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Further details on the project’s assessment profile are available online Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the Progressive Media network © Business Trade Media International Limited The Gibraltar-San Roque Refinery and the Puente Mayorga Chemical Plant invested 76.1 million euro in environmental management improvements last year The environmental report for Cepsa's maritime terminal in compliance with Puertos del Estado's Good Environmental Practices Guide the Puente Mayorga Chemical Plant obtained the ISO 50001 Energy Management Certificate which the Refinery has also had since 2014 had its ISO 14001 Environmental Management Certificate renewed and had its Environmental Statement validated The investment of 65 million euro (out of the 100 million planned) in the new unit's project to manufacture LAB—the raw material used in detergents—with Detal technology should be highlighted as exemplifying sustainability This project will improve waste management reduce emissions and increase energy efficiency and security at Puente Mayorga It has been recognized by the Spanish Ministry for Ecological Transition and is eligible for the European Business Awards for the Environment Director of the Gibraltar-San Roque Refinery highlighted that "the publication of the environmental statements demonstrates the Company's commitment to sustainability energy efficiency and continuous improvement." Jesús Ivars Production Director for Cepsa's chemical plants in Andalusia added that "investments in environmental protection are necessary in the sector in which Cepsa operates." These advances in sustainability at the facilities in San Roque are part of the organizational restructuring being carried out at Cepsa this year the objective of which is to establish a strategy centered around international expansion and the development of new businesses that will drive transformation and growth from an energy perspective and in a constantly changing market environment while also addressing the challenges of energy transition The Company and Fundación Cepsa are committed to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with particular focus on the following: affordable and clean energy; decent work and economic growth; industry innovation and infrastructure; responsible consumption and production; climate action; and peace Main Results in the Environmental Statements the weighted average annual concentrations were this year once again below the limits established by the Integrated Environmental Authorization (AAI) specifically 55% lower in terms of SO2 and 24% lower in terms of NOx mass emissions of SO2 (2,270 metric tons in 2019) reached a record low These gradual reductions in SO2 emissions are due to the improvement in the quality of the fuel used in the operations of the unit which in turn was achieved through the decrease in fuel oil consumption as well as an increase in gas consumption and the installation of new amine treatment units meaning that the fuel gas consumed is virtually sulfur free Particle emissions were 232 metric tons and NOx emissions were 1,661 metric tons As the Puente Mayorga Chemical Plant only uses gaseous fuel in production processes As for NOx emissions (301 metric tons in 2019) they remain at levels below the established limits The wastewater from the Puente Mayorga Chemical Plant is treated at the Refinery's treatment plant The environmental statements indicate that the volume of wastewater at the main discharge point was 8% lower than that permitted and that the monthly average values were within the permitted limits at all times Cepsa strives to be more energy efficient in order to make a significant contribution to reducing the environmental impact of its processes because a reduction in energy consumption automatically implies lower emissions both of greenhouse gases and other gases which have an impact on air quality The aim of this standard is to promote energy efficiency guarantee compliance with energy legislation The third period of allocation (2013–2020) of CO2 emission allowances began in 2013 with co-generation facilities ceasing to receive allowances for free Although the Refinery and Chemical Plant facilities receive free allowances the allowances allocated gradually drop each year The Refinery's total emissions balance for 2019 (excluding the co-generation units) amounted to 28,536 metric tons of CO2 allowances beyond the amount allocated The Puente Mayorga Chemical Plant released 6,709 metric tons less of CO2 allowances than allocated The environmental statements contain detailed information about many other matters ranging from noise and soil monitoring water and raw materials usage to activities which have an influence on environmental improvements to products manufactured in order to reduce their impact when used by consumers Cepsa's environmental management is not limited to monitoring the impact of its activities It also extends to such sensitive issues as the training of its own employees about the environment and also those of the businesses which provide services at the Company's facilities or communication with the community Cepsa adopts a proactive stance in the defense and improvement of biodiversity in the areas surrounding its production facilities A good example of this type of activity is the recovery of and improvements to the wetlands along the Madrevieja river Fundación Cepsa is providing local people with a space and activities which make them aware of the natural environment of the area - Listen the audio of Jesus Ivars- Listen the audio of Miguel Pérez We’ve just sent you an email with a link so you can complete your subscription All the latest news and the best topics on Innovation and Sustainable Mobility and the Environment at the click of a button The Cairns Cup is set to return in 2026 at the prestigious San Roque Club in Spain Founded by Englishmen Kevin Booth and Ian Halliwell in 2020 this biennial competition has rapidly become a symbol of camaraderie and inclusivity in the world of adaptive golf What started as an idea during the 2018 Phoenix Cup at Rotunda Golf Club has grown into a major international event Kevin and Ian — both passionate advocates for disability golf — witnessed the power of the game to unite players from different backgrounds.  