HOWARDS HEALTH & FITNESS CLUB

  La Marques Golf Course

  Golf results and information from Ian Hendersen

  Quesada Bowling

  Bowling results and information from John Rudkin

 HOWARDS HEALTH & FITNESS CLUB  

Calle Los Arcos 15b
Urb Ciudad Quesada
03170 Rojales
Telephone 966 717 332
email: info@howardsfitness.com
web address: www.howardsfitness.com 
 

Howards health & fitness located in Calle Los Arcos is the result of the dreams and planning of husband and wife team Kelvin and Toni Howard. Kelvin a fully qualified squash coach and Toni have developed Howards Health & Fitness as a community facility with something for everyone, be it the fully equipped gym or the relaxation suite consisting of jacuzzi, steam room and sauna. On offer in the studio there are a full range of classes for all ages and abilities . To ensure a safe and enjoyable exercise experience the floor in the studio is fully sprung. Classes available in the studio include body pump, pilates, body combat, fit ball, dance and yogalates. For more information visit www.howardsfitness.com  

La Marques Golf Course

Surrounded by gently rolling hills, palm trees, residential areas and the new commercial centre, Quesada's Marquesa Golf course could not be more ideally located. Constructed in 1989, this eighteen hole, par 72, 5799 m course was designed for competition and every day play.

    Before, tee off you can practice an the driving range which is completely separate from the course itself.

Once warned up it is time to enjoy the course. The course is divided into three sections with the club house in the middle. Water comes into play on the 4th 9th + 17th holes and there is also a chance of a birdie on the 6th.

    The club house is name to the pro-shop and bar and restaurant with terrace over looking the days play for friends + family enjoying your game you can direct them to the swimming pool located just behind the club house.

Just a few kilometers from the gates of Quesada is yet another golf course set at the base of rolling hills it offers a different challenge for the budding golfer

LA FINCA

Located about 15 kilometers inland of the town of Torrevieja and 4 kilometers from the small town of Algorfa.

This is a bit of a challenging 18 hole course. Set in a fantastic setting, if you have the time to look up from your ball you can take in the full impact of the surrounding mountains in all their glory. The course itself is a championship course built and designed by Jose Gancedo in 2002, its hilly in places and has a rolling landscape, the wind can effect your game as it blows hard where the course is raised.

Par 72,  6032 meters from the yellow and 5411 from the red tee.

Green fee is 75 Euros as of 2005

Booking

Tel 0034 96 596 70 58

Or

Mail caddie@golfafinca.com

QUESADA

Known better as La Marquesa you will find this interesting course set in a valley 18 holes regarded as a White Card, flat with very wide fairways without that many obstacles. A few canals do cross the course that is there to take the water from the surrounding hills

but there is enough space to aim for to avoid them. The course was designed by Justo Quesada in the late 80s, and was opened in 1989.

Par 72, 5990 meters from the yellow and 5094 from the red tee.

Green fee is 55 Euros as of 2005. Its is possible to buy a membership for a short or longer period on this course.

Booking

Tel 0034 96 671 42 58

Or

Mail golfmarquesa@ctv.es

VILLAMARTIN

The oldest and probably the most famous course in the area. It’s a very interesting course but not that difficult, the rolling landscape means a round can offer you many variations ton your game to enjoy. Opened as far back as 1972 by Paul Pulman?

Par 72, 6037 meters from the yellow and 5259 from the red tee.

Green fee is 55 Euros as of 2005

Booking

Tel 0034 96 676 51 70

Or

Mail cadimaster@golfvillamartin.com

LAS RAMBLAS

Go in land from the beach of Campoamor and you will not only find this fine course but next to it you have the fablus campoamor course, 2 for the price of one.

Las Ramblas is regarded as probably the most difficult in the area. Narrow with many trees, some say too many add to that the traps that have been designed to be difficult and you have the makings of a hard day out on the course. The advise from those who have gone before is bring a lot of extra balls you will need them. The rolling landscape makes for easy and enjoyable walking, most though take a buggy as they spend so much time looking for their balls.

Opened in 1991 by Jose Gancedo the same as La Finca

Par 71, 5679 meters from the yellow and 4761from the red tee.

