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ICC Europe Conference to be held at Lord’s Cricket Ground......................................... ICC Europe Conference to be held at Lord’s Cricket Ground Providing a Platform for Success The ICC European Conference 2012 will be hosted at Lord’s Cricket Ground by ICC Europe bringing together all 30 European Associate and Affiliate members of the International Cricket Council on 30 April and 1 May 2012. The conference strap line ‘providing a platform for success’ to be held over two days invites all European member countries to London to take part in a workshop, plenary and interactive conference with invited speakers from across cricket and other sports. The sessions will include topics on the four P’s developing Partnerships, increasing Participation, enhancing Policy and improving Performance. Nick Pink, ICC Regional Development Manager remarks that “this is an exciting opportunity to bring together all of ICC Europe’s members alongside many high profile speakers and presenters from around the world of cricket and sports administration. The 4 P’s are fundamental to what we all do and it should be a great two day platform.” A range of speakers have been invited from the world of sport including include Debbie Lye, Director of International Development at UK Sport; Danny Kazandjian, General Manager at The Rugby League European Federation; Joy Tottman, Sport & Recreation Alliance’s Governance & Compliance Officer; Pedro Velazquez, Head of the Sports Unit at the Directorate General for Education & Culture at the European Commission; Paul Shaw, Women’s and Girl’s High Performance Manager and Clare Connor, Head of Women’s Cricket from the England &
Alongside the conference will be an interactive session which brings together ICC Europe’s partners and suppliers including Cricket 4 Change, Cricket Factory, CP Sport, Notts Sport, Surridge, Flicx, Kookaburra and PCM Risk Solutions. This is an opportunity for ICC Europe members to experience a range of creative cricket products as well as Cricket 4 Change street cricket, Flicx’s crazy catch minute challenge and the innovative Cricket Factory. Mark Moodley, General Manager for France Cricket who is leading one of the workshop sessions says, “I am very excited by the conference programme I am hoping that the information coming out of the workshops, interactive and plenary sessions will help and inspire all countries in their efforts. The information obtained I hope will also help the ICC European region to make those crucial re-adjustments that are necessary to help us develop the game across our continent.” Concluded Mark Moodley. The ICC European Conference aims to improve the game of cricket in Europe in partnership, participation, policy and performance. For more information go to: www.icc-europe.org
TORREGOLF.EU at Hacienda Riquelme Thursday the 26th. Saw us descending for the first time on this Jack Niklaus course on a beautiful day but a little wind to make every one think about club selection in order to avoid the many bunkers, renowned JN obstacles, on the way to the pin and when one arrived at the green, to be greeted by some great greens that needed very careful reading. On the whole a great day but generally our members struggled with the lay out and the slow greens and this was reflected in generally low scores. The winners on the day were first the course and then followed by in Category 1. 1st. Sally Brian with 39 points, 2nd. Paul Hurrell 34 points, 3rd.Jane Woodward with 31. Category 2. 1st. Peter Wells 35 points 2nd.
Orihuela Costa F.C. Cadetes 3 v’s Sporting Guardamar C.F. 0......................
Wales Cricket Board.
Joy Tottman is leading a session on good governance which is vital in her experience; “Good governance is essential to the success of sports organisations. Having good governance enables an organisation to be effective at whatever it is trying to achieve and is a way of planning success. I am looking forward to sharing ideas on good governance and hearing from the ICC European members on the issues they face so we can work through solutions together,” states Tottman.