the tournament was overshadowed by tragedy when their dear friend the duo set their sights on creating something truly special: a Ryder Cup-style matchplay event exclusively for golfers with disabilities initially securing the 2010 Ryder Cup Course at Celtic Manor for the inaugural event in 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to cancel not once the first Cairns Cup was eventually played in May 2022 at The Shire London where Team USA claimed a dominant victory with a 21-3 win over Team Europe The competition gained further momentum in 2024 when Cherry Creek Golf Club in Michigan hosted the second edition with Team USA narrowly edging out a one-point victory Thanks to the overwhelming support of sponsors and donors the event continues to be financially accessible ensuring that players are selected based on ability and merit rather than financial means the tournament moves to The San Roque Club in Spain a stunning venue that has hosted elite events including the European Tour’s Spanish Open The teams will be captained by Kris Aves (Europe) and Greg Hooper (USA) two highly respected figures in adaptive golf “This event is about so much more than just golf,” said co-founder Kevin Booth the chance to compete at the highest level and proving that disability is no barrier to sporting excellence.” To find out more details — whether as a player, sponsor, or supporter – visit www.thecairnscup.com Following the news of the theft of over £2 million of stock from its Manchester warehouse last weekend Worldwide Golf Brands reports that the business is 'back up and running' with minimal disruption to the vast majority of its customers the business growth agency for UK and Irish golf clubs has launched a new marketing system that has delivered rapid advances in the service they deliver Brocket Hall has announced that world-renowned putting coach Phil Kenyon is to open a new state-of-the-art putting studio at the Hertfordshire-based venue GolfBusinessNews.com (GBN) is for the many thousands of people who work in the golf business all around the world We cover the full range of topics both on and off the course We aim to supply essential information both quickly and accurately in a format which is easy to use We are independent of all special interest groups Click here to sign up for our free twice weekly golf industry news summary View the latest newsletter here 5/7 High StreetDorchester-on-ThamesOxfordshire OX10 7HHUnited Kingdom publisher@golfbusinessnews.com © 1999-2025 e.GolfBusiness.com Limited | All Rights Reserved. | GBN Privacy Policy The Management Committee of APE 08.20 Malmea-San Roque-Tres Olivos (MSRTO) has today submitted to the Madrid City Council the initiative for the execution of the area which is a key milestone for the urban redevelopment of Madrid Nuevo Norte This procedure officially launches the execution of the second of the four areas making up the overall project after Las Tablas Oeste was the first to start the process and receive the initial approval for its urban development two weeks ago The Central Business District and Chamartín Station project areas will be the next to begin their urban development management The presentation of the MSRTO initiative marks a critical step forward for the development of Madrid Nuevo Norte since it will formally begin the processing of the rules and bylaws of the Owner’s Association and the construction process for the project area whose definitive approvals will allow the start of the building construction works president of the Management Committee of the APE 08.20 Malmea-San Roque-Tres Olivos remarked: “The submission of the MSRTO execution initiative serves as the clearest demonstration that Madrid Nuevo Norte is unstoppable with two of its project areas fully engaged in urban management and the other two progressing towards commencing it as soon as possible.” The Malmea-San Roque-Tres Olivos project area has a total buildable gross area of 965,321 m2 of which 714,338 m2 are designated for residential use This will allow for the construction of approximately 7,140 housing units of which 27% (1,965) will be under the administration of the Madrid City Council for affordable housing policies 214,864 m2 will be allocated for tertiary office use and 36,199 m2 for commercial use The project area will include 161,982 m2 dedicated to green space primarily distributed along the so-called “green artery” of Madrid Nuevo Norte which will complete the historic Prado-Recoletos-Castellana artery and connect it with the natural ecosystems of the Hills of El Pardo in the Cuenca Alta del Manzanares Regional Park It will form a network of interconnected parks which will provide continuity towards the inner city towards both the future Madrid Metropolitan Forest and the regional green artery The project will also enhance the historical and cultural heritage of the neighbourhoods and pay homage to their agricultural and industrial past with the incorporation of two historic chapels into the parks network: the 16th century San Roque chapel and the 19th century Nuestra Señora de Lourdes chapel will serve as the centrepieces of two parks situated along the green artery adjacent to the rail yards to the north of the M-30 highway will be made green with spaces inspired by its historical agricultural use paying homage to the heritage of this area of Madrid public facilities covering an area of 137,030 m2 have been planned which will make up for the historical deficiencies of these neighbourhoods they will be designed to meet the needs of both the future residents of Madrid Nuevo Norte and the people currently residing in the surrounding neighbourhoods The area will feature two impressive public transport hubs located to the north and south commuter trains and several stops of the new bus rapid