by all who attended. Entertainment was provided by Jerry, who got the dancers dancing and singers singing to songs from the 60’s and 70’s which created a fun atmosphere. A raffle of a huge hamper of Christmas goodies, generously supplied by the Age Concern Charity shop in Torrevieja, was won by Margaret Dumbleton, a very lucky lady.

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ANSWERS QUICK ACROSS: 1 Syndicate; 8 Eon; 9 Stipulation; 11 Precede; 12 Taunt; 13 Source; 15 Recede; 17 Extol; 18 Arduous; 20 Blessedness; 22 Oil; 23 Threesome.

DOWN: 2 Yet; 3 Inure; 4 Awaken; 5 Epistle; 6 Venturesome; 7 Ineptness; 10 Inequitable; 11 Possessor; 14 Collect; 16 Caesar; 19 Dodge; 21 Sum. CRYPTIC CRYPTIC ACROSS: 1 Court-card; 8 Air; 9 Office hours; 11 Moisten; 12 Liege; 13 Legion; 15 At once; 17 Slogs; 18 Anchors; 20 Nerve-centre; 22 Nod; 23 Esperanto.

DOWN: 2 Oaf; 3 Tacit; 4 Athens; 5 Doublet; 6 Easternmost; 7 Priceless; 10 Fair-grounds; 11 Molesting; 14 Observe; 16 Make up; 19 Clear; 21 Rut.

ACROSS 1.

Lewd (9) 8.

Sick (3) 9.

Impoverished (11) 11. Present (7) 12. Sword (5) 13. Fertiliser (6) 15. Card game (6) 17. Tapestry (5) 18. Increase (7) 20. Unwilling (4-7) 22. Japanese sash (3) 23. Wrong (9)

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Target (3) Period (5) Embellished (6) Guardian (7) Naughty (11) Positioning (9) Co-sharing (11) Colleague (9) Decide (7) Suds (6) Seed (5) Flightless bird (3)

L EA D E R T R I V I A Q U I Z

SUDOKU CHALLENGE

Solution on Page 22 CAN YOU MASTER THE SUDOKU CHALLENGE? Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

QUIZ ANSWERS

Italian, Vietnamese, Greek, Cantonese, Arabic and Mandarin. 10.

The Fortune Cookie. 11. The Windmills of your Mind. 12. Genghis Khan. 13. 428. 14. a. Sun King (Beatles), b. Ain't no sunshine (Bill Withers), c. Aquarius Let the Sunshine In (The Fifth Dimension), d.

DOWN 2. She gets aid, somehow (3) 3. Noun I write out to describe the workers (5) 4. Certainly not loose leggings (6) 5. See what the bishop's flock is (7) 6. A successful snooker shot might bear fruit (6,5) 7. One doing casual work on a lock can be enticing (9) 10. In English, s'il vous plait (2,3,6) 11. Trunks suffering erosion on a tree, say (9) 14. Captivate during the tenth rally (7) 16. Be sparing with the first man in the list (6) 19. Innocent Ivan goes out East (5) 21. A girl from Stevenage (3)

Enterprise? Plus or minus 20.

14. The following words are from songs with 'S U N' somewhere in the title. Can you name the song? a. Quando para mucho mi amore, b. And this house just ain't no home, c. Mystic crystal revelation, d. A cheap holiday in other peoples misery, e. The tax mans taken all my dough 15. Which former ward attendant in a psychiatric hospital wrote 'One flew over the cuckoo's nest'?

16. Ira Hayes is one of the five struggling men in which famous photograph?

17. The name of which playful mammal stems from the Greek word for womb?

18. Named after shipwrecks and the bleached bones left on the shoreline by whalers in days gone by, the Skeleton Coast is still found today off which continent?

19. The following words in different languages all mean what? Gehve, Qahwa, Sourj, Koohii, Kape 20. Dreaming of sunshine (Eleven questions worth only one point each): a. Which city in Florida is home to Disneyworld? b. Where would you be holidaying if you flew into Arrecife airport? c. Which Indonesian tourist centre was rocked by a terrorist attack in 2002? d. Which resort on the southwest coast of India has become a destination of choice for European hippies and travellers? e. Where you would you be if you were holidaying on Oahu island?

1. A living person. 2. Nail biting. 3.

French Poodle. 4. 'Q' (Bond films). 5.

Necktie knots. 6. a. Watership Down, b. Gullivers Travels, c. The Great Dictator, d. The Chronicles of Narnia e. The Pirates of the Caribbean. 7. An 'orange stick'. 8. Sir Anthony Hopkins. In Nixon and Amistad. 9.

ACROSS 1. Sickened that Sid turns up with two other men (9) 8. Spanish cry from some Poles (3) 9. Bolt is again changed on the vessel (7,4) 11. Knife the horse on film (7) 12. Build upright (5) 13. Ill-treated the American in a plot (6) 15. Part of the head church (6) 17. Student in a crowd to see the composer (5) 18. Solicit some material, say (7) 20. RAF chaplain in the government? (3,8) 22. Like a small animal (3) 23. One not needing to hear about real pride (3-6)

1. According to the US postal service and the Citizen's Stamp Advisory Commitee, what kind of person shall not be honoured on a US postal stamp?

2. Onychophagia is a common habit particularly for many near the end of a sporting event. What is Onychophagia?

3. What was John Steinbeck's travelling companion Charley?

4. In film, the inventive Major Boothroyd is simply known under which other name?

5. For some beginners, Pratt, Shelby and Windsor can be confusing examples of what?

6. In which books or films would you find the following 'lands'? a. Sandleford, b. Houyhnhnms, c. Bacteria, d. Calormen, e. Isla de Muerta 7. What colour stick does a manicurist use?

8. Which actor has been nominated twice for an Academy Award for playing a US President?

9. Other than English, what are the six most spoken languages in Australia?

10. George Jung and David Tsung are both credited with the invention of which after dinner success?

11. Rex Harrison's son Noel, Edward Woodward, Alison Moyet, Sting, Terry Hall, Petula Clark, Jose Feliciano, Vanilla Fudge and the Muppets have all covered which Academy Award winning song?

12. Which infamous warrior's title loosely translated meant Ocean Ruler?

13. In the TV series Star Trek, how many crew members were aboard Capt Kirk's USS

Holidays in the Sun (Sex Pistols), e.

Sunny Afternoon (Kinks). 15. Ken Kesey. 16. Raising the flag on Iwo Jima. 17. Dolphin. from delphy's "womb". 18. Africa. (off the coast of Namibia) 19. Coffee. 20. Answers: a.

Orlando, b. Lanzarote, c. Bali, d. Goa, e. Hawaii, US

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‘Twitters from the Atlantic’ Barrie Mahoney was a head teacher and school inspector in the UK, as well as a reporter in Spain, before moving to the Canary Islands to launch and edit a new English language newspaper.

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verweight ‘Bridegrooms of Death’

I guess that many of us may have over indulged during the Christmas and New Year festivities, and I assume that many are now in the period where reluctant gym memberships are booming, as well as desperate subscriptions to Weight Watchers.

Sadly, all those temptations do have a price to pay when we see that we can no longer squeeze into our favourite clothes.

One of the many fat inducing temptations readily available in Spain and the Canary Islands are ‘Churros con Chocolate’, which is basically deep fried pastry strips, rolled in sugar and dipped into hot chocolate as they are eaten. This ‘snack’ is hugely popular in Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands, as well as the United States, France and Mexico.

Depending upon the time of day, and the state of your appetite, they can be both delicious and disgusting at the same time. Indeed, it is not unusual to see locals polishing off a huge quantity of churros in cafe bars for their breakfast.

