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10 - 16 December 2015 / Axarquía - Costa Tropical
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Golf matches in Nerja SOCIETY competitions LOS MORISCOS November 27
Anoreta Monday November 30 Individual Stableford Overall winner: Sean Daly Ladies 1st, Lyn McAllister. 2nd, Esther McClenaghan. Men 1st, Rod Oldham. 2nd, Pete Thompson. Twos Pete Thompson. Baviera December 1. Ladies Day Dubai Stableford four-three-two 1st team Marney Dick, Russell Dick, Mike Frayne & George Reid, 113 points 2nd team Kate Fairbrother, Ian Fairbrothe, Carl Langley and Mark Langley, 107 points 3rd team Marion Fraser. Ian Fraser, Derek Geelon and Jeffrey Puckett, 104 points 4th team Gill Sibson, Derek Sibson, Ray Craig & Rob Nicholson, 103 points Las Gabias November 30. Individual Stableford Overall Winner Ian Farebrother, Hcp 14, 36 points. Ladies 1st, Bridget Lloyd-Edwards, Hcp 28, 31 points 2nd, Marion Fraser, Hcp 21, 30 points 3rd, Karen Nuttell, Hcp 30, 26 points Men 1st, Mark Langley, Hcp 21, 34 points. 2nd, Alan Worthington, Hcp 13, 34 points. 3rd, Derek Lowe, Hcp 25, 33 points. 4th, Barney Downey, Hcp 17, 32 points. Best Front nine Lady, Pat Lowe. Man, Stewart Green. Best Back nine Lady, Pam Cooper. Man, Alan Lloyd-Edwards.
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Italian athletes face bans after investigation TWENTY-SIX may be charged for drug offences LEICESTER CITY: League leaders.
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Two Ball, Better Ball 1st, Pepe Gil & Montse Mendi , 41 points. 2nd, Mac Farman & Mark Langley, 40 points. 3rd, Tony Downey & Denise Downey, 38 points. 4th, Gillian Green & Terry Everett, 38 points. 5th, Esther McClenaghan & David Galloway, 37 points. Twos: Crispin Williams & Mike Denny , Stewart Green & Mike Moses. Brian Wiggins & Peter Oram, Mac Farman & Mark Langley and Morris Lightfoot & Terry Oxford. The sting in the tail of this better ball competition was that each player had to contribute seven scores. It worked well, no player dominated the game and most came in quite happy!
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Manchester City took on Borussia Monchengladbach and last night, Arsenal needed to beat Olympiakos by two goals in Cyprus. • This evening Fenerbahce play Celtic in Turkey, Liverpool visit FC Sion in Switzerland and Tottenham meet Monaco, all in the Europa League. • The draw for the 3rd round of the FA Cup, made on Monday, includes: ArsenalSunderland, BirminghamBournemouth, Chelsea-Leyton Orient or Scunthorpe, EvertonDagenham & Redbridge or Whitehawk, Exeter-Liverpool, Manchester United-Sheffield United, Norwich-Manchester City, Oxford-Swansea, Salford City or Hartlepool-Derby County, Southampton-Crystal Palace, Spurs-Leicester (a re-run of the 1961 final), WatfordNewcastle, West Ham-Wolves and Wycombe-Aston Villa. • The 32 ties will be played between the January 8 - 11. • On Saturday, the draw takes place for the Euro 2016 Championships in France. Next month’s League Cup semifinals will feature LiverpoolStoke City and Manchester City-Everton. For Liverpool it will be their 16th last four appearance. • Despite fielding six reserves, Barcelona whipped Villanovese 6-1 before 68,000 fans at the Nou Camp to reach the last 16 of the Copa Del Rey. Soon after the La Liga leaders drew 1-1 at Valencia, managed now of course by Gary Neville. • Real Madrid have been thrown out of the Spanish Cup for fielding an illegible player, Russian Denis Cheryshev, in a first leg tie in Cadiz. • This weekend the top PL games are (on Saturday) Manchester City v Swansea City (early kick-off) and Bournemouth v Manchester United, followed on Sunday by Aston Villa v Arsenal, Liverpool v WBA and Spurs v Newcastle United. • Police have arrested several more high-ranking FIFA officials in relation to the bribery scandal. At least 16 members could now face charges of corruption and money-
laundering. Last Monday’s BBC Panorama programme revealed that President Sepp Blatter and his cronies may well have been involved in a one billion US dollar organised crime syndicate. • FIFA will announce a £67 million loss on the last financial year. Where has all the money gone, we ask? • And there is now a strong possibility that the number of countries who will compete in the World Cup finals, could rise to 40. Round and about • Twenty-six Italian athletes face bans following an investigation by the country’s drug authorities. • Aussie Neil Robertson (with a brilliant maximum 147 break) beat Liang Wenbo (China) in the UK snooker final in York. • And Marc Leishman made it a double for Australia by pipping Swede Henrik Stenson to win the Sun City golf challenge. Elsewhere, the American Bubba Watson and Spain’s Sergio Garcia (with his first triumph in two years) also registered tournament victories last weekend. • Former top golfer and world champion Tiger Woods is now ranked 400th in the world
rankings, and three tournaments this month are the Ladies Masters in Dubai, December 912, the USPGA in Florida, 1012 and the USPGA in Orlando, 12-13. • Fiji beat England 28-17 in
the final of the Rugby Sevens in Dubai. • In F1, Toro Rosso will switch to Ferrari next year, Renault have confirmed the Lotus takeover and Red Bull have secured a Renault deal. • My choice for BBC Sports Personality of the Year is Andy Murray with Lewis Hamilton a close second.