transit system with a dedicated lane and traffic light priority Both transport hubs will become the heart of their neighbourhoods as more tertiary building space for office and commercial use has been planned around them in order to create lively surrounding environments Cycling mobility will be boosted by a new network of cycle paths through the project area which will connect to the existing network the Green Cycle Ring and the Colmenar cycle path The major infrastructure planned in the Malmea-San Roque-Tres Olivos project includes the relocation and complete renovation of Canal de Isabel II water supply infrastructure pipelines through which most of the drinking water consumed in the city of Madrid flows over 12 kilometres of pipelines will be replaced in order to optimise the efficiency of water resources and improve the management of water consumption This project focuses on the urban edge of the historic quarter of Fuencarral and the neighbourhoods of Begoña and Tres Olivos regenerating brownfields in disuse and ending the historical isolation of the area with connections to the nearby neighbourhood of Las Tablas and the Chamartín Central Business District and thus solving mobility problems This future neighbourhood will include numerous connections to the east: three bridges a pedestrian footbridge and a tunnel will link Fuencarral with Las Tablas it will be connected to the Chamartín Central Business District via three bridges over the M-30 highway: two newly constructed ones on calle Agustín de Foxá and calle Antonio de Cabezón as well the renovation and expansion of the existing bridge on Mauricio Legendre San Roque town hall in Cadiz province is organising a special Good Friday guided tour of the town’s historic ‘Magna procession’ a unique procession in Andalucía that is accompanied by a squadron of Romans on horseback members of the tourism department will offer information about this procession in Spanish Participants on the guided tour will also learn about some of the other iconic images of Christ and the Virgin Mary that are paraded through the streets during Holy Week which date from the 15th to the 18th centuries These images were retrieved from Gibraltar and taken to San Roque in 1704 after the capture of the Rock by the English and Dutch is the most important and most deeply rooted in the Campo de Gibraltar https://turismosanroque.es/ Comentar es una ventaja exclusiva para registrados Cepsa’s Gibraltar San Roque refinery has started up its new Sorbex-2 metaxylene plant with the Warranty Compliance test approved by leading U.S based energy company Universal Oil Products This is one of the latest industrial advances made in this production process The new unit started up production after an investment of around €70 million and thanks to the work of a team from the Construction which assured it was started up on time.  Sorbex-2 will have a production capacity of 150 tons a day of high quality metaxylene which is used as the raw material to make polymers and plastics The new unit will work in tandem with the Sorbex-1 unit which started production in 2008 and produces 210 tons a day Part of the load of xylene needed for the process will come from Cepsa’s La Rábida Refinery in Huelva which has meant installing a new section to condition it the Director of the Gibraltar San Roque Refinery said that its start-up showed Cepsa’s commitment to the Campo de Gibraltar region where the company has operated for over 50 years Cepsa Bioenergia San Roque SLU (CBSR), a joint venture of Compañía Española de Petróleos SAU (Cepsa) and Singapore-based RGE Pte. Ltd.’s AAA Oils & Fats Pte. Ltd. (Apical Group) renewable energy subsidiary Bio-Oils Energy SA has let a contract to Worley Ltd to deliver services for a new renewable fuels plant to be built next to Cepsa’s La Rábida industrial energy park at the Port of Huelva in Palos de la Frontera in Spain’s southernmost autonomous community of Andalusia and field engineering support services for CBSR’s new plant that will produce 500,000 tonnes/year (tpy) of renewable diesel—or hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO)—and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from a feedstock of agricultural waste and used cooking oils (UCO) the service provider said in a filing to the Australian Securities Exchange Worley said its scope of work under the contract—which also will benefit expanded operations of Bio-Oil Energy’s existing 500,000-tpy renewables fuels plant co-located at the site—will cover feedstock pretreatment installations outside battery limit (OSBL) fuel pretreatment units CBSR’s plant will boost overall production of the combined renewable fuels complex to 1 million tpy making it southern Europe’s largest second-generation biofuels plant Worley did not reveal the value of the contract This latest contract for the project follows CBSR’s previous award of detailed engineering for the proposed plant to Técnicas Reunidas SA in first-quarter 2023 Cepsa said Técnicas Reunidas will provide engineering and construction management support for the new plant with the service provider’s scope of work specifically to cover the renewable fuels unit (RFU) as well as the ship-and-tanker loading and unloading installations to be built as part of the project Cepsa confirmed the European Investment Bank (EIB) entered a €285-million loan agreement for the project as part of EIB’s commitment to investing in private companies within the European Union (EU) advancing their own decarbonization strategies in line with accelerating the energy transition A core component of Cepsa’s 2030 Positive Motion decarbonization strategy that outlines a corporate goal of producing 2.5-million tpy production in Spain and Portugal by 2030 CBSR’s proposed €1.2-billion renewable fuels plant project is also supported by InvestEU an EU program to mobilize more than €372 billion of additional investment in the period 2021-27 based on the project’s meeting the program’s main objectives of developing the EU energy sector and a sustainable bioeconomy which will secure most