Green fee is 50 Euros (it’s cheaper than the other courses to help pay for the balls)

Booking

Tel 0034 96 532 20 11

Or

Mail caddie@golframblas.com

CAMPOAMOR

Campoamor has a lot to offer on and off the course. The fantastic new clubhouse stands like a monument on top of the hill at the centre of the complex. This area has been built with the needs of the golfer in mined from start to finish. From the club house you should take time out to take in the view, 100 meters above sea level you are able to see Santa Pola from the north to La Manga in the south and the mediterranion sea in the middle.

The wide fairways and large greens of this course makes it very popular and isn’t regarded as that hard to play, but can hold a few surprises. If you have a handicap of 10 or 28 you will still have a good day out.

The area is developing all the time with a new 18 hole course being built and many new apartments in the complex going up all the time, if you are golf mad you don’t have to leave the resort.

Designed by Carmelo Garcia and opened in 1989

Par 72, 6056 meters from the yellow and 5094 from the red tee.

Green fee is 40 Euros for women and 43 Euros for men.

It is possible to buy membership that covers a period of one month to one year, and gives the possibility to play up to 3 times per week.

Booking

Tel 0034 96 532 13 66

Or

Mail info@lomasdecampoamor.com

El Pirata Golf Society 29 November 2006

On 29th Novenber we had a different format to our normal Stableford Competition.  We changed to a Texas Scramble which according to the feedback was very successful.  The course was undergoing a lot of work on the greens and tees which meant it was not in prime condition.  The weather was overcast with a slight breeze which made it very pleasant to play as the scores indicated.  There were only four strokes between first and last. Disappointingly there were five no shows which upset the draw.

As from Jan 1st we will be moving to The Olde 9th hole, upstairs in the shopping mall at La Marquesa.  The AGM will be held there on Monday 8t h Jan 2007 at 8pm.  Will all members who cannot attend please telephone Ian Henderson on 966 716 616 or 636 116 230 as soon as possible.

Results

1st Christina Sive, Gerry Flannagan, Tony Edwards and Fred Wharton     73 strokes on countback

Nearest the hole 11th and  15th  Gerry Flannagan

Longest Drive Gerry Flannagan

2nd Mike shepherd, Dave a smith, Bert Langley and Letitia Eijk-Caralipio    73 strokes

Booby prize  Gordon Abba, George Van Haastert, George Henderson           77 strokes

Next competition will be held on 27th Dec with an earlier first tee off of 11.15

Members are requested to be there 30 mins before tee off.

QUESADA BOWLS CLUB

Ciudad Quesada is well represented in the bowls community with over 120 members playing actively in Organized leagues and competitions, as well as offering a full weekly programme.
The club has an array of membership choices for the avid bowled to the novice after playing the initial one off 23€ joining fee. You can choose between a full membership which enables you to roll up whenever you want or an Annual membership which costs 90€ a year and 3€ every time you play.
The club also offers 6months, 3months, and I month membership, a bonus for the holiday maker.
The bowls green is situated near the top of Quesada with stunning views over the two salt lakes and Mediterranean sea in the near future the club is planning its own restaurant and bowls shop as well as a new car park. At present the members and their families use the Country Club J.Cs were they can eat drink and swim in the large pool.

Bowling results and information from John Rudkin

Report: 10-02-2007

  Last weekend twenty-four teams competed in our first Winter Rinks Competition sponsored by Bancaja.  The Quesada Club and our sponsors would like to thank all the competitors for making this inaugural event such a success.  Even the weather was kind to us, although it was rather cold on the first day, as it gradually got better as the tournament progressed with the semis and final played in warm sunshine.  Rick Wills will have some photographs elsewhere in the paper so I shall just cover one or two of the games.

  In Group A La Siesta’s Tony Pilling sailed through the first four rounds to secure his place in the semis, and the story was similar in Group B where Quesada’s John Muldoon won all his five games. Group C turned out to be the most competitive group where Jackie Breslin’s Albir team was on the verge of going out of the tournament until, with his last wood of the game. Jackie killed the end and on the re-spot picked up the two shots needed to defeat Nick Birch’s Quesada team 7-6.  Hard luck Nick!  Group D looked cut and dried after the first four rounds as John Cooper and his La Siesta quartet went into the last round robin game with a 25 shot cushion over his nearest rival, Bill Young..  With Bill Young’s team winning the La Siesta team must have been extremely worried to find themselves 17-1 down after eight ends to Brian Duff and the Emerald Isle team but they then managed to put a few shots on the board to eventually make it through to the semis on shot difference.