Needless to say, it is an excellent way to pile on the pounds, as well as keeping the health service busy with the coronaries that are the result of this over indulgence.

My advice is to avoid them at all costs.

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He enjoys life in the sun as a columnist and author, and continues to write a series of popular novels, books for expats, as well as designing mobile apps and websites to promote the Canary Islands.

Speaking of being overweight and diets, you really should take a look at Spain’s ‘Bridegrooms of Death’, which is the cheerful nickname given to Spain’s elite infantry regiment, ‘La Legión’. The regiment is loosely based upon the French Foreign Legion, as a prestige combat unit with its best known member being General Franco during the Spanish Civil War. Usually admired for their handsome physical appearance, these fine men are usually well known for their tasselled caps, to keep the flies off, and open necked shirts, to keep the ladies interested.

Their uniform traditionally does not have a top button, which aids their reputation as “the top totty killers of Europe”. Sadly, this much-coveted reputation is rapidly disappearing, since it was found that a significant percentage of the 3000 troops were found to be obese, based upon their body mass index (BMI) of over 30.

This elite force is now having a few problems in the obesity department and the troops are now being given dietary advice, nutrition tips, as well as additional exercise to overcome their rapidly expanding waistlines with a target loss of between 500g and 1kg a week.

Although ‘La Legión makes the valid point that significant weight gain may be as a result of cultural, pathological and psychological factors, I firmly believe that churros and hot chocolate are to blame.

So, there we have it. As we humbly trot off to the gym at the beginning of this New Year, and preferably to one that does not include a bar and restaurant, let us think long and hard about these fine Spanish men who are undertaking one of the biggest battles of their lives - that of losing weight without the comfort of a plateful of

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VELVETONES NEED A MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR OUR LADIES HARMONY CHORUS

A case of too many churros over Christmas

Due to the impending retirement of our current Musical Director, the Velvetones require someone with drive and enthusiasm to lead our team of ladies.

We are a four part harmony a capella choir who have been singing in the Costa Blanca for 20 years. We have a couple of concerts every year and also do singouts for bars and clubs in the Costa Blanca area. We rehearse once a week on a Wednesday morning from 1012.30 at El Paraiso Restaurant, Torrevieja. churros and hot chocolate to fall back on.

Sadly, for many, I suspect that it will soon not just be the top button of their shirt that is missing .

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Monte Mar Bowls Club

Sponsored by The Belfry, The Pub, Bowling Abroad and Avalon chilly morning. Only winning on one rink, well done to Sue Bounds, Joe Ridley and skip Dianne Ridley.

Shots Toreadors 75 – 130 Diamonds, Pts Toreadors 2 – 12 Diamonds Monte Mar Matadors v Quesada Pearls - First match after the Xmas break the Matadors won on two rinks. Well done to the two winning rinks. Shots Matadors 83 – Pearls 101, Points Matadors 4 – 10 Pearls Wednesday January 10th - Winter League Monte Mar v Bonalba

December 17th - Instead of the monthly Chicken Chase we held a Xmas Turkey Chase. It was well attended with everyone dressed in something referring to Xmas. After a very enjoyable mornings bowling played in lovely sunshine we all enjoyed a drink then Chris Harding presented the winners. The turkeys were donated by Jan and Mick Soars, eggs by Joan and Chris Harding and wine by Alan Wilkinson. With the money raised we have purchased new mats and rink numbers Monday January 8th - Monte Mar Toreadors v Quesada Diamonds The Toreadors first match after the Xmas break was played on a very

We played our first game after the Xmas break at home to our friends from Bonalba. Winning on three rinks well done to Sheila Roberts, John Hunt, Mick Soars and skip Bill Young. Ronnie Cairns, Mike Farrelly, June Young and skip Dave melville. Jan Soars, Bill Judd, Val Hignett and skip Rod Chamerline. After the match we enjoyed a lovely meal at the belfry.

Shots Monte Mar 83 – 71 Bonalba, Points Monte Mar 8 – 4 Bonalba For further information about Monte Mar Bowls and Social Club check out our website www.montemarbowls.com or email us at info@montemarbowls.com. We are also on Facebook.

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El Rancho Bowls Club Monday morning found the Raiders playing host to Mazarron Miners and played well and giving the old limbs a post Christmas Break stretch in taking 4 rinks to Miner’s 2, also taking the overall shots by a small margin, a good result. Tricia Elsam, John Richards and Malc Elmore 23-20. David Wright, Ann C Taylor and Bob Taylor 22-14.

Sheila Cox, Mike Cox and Shirley Edwards 21-14. Dolly Ford, David Baker and Tony Robinson 21-18. Edward Elsam, Peter Bagwell and Jean Bagwell 13-20. Janet Wright, Ron Edwards and Bob Easthope 13-21.

In the afternoon the Pintos travelled to San Miguel to play the Comets and put in a fine performance, despite the tricky shadows due to a low setting sun. The rinks were shared three all and the Comets took the overall shots, a very good away result for the Pintos.On Friday morning the Broncos played the Cedars at Greenlands and came away with a conceded rink and one other, though they did put in a good effort.

The Mustangs played host to La Marina Ospreys, who put on a good show in tricky conditions, but Mustangs still retained the home mat advantage and took the rinks by 5 to 1 and the overall shots by a very reasonable margin. As always La Marina were a pleasure to play. Diane Yates, John Skipper and Bob Taylor 19-17. Jan Bright, Malc Sykes and Eddie Thomson 30-6. June Whitworth, Henry Ryder and Richard Lee 34-8. Judy Foley, Keith Cunningham ad David Whitworth 20-7. Barbara Jones, Sheila Cooper and Carolyn Harris 19-20. Geoff Jones, Jane Hamill and Stew Hamill 23-8. For membership details contact Brian Taylor on 965077093 or at briantaylor_es@yahoo.co.uk or Carolyn Harris on 966774316 or at elranchobowls.secretary@gmail.com..

Vistabella Bowls Report

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La Siesta Bowls Club

with Lynne Bishop Back to business after a nice Christmas break but with many still trying to shake off the nasty bugs & viruses.

with Elwyn Morr1s The second half of the season restarted on Monday with the Titans playing at home against top of the table San Luis Klingons, and it turned out to be the close game that was expected with the teams splitting the points and aggregate 7-7 and 104-104. Winning trips were: J Pooley J Rimmer A M Stevenson 33-11, P Heaney S Johnson I Brewster 18-10, M Riley J Westall J Mulloy 18-16

By Rod Edgerton League action recommenced following the Christmas break with the Apollos visiting La Marina in the SABA Enterprise League. The overall point was a 10-4 loss with the shots difference being 92111.Winning rinks for the Apollos were Ann and Robert Heath with Jenny Bowman winning 23-9 whilst Dave Davies,Mike and Florence Edwards won 25-15 whilst Dawn and John Taylor with Brian Fraser lead for most of the match going down on the final end 14-16.

ENTERPRISE LEAGUE between our Drivers and our Albatrosses.

The Drivers being the home side, they won on two rinks & one drawn game...F Barclay, D Howard & B Corbishly 21-13. K Hardy, B Pointon & C Thorpe 17-15. Drawn game between D Leggatt, Mo & Martin Foulcer v N Burrows, A Brown & B Zelin 18-18. Winners for the Albatrosses.. S Kemp, C Watkins & M Furness 26-8. G Fisher, S Allman & Gordon Fisher 27-10. L Watkins, S Burrows & P Whitehall 16-9. Result.. Drivers 85(5) - 115(9) Albatrosses.