Vince Lannon 31 and 3rd.Con Moore 29 points. Category 3. 1st. Terry Sangwine 27 points 2nd. Roger Twigg 26 3rd. Mike Zebedee 25 Our 4 nearest the pin winners were Hole 5 and 7 Joyce Paterson Hole 15 Mike Zebedee and Hole 17. Jane Woodward Our next outing is the Alenda Golf on Tuesday 14th.May and then Font del Llop on the Friday 1st.June. For those interested in joining us, membership of 10 Euros will see you through till the end of July 2013 for the fastest growing golf club here on the Costas. For more details call David Winder on 626774157 or email him at davidwinder.torregolf@gmail. com. Photograph show some of the winners on the day
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Torrevieja Swimmers
Pre Benjamin and Masters Torrevieja Swimmers race this weekend. Saturday 28th April saw the last of the League events for the Prebenjamin category and Masters in the region. The morning saw 8 year old Artem Nikolaev and 7 year old Amy Connolly swim the 50m freestyle and 50m breaststroke events in the Municipal pool, San Vicente. Swimming first Artem gained 13th position from 46 swimmers in the freestyle and Amy 21st place. Followed quickly by the 50m breaststroke both worked hard in a stroke not competed in before to earn times for Artem of 1:01:98 and Amy 1:18:54. This places both in the middle of the rankings across the region of Valencia. Then the club travelled across to the Centro Excursionista Eldense pool in Elda for the afternoons Masters Competition. Vicki Connolly then swam the 200m freestyle
in the 45 – 49 year category with a time of 3:09:52. This was followed 3 minutes later with the 50m breastroke event. Tired but persistent, Vicki improved upon her previous time by 1 second and was beaten by Maria Martinez from Club Natacion Almansa by only 17 hundredths’ of a second with a time of 47:87. The Torrevieja swimming club is always looking to invite new members. The club meets each evening, in three sessions, Monday to Friday between 5.30pm and 9pm. The club trains in the 50m pool at the Palacio de Deportes Infanta Cristina, Torrevieja. For more information regarding Torrevieja Swimming Club please contact Eddie Cagigao on 637869602, Rosa - 665454126 or President Felipe on 609418776 or by e-mail on ecagigao@hotmail.com or at info@clubnataciontorrevieja.com
San Fulgencio Vs C.F. Dama De Elche
This was a game we really need to win today if we expected any chance of a miracle to get promoted because we were 7 points behind second place and knowing that this was the case you could expect The Saints to come straight out of the traps and put Dama De Elche under intense pressure. 15 minutes in and Elche broke and were towards goal when Sergio stepped in and broke up Elche’s attack and then passed the ball to Libby who again beat the defender but shot wide. Then, 40 minutes into the game, Elche attacked in force, the ball was passed to their left winger who ran into The Saints penalty area and beat Jovi. Somehow the Saints were 1 nil down. The kick off was taken and again the Saints attacked , Samu was bought down and Jairo took the free kick, he passed to Fernando who in turn passed to Libbi who put a great cross into Elche’s penalty area but there was no one there, so the first half ending 0-1 to Elche. The second half started like the first half. From the kick off Gary got the ball and passed to Kiki who put another great cross into Elche’s penalty but like the first half there was no one there. This was a game that desperately needed the striking power of Giaco who was unfortunately injured for this game. Within the first five minutes Fernando put Elche under pressure when he passed the ball to Libbi who again forced a corner. Sergio took the corner again no one able to capitalise on the pressure, the ball came out to Jairo who laid the ball off to Libbi who put the ball into Elche’s goal mouth again but it was easily taken by their goalie. This guy was not going to be easy to beat as was shown in the away game where the Saints put Elche under pressure at their home ground but he could
not be beaten in that game. The Saints moved forward all the time trying to find an equaliser that was proving to be difficult to get, there were corners after corners. Again Libbi took a corner and nearly every player from the Saints moved into Elche’s goal mouth and Victor nearly headed the goal that was needed to bring the score all level. Then the strangest thing I have ever seen regarding substitutions. Jovi the Saints goal keeper came over to the bench and took his goalkeeper’s shirt off, OH NO! Everyone thought, he’s our best player he can’t be being subbed but no! He then put on a Red Shirt and went up front, Sergio came off injured and Soriano went into goal. Was this going to be a great idea or a complete mistake, moving a goalie to an attacker, I know he’s a great player but................. It was no mistake Jovi was as good up front as he is in goal. The Saints attacked again and Jovi was bought down in Elche’s penalty area. A penalty, no way said the ref. Time was running out for the Saints Victor got the ball just outsides the Saint’s penalty area and he looked up and hit a speculative ball forward which landed at Carlos’s feet, he along with a few other Saints players looked well off side but he did what all good players should do and played to the whistle, he went forward with the ball. Elche’s goalie stood tall but Carlos who had just came on took no notice and slotted the ball into the net 1-1 in a game that the Saints deserved at least a point. Soon after, the whistle went and the game was over- a draw. The Saints promotion hopes now are gone and all that we can do is look forward to next season where with a bit more luck things might be.