of its feedstock supply from Apical's agricultural waste and residue operations via a long-term agreement will be equipped to process as much as 600,000 tpy of mixed organic waste With construction activities initiated earlier this year CBSR’s renewables plant is designed for minimal environmental impact as plant processes will be powered with renewable hydrogen and 100% renewable electricity feature alternative heat-recovery and energy efficiency systems and—due to installation of an advanced water-treatment plant—only use reclaimed water that limits impacts to the surrounding ecosystem Cepsa confirmed in a February 2024 release a raw material for production of green hydrogen essential for decarbonizing operations of both the plant and the adjacent La Rábida energy park Biogas treatment at the proposed plant additionally will enable capture of biogenic CO2 for production of green methanol for decarbonizing maritime transport as part of the Cepsa-led Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley ecosystem program While it has produced biofuels across its conventional refining system for more than a decade Cepsa began producing HVO at its La Rábida energy park—one of two now belonging to the operator that also houses the company’s 11.1-million tpy La Rábida refinery—in 2022 using a feedstock of UCO Cepsa’s current move to aggressively expand renewable fuels production follows the operator’s realignment of its business objectives following decreased demand for hydrocarbon-based products resulting from the global Covid-19 pandemic the operator has committed to focusing on transformation of its remaining two Spanish downstream energy parks—which includes the San Roque energy park in Cádiz province that houses the 12-million tpy Gibraltar-San Roque refinery—for production of renewable fuels and green hydrogen Robert Brelsford joined Oil & Gas Journal in October 2013 as downstream technology editor after 8 years as a crude oil price and news reporter on spot crude transactions at the US Gulf Coast He holds a BA (2000) in English from Rice University and an MS (2003) in education and social policy from Northwestern University The contemporary art centre in San Roque has inaugurated a permanent exhibition of the work of celebrated cartoonist Carlos Pacheco an artist who was born in the town in 1960 and who died of motor neuron disease (MND) in November 2022 Pacheco was lauded in San Roque for his accomplishments He was named Hijo Predilecto (favourite son) in 2001 and had an avenue in the town named after him in 2016 This latest honour is made up of 371 pieces donated by Pacheco's son The inaugural ceremony was attended by Pacheco's parents along with representatives of the regional government and San Roque town hall the exhibition offers a journey that spans Pacheco's early childhood when he dreamed of being a comic book artist the centre houses a recreation of the studio where he created his most outstanding works with original pieces that offer an opportunity to understand the creative process behind the construction of a comic book Jesús González of the Spanish ministry of culture said that this exhibition has "great significance" and is "essential in the world of culture" "This exhibition represents a well-deserved tribute that will bring the artist closer to all those who haven't had the good fortune to discover him Pacheco left behind a magnificent legacy," he added The penciller's son expressed his "joy" during the presentation while emphasising that his father "continues to leave traces of his legacy" He went on to thank the public for "the warmth" they showed his father "when he needed it most" Carlos Pacheco's work has been recognised with various distinctions including his appointment as 'breakthrough author of 1996' by the American magazine and his inclusion since then in the top ten authors of the same magazine from 1997 until he reached the top position on that list in 2001 he received the award for 'best Spanish cartoonist' at the Granada comic fair he received a similar award during the science fiction and horror film week in Estepona Although he began his career as a biology graduate he soon turned his mind to the world of comics He began drawing for Spanish translated editions of Marvel Comics published at the time by Planeta under the imprint of Cómics Forum he gained recognition with UK-based branch of Marvel Comics for which he worked on the Spider-Man comic Dark Guard He went on to become the first Spanish artist to make a major impact in America Pacheco published Arrowsmith: Behind Enemy Lines which recreates World War I in a fantastic universe with dragons he announced he would be taking a sabbatical from his work The exhibition can be viewed Tuesday to Thursday from 10am to 2pm (Saturday and Sunday from 11am) Spain’s most ambitious renewable hydrogen project and one of the largest in all of Europe we continue to develop the ‘Andalusia Green Hydrogen Valley’ It will accelerate the energy transition and endow the continent with greater energy autonomy helping our customers in the manufacturing and heavy road transportation sectors with their decarbonisation efforts In 2023 we announced the development of an hydrogen ring in Huelva (Spain) The pioneering engineering feat implied by the construction of this piece of infrastructure lies with connecting up hydrogen producers with consumers secure and competitive supplies and tapping synergies across all neighbouring industries Green hydrogen is a key tool for our own decarbonization and that of our customers especially in sectors that are difficult to electrify will prevent 6 million tons of CO2 emissions per year as well as emissions from other gases and particles thus improving air quality and contributing to the achievement of the United Nations Agenda 2030 goals Generating the renewable energy needed for these plants will be possible thanks to the development of wind and solar projects we will work alongside other renewable energy producers in Andalusia and the rest of Spain to promote integrating our plants into the