VOYAGER LEAGUE, Eagles re-arranged match v La Siesta Pioneers. A good start to the year, P Cadwell, J Hitchcock & G Gandy 22-12. R Smith, D & J Harwood 18-10. I & M Irwin , T French 1714. P & P Tomkins, A Kendall 15-14. Shots, VB 95(10) - 90(4) LS. The Eagles match this week at Country Bowls against the Flamingos was disappointing as far as not being able to field a full side, the Eagles came away with just one win from R Smith, Di & J Harwood 25-9. Shots, VB 57(2) - 97(12) C B. WINTER LEAGUE away at Javea Green. Two big wins and the long game earned us six points. L Bishop, C Watkins, B Norris & M Furness 28-9. L Watkins, S Burrows, P Whitehall & E Bishop 27-14.

Total shots, VB 90 - 81 JG. Well done Berleen team team..S Kirk, D Harwood, B Ewart & J Harwood 21-12.

FED 4’s. First game v Quesada. One win from G Fisher, P Ray, A Brown & Gordon Fisher 22-13. Shots, VB 47(2) - 58(6) Q. SOUTHERN LEAGUE A Div. Vistabella Picadors v Vistabella Lanzadores. Picadors being the home side. They had two wins and a drawn game. Their winners were P Ray, J Neve & G Thorpe 23-9. D Gunning, B Ewart & B Ray 21-16. A drawn game between F Barclay, M Gill & L Barber 21-21 S Kemp, B Norris & B Zelin.

Lanzadores winners were L Bishop, C Watkins & P Whitehall 27-11.

G Fisher, S Burrows & Gordon Fisher 21-15. N Burrows, S Allman & K Cuthbert 17-14. Result, Picadors 105 (5) - 110 (9) Lanzadores.

Div C. Conquistadors vs Country Bowls Geckos. A disappointing result as the games were tight, only one team picked up some points!

R Smith, Di & Jim Harwood 16-15. Shots, VB 85 (2) - 99 (12) CB.

In the afternoon the Neptunes took the Moonrakers in an all Emerald Isle clash. The Neptunes came out on top 10-4 aggregate 130-80, winning trips for Neptunes were: C Ayling S Watson B Eldred, 25-9, M Shatwell M Petty G Shatwell 28-10, A Brown, E Morris B Kavanagh 29-11, L Burns D Rhodes A Burns 23-9. Winning trips for Moonrakers were: B Taylor T Roche M Willicott 21-13, S Adams G Inwood B Donohoe 20-12 Wed saw the Emerald Isle play La Siesta in the Winter at home and the home team won 9-3 (87-74), winning rinks were: J Pooley D Jones B Eldred C Lindgren 18-8, P Heaney S Johnson D Birkett J Rimmer 21-14, M Riley P Coffey M Veale M Stacey 17-15 and a draw by A Brown J Westall S Westall J Mulloy 17-17. Emerald won the Berleen 30-11 with V Cameron S Watson Kelly M Odell Thursday afternoon the Leprechauns played San Luis Ospreys in the FED 4s league and the visitors took the spoils 6-2 aggregate of 3955. Winners for Emerald were: S Kavanagh E Morris T Kelly B Kavanagh 21-9 Friday brought San Luis Lions to the Emerald Isle and the outcome was a 7-7 draw with EI taking the aggregate 103-95, winning trips were: J Pooley L Vincent J Mulloy 28-6, P Coffey M Odell J Rimmer 16-14, S Wickens K Jolliffe D Gerrard played out a 16-16 draw.

Friday afternoon saw the EI Outlaws playing the E I Claymores with the result being a win for the Outlaws 8-6, aggregate of 106-103.

Winners were: for the Outlaws G Dyer E Brookes T Kelly 26-10, R Fooks B Smith F King 21-20 K Griffiths T Culpin R Ede 15-14.

Winners for Claymores were: V Cameron S Kavanagh A Burns 1813, R Adams L Hawkins B Smith 16-10, M Shatwell M Petty G Shatwell 25-21 To end on a sad note the club lost one of its stalwarts over the holiday period with the passing of Bill Allen. The club sends its condolences to Kath and the family.

In the Voyager Division it was better news for the Pioneers who visited Horadada and came away with 8points winning on 3 rinks. The overall shots being in La Siesta’s favour by 117-99.Biggest winners for Pioneers was a 26-12 win from Sue Mahomet with Alan Ralph and Pat Reilly. Whilst Hilary Clarke with Sheila Millward and Tony Campbell won 24-14 and Wendy Ralph, Joe Kocsis and Alan Mawer Won 22-12.

The Winter League team visited Emerald Isle and although the overall shots were close losing by 13 shots across the rinks victory was only achieved on one rink whilst another drew. Winners were Joy Gardiner, Jim Hudson, Dave Blackie and Jean Cooper 20-14 whilst the draw came from Pat and Trish Reilly with Florence and Mike Edwards 17-17.

The Fed 4’s have started with an excellent away win for the Parakeets away at Quesada winning on all 3 rinks by 72-33 and picking up the full 8 points available. Biggest win came from the rink of Joy and Brian Gardiner with Jenny Bowman and Jean Cooper 30-6.

The Blues visited Quesada in the Southern League B Division to play the Swifts and although the overall shots was 91-98 there was a win on only won rink achieved by Joy and Brian Gardiner with Jean Cooper winning 22-10.So just 2 points for the Blues and 12 to the Swifts.

The Golds entertained the leaders in the C Division La Manga Crusaders and needed a big win to avenge their defeat in the away whitewash at the beginning of the season. This was nearly achieved with a 13points to 1 victory. The shots margin being 144 to 68 which will enable us to move above them towards the top of the table. With 5 of the 6 rinks winning there are too many names to mention, but Captain Ron Sheldon wishes to congratulate the whole squad including those reserves that turned up to support today’s team. Keep up the good work for the remainder of the season.

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San Luis B o wls Club Mixe d Triples

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The winners of group A: Keith Phillips, Walter Lang, Chris Phillips (SL) v the winners of group B: Ian Kenyon, Sheila Cammack, Steve Simmons (SL), with Ian’s team going through to the final.

The winners of group C: Mal Hughes, Giuseppe Galleli, Kath Reid (SL) played the winners of group D: Peter Morgan, John & Caroline Smyth (Q) with Mal’s team going through to the final.

Avalon’s Kelly with winners Ian Kenyon, Sheila Cammack and Steve Simmons

San Luis Bowls Club Report by Sheila Cammack The new year has taken off with a rush: Monday 8th: SL Klingons away v EI Titans; close result 7-7, shots 104-104. Winners: Kath Reid, Neil Morrison, Ian Kenyon 25-12, Lynne Morris, Ray Clarke, Tom Hill 25-8, Janet McEneany, Ann Holland, Peter McEneany 17-15.

FED 4’s league Thursday 11th SL Ospreys away v EI Leprechauns, good result 6-2, shots 54-40. Winners: Shirley Verity, Sheila Cammack, Roy Cordell, Keith Jones 23-7, Pam Lockett, June Jones, Scott Malden, Mal Hughes 22-12.

SL Trekkers; good result home v LM Pathfinders 11-3, shots 125-76.

Winners: Ros Holmes, Barry Edwards, Brian Pocock 18-18, Allen Bowen, Peter Fuller, Suzi Cooper 16-11, Helen Hammond, Barry Roseveare, Scott Malden 37-7, Shirley Verity, Jo & Jules Pering 21-9, Margaret Roseveare, Mike Smith, Derrick Cooper 19-11.

