Cudeca Cup raises €5,655

The annual fundraising golf competition for the cancer care charity Cudeca, held at La Cala Resort on Sunday, November 27th, raised €5,655. Seventy eight players took part in the event held on Campo America in brilliant sunshine and ninety people enjoyed lunch afterwards on the clubhouse terrace.

Bruno Schaefer (Winner) with Cudeca and La Cala Resort representatives.

Cudeca provides palliative home care, free of charge, to patients suffering from advanced cancer and to their families. It also runs a hospice in Benalmádena and the funds will go towards the day-to-day running costs of the hospice and the organisation, which receives no state funding. The President and founder of Cudeca, Joan Hunt O.B.E., expressed her gratitude to all the people who supported the competition. This was the 18th staging of the event which has raised over €115,000 for the organisation, which celebrates its 20th anniversary next year.

The overall winner was La Cala member, Bruno Schaefer, a native of Germany who scored 39 points. He said that he always tried to support the event when he was in the area as it is such a worthy cause. He added that the course was in great condition and everyone had thoroughly enjoyed the day. The first category for men was won by Michael Greene from Ireland. Michael, who plays off scratch, recorded 37 points, a round of one under par. The second category, for handicaps 13 to 26, was won by local man Alvaro Martinez Navarro with 38 points. The ladies category went to La Cala member and property owner, Alison Kirk from Scotland, also with 38 points.

The day was organised by Cudeca volunteer and La Cala member, Joan Stock and the La Cala Captains, Danny Rees and Jenny Chesterton.

Since 1989, la Cala resort has developed into the biggest golf and leisure destination in Spain with 3x18 holes golf courses, a luxury five star hotel and spa, sporting facilities plus a David Leadbetter Golf Academy. The resort is ideally located in the heart of the Costa del Sol between Marbella and Mijas and only 30 minutes from Málaga International Airport.

For more information, write to events@lacala.com or visit www.lacala.com.

Published: 12/12/11