electrical system The Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley will turn Andalusia and Spain into a European energy power with export capacity contributing to Europe's security of supply and energy independence thus supporting the REPowerEU strategy and helping to achieve the goals of the 2030 Agenda to combat climate change Furthermore, the development of this valley will position Andalusian ports as world leaders in international green hydrogen corridors and in supplying new green fuels for maritime transportation. Proof of this is the agreement signed with the Port of Rotterdam to create the first green hydrogen corridor linking southern and northern Europe also linking with other ports such as Singapore Developing the Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley will generate 10,000 jobs and it will boost the economic activity of more than 400 SMEs in the area It will also boost industrial activity in the region by facilitating access to affordable and sustainable energy that is close to production centers Andalusia already consumes 40% of the hydrogen used in Spain today The region already has important industrial clusters which is why our objective is to promote partnerships and collaborations to make the region more competitive the Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley will be a center of attraction for other links in the hydrogen value chain this project will generate new opportunities for local talent At Cepsa we will invest in training new job profiles through the training centers at our Energy Parks as well as through other partnerships with universities in the region Andalusia has the best conditions to be one of the most competitive and efficient regions in the world in the production of green hydrogen It is one of the places in Europe with the most competitive wind and solar photovoltaic generation capacity: more than 80% of the cost of green hydrogen production is derived from the cost of renewable electricity Andalusia consumes 40% of the hydrogen currently used in Spain where there is already a significant industrial fabric are prime sites to implement large-scale projects with access to a broad mix of renewable sources and high end-user demand The location of the plants will contribute to the increased integration of renewable projects in the autonomous community and will improve their utilization by taking advantage of surplus renewable energy generation during off-peak hours accelerating compliance with the region's and Spain's decarbonization objectives An ally for the decarbonization of industry and heavy land Green hydrogen can be used to produce derivative products such as ammonia or methanol An enjoyably unforgettable night at Casino Admiral San Roque with a top-tier dinner followed by a spectacular tribute to Il Divo in San Roque This tribute band mixes lyrical expression and pop fun to pay tribute to the most famous vocal quartet of opera singers composed of Urs Bühler Since Simon Cowell highlighted them in 2003, Il Divo has triumphed around the world and has managed to sell millions of records rising as one of the top representatives of classical music crossover groups With exquisite elegance and endowed with powerful voices the members of this tribute band cover such popular songs as My Way the group has taken their voices to countries such as New Caledonia Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker It is logical to think that a singer with a Biennial named in his honour conferences and various activities celebrating its fifth edition this year the name of Canela de San Roque does not circulate properly You begin to list the maxi figures that are the bricks and cement of the flamenco and it is a long list of names that awaken diverse memories To the nail…and Torre's piercing voice sounds inside your head Say "Paco" and the internal record player opens the extensive playlist associated with our genius from Algeciras Or the image of Carmen Amaya serves to capture that posture of hers of the Catalan with her arms folded in a crab position Who or what does the name Alejandro Segovia Camacho refer to I first saw and heard it when it came out over two decades ago on the television show Pure and jondoHow could I have overlooked this singer once described in these words by Félix Grande flamencologist and critic?: “He sings with impetus with the intensity of someone who is bullfighting for the first time with the sadness and suffering of someone who is bullfighting or singing for the last time.” Family of the Jarrito and Perico Montoya of San Roque I met him personally in his maturity one afternoon in the venerable Society of Cante Grande de Algeciras A few years earlier in the Baluarte de la Candelaria in Cádiz I had been surprised by the authenticity of his pain made into art long and majestic with a performance of Paquirri el Guanté that gave goosebumps but phrasing that is so often neglected despite the associated potential.  El Canela de San Roque always put all his cards on the table with an overwhelming communicative power and palate in everything he interpreted knew how to open the tap of what jondo without histrionics My mouth fills with flattering adjectives when I talk about this singer reminds us that in this geography there is much more to cante festero Life is more bearable when it is seasoned with a flamenco sensibility like that provided by the velvety voice of Canela Not because his art was superficial or light chewed it and returned it to us digested and calm.   La First Art Biennial Flamenco Canela de San Roque took place in October 2016 The new edition will be held from September 14 to October 19 2024 at the Palacio de los Gobernadores and the Juan Luis Galiardo Theater Let us temporarily stop the intense march of promotion and contemplate for a moment the underestimated capacity of Alejandro Segovia Camacho leaving us too soon in 2015 at the age of 68 We are left with the memory of his voice in that of his son See Programming Complete Guide - The Art Biennial Flamenco The Provincial Council has scheduled 38 shows and recitals, of which 23... 