Friday 12th Southern League: SL Lions, away v EI Cavaliers, another close result 7-7, shots 95-103. Winners: Margaret Morrison, Ann Holland, Roy Cordell 20-15, Lynne Morris, Ray Clarke, Tom Hill 1914, Pam Lockett, June & Keith Jones 20-14, Kath Reid, Neil Morrison, Ian Kenyon 16-16.

SL Vulcans, v SL Romulans, good result 11-3, shots115-81. Winners: Ian Ross, Chris Jackson, Brenda Brown 17-13, James Wright, Dave Tilley, Geoff Shand 20-16, Walter Lang, Sue Ross, Babs Shand 18-15 Dennis Jackson, Cas Blay, Drew Russell 30-4, Ray Whatmough, Derek Barker, Dave Steadman 14-14.

SL Tigers home v San Miguel Cougars useful points, 9-5, shots 12769. Beryl Regan, Marina Beardsall, Mike Reagan 26-4, Jan Pocock, Les Bedford, Brian Pocock 22-9, Helen Hammond, Barry Roseveare, Scott Malden 35-5, Irene Everett, Bill Webb, Vic Slater 18-18.

SL Romulans winners: Sharon Mitchell, Chris Phillips, Geoff Francis 19-16, Rhys Davies, Robert Bruce, Malcolm Ayton 14-14.

Wednesday 10th Winter League away v La Marina; very close result 66, shots 78-79. Winners: Lynne Morris, June Jones, Peter McEneany, Keith Jones 19-9, Shirley Verity, Ray Clarke, Jules Pering, Russell Marks 13-12, Kath Reid, Neil Morrison, Scott Malden, Ian Kenyon 1813. A friendly instead of the Berleen match, Winners: Ann Holland, Sheila Cammack, Jo Pering, Vic Slater 18-11.

by Dave Webb

Our first game of the season was an all Greenlands affair, The Maples were at home to our other team, The Sycamores. Final scores were Total shots for - 110-83. Points 9-5. Winning rinks in The Maples were Sheila Stead, Jim Wilcock, Barry Collins. - 27-13. Janet Webb, Zoe Wilcock, Mel Brown 22-11. Rudy Wattley, Jean Thompson, Dave Thompson 16-8. Winning rinks in the Sycamores were - Margaret Hirst, Norman Stephens, Tony Hodges. - 17-12. Janet Bliss, Doreen Watt, Graham Watt. - 18-7.

In the Winter League we were away to Quesada, final score was - Total shots 65-116. Points 4-8. Winning rinks were - Brian Tomlin, Zoe Wilcock, Jim Wilcock, Barry Collins. - 21 shots to 14. Margaret Stephens, Janet Webb, Graham Watt, Jim Oliver. - 14 shots to 13.In the Fed Fours we were at home to San Luis, final score was - total shots for - 53. Against - 44. Points for - 6. Against - 2. Winning rinks were - Margaret Stephens, Doreen Watt, Sandra Jones, Dave Thompson. - 16 shots to 11. Zoe Wilcock, Marilyn Fryatt, Neville Pulfer, Jim Wilcock.

- 24 shots to 17. The Cedars entertained El Rancho Broncos at home and were rewarded for their efforts with a comfortable win. Final score was - total shots for - 96. Against - 74. Points for - 10. against - 4.

Winning rinks - Vic Young, Ron Stansfield, Tony Hodges. - 23 shots to 9. Win Kirton, John Newell, Graham Watt. - 16 shots to 9. Janet Bliss, John Dowell, Neville Pulfer. - 18 shots to 13. Jean Giddings, Margaret Hirst, David Giddings. - 23 shots to 14.

The Oaks were away to Horodada Royals where a cold blustery wind made bowling at times somewhat difficult. final score - shots 89-113.

Points for - 4-10. Winning rinks were - Sheila Stead, Margaret Stephens, Dave Thompson, - 20 shots to 11. Brian Tomlin, Jim Wilcock, Barry Collins. - 24-13.

For all enquires please contact Haley on 966 84 4399.

Horadada Bowls Club by Barry Evans

On Monday we were back to the scheduled fixtures with a home game against La Siesta Pioneers.Things did not go as well and we picked up 6 points in a 99 to 117 defeat.Our winning rinks were: Yvonne Hurlock,Les Davis and john Hurlock 23 – 9, Jenny Davis,Roy Collins and Terry Huchnall 19 – 18, John Goddard,Bryan Eatough and Roy Thompson 19 – 18

Unfortunately by Saturday afternoon the weather had changed and the final was played with strong wind gusts blowing across the green, which added to the challenge! It was a close fought game between the two teams but after 12 ends Ian’s team came through as the overall winners.

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We have played two matches in the South Alicante league this year.The first was a game rearranged from last year,at home against San Luis Romulans.San Luis played with a rink short and we managed to win on all other rinks giving us 14 points and a shot difference of 138 to 53.Our winning rinks were: Jenny Davis,John Bailey and Wayne Jackson 29 – 7, Yvonne Hurlock,Les Davis and John Hurlock 22 – 12, Irene Graham,Bryan Eatough and Roy Thompson 25 – 12, Peter Davis,Linda Hier and Jeff Hier 26 – 11, Judith Simpson,Fred Trigwell and Barry Evans 26 – 11

The competition was played in 4 groups of 6 teams, with each team playing a total of 5 games of 12 ends or 2 hours each.

After 3 tiring days the winners of each group went into the semi final play-offs.

The presentation was made by Kelly from Avalon, thanks goes to them for their sponsorship, to Suzi Cooper who organised everything, for all the players who took part and made it such a good competition and the spectators who did their best to stay and support as it got colder and colder.

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SL Leopards; v SL Pumas 12-2, shots 135-88. Winners: Pat Tilley, Brenda Brown, Babs Shand 21-12, Audrey Ford, Margaret Clarke, Charlie Marigold 24-18, James Wright, Kath Waywell, Bob Bromley 29-11, Ray Watmough, Marie Henly, Dave Steadman 16-14, Derek Barker, Chris Jackson, Drew Russell 30-11.

SL Pumas winners: Pat Barnes, Ralph Jones, Harry Epsom 22-15.

Club information: www.sanluisbowls.byethost7.com or contact June Jones, Club Captain: 691 903 773.

La Marina Bowls Club by Barry Latham Here we go again. Another year so have a good one with Health and Happiness to all. Certainly the Explorers had the happiness as they beat La Siesta Apollos at home by 10-4. A good start to 2018. Dave Hadaway, Margaret McLaughlin and Maureen Kidd won 17-12. Mike Stone (must have been the coaching) won 22-13 with the help of Jim freeman (80 yrs old) and Steve Douglas. Don Fowkes, Mike Smith and Jean Fowkes tidily beat their opponents by 2 shots whereas Shirley Hadaway outdid husband Dave by winning 32-5 with great help from Phil Pape and Hilary Cronk. Lovely to see Fred Norris coming along to say hello to everyone. Not so happy were the Pathfinders as they lost away to San Luis Trekkers 11-3. Terry Perchard, Garth Slater and Jean Perchard managed a draw and our only winning rink came from Dave Taylor, Arthur(Notice spelling, Steve) Cronk and Paul Tregoing 20-14.

What a battle we had at home in the Winter League against San Luis. It all went down to the last end. John Rae, Steve Hindle, Mike Smith and Anne Stone had a great game to beat their opponents 22-11 while Shirley Hadaway struggled to start with (Skip had a wrong bias on the second end!!!!) but battled back to have an exciting 23-17 win. The match all hung on the last game, guess who was finishing last. Not my fault this time, that Russell Marks doesn’t half talk a lot. Four down I picked the jack up to make us five up then Russ had an absolutely wonderful bowl to get the shot and I narrowly missed with my last wood.

