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| Welcome to La Manga Club Spanish Holiday News - the place to find the latest Spanish holiday information and news. Use the categories on the left for all the news about La Manga Club, Spanish Holidays, Golf Holidays and Tennis Holidays. Please also browse our Spanish Holiday features section. | |
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Bowling team enjoys playing at La Manga Club |
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 The team from Lemon Tree Bowls Club apparently had a great time playing at La Manga Club earlier this month.
An article in the Leader Newspaper, with contributions from Ian Boothroyd, revealed the side to have played their last match of the winter season at the luxury holiday resort in Murcia on April 2nd and, apart from failing to score well, they had a lot of fun.
"We had heard all sorts of things about the green but we had a most enjoyable game," the piece read. "Played in a fantastic atmosphere and with very friendly opponents, we had an enjoyable day.
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Top cricket academies heading to La Manga Club |
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 Two of Europe's top cricket academies are at La Manga Club this month for annual events.
The ICC European Centre of Excellence arrived at the luxury holiday resort in Spain yesterday (April 6th) and will be there for seven days, with talented youth players between the ages of 13 and 17 taking to the nets at the Murcia destination.
A couple of days later, on April 14th, the ICC European Women's Academy will take their place with a week-long stint of their own.
Their event is for female cricketers targeting selection by the national sides of three of ICC Europe's main associate countries - Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands.
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La Manga Club's Advanced Football Academy in the spotlight |
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 The La Manga Club blog has picked out the luxury holiday resort in Spain's new Advanced Football Academy (AFA) as one of the highlights of its 2010 sports offering.
Held at the world-renowned La Manga Club Professional Football Centre, the AFA "offers a more intensive programme" than the standard five-day Football Academy for three to 16-year-olds, with budding soccer stars aged between 13 and 18 able to attend two daily sessions.
Fitness and stamina are the focus of the morning's training (between 09:00 and 10:00 local time), while technical skills are concentrated on in the afternoon (between 16:00 and 17:30).
The price per week of an individual child attending both lots of sessions is €275 (£242), while it costs €250 a head to do just the technical work.
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La Manga Club offers chocolate treatment specials |
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 La Manga Club, the luxury holiday resort in Spain, has launched some special offers on chocolate treatments as part of its Easter holiday celebrations.
Starting yesterday (April 5th) and running throughout this month, Spa La Manga Club is giving visitors the opportunity to enjoy its Chocotherapy - The Full Works package for €90 (£79.42).
The deal includes a body scrub, a chocolate body wrap and a full-body chocolate massage, and those booking the treatment will receive complimentary access to all the spa's facilities, such as the Jacuzzi area and fitness centre.
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La Manga Club charity tennis event "a big success" |
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 The recent Easter charity singles tennis tournament at La Manga Club has been dubbed "a big success" on the resort's official blog.
A total of 56 athletes - made up from 32 doubles and 24 junior players - took part in the competition between April 2nd and 4th and dozens of spectators turned out to watch, with the action captured in a number of photos available on the resort's website.
Alongside the singles tournament, the event also featured a special doubles match featuring some of the La Manga Club tennis pros and Feliciano Lopez, who has reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon on two separate occasions and is currently ranked number 35 in the official ATP world standings.
The money raised from the tennis is set to go towards relief efforts in Haiti and the Fundacion Alda charity, which aids children in vulnerable areas within the South American country of Paraguay.
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La Manga Club receives top golf holiday nominations |
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 Golf holidays favourite La Manga Club has received three nominations in this year's World Travel Awards.
The Murcia attraction is in the running to pick up gongs for being Spain's leading golf resort, Europe's leading golf resort and Europe's leading golf and leisure resort and chief executive Adrian Constant claimed to be "delighted" to receive such recognition from the Oscars of the tourism industry.
Noting that La Manga Club has "led the way" for European resort destinations since being the first to launch almost four decades ago, he stated: "These nominations are the latest in a long line of plaudits to highlight the fact that La Manga Club is one of the finest resorts in the world."
The awards are voted for by the general public as well as industry professionals, representing well over 100,000 travel agencies in more than 100 countries around the world.
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Holidaymakers 'wasting money on card fees' |
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 British travellers wasted millions of pounds on avoidable card fees during their holidays to Spain and other destinations last year, according the new research.
Figures published by currency provider CaxonFX show that holidaymakers could save an estimated £122 million collectively if they avoid unnecessary charges.
"In the UK we are so used to 'free banking' that many people assume things will be the same when they go abroad," said Moneyfacts.co.
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Spending time with family 'best thing about Easter holidays in Spain' |
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 The best thing about the Easter break is spending more time with loved ones, according to new research.
A poll carried out by Holiday Extras revealed that 53 per cent of people are looking forward to doing more with their family over the coming weeks.
Of those surveyed, 35 per cent said they are planning to take a break this Easter.
A further 34 per cent claimed they would love to travel overseas if they could.
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Brits urged to stay safe in the sun |
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 Those taking holidays to Spain this Easter have been urged to stay safe in the sun.
ABTA - The Travel Association has published a new leaflet containing advice for people jetting abroad in the near future.
Entitled How to Have a Safe and Healthy Holiday, it cautions families against spending too much time soaking up the sun's rays.
The organisation's destination and sustainability manager Angie Hills said that although there are many health benefits associated with having a break abroad, it is important to take precautions.
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Millions of Brits 'taking Easter holidays abroad' |
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 Around two million people will be jetting off on holidays to Spain and other popular destinations over Easter weekend.
According to ABTA - The Travel Association, Heathrow Airport is set to be the country's busiest transport hub, with around 575,000 travellers due to pass through between April 1st and April 6th.
Elsewhere, Manchester Airport expects to handle approximately 141,000 people, while 15,000 will depart from Southampton.
"Easter is the traditional curtain raiser to the summer and I am delighted to see that hundreds of thousands of our customers are taking the opportunity to take a well earned break both here in the UK and overseas," said ABTA chairman John McEwan.
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