ISSUE NO. 1642
22 - 28 December 2016
AXARQUÍA - COSTA TROPICAL YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION
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Sporting hero’s charity challenge A LOCAL sportsman will embark on a huge challenge, running and cycling across 300km of Axarquia in just 24 hours. Christian de la Cruz will bike 230km and run 70km to raise funds for a children’s charity on December 28. He is a key member of #AxarquiAlimite, a team of local heroes who take on extreme sporting challenges for different causes. This year the group hopes to raise funds for the Association of Children’s Oncology Volunteers (AVOI). The challenge will see Christian power himself through 17 municipalities across Axarquia. Departing from Velez-Malaga, he will cycle up through Periana, Colmenar, Nerja, Frigiliana, Torrox and Competa among others before finishing at Algarrobo. After a quick change and a bite to eat he will embark on a chilly overnight climb to the Maroma, the highest peak in Malaga Province, in the Sierra Tejeda. Discipline will be key to his success, according to Christian, who last year ran 150km in just 30 hours for charity. He has invited any
A YOUNG man has been arrested and two teenage girls are under investigation for allegedly sharing nude photos of a schoolgirl on social media. Staff of a secondary school in Velez-Malaga alerted the student’s parents and the Guardia Civil was informed. See page 4
Crown it all Photo Credit AxarquiALimite/Facebook.
By Matthew Elliott
WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
KING FELIPE VI will be the president of honour of the organising committee of ForoTransfiere, which will be holding its
sixth edition in Malaga on February 15-16. The forum for science, technology and innovation has become the main event of its type See page 5
Paramedic pique LA HERRADURA’s request for its own ambulance service has been turned down by the Andalucian Health Service, after the au-
thority decided that those in Almuñecar are close enough to cover the area. See page 6
Perilous plummet mA GERMAN man was badly injured when he was involved in a paragliding accident near Almuñecar-La Herradura. The man, 51, was discovered on the terrace of a farmhouse in the Loma del Gato area. See page 7
Christian de la Cruz has invited local athletes to join him on December 28.
interested local athletes to join the team for all or part of the route as #AxarquiAlimite hope to shatter previous fundraising efforts. There will be a support car in tow filming participants, keeping donors abreast of events on social media, and, of course, carrying first aid equipment and emergency supplies.
Christian says all funds raised will go directly to AVOI and its efforts across Malaga, training and providing volunteers to help children with cancer. His efforts are being supported by many local Axarquia businesses. Anyone interested in helping children at Christmas and inspiring Christian on the huge task ahead can
donate to either AVOI or contact #AxarquiAlimite online.
Deadly deluge THE storms which hammered the Mediterranean coastline over the past week left widespread damage and claimed numerous lives, with six people reported dead along the southern coast of Spain. See page 12