They beat us, that was Peter Parsons, Wendy Latham and Dave O’Sullivan 13-12. Great game, great company, great finish. Mind you when all the scores were added up, La Marina had won by one shot, so overall it was six all. Great result. Not so good according the Ospreys’ Captain was the result over at El Rancho with the Ospreys who lost 122. Peter Parsons, Mike Stone and Andy Bartlett played very well to win by one shot 20-19.

On Thursday we played our first Federated 4’s match away ay Country bowls.The points finished even on 4 apiece with us winning on one rink by a big enough score to win overall by 60 shots to 49.Well done to our rink of Linda Hier,Les Davis,Wayne Osguthorpe and Jeff Hier 31 – 11.

Friday saw us restart the Southern league with a home game against Greenland Oaks.We managed to chop them down to size with a 113 shots to 89 win,winning 10 points.Our winning rinks were: Jack linehan,Jeff Hier and Barry Evans 25 – 8, Carol Linehan,Terry Hucknall and Wayne Osguthorpe 20 – 14, Pat Patton,Alan Miller and Brian Patton 22 – 10, Yvonne Hurlock,Mick Kirby and John Hurlock 22 – 13 Special mention must be made of Wayne Osguthorpe as this was his first skipping role.

All in all not a bad week so keep it up Horadada.

San Miguel Bowls Club by Pat McEwan San Miguel PULSARS played San Miguel METEORS, starting the second half of the season with a good win of 8 points to 6.

Excellent bowling by Irene Ward, Anita Brown, Mike Douglas 26-18: Pat McEwan, Jan Farmer, Dave McEwan 36-12: Sue Milner, Janet Thomas, John Raby 25-15; Total Shots 134 to 100. For the METEORS winners were Linda Plaisted, Brian Miller, Len Rudge 19-18: Margaret Rogers, Lee Sinclair, Steve Cantley 20-15; Margaret & Allan Patterson, Cliff Plaisted 16-14.

The APACHES had their first Fed Fours game away at Monte Mar winning 6 points to 2. Shots were close 51 to 48. Well played by Margaret Patterson, Paul Hayward, Alan Campbell, John Staden 18-15; Pat McEwan, Ken Hope, Brian Allen, Dave McEwan 17-14.

San Miguel MOHAWKS played San Miguel CHEROKEES in their first Fed Fours games winning 6 points to 2. Shots couldn't have been closer 52 to the MOHAWKS - 51 to the CHEROKEES. Very well played by Brenda Rees, Joe Getgood, Eddie Cowan, Jack Jackson 19-16; Sheila Errington, Jan & Derek Farmer, Brian Errington 14-13.

The Winter League team left early in very cold weather, to go to Benitachell. But the game was played in Spring like conditions!!!!! Two winning teams, Dave Johnson, Brian Miller, Don Whitney, Mary Dyer 20-13; Noel Davis, Val & Chris Collier Lin Miller 18-17; Well done teams. Shots were close 87 to 90.

Steve Cantleys team had hard lines losing by one shot!

In the Southern League, San Miguel COUGARS were away to San Luis Tigers picking up 5 points. Well played by Bob Nesbitt, Bob Graham, Rosamond Stockell 17-12: Barry Jones, Jim Jarvie, Mick Rogers 16-14: Sheila Errington, Joe Getgood, Brian Errington 18 across. Big shot difference, 69-127.

The JAGUARS were at home to Quesada Swallows and managed to pick up 6 points. Very well played to Ian Hope, Anita Brown, Derek Farmer 20-12; Ken Hope, Tom Dalgleish, John Raby 17-16; Paul Hayward, Janet Thomas, Eddie Cowan 14-11.

Total shots 94 to 104 Jan Allen is after money again ( so whats new) Those playing in the Spanish Nationals must upgrade their federation fee and pay for their entries as soon as possible, No Pay - No Play.

There is a sheet up for names for the Valentines Competition, drawn pairs over only one day this year, due to the Four Nations taking place on the Sunday. Get your names down!!

Dates are on the board for the Open Forum and AGM, any queries to Pat McEwan. Info on the club, contact the President Rosamond Stockell, tel 965 32 9778 or Secretary Pat McEwan, telephone 966 71 4257.

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Here on the Costa’s golf is one of the biggest leisure time activities for both tourists and resident alike and with this in mind we have secured the services of Mike Probert of Costa Blanca Green Fee Services to provide a weekly round up of local golfing events and topics and in conjunction with us at THE LEADER will provide discounted golf prices to all of our readers and run our golf competitions.

Winter Condition of Golf cOurses Here in Spain we are blessed with a host of excellent golf courses which are generally in good condition all year around with exception for the periods of hollow tining work which are a necessity.

They do all however have one feature which shows itself in the winter months,namely they wear a yellow/brown winter overcoat which give the appearance of the courses being dry and in need of watering but this is far from the truth.

In climates such as our here in Spain we have long summer months with extremly high temperatures and limited rain fall and the grass used for fairways and rough need to handle these conditions which is why Bermuda grass is used.

The grass used on the greens is different and needs constant watering as it can't handle these extreme weather conditions.

Bermauda grass does however turn a yellow/brown colour when the average night time temperatures fall below 7 degrees which is what golfers see in the winter months.

I once had a group of Danish golfers at Lo Romero in winter months who complained that I had taken them to a course that was dead and dry so I had to explain the above to them.

One week later I stood in the same spot with a different group from Denmark and the course was perfetcly green and we had no rain but temperatures had increased.

I hope that the above will help you understand your winter golf experience here in Spain and perhaps give the green keeper a break from ill informed complaints.

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A short journey for our first home game of the year on a full 18 hole course, with the new 7 holes now coming into play.

The course was in very good condition but very dry due to lack of rain, in fact when the first players teed off, the fairway was covered in frost.

We had a very good turn out with it being our first game of the year, and some decent scoring considering the course has not been measured for the slope.

GOLD CATEGORY - 1st Liam Foley 34 pt 2nd Ron Swift on C/b 32 pts 3rd Mic Hithersay 32 pts c/b SILVER CATEGORY - 1ST Geoff Wild 28 pts 2nd Paul Mutter 27 pts 3rd Malcolm Woods 27 pts c/b NEAREST PINS - Hole 2 Mack, Hole 7 M Matthews, Hole 11 A Billings, Hole 15 P Mutter Longest Drive Rod Smith - Best Guest M Matthews After the game we returned to our base Bar Patricia in Torreta 3 for the Presentation and Munchies provided by Chris which we thank him for.

Our next away game is at Roda Golf with a 10.00am tee off on Tuesday 23rd January. Please be at the course by 09.15am.

If anyone would like to join our friendly society or just play a game whilst on holiday contact Ron on sanmigron@gmail.com or give him a ring on 678 849 142

Paddy’s Point Golf Society Our first outing of the year was to La Serena. The weather was great and the course was playing tricky as usual. Scoring was reasonable however our Vice Captain excelled himself by scoring 40 points as did one of our guests. We again must thank a Paddy’s Point for an excellent evening meal and even though Rory And Hazel are cruising the Caribbean their staff looked after us well.

NTP hole 3 Dave Beale, hole 9 David (Flash) Gaffney, hole 15 Chris Carey, hole 17 Gene Duffy. Long Drives - Chris Carey and Myra Coull. 2’s pot winners - Dave Beale, Gene Duffy and Terry Fitzgerald. Best Guest Sean McCarthy 40pts. 3rd place Dave Beale 34pts 2nd Seamus MacGearailt 35pts Winner Eldon Carey 40pts.

