Dateline:	14th March 2016
	Source:	The Almanzora Group Ltd
	Subject:	Cricket at Desert Springs
	Title:	Glamorgan County Cricket Club completes a successful nine days of warm weather pre-season cricket & fitness training at the Desert Springs Resort

 

Glamorgan County Cricket Club players are now back in England having completed a successful nine (9) days of warm weather pre-season cricket and fitness training between Thursday 3rd-Saturday 12th March at Desert Springs Resort, Europe’s only international award-winning luxury family resort and championship desert golf course with its very own dedicated Cricket Academy, in the Almanzora region of Almeria, Andalucía in south-east Spain.

Robert Croft, Glamorgan CCC Head Coach and his team of four staff accompanied fifteen (15) players who completed bowling, batting and fielding practice as well as strength and conditioning training sessions as they stepped up their physical preparations for the upcoming 2016 season.

 

Robert Croft MBE, a former Welsh cricketer who played international cricket for England and as an off-spin bowler for Glamorgan and captained the county from 2003 to 2006, who retired from first class cricket at the end of the 2012 season, having played county cricket for 23 seasons commented:

“The Accommodation and food at the Resort was great and the service and helpfulness excellent.”

The training camp worked on a specific and carefully planned programme covering technical skills, strength and conditioning and both individual and group activity.

 

Richard Almond, Glamorgan CCC Head of Talent Development commented:

“Desert Springs provides a great environment and climate for a positive pre-season experience with great accommodation and great food.”

 

Tom Turner, Glamorgan CCC Strength and Conditioning Coach remarked:

“Desert Springs provides excellent facilities for gym work with good strength equipment for professional sport and the accommodation and food are both great.”

 

Mark Rausa, Glamorgan CCC Physiotherapist commented:

“This has been a great experience overall. I feel that the team got what they needed to out of the trip.”

 

Glamorgan CCC players said of their pre-season training experience at Desert Springs Resort:

“Excellent food and gym with very friendly staff, a special mention to the groundsman!”Jeremy Lawlor

“Awesome cricket facilities, great accommodation and food.” Dewi Penrhyn-Jones

“The training facilities were excellent and the food and accommodation both great, and all of the staff are so friendly and helpful.” Nick Selman

“The hospitality we received was just brilliant, good food and fantastic training facilities.” Ruaidhri Smith

“Lovely accommodation, good food, friendly staff and great cricket facilities.” Aneurin Donald

“Great place, great training facilities and excellent food.” David Lloyd

 

The players and coaches were accommodated in some of the privately owned Apartments normally reserved for holidays and short breaks at Desert Springs and the resort’s executive chef was on hand to cater for the special dietary requirements of individual players dining in El Torrente Restaurant

 

For further information contact : The Almanzora Group Ltd
Tel: +44 (0) 1242 680 299
Email: tag@almanzora.com

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	Dateline:	19th January 2016
	Source:	The Almanzora Group Ltd
	Subject:	Glamorgan County Cricket Club
	Title:	Glamorgan County Cricket Club select Desert Springs Resort for Warm Weather Pre-Season Training

 

This winter at Desert Springs, ‘shouts of FORE! have been combined with shouts of FOUR!

Glamorgan County Cricket Club (Glamorgan CCC) is now set to follow in the footsteps of Somerset CCC, Sussex CCC, Lancashire CCC, Middlesex CCC and Yorkshire CCC as they embark on their warm weather pre - season training camp at the Desert Springs Cricket Academy between Thursday 3rd – Saturday 12th March 2016.

A squad of fourteen (14) players and Six (6) coaching staff will benefit from the facilities of the Cricket Academy established at Desert Springs Resort.

During a nine-day (9) stay at Desert Springs Resort the Glamorgan CCC players and coaching staff will be spending their time completing a specific and carefully planned programme of numerous training sessions each day covering technical skills, bowling on the grass cricket wickets, strength and conditioning and both individual and group activity. As they will be outside and on grass, the squad will also be able to do fielding and throwing practice in advance of the start of the new season in realistic conditions, something not possible indoors back in the UK.

The Almanzora Group sales and marketing manager, Simon Coaker commented that the positive feedback and reputation that the Cricket Academy has developed thus far from previous visits from numerous County Cricket Clubs, coupled with the wide range of facilities available in the resort influenced the decision by Glamorgan CCC to select Desert Springs Resort for its training camp.

 

“Taken together with the golf and all the other many top quality relaxation and leisure opportunities at Desert Springs Resort for both Senior and Junior, Professional and Amateur teams, the resort has proven that it does amount to an outstanding venue,” said Simon.

 

Accommodation for the players and officials is in some of the privately owned apartments at Desert Springs normally reserved for holidays and short breaks and the resort’s executive chef will be on hand to cater for the special dietary requirements of individual players dining in the resort’s award-winning El Torrente Restaurant.

 

For further information contact : The Almanzora Group Ltd
Tel: +44 (0) 1242 680 116
Email: tag@almanzora.com

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