Thursday, 23 September 2010
Mama Africa - Sea View!
Yes, Mama Africa Restaurant in La Santa village now has a table with a sea view! And you get 10% discount with your ITSO Card.....
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Improvements to La Bodega and Playtime
CLS are planning major improvements to La Bodega and Playtime. More details when available.
UNICEF
CLS will soon be linking up with UNICEF, the United Nations Childrens Fund. More details when available.
Tuesday, 21 September 2010
TV in Members' Lounge
Pleased to report that this is now fully operational, including Sky Sports channels.
Tuesday, 14 September 2010
What's on in Lanzarote - Detailed Calendar
This is great for anyone wanting to know what's happening and when
http://www.lanzaroteinformation.com/content/whats-lanzarote
http://www.lanzaroteinformation.com/content/whats-lanzarote
Saturday, 11 September 2010
ITSO Girls in Lanzarote Wine Run Success!
Jane and Debbie both did well in the Wine Run.
Debbie came in fourth overall, being beaten only by three ladies who were between 15 and 25 years her junior!
They are both in the same Age Group and here are their finishing positions, (I'm not saying which age group...!).
1 Debbie Jones GBR Lanzarote 01:38:49
2 Margaret Andersan GBR Scotland 01:45:10
3 Jane Herbert GBR Lanzarote 02:24:10
A fantastic event throught the Lanzarote wine growing region.!
Debbie came in fourth overall, being beaten only by three ladies who were between 15 and 25 years her junior!
They are both in the same Age Group and here are their finishing positions, (I'm not saying which age group...!).
1 Debbie Jones GBR Lanzarote 01:38:49
2 Margaret Andersan GBR Scotland 01:45:10
3 Jane Herbert GBR Lanzarote 02:24:10
A fantastic event throught the Lanzarote wine growing region.!
Thursday, 9 September 2010
Gunner Scheel, from Denmark, 63 times to Club La Santa!
Gunner Scheel, from Denmark, has been 63 times to Club La Santa (Correction, 64 times - he is here now!)
They love coming to Lanzarote because they love both the landscapes of the island and the Club La Santa facilities. They say that they have never had any problem with anybody here because people from Lanzarote are very friendly.
Another major reason why they have not stopped coming is for the climate: "the weather conditions in Lanzarote let you practice any kind of outdoor activity during the whole year, and is not as cold as in Denmark".
Gunner and Winnie used to come to Lanzarote with their children until, after 20 times at Club La Santa, the children said they had had enough, and they stopped coming. Over the years, after having children themselves (Gunner’s grandchildren), they did realize what they enjoyed in Lanzarote when they were children, and now they are back again to spend the holidays with their own children. "Sometimes the whole family comes together: grandparents, parents, children and grandchildren"
Gunner and Winnie are surprised to compare the Lanzarote of 27 years ago and the present, 2010 Lanzarote, "everything has changed, the airport, roads, the towns ..." The place they probably most love above all others on the island is the Timanfaya National Park. "The first time I came, I did not like all that black landscape, but after few years this volcanic and mysterious area is what I do like".
Among other memories they have is that they have always enjoyed the music from a group of three “Conejeros” (people who live in Lanzarote) who used to play at the Pool Bar while they were having dinner. So, what was their surprise when some time later met the same group of three Lanzarote artists performing in a bar in Denmark: "They were very funny," said Winnie.
Asking about what he thinks about Club La Santa, Gunner’s answer is very clear: "Relax, enjoy, sports and very good people".
The first time Gunner gets to Club La Santa is back in 1983: "when there were only two tennis courts" he says. The reason for his first visit to Lanzarote was to train with the athletic team he belonged to. He kept coming back to Club La Santa several times for the same purpose until he began to come on holidays with his wife Winnie, who has been 63 times at the resort along the years.
They love coming to Lanzarote because they love both the landscapes of the island and the Club La Santa facilities. They say that they have never had any problem with anybody here because people from Lanzarote are very friendly.
Another major reason why they have not stopped coming is for the climate: "the weather conditions in Lanzarote let you practice any kind of outdoor activity during the whole year, and is not as cold as in Denmark".