Sponsored By : Morgans Bar - Amber Pools - The Shandon Bells Bar - Sunworld Properties The Central Grille - Specsavers - Blue Hill Security Grilles Morgans On The Plaza. After a difficult game last week against the league champions Benejuzar it wasn’t going to get any easier as Costa had to entertain second placed Guardamar. The last time these two clubs faced each other Costa took a 9 - 0 hammering. Costa though this week were in fine form and should have opened the scoring on four minutes when Alex Cope hit the cross bar from his corner kick. Sam Broadway was next on 17 mins saw his strike just go wide. Costa were awarded a free kick from some distance outside the Guardamar area but this didn’t stop Glen Lawton from striking a fierce shot which beat the stranded keeper to put Costa 1 - 0 up. One minute later some amazing skill & solo run down Costa’s right wing from Gummi Gudmundsson saw his good effort saved by the keeper. Through out the Costa team in every position each Costa player was giving 100% and they got what they deserved on 35 mins when Alex Cope struck the back of the net from a run on the left side. Costa went in 2 - 0 up at half time and went into the second half not letting up the pressure. Broadway again unlucky when his shot had beaten the keeper but only to
see it hit the post. Liam Nicholas, Jamie Cockroft, Patrick Bass & Jack Roulston were in amazing form and worked hard to give Costa keeper Scott Brunton and the clubs first clean sheet and on 77 minutes Alex Cope put the game to bed with another great strike to give Costa a 3 0 win over a much respected second placed side. Next week Costa travel away to Elche. For more information on Orihuela Costa F.C. call George on :679 77 44 88 or visit www. orihuelacostafc.com The team train & play their games at the fantastic C.D.M. astro turf pitch at Playa Flamenca. Training every tuesday & thursday 18:30 - 20:00. The club are currently looking for new players to join them.
Lo Crispin Golf Society.......... Lo Crispin Golf Society at Altorreal on 25th April 2012
36 Members and Guests turned out for a singles stableford competition on a very sunny and warm day at Altorreal Golf Course in Murcia. The Course wasn’t in great condition as work had recently been carried out to the greens which reflected the low scores recorded. Results for the day, Gold Category 1st Phil Rhodes 32 pts 2nd Carl Peden 30 pts 3rd Meirion Roberts 29 pts Silver Category 1st John Featherstone 30 pts
c/b 2nd Gordon Cobb 30 Pts c/b 3rd Dicky Claeys 28 pts c/b Bronze Category 1st Steve Cosgrove 32 pts 2nd David Dodd 30 pts c/b 3rd Scott Blair 30 pts c/b Nearest the Pins Hole 2 in 2 Harry Wilcock Hole 9 in 3 None recorded Hole 14 in 2 Nick Capasso Hole 17 in 1 Bill Acton There was no 2’s’ recorded on the day so the fund will role over to our next game which is our Spring Cup event at Lo Romero. Our thanks go to David and the staff at the Lo Crispin Tavern for the after game refreshments.
Fairways Golf Society........... Vistabella Thursday 26th.April
Whilst the hollow tining of greens is accepted as a necessary evil by the majority of golfers,and is frequently given as an excuse for poor scoring,there is no way that the participants playing today needed any excuses whatsoever.Indeed,if the higher than average scoring is anything to go by,some of our members might well choose to play only on freshly treated greens in future. Leading the field on c/b with an impressive 38 points was Ali Rich,closely followed by Jack Molenaar also with 38 points. In third place was Graham Lawrence with 37 points.The handicap secretary should be in his element this week! Best front nine with 20 points was Stuart Taylor,and best back nine was Phil Bowditch with 19 points. Graham Lawrence won the
nearest the pin and John Saunders won the longest drive. There was no 2 ball winner,so the kitty will roll over. Following the changes implemented at this course,we were allowed to play an additional 4 holes,taking us back to the clubhouse. The 4 hole competition was won by Steve Hamilton. Members are reminded that the next outing will be Captain’s Day,at El Plantio,when we will play the 9 hole course first,followed by a bacon roll and tea or coffee,before then tackling the 18 hole course. After a drink,we will then return to Fairwayz for a buffet meal and the prizegiving. Because of the early start on the 9 hole course (0830 hrs.) members are asked to be at the course for 0745 hrs.
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