Pictured is Cheltenham Gold Cup winning jockey Sam Thomas (second from right) with other ‘jump boys’ (left to right) Jody Mogford, Colin Bolger, Alan O’Keefe and Dominic Elsworth at Desert Springs during a special three-day break arranged for the Newbury-based Professional Jockeys Association (PJA) by The Almanzora Group Ltd of Cheltenham. Irish flat jockey…read more
Dear Member / Property Owner, The ‘Running Monthly Medal and Stableford’ competitions held at Desert Springs were introduced in 2003 to meet the needs of those Members and Owners visiting the resort on any day of the month to ensure that they could play a competitive round of golf whenever they were at the resort.…read more
A €30,000 sponsorship deal announced today will boost fundraising for Leukaemia Research at this year’s Sir Ian Botham Charity Golf Classic Grand Final at Desert Springs, the family resort and golf club in the Almeria region of south-east Spain. The international coffee specialist Java Trading Company has linked with talkSPORT – the UK sports and…read more
On Friday 10th October 12 members from La Herrería Golf Club arrived to the resort to compete against 12 members of Desert Springs Golf Club in this, the third Desert Springs Ryder Cup! The tournament commenced on Saturday 11th with 6 matches played in Fourball better-ball format and concluded on Sunday 12th with 12 singles…read more
A Herencia country house of the type Martin and Sandra Symington bought at Desert Springs in 2002. For details call +44 (0) 1242 680 299 or visit www.almanzora.com, www.almanzora.com This computer-generated image shows how the first Caprichosa will look when it is completed. It has been bought off-plan by Martin and Sandra Symington because they…read more
It is with pleasure that we can announce that a full field of 20 teams has been confirmed for the “Sir Ian Botham Charity Golf Classic Grand Final” to be held at Desert Springs from Thursday 30th October to Saturday 1st November 2008. The aim of the event is to raise funds for Leukaemia Research.…read more
As announced on 1st August, Desert Springs Club Captain, Martin Symington rescheduled his Captain’s Charity Day to take place on Sunday 2nd November 2008. As a consequence of the ‘Sir Ian Botham Charity Golf Classic Grand Final’ being held from Thursday 30th October through to Saturday 1st November, it is anticipated that a large number…read more
Thursday 2nd October saw the annual pilgrimage of 12 members from Redbourn Golf Club arrive to the resort to compete against 12 members of Desert Springs Golf Club in this, the third Desert Springs Ryder Cup! The tournament commenced on Friday 3rd with 6 matches played in Fourball better-ball format and concluded on Saturday 4th…read more
GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWSLETTER’ OCTOBER 2008 Dear Member / Property Owner, Following on from the ‘The Golf Course Superintendents News Letter’ sent to you in August 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 September, we…read more
The inaugural ‘Golf 4 Women’ Winter Golf Festival will take place at Desert Springs from 27th November – 3rd December 2008. Entries are invited from teams of 4 lady golfers. The event begins on Thursday 27th with a practice round, followed by a welcome party at the Cave Bar to meet your fellow competitors and…read more