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The Voice of the Flamenco in the World.  Please enter your username or email address to reset your password A major renovation project on the Old course at The San Roque Club in Spain has been completed A bark mulch has been used throughout the course to reduce the amount of maintained turf Cork oak trees feature throughout the course The former opening hole on the Old course is now the tenth In the fiercely competitive luxury club market on the southern tip of Spain intuition might suggest that extravagant spending is necessary to attract wealthy members and guests But with a peer group that includes Valderrama that might not set you apart from the crowd When a new ownership group took control of The San Roque Club some 25 years after it had first been laid out the Old course at San Roque had grown tired The area typically gets five to six major storms each year and these would render the course unplayable for days while the grounds crew repaired damage flooding caused major damage to the clubhouse and some of the surrounding residences its members – who at that time were preparing an acquisition bid of their own – sought advice on how best to revitalise a course that had previously been fit to play regular host to the European Tour’s qualifying school finals They called upon golf course consultant John Clarkin of the Ireland-based Turfgrass Consultancy firm for help Management and development group Golf Estate swooped in and Responsibility for the club’s revival now lay with its new president Stephen Dundas Dundas – a former British Amateur champion who also competed in the 1993 Masters – was drawn to the proposals detailed in Clarkin’s report to the members Sensing that they shared a common vision for a golf course that would be firm and fast and would complement a new ethos he was developing for the club – he made contact They agreed that the bones of the course’s original routing by Dave Thomas were strong making good use of the undulating terrain and sitting at ease with the low-density housing that lines a handful of its fairways But time had taken its toll; tree growth was shrouding the holes and too many of the hazards had either become less relevant or were more of a hindrance to enjoyment than a strategic challenge Dundas says: “My first thought was to make the golf course as dry as possible – I wanted it to play firm and fast but can’t be maintained after three or four years.” This focus on sustainability would be a driver for many of the design decisions A plan was drawn up to remove almost half the bunkers and 18 hectares of maintained turf would be replaced with mulch A new state-of-the-art irrigation system from Rain Bird would contribute to a reduction in water use estimated to be somewhere between 35 and 50 percent – a massive saving given the cost of water in southern Spain “The length of the course would be shorter too – bucking the trend,” says Dundas “I never had the temptation to make it longer – it’s no fun and it adds more expense At 6,500 metres from the back tees it’s already more than long enough for our members and guests And we made a conscious decision to not aim to host a tour event.” Dundas felt that by creating an enjoyable and playable golf course with a reduced maintenance burden he could focus resources and effort on top-tier conditioning and providing members and guests with great service Joining Dundas and Clarkin on the project team would be Target Ingenieros the Spanish group led by former tour pro Manuel Piñero to handle engineering and consult on the design the Ireland-based construction firm led by Anthony Bennett In November 2019 work began on stripping the existing course to its bare bones removing three lakes and streams that were difficult to negotiate and penal and pruning back the course’s beautiful cork oak trees “We got to see the golf course naked,” says Dundas “Once we’d cleaned up every tree on the golf course there was space it lifted everything up and revealed the incredible views.” “But the main idea was to make golfers feel like they had more space from the tee which people love to do.” This sets up for what would become very much a “second shot” course ground was broken for construction work at the start of January 2020 with an ambitious target of reopening to members at the start of November allowing work to continue at pace each day the Guardia Civil arrived on the property and shut down construction But halting work at this point would leave the bare ground exposed to washouts and presented a significant flood risk The club shared footage of previous flooding with the authorities and it was enough to convince them of the threat to safety albeit very cautiously and with a minimal crew in those next few weeks and subject to considerable restrictions for the entirety of the project The resolve of the club’s partners was put to the ultimate test Atlantic is fast developing a reputation for getting things done – its work at Adare Manor and Ballybunion being cases in point But would they be able to step up in another country members of the construction crew were given the option to continue work or head home Even though it would mean weeks on end without seeing their families Clarkin and the Turfgrass team demonstrated their commitment to the client John was supposed to be here a few days each month but he must have spent over 100 days on site during the project – at one point he was here for three weeks non-stop,” says Dundas “A massive shout-out to Anthony and Atlantic Their passion and dedication to getting us open in 2020 was quite incredible.” Sprigging was initially scheduled to start around the end of April but began at the end of June Dundas explains: “The consequences of not getting done before winter and the golf course not ready until September or October 2021… no way we would have been able to sell memberships and take fees.” The Atlantic Golf Construction team pulled out all the stops to recover the time lost to Covid-related delays “Our focus is