GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT ‘NEWS LETTER’ DECEMBER 2008 Dear Member / Property Owner, Following on from the ‘The Golf Course Superintendents News Letter’ sent to you in October 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
The Club has been asked to issue the following statement made by Philip Lockyer, a member of the Competitions Committee acting on its behalf, explaining the recent decision of that committee concerning categories of entrants for future competitions at Desert Springs. “Dear Member / Property Owner, Following on from feedback from the membership, the Competitions…read more
The Club has been asked to issue the following statement made by Paul Taylor, a member of the Handicaps Committee acting on its behalf, “Dear Member, All Desert Springs members are reminded that if you have a Spanish Federation Handicap and another "Home" handicap that you are asked to produce your "Home" handicap certificate before…read more
Dear Residents & Holidaymakers, We regret to inform you that the restaurants will be closed down for general maintenance as follows: The Crocodile Club will be closed from the 9th until the 14th December 2008 inclusive. Whilst the Crocodile Club is closed El Torrente Bar & Restaurant will be open from 07.15hrs until 24.00hrs and…read more
Please be advised of the new winter season opening/closing times at The Desert Springs Resort that come into effect immediately: El Torrente Bar & Restaurant Monday to Sunday 07.15hrs – 19.00hrs* Last food orders 17.00hrs The Crocodile Club Monday to Sunday 19.00hrs – 00.00hrs* Last food orders 22.00hrs Takeaway service available. The Marquee Monday to…read more
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