Our next outing is to Las Colinas on 14th February.

By David Swann A delay of 45 minutes, on Tuesday, 9th January, due to frost on the greens left 19 members of El Plantio 2 Golf Society kicking their heels in frustration.

However, when the all clear sounded 5 teams of 3 players(who were given a 6 point advantage) over the sole team of 4, commenced a 'Waltz' team game.

Nearest the Pins, Hole 1 - Alan Janes, Hole 6 - Dave Boswell. 3rd Place, Lawrence Wanty, Brian Edwards, Chris Linathan - 73 points.

2nd Place, Alan Janes, Dave Boswell, Gary Needham, Mike Davies 79 points. 1st Place, Dave Swann, Alan Robinson, Brian Coupe - 84 points.

If anyone would like to join our Society, we play at El Plantio Golf Club every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday.

We use both courses - the Par 3 nine hole course and the main 18 hole course, so we cater for all abilities.

The membership rates are very competitive, so call for more details.

Anyone who wishes to play in the Society as a guest or join as a new member, contact Ian Henderson on 966 716 616 or 636 116 230

Great turnout for The Plaza GS Today the TPGS played at our favourite course, Villamartin. We had 44 playing with 2 reserves! A great turnout again. The greens where fast and tricky, and the tee boxes where virtually all on the white blocks. This resulted in some very average scoring!

A big shout out to Cam McHardy who secured the last place and a bottle of wine with a woeful 8pts and 4 of them were on 1 hole ! ??.

Best Lady Liz Sully. As usual we had a 2’s pot which was shared by Kev Rose, Kev Harmiston and Tom Malcolm.

The nearest the pins were sponsored by the TPGS and the winners were, Christian Attwood, Kev Rose, Wazza Harris, Linda Ottway and big bad Phil de Jaceup. Best guest was James Freeman off his plus 3 hcap with 34 pts. In the silver division David Ottway came 3rd with Bill Gillies 2nd with 32 and Ian Parkinson winning with a whopping 34.

In the gold division Declan Crowley came 3rd, Ronnie Temple came 2nd on countback with 34 but the leader on the day was big Phil de Laceup. Well done all!

For our next outing we return to La Finca, there are only a couple of spaces left so get your name down quick! Book online at www.theplazagolfsociety.com or slip into our clubhouse The Alehouse at Villamartin Plaza. A warm and friendly pub with steak bakes worth leaving home for.

Las Ramblas Social Club GS On a cold dark Monday morning we played a Texas Scramble starting earlier than usual with our new early T Time schedual the winners with a score of 61.6 were Olga Douglas, Alan Douglas, guests Mike and Liz. Wednesday we played a Stableford and as a result of our AGM held on Tyesday we are now only playing one category on the midweek competitions. The results therefor were as follows: 1st with a very good score of 41pts was Geoff Biggerstaff. 2nd John Collins 39 pts, 3rd Benedicte Kruse 34 pts, 4th Brian Staines 33 pts, 5th John Dobson 32 pts, 6th Olga Douglas 30 pts.

2´s Club Brian Staines, Benedicte Kruse and Hendrick Oldenzeil.

On Friday we played our Counters game and the winning team with a score of 91 pts were Lindsay Forbes, Joyce McClusky, John Dobson and Nora Betts.

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San Miguel Golf Society at La Marquesa

36 members eventually turned up to play at the well hidden La Marquesa Golf, of which the society had not played at for many a year due to the fact that there were never enough buggies for hire.

That has now been addressed by the owners.

Although the course was not in its best condition it was good to see that they were trying to improve the course with plenty of new trees being planted and a new tee being built on the 8th. Scoring was low meaning only three players bettered their handicaps, all winners in their respective categories. Play was a bit slow due to the fact that we were following another society who were playing a medal round. Having a two tee start meant that members did not have to hang around too long for the presentation.

The day’s stableford competition results, by category and in reverse order, were the following: Bronze Category: 4th Ken Flaherty (33), 3rd Keith Stevenson (34), 2nd Norman Padmore (35),

and 1st Chris Hamblett with 38 points.

Silver Category: 4th Theo Boelhouwer (33), 3rd Phil de Lacy (34), 2nd Mike Kaylor (34 c/b), and 1st Russell Bailey with 39 points Gold Category: 4th Darren Hancock (32), 3rd Norman Cahill (34), 2nd Roger Cain (35), and 1st Tony Sims with 37 points.

Nearest the pins on the par 3’s (open to all) went to Phil de Lacy (hole 5), Ivan Hanak (hole 11), Roger Cain (hole 15 ) and Brian Mulligan (hole17).

The Abacus was won by Kyree Skarsmoen.

Our thanks go to the staff at La Marquesa golf course for their contribution to an enjoyable day.

Keep up to date with all SMGS matters by logging on to our website www.smgs.org or simply give Captain Tony Smale a call on 628 227 687 or Robin Eastman 672 900 510 to find out more about the society and its weekly golf get-togethers.

Next week we will be at La Serena.

E U R O G O LF Monthly Me dal

On Thursday Eurogolf played a medal off the plates.

It was quite a blustery day but that didn´t deter some good scores although there were some relatively high scores in the prizes. Cat 1 1st Bill Martin 76 2nd Pete Cleaver 77 3rd Tony Forbes 78 Cat 2 1st Sue Gillett 77 2nd Fred Reeve 79 3rd Alan Venables 79 Cat 3 1st Carin Van De Krujis 71 2nd Martin Welsh 73 3rd David Valentine 74 Cat 4 1st Kevin Bonser 69 2nd Monique Reeve 71 3rd Norman Woods 76 NTP´s 5th Glen Roberts 11th Sharon Horne 12th in 2 Pete Cleaver 15th N/A 17th Norman Woods Best front 9 Terry Sayers 36 Best back 9 Gordon Bourne 34.5 January Medal winner Kevin Bonser, Football draw Steve Sayers Ian Pegg Tony Forbes Morag Turner and Bill Martin TUESDAY TOFFS On Tuesday, after an hours delay due to frost,

Toffs played their weekly stableford competition and the results were .

Cat 1 (0-15) 1st David Gregson 35 2nd Glen Roberts 34 3rd Sue Gillett 33 Cat 2 (16-22) 1st Ian Turner 37 2nd Bon Adkins 35 3rd Hedy Paeligh 34 Cat 3 (23-28) 1st Diane Bailey 39 2nd David Valentine 35 3rd Ken Brett 34 Cat 4 (26+) 1st Lauraine Walker 36 c/b 2nd Brian Jones 36 3rd Pam Cook 31 Overall Toffs winner Diane Bailey Best front 9 Linda Lynch 19 Best back 9 Alan Venables 20 NTPs 5th David Gregson 11th Geoff Evans 12th in 2 Pete Gartside 15th John Kirkwood 17th Brian Jones/Tommy Cotgrove Football draw George mcCallum Colin Hobden Bev Evans Tommy Cotgrove and Robin Richards.

If you would like to play at La Marquesa Tuesdays and Thursdays with one of the largest societies on the Costa Blanca please visit the website www.eurogolf-quesada.co.uk.

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T.M.G.S. back at old favourite For the first time in 18 months we visited one of our old favourites, Villamartin. We played this course for many years until the green fee was increased so much that it is just not affordable!

