Los Bandidos Champions awarded

ALMERIA City Council has honoured the Unicaja Junior Volley Club for their achievements during the season.

SIX brave Los Bandidos took on the 16th Almeria Sprint Triathlon at Playa del Zapillo in Almeria.

The race consisted of a 750m sea swim, a four-lap 20k cycle and a two-lap 5k run. The men set off first and 10 minutes later the ladies entered the water.

Sea conditions were perfect, calm and flat and no jellyfish! The bike leg was fast and flat and the run was flat and hot, along the Paseo.

The first man crossed the finish line in 1:02:01 and the first lady in 1:12:05, 150 men finished the race and 34 ladies. All finishers received a commemorative t-shirt and a banana!

Los Bandidos was set up in June 2018 with a small group running the 5k Mojacar Paseo, and now the group includes road cycling, sea swimming and triathlon groups.

All ages, nationalities and speeds are welcome, whether permanent residents or holidaymakers.

They are very sociable and most sessions are followed by a post-activity coffee, cake or breakfast, depending on the time of day.

Follow the group on Facebook to keep up-to-date with their latest activities (facebook.com/groups/490933409244200).

The councillor for Sports, José Antonio García, expressed his gratitude to the boys “for taking the name of the province of Almeria to the highest national level,” as well as to the club “for the work it is doing, as it is not only committed to the first team, but is also firmly committed to the youth team, and is taking steps to open up to women’s sport.”

Juan Cayuela, territorial director for Eastern Andalu-

ROQUETAS DE MAR Town Hall is once again putting out to tender the contracts for the surveillance and security service and the supply of portable toilets for the local street market on Thursdays.

The first contract has a total budget of €28,000 and the second contract €7,000. Both contracts will last for one year, extendable for a further year.

The security service will consist of four security guards who will have to cia of Unicaja Banco, which is the team’s main sponsor together with the Unicaja Banking Foundation, said it