Spain will not forget International Women's Day 2017 anytime soon. For the first time in their history, Spain won the Algarve Cup, the prestigious invitational tournament. Even more remarkably, they did it on their first participation in the competition.
Spain defeated defending Algarve Cup champions Canada 1-0 in the final in Faro thanks to an early goal scored by defender Leila Ouahabi in the fourth minute.
With perfect weather conditions and no wind at all, Boavista Golf & Spa Resort welcomed the 64 players that attended the 7th edition of Adega Mayor Tournament on the 28th of January.
This popular event proved once more to be a lively and very competitive tournament, as we can see from the results.
The 2017 Savcor Finnish Squash Open is currently taking place in Finland. The tournament started on 26 January and ended on the 29th.
Portuguese Rui Soares participated in this tournament and was seeded No.3.
The Faldo Course at Amendoeira Golf Resort has won the prestigious World Golf Award as Portugal’s Best Golf Course in a sensational night for Portuguese golf and travel.
Designed by 6-time Major Champion, Sir Nick Faldo, and complimented by world-class resort amenities, the Faldo Course at Amendoeira has been recognised on the world stage at the recent World Golf Awards.
Padraig Harrington won on the European tour at Vilamoura this weekend, raising him from 159th to 97th in the rankings as he held off the challenge of defending champion Andy Sullivan at the Portugal Masters showing calm under pressure with a closing 65 to finish 23 under par.
Sullivan won the event by nine shots last season and this year looked good with birdies on four out of his first five holes giving him 22 under par at the end of the weekend.
The 2nd edition of the Golf Corporate Day, organized by Casas do Barlavento, took place on Saturday the 30th of September, at the Boavista Golf & Spa Resort.
Another raving success for the company with 84 players making up 21 teams of 4 players in a Texas Scramble, which everybody has enjoyed immensely once again. From within the 84 players, there were owners, buyers and business partners of Casas do Barlavento, the real estate agency directed by Luís Ledo.
Embarking on a brand new adventure on the 25th September 2016, an international team of four men and one woman (including two Algarvians) is paddling down the Spanish Border across Northern Portugal to Porto on stand up paddle boards.
They will cross through the beautiful Douro Valley which has been awarded UNESCO World Heritage status.
The city of Lagos hosted the most adventurous watermen challenge for a 12 hours non-stop competition, in an innovative night and day format.
On the weekend of 23 and 24 July the attention of nautical sports was focused on Meia Praia Beach in Lagos where the first edition of Water Kings was held. From noon until midnight, 62 enthusiastic participants were challenged during 12 hours non-stop, in an unprecedented format with mandatory multidisciplinary teams performing in kitesurf, sailing, windsurfing and stand up paddle. The changing weather conditions during the competition led to a strategic management of the sports chosen in each period and also stressed out the need of a real team work to endure all the hours on the water.