a willingness to get the project done for the client,” says Bennett and club members even joined the effort to help sprig fairways “It was incredible to witness,” says Clarkin “The project culminated with over 40 machines and more than 80 people at work on a single hole – the eighth – to complete seeding on the last day of August.” Clarkin selected Latitude 36 bermudagrass for fairways and surrounds and Pure Select for greens and tees which were carefully nurtured by grow-in superintendent Mark Doyle and Turfgrass Consultancy’s on-site project manager Craig Hanney “Thirteen weeks after seeding we sent a sample to European Turf Laboratories and they could not believe how well developed it was,” says Clarkin “The root system is phenomenal.” “Tees alone will be 8.5 to 9 on the stimp,” says Dundas There are a lot of false front areas where the bent is running at 9 Conditioning is right up there with the best courses in the area.” For Dundas to achieve his goal of outstanding playing surfaces it helps that coverage is now substantially lower “We reduced the turfed area from about 55 hectares to 37,” says Clarkin Such a dramatic reduction was designed both to minimise the water and labour requirement for the golf course Areas that were previously turfed are now covered with a bark mulch delivering a similar effect to the pine straw at Augusta National The mulch requires almost no maintenance and provides a marked contrast with turfed areas giving the Old course an aesthetic that is quite unique in the area Balls that come to rest on the mulch can be easily found removing the frustrating experience of scrambling through undergrowth Dundas’s appreciation of Augusta is apparent in the new bunkering scheme too Thirty bunkers were removed from the original layout each of which has been strategically positioned so that the player has options to consider for each shot the design team also felt comfortable increasing their severity “There are only four greenside bunkers from which you can actually see the putting surface,” says Dundas The bunkers have been lined with the Better Billy Bunker system A storm hit the course shortly after completion of the bunkers and not one required any work Dundas estimates that it previously required 150 hours of labour to get bunkers back in play after a storm And with a typical year having six or seven such storms that’s over 1,000 hours of labour that can now be invested elsewhere on the course Dundas says the project team has succeeded in delivering a course that will require far less resource while delivering a much more enjoyable playing experience – surely the golden formula for any club embarking on work The emphasis on enjoyment and conditioning aligns with Dundas’s broader new ethos for the club which is to provide a relaxed environment with exceptional quality and service And his goal is for that to be affordable quality Many of San Roque’s peers undoubtedly offer an exceptional experience for visiting golfers but at a cost that means for most it will be a one-off Dundas is setting a price point that will allow people to return again and again By reducing the resource requirement of the course more can be invested in the provision of outstanding service “In terms of the gate-to-gate experience we are going to be the best in the area,” he says Every detail has been considered – such as the switching of nines to improve the flow of guests from clubhouse area to course and back again with the tees in full view of the clubhouse area giving more of a “sense of occasion” to the opening shot And the round now closes on the adjacent green right in front of the clubhouse as opposed to the former eighteenth – now the ninth – which is 50 metres away as the new vision for the club began to emerge membership numbers were increased by a third By the official opening this summer Dundas will be even closer to his goal of around 600 members Everything the new ownership group promised its members “Eighty-two golfers played the Old course on 5 December,” says Dundas “A full renovation had been completed in 11 months during a global pandemic – it’s a massive achievement for our partners and their businesses.” The end result is a course that is “hard “As a member you could play every day of your life and not tire of it.” This article first appeared in the April 2021 issue of Golf Course Architecture. For a printed subscription or free digital edition, please visit our subscriptions page gave his backing this week to continuing with the measures and investments aimed at combating the drought in the region despite the let-up in the water shortages due to the recent heavy rains Moreno advocated continuing with preventive water-saving measures and not slowing down the investments in hydraulic works deemed so necessary for the region despite the fact that it has been raining heavily in the last few weeks This request by Moreno for no one to lower their guard when it comes to water matters was formally conveyed to central government This was done to ensure that the Spanish government maintains its investments given that "water-related projects are fundamental for the present and future economic for which cooperation and collaboration is required from all governing bodies" "What I ask is that this investment effort that we have been asking of the wider state authorities and the European Union for years should not be slowed down by the fact that we have had three consecutive storm fronts because this is undoubtedly a great relief for the water situation but unfortunately it is not the definitive solution," said Moreno he expressed his hope that the plans that are under way "will not stop that the commitments we have made will not be limited and that we can achieve the great objective we have set ourselves so that we will largely have the necessary infrastructures to withstand future droughts that are expected as a result of climate change which are going to be severe and long-lasting." These comments were made by Moreno during his visit this week to inaugurate the water supply pipeline to the northern