Archive for Sports
October 11, 2011
· Filed under at the Resort, Sports, What to do
If you’re thinking of booking some winter sun in Costa Teguise this year, make sure to include the 3rd and 4th December in your holiday dates because that’s the weekend of the Teguise Lanzarote International Marathon and it promises to be a fun packed weekend for all the family.
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August 4, 2009
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TWO KITE BOARD CLINICS, AUGUST 14 TO 16 AND AUGUST 21 TO 23 Kite boarding is a fast thrilling sport that has quickened the pulse of the sporting world. World champion Guilly Brandao from Brazil is a hard man to pin down, but he will be passing on his expert knowledge at Sands Beach Resort [...]
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July 1, 2009
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The cream of the Professional Windsurf Association are once again gathered in Costa Teguise for the start of the 2009 Freestlye World Cup for men and women. Sands Beach Resort Hotel is pleased to welcome back its many sporting friends, they call Sands their Lanzarote home, as it holds the big press conferences and supports [...]
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April 25, 2009
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It’s one of the biggest sporting events of the year in Lanzarote, Ironman is a feast of sporting excellence surrounded by a week of parties and promotions building up to the big day, Saturday 23 May. Some 1,300 athletes will swim 3.8 kms, cycle 180 kms, and then dig deep to run 42.2 kms. The [...]
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March 11, 2009
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There was a very special visitor to Lanzarote this week, a shining sporting star of last summer, and a sight to lift Spanish hearts. Football’s European Champions Trophy, won by an immaculate Spain team in a thrilling final against Germany, held visitors spell bound in Arrecife, at the headquarters of the Lanzarote football delegation. Sports [...]
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March 2, 2009
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The sea of Lanzarote proved to be the perfect racing strip for the start of the 2009 RC44 class sailing World Championship, and Team Aqua from the United Arab Emirates found fair winds to guide them to victory. Canadian skipper Chris Bake celebrated in traditional style by popping champagne in the Puerto Calero marina, with [...]
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February 25, 2009
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You couldn’t ask for a more beautiful setting then Lanzarote to launch the third annual RC44 class sailing World Championship. Not only are the waters around the island ideal for top competition, but the home port of Puerto Calero is a modern and well respected venue in the sporting world. Racing starts on February 25 [...]
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July 25, 2008
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The summer is a long barren time for football fans, but for UD Lanzarote, it seemed an eternity as financial problems threatened the future of the club. Thankfully a rescue package was secured at the last moment and they are raring to go for another season in Segunda B, the third tier of Spanish football. [...]
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April 24, 2008
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There’s a chance to see some top tennis action in Puerto del Carmen this weekend, when the 7th annual Fariones Group Trophy takes place at the tennis centre. It’s a pretty cosmopolitan affair with players from 20 countries taking part, all chasing 50,000 dollars of prize money. Last years winner, Jo Willfred Tsonga, from France, [...]
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February 25, 2008
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The lure of Lanzarote’s warm climate attracts people from across the World, and many holiday makers stay and settle, adding their contribution to the islands culture. Sport of all kind flourishes here and Lanzarote rugby club is a great example of this. In 2005 a keen group of British, Argentinian and Spanish players formed the [...]
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