CD THADER PROMOTED TO NEW COMMUNITY LEAGUE La Marina Golf

It's official. Following their 9th place finish in Preferente Division last season, CD Thader have been promoted to the newly formed Lliga Comunitat (Community League). This division is 1 step away from 3rd RFEF, and a step up from Preferente Div football.

Club president and captain, Lloyd Dummett, told me that everyone involved is over the moon, at the challenge of playing football at a higher-level next season. So, what will the composition of this new 16 team div be, you may well ask?

Well, it is basically made up of the top 9 teams from last season's Preferente Div group 4 (Thader's group), 6 from group 3, plus Hercules CF 'B', who were relegated from 3rd RFEF. There will be more longer journeys for the men in blue and white stripes, as only Callosa and Redovan remain from the Vega Baja region.

This week was the 2nd round of the Summer Cup for the members of the La Marina Golf Society.

The venue for todayís game was the El Plantio golf course, whilst a few of the fairways were still under repair the greens were in excellent condition.

The Spanish sunshine was in full swing which made for a very hot day and those cold pints back at the La Marina Sports Complex were a welcome sight.

In third place for todayís game with 39 pts was Club

Captain Iain Lyall in second place on countback with 40 pts was Colin Taylor and todayís winner also with 40 pts was Sue Saunders. Our Captain Iain Lyall was also on hand to present the winners with their prizes. The nearest the pin winners were Iain Lyall for hole 7, for hole 9 was Charlotte Tranberg, for hole 14 was Hans Mikaelsson and hole 18 was Gerry McCabe. The 2ís pot was shared between Iain and Charlotte. Well done to the dayís winners

LO CRISPIN GS @ VILLAMARTIN

At Villamartin Golf on 28th. June 27 members and 2 guests 'teed it up' to compete for the Society's Committee Trophy. The sun shone throughout the day and the heat made concentration difficult at times. Nevertheless, some decent scores were made.

The course was in very good shape, but the greens were not as fast, as might have been expected. As customary we returned to the Lo Crispin Tavern, where we were supplied with Tapas and the Day's prizes distributed.

Gold Division: 1st Place - Steve Price 34 pts off 21 and Winner of The Committee Trophy. 2nd Place - Ian Stuart 33 pts off 15 3rd Place - Sarah Potter 30 pts off 4

Silver Division: 1st Place - Keith Rennison 33 pts off 29, 2nd Place - Ray Pownall 31 pts off 29, 3rd Place - Andrew Mattey 30 pts off 31

N.T.P. on Par 3s: Hole 6 - Andy Quinn, Hole 9 - Steve King, Hole 13 - Ian Stuart, Hole 17 - Mike Ellson

As there were no 2s on the day the 'Pot' will roll over until our next game, an Individual Stableford at Roda on 12th. July.

Finally the Free Game Draw was won by Ray Moles. Steve Harrington.( Membership and Handicap Secretary)

For the die hard Thader anoraks, there are a host of new grounds to visit. Starting with Alicante based Hercules 'B', there will also be Olimpic Xativa, Tavernes, Denia, Javea, Calpe & L'Olleria. Also promoted from group 4 are Eldense 'B', Benidorm, CFI Alicante, Santa Pola, Crevillente & La Nucia 'B'. Age has caught up with some of last season's players, forcing them to hang up their boots. Miguel & Ruben have fallen into this category, although Ruben remains as director of football. Also leaving the club is manager Adrian Pastor, who has handed over the reins to Noe Gracia Martinez. Noe previously spent 5 seasons as a player at Thader, and arrives having taken club Costa City to the play off with the u19 team.

Both Noe & Ruben have been working hard towards signing new, and renewals of existing players, of which goalkeeper Chema is the first to sign on the dotted line. They have also recruited 27-year-old Alberto Sagarzazu from Catral. Alberto is a versatile player, who can play on either wing in both midfield and defence, whom fans may recognise, as he also played for the club before.