You may have noticed the up-turn in popularity of the courses on the Costa Blanca this is due mainly to northern Europeans not wanting to risk their lives in Turkey for a round of golf and I don’t blame them for that, however if it wasn’t for the residents of the Costa Blanca there wouldn’t be any courses to play on, why? Because during those dark days of the economic crisis it was the residents that kept the local courses going, now there are more players than tee times available and market forces prevail and the prices rise. What will happen when this subsides? The courses will be chasing the Societies again and in my 22 years of living here this is the 3rd time that I have seen this happen in the meantime those of us who have played on a weekly basis now find ourselves only being able to afford to play maybe two or three times a month!

Well back to our visit, we did however receive a warm welcome from the caddie masters Jose and Oliver just as if we hadn’t been away.

The course it’s self was in good condition especially the greens and as always true, but now Photo: extremely fast. Playing Gold category it’s full length high winners. scores were not expected

and it proved to be so with no player breaking par, in fact the best score of the day went to the winner of the Gold category, Jim Imrie who returned an impressive 35 points playing from handicap 4.

Competition Results: N.T.P.’s Hole 6 J. Imrie, Hole 9 J. Hillier, Hole 13 P. Skarnes, Hole 17 T. Sormul. H. Woerdemann and L. Williamson share the €36 from the 2’s pot. Best guest was Gordon Imrie 28 points H/Cap 3, Bronze cat. 3rd J. Hillier 25 pts. 2nd M. Mhyrvold 26 pts. 1st O. Haubner 31 pts. Silver category; 3rd D. Sullivan 31 pts. 2nd I. Parkinson 33 pts, 1st P. Skarnes 33 pts. L/H. Gold category; 3rd J. Eyre 229 pts. 2nd P. Bradley 32 pts. 1st J. Imrie 35 pts.

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EURONICS THURSDAY DART LEAGUE “THE ELECTRICAL SHOP” - BLUE LAGOON Match Results for 11th January 2018 (pts for win/draw) Junction Jaguars 2-10 Angels Tavern Oldies 9-3 Hub Hellraisers Hen's Teeth 5-7 Porter House Las Rosas 11-1 Amigos Misfits *Porter House Bees 0-7 Junction Jackals Pint depot Queens 4-8 Wee Rockers Ale House 5-7 El Capitan (*Porter House Bees v Junction Jackals – game forfeited to Jackals 0-7 due to shortage of players and no home venue as yet for PHB’s)

Hub Hyenas Junction Jackals El Capitan Porter House Las Rosas Tavern Oldies Angels Ale House Wee Rockers Junction Jaguars Hen's Teeth Porter House Bees Pint Depot Queens Amigo's Misfits Hub Hellraisers

P 10 10 10 10 11 11 10 11 10 11 10 10 10 10 10

Pts 20 18 17 16 15 13 13 12 10 7 3 3 3 3 1

Legs 93 81 85 78 82 74 72 66 56 52 42 39 37 35 21

180’s John Walker x 2 (El Capitan); Joe Miller (Hub Hyenas); Harvey Lane (Porter House Bees); Aroldas Klimonis (El Capitan), Eugene Gillespie (Tavern); Paul Durrant (Hyenas) Jeff Ward (Porter House); Andy Rutter (Junction Jackals); Angela Garside (Tavern Oldies), Mark Todd (Junction Jackals) Highest Check-out: Jordan Johnson (Ale House) 141 P-P Match: Junction Jackals v Porter House 8-4 (4th Jan) It was an important match as these two teams were in contention to challenge The Hub for the top spot. The teams wear similar coloured tops and one could be forgiven for thinking it was a bar full of Scotsmen!

The Jackals were the victors on the night with some fine scoring: Mark Todd 180 (first score in an 18-darter singles win), 140, 5 x100, S16-D16 (MOTM); Andy Rutter 140, 3 x 100, D4, D2; Lee Maiden 100 x 2, D1, bull; Paul Miller 105. The Porters only managed 5 x 100+ scores: Jeff Ward 2 x 100, D2, D5; Ray Sanderson 100, Mike Newbury 125 and Yvonne Roofrack’s 100 and fine win with Gnasher against Maiden and Galloway secured her as MOTM for the Porters.

P-P match: Porter House Bees v Pint Depot Queens 6-6 (9 Jan) With only 5 players, The Porterhouse Bees played their rescheduled match against the PD Queens at the Pint Depot this Tuesday following the cancellation of their last home game of 2017.

The girls, as always, gave the Bees a warm welcome to their venue and the evening trebles kicked off with the Queens' Lorraine (D2), Debbie & Pamela taking the first against Bees Gilly, Terry & Helen.

Into the second with Eddie (134) & Mel v Alison, Rachel and victorious Vi unsurprisingly taking the 2nd (Alison D2) what with the Bees being short of a player.

The Bees buzzed into action with trio Eddie, Gilly & Terry (D2 finish) smashing the third treble v Cheryl, Lynn & Lorraine. Onto the doubles Terry & Gilly v Alison & Vi with some good scoring from Vi 119 & 140, but not enough to quash the Kirby's (Terry D2). Bees Mel & Helen beat Debbie & Lynn to go ahead by one leg but sadly a lone Eddie lost out to Pamela & Rachel (D2).

After a very tasty chicken dish to warm us up Terry was on fire in the singles taking his third game (D11) against Debbie. Rachel (D12) v Mel, Eddie (D2) v Pam, Helen (D1) v Cheryl, Vi (D1) v Gilly and finally Lorraine (D10) v Eddie took the match to a 6 all draw. Lady of the match for the Queens Vi Turner, man of match for the Bees, Terry Kirby. Thank you to the Pint Depot for hosting this match.

Report by Gilly Kirby Las Rosas Bullies v Amigos Misfits 11-1 A great night and a very good win for the home team who took all the triples and doubles in succession and all but one of the singles.

Billy Naylor won MOTM for the misfits for his win against Jem Gledhill but Sonya Cooper also put in a good performance. Adrian Buitekaht secured MOTM for the bullies.

High scorers for the Bullies: Alan Preston 100, 118; Carlos Montes 2 x 100, 98; John Spencer 100, Cris Montes 120. Top darts for the Misfits: Ronnie Farrell 104, Sonya Cooper 98.

Junction Jaguars v Angels 2-10 Once again the score line doesn’t do justice to the Jaguars performance. The chaps went ahead in the first triples courtesy of a first dart out at D4 for Ron Chadwick.

The Jaguars then took the next triple with a 3-dart out on 100 by captain de Lacy S20-T20-D10- earning her MOTM. Patty Poo Schofield won her singles against Paul Gripwell to give us our 2nd point.

High scores for the boys: Martin Hastings 117, 133; Ron Chadwick 133. Ron finished all 4 legs he played in and was awarded MOTM. High scores for the Jags: Simone de Lacy 100, 121, 140, 95, 92, 80; Patty Poo Schofield 96, 85 x 2, 84; Lisa Ivill 117; Liz Cowan 81, 89; Lesley Eagles 85; Sharon Marshall 85. Angels’ captain Steve Glennon had a nice cake and a very happy birthday!

