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Competa enjoy their trip out West! EWN Walking Football Over 50s League
• EL CANADON 3 v 4 Competa Boca ‘Barbarians’ (friendly)
This friendly fixture took place first on the evening’s bill and, as the scoreline suggests, it was a keenly contested match with just a single goal making the difference in favour of the visitors.
• El Canadon 2 v 7 Competa Boca Seniors
This league fixture was the main event of the evening and, although again hard fought, Competa came away with the spoils with a more emphatic scoreline. By half time, they were 13 to the good but still leaving the home side with a chance to fight back. However, in the second half the visitors piled on the pressure, scoring some wellworked goals, and their defence limited El Canadon to scoring only from penal ties given for running offences, rather than goals from open play. Both games were excellently refereed, encouraging freeflowing football!
• BAHA Whiskey Cup
Update
Semi Final: Malaga v Nerja United, on the evening of Tuesday March
28. Good luck to both teams! The winners will play Walking Dead in the final.
• Eurocopa Walking Football Tournament 2023
Last week, the draw took place for the forthcoming Eurocopa Tournament in Albufeira, Portugal. This promises to be one of Europe’s walking football highlights of the year and includes teams from our league, as well as other teams resident in Spain and those from further afield.
And remember……
Walking Dead WFC are staging a Gala evening at the Millenium Cocktail Bar, Calahonda, Saturday March 25, all proceeds going to Prostate Cancer UK. And keep up to date by accessing walkingfooty. com on Facebook!
PROPOSALS have been unveiled in a bid to limit hitting distance for elite golfers.
In what is certain to be a major story in the months and years to come, the R&A and USGA have re vealed their joint propos al for a Model Local Rule (MLR) that gives competition organisers the option to require use of golf balls which are tested under modified launch conditions to address the impacts of hitting distance in golf.
The MLR is intended for use only in elite competitions and, if adopted, will have no impact on recreational golf.
Golf balls that conform to the MLR must not exceed the current Overall Distance Standard (ODS) limit of 317 yards (plus three yards tolerance) at modified Actual Launch Conditions (ALC) with a clubhead speed of 127 mph and based on a calibration setup for 11 degrees and 37 revolutions per second (2220 rpm) as part of this proposal.
All other balls, including those typically used by recreational golfers with lower swing speeds, would continue to be tested using the existing ALC values (120 mph, and a calibration setup of 10 degrees and 42 revolutions per second 2520 rpm).