Gunner and Winnie used to come to Lanzarote with their children until, after 20 times at Club La Santa, the children said they had had enough, and they stopped coming. Over the years, after having children themselves (Gunner’s grandchildren), they did realize what they enjoyed in Lanzarote when they were children, and now they are back again to spend the holidays with their own children. "Sometimes the whole family comes together: grandparents, parents, children and grandchildren"
Gunner and Winnie are surprised to compare the Lanzarote of 27 years ago and the present, 2010 Lanzarote, "everything has changed, the airport, roads, the towns ..." The place they probably most love above all others on the island is the Timanfaya National Park. "The first time I came, I did not like all that black landscape, but after few years this volcanic and mysterious area is what I do like".
Among other memories they have is that they have always enjoyed the music from a group of three “Conejeros” (people who live in Lanzarote) who used to play at the Pool Bar while they were having dinner. So, what was their surprise when some time later met the same group of three Lanzarote artists performing in a bar in Denmark: "They were very funny," said Winnie.
Asking about what he thinks about Club La Santa, Gunner’s answer is very clear: "Relax, enjoy, sports and very good people".
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
TSO Norman Myers and daughters - Mara Yamauchi and Malindi Myers
TSO Norman Myers @ CLS(24 August 1934- ) Norman is a British environmentalist and authority on biodiversity. He is a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences. He is the father of long distance runner Mara Yamauchi, and former world rowing champion Malindi Myers (from Wikipedia – more on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Myers)
It all began one evening way back in the mid-1980s, when my wife and I checked in for a first visit to Club La Santa. My two daughters, aged 15 and 13, were instantly entranced at sight of the splashing pool, the football field, the running track, the Olympic pool, the beach, the lagoon: the whole scene grabbed them at a stroke. True, they had both enjoyed sport at school, and they had played hockey and swum for the county, but they hadn’t done anything super special in performance. They simply saw sport as fun, and Club La Santa seemed to be just what they wanted.
Also on campus was another family from England, headed by a mum who ranked as a “good club runner”. She entered the weekly half marathon, and my eldest daughter Malindi, who was a close friend of the other family, said she would like to run alongside for as far as she could, perhaps five miles out of the full thirteen miles. I assured her she could be picked up by my car any time she wished: no sweat. In the upshot she completed the whole course hand in hand with the “good club runner.”
As is the way with such things, the following week Mara, the younger daughter, decided she did not want to appear to be outdone, so she lined up for the half marathon too. I expected she would not keep up with Malindi, not by a long way, but 90 minutes later they appeared together, shoulder to shoulder, around the final bend in semi-record time.
On return to England both girls decided to pursue sports a bit more seriously--swimming, cross-country, whatever. I tried my darndest to persuade them to wait a few more years. (Yes, honest, I did try, but it’s hard to be persuasive when your offspring demands to be taken to swimming training at 5.30 in the morning.) Eventually Malindi switched to rowing, and a few years later she started to be selected for the GB team. Eventually (again), she competed at three world championships before she finally stood on a podium and listened to the national anthem. Guess what her dad was doing.
Malindi then felt she had been to the top of her particular sporting mountain and she set aside her oar for good. But she still wanted to stay in shape, so she took to “running for fun.” She displayed her capacity for fun when she ran in the 2006 London Marathon. How did she make out? “Well, I finished 11th out of 10,000 women—-and by the way, dad, I’m three months pregnant.”
As for Mara, she has run in a dozen marathons, including the Olympics when she finished sixth, matching the best placing and time by any British woman. Now that Paula Radcliffe seems to have retired, Mara could soon rank as the best woman marathoner in Britain—or indeed Europe.
As for dad, he did not take to marathoning until age 50, when he bestrode the Boston course in 2 hours 38 minutes, worth third place in his worldwide age group (though several miles behind Malindi and Mara’s times). His main memory: “It made the beer taste better.”
And it all began at dear old Club La Santa.
Monday, 6 September 2010
Padel (or Padel Tennis) is now a very popular sport
CLS says:
Padel (or Padel Tennis) is now a very popular sport among the offer here at Club La Santa. It is the newest offer we have in sports facilities, and has quickly beome one of the most demanded facility.