Torrevieja Darts - Ladies Organisation Gap Ladies 6-3 Friendly's Temps 2-7 Black Dog Ladies 3-6 Macklins Dolly Mix 1-8 Primadonnas 3-6 Gap Ladies 6-3 Friendly's Temps 3-6 Macklins Dolly Mix 6-3

Wildcats at Macklins El Balcon Chicas Gap Ladies Macklins Dolly Mixtures Friendly Chicas Black Dog Ladies Friendly's Temps Primadonnas

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L 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2

Pts. 6 6 6 4 4 2 2 2

Hot Darts: Chris Greenwood 140+138+132+124, Cynthia Jevons

140, Christine Pattinson 135, Eliz Cowan, Angela Mullen 125, Mitch Halliday 122+121, Elain Willis 121+115+104, Lin Cousins 121+109, Gail Murray 120, Anita Morfee 119+117, Marylyn Jackson, Sarah Grove 119, Lisa Alsop 118, Pam Horton 113, Lillian Thomson 112, Sheerin Sedat, Caroline Shepherd 111, Shirley Ward 108, Boreen Dobbs 106, Brenda Harper, Heather McCormack 105, Selma Dyer 104, Lorraine Veale, Bliss Wright, Ann Wharton, Beatty Powell 100 Highest Checkouts: 91 Angela Mullen, 88 Anita Morfee Bull Finishes: 72 Beatty Powell, 66 June Hawkins Ladies Pairs: Venues The Gap and The Friendly Bar. Captains please send your names to me by the 18th January latest.

We will do the Draw and let you know which venue your players need to be at by the 23rd January so you can let your players know.

In the meantime, another good week everyone, keep up the good work and enjoy your darts.

Pam Horton, 96 571 0066, Ladies Darts Coordinator, Emails: Dartess501@gmail.com

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Hen’s Teeth v Porter House 5 -7 A good result for the toothy cluckers this week, who although didn’t win, came pretty close against a very strong team who had Peter ‘Tufty’ Ayres back in the fold this week.

Peter had a cracking two-darter (72) T12-D18 and some high scores 100 x2, 140 but it was captain Brian ‘Gnasher’ Nash that scooped MOTM 125, S3-D20. Rays Sanderson and Hayes scored 100 apiece and Mike Newbury popped in a 125.

No Roofrack this week as she is enjoying a week on the slopes I suspect. The Hen’s Teeth also threw a few gooden’s:- Dave Shepherd 125, Henni Oortwijn 102, Mike Tierney 129 and MOTM Joe Cuyt 100, 105.

Pint Depot Queens v Wee Rockers 4-8 Well the queens got off to a flying start with Marie (75) Deb and Vi beating Ruth (92, 60) Winnie and Molly. All girls together and Marie got D20 to take the first game. However, Rachel, Ali and Pam faced the boys Allan (85, 100) Jim (79) and Graham (83) and Jim got D4 to make it 1-1. Third treble Lorraine (76) Lyn (72) Maggie against James, Allan (85, 85, 67) Wee Rocker Jim got D16 so they went 21 up.

On to the doubles Marie and Maggie (62) against Graham (100) and Ruth. Marie got D4 to level it 2-2. Looked set for a great close night.

3rd double Lyn (67) And Vi (63) couldn't beat Winnie and an in form Allan (85, 100) and D8 by Allan. 4th double Deb (90) and Lorraine (65, 76) v Jim and Molly. Jim was looking for a hat trick which he obliged by getting D1 to take the Wee Rockers into a 4-2 lead. So on to the singles. Pam put up a good fight (76,64) v Allan (100, 83, 60) but Allan wasn't going to be outshone and bang D4 to take the lead to 5-2.

Unfortunately, Lorraine (89,87) v Graham (d7) and Rachel (62,71) v James (93,80 d9) couldn't stop them going 7-2 up. So although we knew we had lost we were playing for pride in the last three games.

Deb (79) v Ruth and Deb got D1, Vi (61) v Jim (100) and Jim got D13 and Marie (80,79 d1) v Winnie (84). Marie was on a hat trick and didn't disappoint her Queens.

It was inevitable that Marie was made "man of the match" and Jim for the Wee Rockers as he got four of their doubles.

Report by Cheryl Sleath Singles Competitions: Please don’t forget to submit your entries for the Men’s and Ladies’ Singles Competitions. Round 1 Thursday 1st Feb, Round 2 Thursday 5th April. Please make sure you are available for both dates before entering. Deadline for entries Friday 19th January.

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from Manzanares, as Torry at long last got his was more like it. Desire, passion and endeavour are key words that have been CD Almoradi...................1 their act together. Buyo came to his sides ressadly missing from recent Torry disCD Torrevieja .................1 cue on the hour mark, punching away a danplays, but in the local derby at Almoradi, they gerous cross in a rare attacking move by the were very much in evidence. hosts. Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, it wasn't! For on 67 mins, A lot has happened since Torry made a return to Almoradi sub Jordi was allowed to run unchalPreferente division football with a home victory lenged at the defence, then from fully 30 yards against Almoradi, for the start of 2nd round of unleashed a blockbuster which beat Buyo all matches has seen both sides incur a recent poor ends up at his near post. All credit to Torry, run of form. for this setback failed to dampen spirits, suitAlmoradi are now into their 3rd manager, folably illustrated when striker Beltran watched lowing the midweek departure of Coco, who as his goalbound shot was spilled by the keeper, but alas no one was has been replaced temporarily by fitness coach Jose Gil. Both sides at hand to poke the ball home. need a good result for different reasons. Torry have slipped out of the play off zone, whilst Almoradi are perilously close to the relegaOn 81 mins, Marwane was agonizingly close to doubling his goals tion trap door. For this latest encounter inside Sadrian stadium, tally when his back header skimmed the far post, then from the next Pedreno elected to replace suspended Walid with free from suspenattack, Manu's low shot brought off involved Mazaneres pulling off sion Vicente in centre of defence, also restoring him as Torry's capanother important save. tain.

In an explosive start to procedings, Beltran struck a fierce 30 yard free kick which brought off a tremendous save from home keeper Manzanares, inside the opening minute. Nine minutes later, Saul was put through on goal, but with only keeper Buyo to beat, he horribly screwed his shot well wide of the Torry goal. On 16 mins, a close range header was blocked on the line by Borja, then on 35 mins from a corner, Benja headed just over at the far post from close range. Almoradi totally dominated first half proceedings, as Torry were relieved to enter half time with their goal still in tact.

No sooner had I returned from the club cafe with a much needed beer, than Torry surprisingly opened the the scoring. A delightful Juanpe assist found top scorer Marwane, who from the edge of the box blasted home, much to the delight of players and fans alike. Soon after, Vicente provided an inch perfect cross for Borja to force a good save This was a more encouraging performance from Torry

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Deep into stoppage time, Marwane stupidly got involved in an off the ball skirmish, resulting in a red card for presumably striking an opponent. With virtually the last kick of the match, Almoradi sub Polo should have won it for them, but with an open goal at his mercy, he shot miles (well, at least 3 yard) wide.

This result means that Torry remain in 6th place, with the honour of not only having conceded the least number of goals, but also having scored the least. They are now 8 points behind leaders Jove Espanol, and go into next weekends match at Villena without main striker Marwane, who will now serve a ban of at least 3 matches. For the 2nd week on the trot they pressed the self destruct button, leaving manager Pedreno with an almighty headache as to where future goals will come from!

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Ingrid Wilms 189 Ingrid Wilms 215 Ingrid Wilms 460 Ingrid Wilms 538

Diego Munoz 243 Diego Munoz 267 Diego Munoz 615 Diego Munoz 687

Gi Gi's Hookers S***T Happens Strike Force Sol Amigos Sunrise Colegas Pin Pushers Pin Pals 999s The Bandits Alley Cats Alley Gators The Phantoms

P 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33

W 31 27 26 26 25 25 24 22 21 19 18 0

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Tot Gms 22797 33 23152 33 22763 33 22487 33 23139 33 22403 33 22551 33 22063 33 22444 33 22361 33 22472 33 17160 33

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