Members Handicap

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

Restaurant Closures

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

Winter Season

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

PJA Holiday Breaks

  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

Club Competitions

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

Fundraising at Desert Springs

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

La Herrería Ryder cup

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

UK Couple buy €2.5 million Luxury Home

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

Beefy’s Charity Golf Series

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

Captain’s Charity Day

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