The Leader News Updates

The Inbetweeners Golf Society teed off another fantastic round this week at the beautiful El Plantio Golf Course. With clear blue skies, warm sunshine, and a gentle breeze, conditions couldn’t have been better for a great day of golf and camaraderie. We were thrilled to welcome back a few familiar… Read more »

After a week of the Calima’s humidity and clouds, it was a welcome blue sky that we all teed off to today.  Welcomed by Oliver in the ProShop, tostadas and coffees were consumed in the Terrace Bar before all our courageous warriors grabbed their bags, revved up their buggies and… Read more »

 As our league members and many readers know we have new sponsors for the coming season in the form of Casey Shaddock’s companies “In the Sun Holidays” and “Rewind Spain”. I had the pleasure of joining her for coffee recently along with long term partner of 25 years Graham White… Read more »

CD THADER – 3   UD RAYO IBENSE – 0 Manager Raul Mora must have been cock-a-hoop at the way his new look Thader side started the season, with a well-deserved 3 points.  Having only just been relegated from Tercera division, Ibense showed early signs of their pedigree, but when the… Read more »

Not everyone has the courage to step out of an airplane thousands of feet above the ground, but Steven Boyd and Ian Todd did just that. With their daring skydive they also leapt into the hearts of their community, raising an outstanding euro1,335 for Maria and the Pink Ladies, funds… Read more »

Spain’s Over-50s Walking Football squad signed off their World Cup preparations in style on Saturday, lifting the trophy at the eight-team international warm-up tournament in Torrevieja Sports City. The hosts sealed a 2–0 victory in the final against one of the UK’s top sides, Newcastle Benfield, thanks to a goal… Read more »

Torrevieja is known for its beaches, sunshine, and lively streets — not for high-speed racing. Yet two tourists recently learned the hard way that local roads are not the place to put the pedal to the metal. A Swedish Tourist’s Need for Speed One visitor from Sweden managed to set… Read more »

A 39-year-old man lost his life on Friday morning in a traffic accident on the CV-872, near La Murada, a district of Orihuela. The Accident The crash happened around kilometer 3 of the CV-872, when the victim’s car left the road and struck an embankment. He was the only person… Read more »

By John McGregor Sometime in the late seventies I was promoted from Territory Salesman to the glorious heights of Area Sales Manager, which meant managing a team of people for the first time. The company I worked for took such matters seriously and as part of my ongoing training I… Read more »

Mrs Youcantbeserious and I had the youngest half of our grandchildren brood all to ourselves out in Irishtown, for a couple of weeks over the summer. No need to tell any of you how things have changed in regard to entertaining children now as against the olden days. ‘Limit their… Read more »