Costa del sol cricket match reports by egandantis.com

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COSTA NEWS, January 4-10, 2018
Walking footballers raise
funds for local orphanage
On November 29th 2017, a char-
ity walking football match was
organised at Finca Naundrup
in Calahonda in aid of 'Cuidad
de los Ninos' in Malaga. The
Tournament was sponsored by
Central FM.
Gray Salt of ‘Walking Dead
WFC’, sponsored by Local Pest
Solutions, who play at Finca
Naundrup in Calahonda every
Wednesday night, organised
the event and Adam Chandler
of Walking Football Spain
brought two of his teams along
- WFS Marbella sponsored by
Bodyworks Health Clinic, who
play in Elviria every Thursday
morning and WFS San Pedro
sponsored by Fluent Finance
Abroad, who play in San Pedro
every Tuesday evening. Walk-
ing Dead WFC also fielded two
teams and the tournament was
also joined by Wigan Walkers
FC who were out in Spain on a
visit.
Each team played three
matches of 15 minutes dur-
ation and all the players do-
nated their usual match fee to
the charity
. An auction was
also held after the tournament
and a total of 600€ was raised
on the night. This sum was
added up to 1,000€ with
members of Walking Dead
WFC doing bag packing at Ice-
land supermarket.
Walking Football is football
played at walking pace with no
contact, making it safe for
people to play well into their
senior years. There are over
1,000 clubs in the UK alone and
it is becoming a very popular
sport amongst ex-pats across
the Costa del Sol.
To find out more visit
www.walkingfootballspain.com
or https://www.facebook.com/
walkingfootballcostadelsol/
By Adam Chandler
WFS Marbella and one of the teams under the umbrella of
Walking Football Spain. They are sponsored by Body-
works Health Clinic in San Pedro
Walking Dead WFC, sponsored by Local Pest Solutions, both organised and won the
tournament
Brian Gregory (left) having his picture taken with one of
his heroes, ex-Liverpool player Larry Lloyd, who plays for
Walking Dead WFC
The Calahonda walking football pitch with Finca Naun-
drup in the background
WFS San Pedro, another of the teams under the umbrella
of Walking Football Spain, sponsored by Fluent Finance
Abroad in San Pedro
A call out for cricket
The game is a regular fixture at the Cártama Oval
CRICKET is played regularly at
the Cártama Oval and players
and spectators are always wel-
come.
The Costa del Sol Crusaders
play on a weekly basis, against
other local teams including Má-
laga Cricket Club and the Fuen-
girola Lions.
People wanting to pick up a
cricket bat and get involved can
visit the Cártama Oval, located
on the Cártama-Coín road, or
contact the club on their Face-
book page, Sports Club Spain,
or by telephone at 952 420 640.
By James Langton
The Crusaders team is always open to new additions
Rugby returns
TROCADERO Marbella's first
team return to action after the
winter break this weekend, with
the club hoping that the Bahía
Park stadium will be packed to
the rafters with cheering sup-
porters for the first fixture of
2018 against Extremadura CAR
Cáceres.
The game this Sunday
, Ja-
nury 7, will be followed the next
weekend with another home
game against Sanitas Alcoben-
das Rugby B, on January 14. The
club will be hoping for a couple
of big wins to inspire a move up
the table, with Trocadero Mar-
bella sitting in eighth place in
the División de Honor B.
By James Langton