Golf Course Maintenance

GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ AUGUST 2009   Dear Member / Property Owner, Following on from the ‘The Golf Course Superintendents News Letter’ sent to you in June which was designed to keep you up to date with all of the important maintenance procedures which were scheduled to take place on The Indiana course in…read more

Warm Weather training at Desert Springs

Shrewsbury Town Football Club training at Desert Springs         Shrewsbury Town Football Club were so pleased with the results of pre-season warm-weather training for their players at Desert Springs in Spain that they have returned for the second year running – and hope to go back next year as well. According to…read more

Social Roll-Up

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen technical problems in the dining gallery of the Cave Bar, we regret to advise you that the Social Roll-Up will be moving to El Torrente Restaurant with immediate effect for the rest of the summer. The Roll-Up will, as now, commence at 6.00pm with cold tapas being served between 6.30pm and…read more

SUNTALK RADIO

SunTalk Radio presenter Jon Gaunt, affectionately known as ‘Gaunty’ is taking his radio show on tour for the first time and is heading to Desert Springs. Gaunty will be broadcasting live from the Clubhouse at Desert Springs on Wednesday 29th July between 11am and 2pm. For those in Spain at that time you can listen…read more

Beefy’s Charity Golf Series

Desert Springs had been selected to host the Grand Final of the ‘Sir Ian Botham Charity Golf Classic Series’ from Thursday 8th to Saturday 10th October 2009, as announced previously. All Desert Springs home owners and members have been sent a letter, with an event application form, from Sir Ian. The aim of the event…read more

Ryder Cup Match

As previously advised, La Herrería in Madrid has invited us for a reciprocal fixture on the 31st July, 1st and 2nd August. This is a match we are anxious to maintain and as those of you who have played in Madrid before know that it is well worth the trip. A number of people have…read more

Beefy’s Charity Golf Series

Desert Springs has been invited to be host to the Grand Final of the ‘Sir Ian Botham Charity Golf Classic Series’ from Thursday 8th to Saturday 10th October 2009. Sir Ian commented: ‘Last year, we jointly managed to raise in excess of 70,000 Euros for Leukaemia Research, thanks to the support of the Desert Spring…read more

Restaurant Opening Times

We are pleased to inform you that from this week until the end of August 2009 the new restaurant opening hours for the summer are as follows:       El Chringuito     Monday – Sunday   11.00hrs – 19.00hrs (food served 12.00 – 19.00)       Crocodile Club     Monday –…read more

Social Roll-Up!

I am delighted to tell you that we will be improving the ambiance of the Social Roll-Up on Friday evenings. Between Fridays the 17th July and 28th August the Social Roll-Up will take place in The Cave Bar alongside the 1st Tee. It will, as now, commence at 6.00pm but following feedback cold tapas will…read more

Golf 4 Women Mixed Open

    Bob Evans and Helen Lavis   The Golf 4 Women Mixed Open was played over the Indiana course on Friday 3rd July, the format of the competition was a greensome stableford.   A total of 18 couples from clubs around the region took part in the event. The winning team was Bob Evans of…read more