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Jennie Rhodes
...now able to offer the loan of physical aids such as wheelchairs, crutches, walking frames, and beds. "There is no charge for the loan of these items and, apart from the beds, they are normally in stock and available at relatively short notice." Lifts
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JULIO RODRÍGUEZ
He was destined to practise Nordic walking, but didn't realise it until four years ago. Nobody would have thought that Danish-born Kike Villanueva Heimann, who has lived in Marbella since he was two months old, would become the 'king of the walking ... poles' at the age of 45. However, a few months ago he became the Andalusian champion for the second time (the first was in 2019 and there was no competition last year due to the pandemic), and he has just competed as part of the Andalusian Nordic walking ... walk, he joined the Marbella Climbing Club (CEM) - or its Nordic walking section, to be exact. In the past three years he has won numerous medals at a regional and national level. His most recent success, in A Coruña, was shared with four other
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Popular walking footballer and captain for the England Over 70s team Howard 'Dasher' Conrad is on the road to recovery after contracting Covid-19. The 75-year-old was very seriously ill as he battled against the virus and spent time in hospital ... with a heart and lung problem. However, 'Dasher' wouldn't give up the fight and fought back and amazed everyone by walking out of hospital a fortnight ago. He will now take time to recuperate and then get back to fitness and to his beloved walking
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Tony Bryant
...its monthly lunch meeting, a fun quiz, a sponsored slim and also from money donated during its historical walking tours of Mijas. Members of the group presented the cheque to Cudeca spokesperson Esther Ráez. The group will take a break in July and
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JOSÉ MARÍA MARTÍN
After the summer, Marbella town council will start work on a new 1.2-million-euro public park that will feature children's play areas, sports facilities, walking circuits and parking. The 7,000 square metre, undeveloped municipal plot sits in the
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Local Blue Sky Walking Football League team Aston Viñuela will on Saturday 21 March (kick-off 2pm) play a challenge match against the world's oldest amateur football team at the Campo Viñuela. Established in 1863, the Civil Service Tour Team
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The recent publication of a feature about walking football in SUR has spurred the Blue Sky Marbella Marbella League into producing an application to the Junta de Andalucía to have walking football officially recognised as a sport. Information ... will be gathered from authorities in the UK detailing the health and social benefits of walking football. What’s more, ex-footballers like Alan Kennedy, who plays walking football, and football commentators in Spain, such as Michael Robinson and Vinny
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joaquina dueñas
...into three plots, covers a total of 43,918 square metres and will have walking routes as well as areas dedicated to the practice of sport. The most northernly part will house a car park.
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Nordic walking has only recently become a regulated sport in Spain. It was accepted by the General Assembly of the Spanish Mountain Sports and Climbing Federation (FEDME) on 27 June 2015, and incorporated on that day in the federative statutes as an ... official sport. However, it actually dates back to 1930, when the Finnish skiing team started training in the summer by simulating the actions of their sport, walking and running, but adapting the exercise by using poles. The first documented classes ... in walking with poles took place in 1966, and this form of exercise was included in Physical Education lessons in Finland. In the year 2000 the International Nordic Walking Association was formed. The sport consists of walking with two poles,
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TONY BRYANT / JENNIE RHODES
...and leisure can choose from a variety of activities such as darts, snooker, padel, table tennis and petanca, as well as yoga and walking and hiking groups. The association also hosts lectures and talks (given by members who want to share their ... flight that will reach speeds of up to 100 kilometres per hour. Other events include a dinner and fashion show (13 September), a fun quiz afternoon, held at the Restaurante Verona, Mijas (22 September), and the historical walking tours of Mijas (2, 8,