  The semi-finals turned out to be rather one sided affairs as both La Siesta teams seemed to carry their previous game form into the matches and were quite comprehensively beaten; Tony Pilling losing 20-3 to Jackie Breslin and John Cooper losing 19-10 to John Muldoon.  The final was a much closer affair for the first ten ends as the Albir team went into a five shot lead only to be pegged back by the Quesada outfit who then went into a 6-5 lead.  At 11-8 to Jackie it was still anybody’s game but a good finish by his team saw the match conceded on the penultimate thirteenth end.  Well done and congratulations to the Albir team of Tony McKenna, Irene Newth, David Newth and Jackie Breslin.  Well done and commiserations to John Muldoon and his team of Tina Brinton, Brian Trinder and Terry Heath.

  With several of the regular players missing through injury, illness, hospital appointments etc. the Winter League selectors are having a tough time and this has been reflected in the results over the last month or so.  Another heavy 10-0 defeat at home to Benitachell and a 8-2 loss at Finca Guila has seen the team pick up only 6 points from the last four games and slip from a respectable mid-table position before Christmas to the bottom of the league.  Let us hope we can get some stability back in the team and we can once again move up the table.

  The Southern League team fared little better this week when losing the top of the table clash with La Siesta Blue by 11 points to 3.

  Fortunately the SABA team saved the week with a very good win at Greenlands by 8 points to 2, 85 shots to 56.  The Friendly games resulted in 1 draw and a narrow loss by 1 shot.

Saturday saw us renewing friendships with Indalo Bowls Club in our annual friendly match.  The results went our way winning on four rinks and losing on two.  Following the match we all traveled to La Marina to meet up with the players in the other match and a fine meal was enjoyed by all.  La Marina then entertained us with their resident cabaret act ‘Flanagan & Allen’ (alias Phil & Pete) which brought the house down.

In the Winter League on Wednesday we traveled to El Cid and just managed to start the first end when the heavens opened on flooded the green in minutes.  After much discussion it was decided to take an early lunch and see if the weather improved.  It did, just, and we managed to complete the match and we were able to record our first away win of the season.

Rink 1.  This game stuttered along as first Quesada’s Brian Trinder, John Rudkin, John Muldoon and Graham Phillips took the early lead only for El Cid’s Alan Phillips, Ian Phillips, Adrian Lambert and Derek Eldon to move in front.  A five shot haul on the fourteenth end saw Quesada leading 18-12 but on the seventeenth end the roof fell in as they dropped seven shots to hand the win to El Cid 18-22.

Rink 3.  For Quesada Dianne Riley, Robbie Scott, George Radmore and Bob Boby against Roy Dingle, Jan Marks, Stan Stansmore and John Cruttenden.  These two teams slugged it out for seventeen ends with El Cid leading 13-14 and then, with El Cid holding one shot for the win, skipper John’s last wood moved the jack just enough to leave Bob’s team holding two shots to take the win 15-14.

On Rink 5 June McMillan, David Bourne, John Jones and Nick Birch could not match Lynne Eldon, Vernon Graham, Vic Wraight and John Rawlings as the home team adapted better to the conditions and steadily drew away running out 9-19 winners.

Rink 6.  June Cox, Violet Campbell, Joe Riley and Ian Campbell overwhelmed the home team of Paul Trunchion, Pauline Wraight, Jackie Golliot and Ian Baron.  With several five shot hauls during the match they eventually ran out convincing winners 35-7.

This gave Quesada the overall win of 77 shots to 60 and a 6 points to 4 victory.

On Wednesday the Southern League team resumed their rain affected match against top of the league Emerald Isle Diamonds and they must have heeded last week’s words of the Captain, who incidentally missed the match having to return to the UK, and produced an excellent display to win the match 13 points to 1.  Very well done everyone!

The SABA team had an entirely different result going down on all rinks at San Miguel.

Come on, live the dream.