BPCC stays ahead of the game despite the crisis
by Chris Graeme
Free bowls
The Amendoeira Golf and Leisure Resort, near Alcantarilha, is inviting all crown green bowlers in the Algarve to enter a free competition at the championship crown green on Monday, July
Golfing paradise
by Skip Bandele sport@algarveresident.com The second edition of the Algarve Masters series involving 2,500 amateur players in more than 40 qualifying tournaments will draw to a close at the end
Celebrity golf raises thousands
by ELOISE WALTON eloise.walton@algarveresident.com Sir Bobby Robson and a number of UK and Portuguese sporting stars raised a total of 63,000 euros for the children’s refuge in Faro, Refúgio Aboim
Chamber golf at the Parque
A total of 28 members of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce competed in a Stableford Golf Competition at Parque da Floresta, near Lagos, on July 2. The Chamber Day, which
Global finale
Nine months and 33,000 nautical miles after the competitors in the first Portimão Global Ocean Race set sail for their around the world adventure the four surviving boats returned home
Ryder bid
The Portuguese candidature to stage the 2018 Ryder Cup between Europe’s top golfers and their American counterparts has been accepted. France, Germany, Holland, Sweden and Spain also feature on the
Flying high
Alvor beach hosted the Kite Masters Portimão World Tour ’09 event for the best part of last week. Despite a lull on the closing Sunday, which meant the concluding races
Emerald Elite
The Portuguese Equestrian Tour (PET), which began its annual sequence of international show jumping events in Lisbon over two months ago, reached its climax in Vilamoura last weekend. The three-day
Cricket match
Barringtons’ cricket club will be playing a league match against a Portuguese team at their home ground near Vale do Lobo on Sunday. Spectators are welcome to watch the match