Since we opened the three new padel courts a few months ago, most guests have been trying to play this new game. Instructions and tournaments are aslo on the Weekly Program.
Tennis can be hard for some people and therefore they have turned to padel tennis. A couple of young men playing at the padel tennis courts tolds us: We are having so much fun with playing padel tennis. It is not that hard as normal tennis and now we are able to run from the front to the back and not be tired to run back again. Our children love it as well, and we can share this with them as it is easy to do.
Club La Santa has included padel tennis and built the courts that were opened in March 2010. It was done as an answer to the increasing success of the sport, especially on the Spanish mainland. It has definitely been the right decision as most Club La Santa guests enjoy the opportunity to try the game, and once they try, they usually love it!! The game makes it easier also for children to play along, which makes it a perfect family game too.
Padel (or Padel Tennis) is now a very popular sport among the offer here at Club La Santa. It is the newest offer we have in sports facilities, and has quickly beome one of the most demanded facility.
Since we opened the three new padel courts a few months ago, most guests have been trying to play this new game. Instructions and tournaments are aslo on the Weekly Program.
Tennis can be hard for some people and therefore they have turned to padel tennis. A couple of young men playing at the padel tennis courts tolds us: We are having so much fun with playing padel tennis. It is not that hard as normal tennis and now we are able to run from the front to the back and not be tired to run back again. Our children love it as well, and we can share this with them as it is easy to do.
Club La Santa has included padel tennis and built the courts that were opened in March 2010. It was done as an answer to the increasing success of the sport, especially on the Spanish mainland. It has definitely been the right decision as most Club La Santa guests enjoy the opportunity to try the game, and once they try, they usually love it!! The game makes it easier also for children to play along, which makes it a perfect family game too.
Sunday, 5 September 2010
Plans of complex - with photo links!
Please see below a link to a new prototype version of the plans we have for the complex. We don't have photos for all the timeshare apartments yet, but we are working on it!
Type A 1 bedroom apartments are shown coloured red, green or yellow, depending on quality of location. The blue coloured apartments are the Type B, C, Sports and Luxury apartments with 2, 3 or 4 bedrooms. Apartments with no colouring are CLS owned and used for tourists only, or are staff apartments.
Click on an apartment to see if we have photos of it. You may be able to see an outline around the "photo" apartments.
Each set of apartment photos has an apartment description to go with it.
Click here for the plans and photos!
Type A 1 bedroom apartments are shown coloured red, green or yellow, depending on quality of location. The blue coloured apartments are the Type B, C, Sports and Luxury apartments with 2, 3 or 4 bedrooms. Apartments with no colouring are CLS owned and used for tourists only, or are staff apartments.
Click on an apartment to see if we have photos of it. You may be able to see an outline around the "photo" apartments.
Each set of apartment photos has an apartment description to go with it.
Click here for the plans and photos!
Friday, 3 September 2010
Don't forget it's the first Ocean Lava Triathlon this Sunday, 5th September! (half-ironman)
Don't forget it's the first Ocean Lava Triathlon this Sunday! (half-ironman).
See the website
http://www.oceanlava.com/
Even if yo are not taking part, please come to support the competitors.
See the website
http://www.oceanlava.com/
Even if yo are not taking part, please come to support the competitors.
Thursday, 2 September 2010
ITSO Benefits, New Additions
Additional ITSO Card Benefits and Discounts now include:
10% discount at Mama Africa restaurant, La Santa, Lanzarote
10% discount at Verde Mar restaurant, La Santa, Lanzarote
10% discount at La Cabana restaurant, Macher, Lanzarote
10% discount at Mezza Luna restaurant, Tinajo, Lanzarote
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
New Lights System For Tennis Courts
Club La Santa have installed a new system for the flood lights on the tennis courts. The flood lights can now be turned on individually for each pair of courts by pressing a green button located on the court.
They stay on for 1 hour and when the orange light starts blinking it mean you have five minutes to press the button again before the lights turn off.
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