area of the Cadiz municipality of San Roque He also mentioned the improvement in Andalucía's water situation in general due to the latest rainfall while noting that it had rained "with an unequal distribution that prevents the drought situation from being overcome for the moment." Moreno further stressed that water reserves are widely varied in the areas of eastern and western Andalucía He gave some details: in Cadiz province the reservoirs have gained 135 million cubic metres and their reserves are at 38.8%; in Malaga they have gained 60 million cubic metres and their reservoirs are at 41.8% and in Huelva they have gained 35.5 million cubic metres more and are up to 57.4% but their reservoirs are at 61% full on average in Almeria they have only accumulated 1.3 million cubic metres and their reserves remain at just 9.4% Turning to comments from the regional minister for agriculture he said that Andalucía "does not have enough reservoirs" with which to have more capacity to store water leading him to call for the construction of new reservoirs he considered the Alcolea dam in Huelva and the work underway to approve two new reservoirs in the provinces of Malaga and Cadiz to be "fundamental and unrenounceable." The regional minister expressed his satisfaction on Canal Sur Radio for the improvement in the water reserves of Andalucía's reservoirs in recent days which has allowed them to rise more than 16 points in a year going from 27.84% of their capacity to 44.47% this week They now register 1.99 billion cubic metres more than there were in 2024 at this time he declared on air that "the rains are doing us a lot of good but they can't lead us to relax and we are going to work as if not a drop of water had fallen." (Commonwealth Utilities Corp.) — There will be a scheduled water service interruption on Tuesday Purpose: To allow CUC water operators to repair a main service lateral on Mantasa Street Customers in these areas will experience low to no water pressure between the specified hours Allow one to two hours for the water lines to fully pressurize CUC appreciates the public’s cooperation and understanding as it works to ensure reliable service for its customers For more information, contact the CUC hotline at (670) 236-4333, visit https://www.cucgov.org or monitor CUC’s Facebook page contact Customer Service at (670) 664-4282 Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Subic Bay Freeport – This premier Freeport community gathered on Friday to celebrate the 78th feast day of San Roque Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman and Administrator Eduardo Jose L Aliño shared that the 78th Feast of San Roque culminated with the traditional Karakol a street dance where an image of the saint is paraded while dancing along the streets of the Central Business District in Subic Bay Freeport “It has been awhile since we had a festive atmosphere in this Freeport as well as the tourism industry will benefit from such festivities as the Feast of San Roque Karakol,” Aliño said The celebration kicked off with a Holy Mass at San Roque chapel which ended with the street dance competition at the Subic Bay Gym Three nearby schools participated in the competition namely competing for the best street dance performers at the Karakol Street Dance Competition 2024 Lyceum of Subic Bay emerged as the grand winner of the Karakol Festival Dance Competition followed by College of Subic Montessori at second place Roch’s Day or Pista ni San Roque is observed on August 16 every year The San Roque Chapel in Subic Bay Freeport is considered as one of the oldest chapels in the region and was constructed sometime in the 1800s back when Olongapo was declared a bayside settlement for the Spanish naval fleet The chapel became the center of spiritual life for the Spanish sailors as well as of the Filipino converts who resided within the vicinity of Subic Bay replacing the dilapidated mission church of the Spanish missionaries in Olongapo in the 1800s and website in this browser for the next time I comment knocking on a moonlit door in a rural road in Antioquia I was transported back through the decades to a verse read in school from The Listeners my car engine rumbles reassuringly and bats dart into the headlight beams casting giant winged shadows on the bamboo tunnel ahead a detail I think Walter de La Mare might have appreciated when he penned his poem not a tinkle of carrilera from an old radio feeling with my feet for the shadows not the puddles and turn some music on to drive away the dark I have a map showing the main towns and routes I have no GPS and my plan to ask locals directions flounder on the fact there is no-one to ask – or if there is – they are not coming out at this hour But I can feel that someone – or something – is inside I think back over the day’s journey which started with a sensible scheme to drive from Bogota I somehow got subverted by my obsession for cutting corners to find a backwoods route that might detour the paisa capital and avoid hours of hairpin bends and lethal holiday traffic road here I can avoid Medelli?n,” I explain to someone in my extended family I can cut across the mountains to the coast,” I reply “but no-one uses it […] or perhaps they do I will take the back-road to San Roque no matter what So I leave the main Medelli?n highway at San Luis a farming town in the lush skirts of the Andes just as they rise up from the sweaty Magdalena Valley My detour is immediately rewarded with a fine waterfall which is functional and not much used to outsiders as I drive the wrong way around the main plaza The first one had looked confused and walked away The trocha turns out to be on old mule trail common in these parts of Colombia and paved with large loose rocks allowing transit for small cars A hardy Renault taxi is taking the same route At least I have left the holiday traffic behind as I pick my way over the rocks in second gear a popular drive that connects to San Rafael and Guatape and takes in several large hydro dam lakes set in otherwise wild scenery On weekends visitors from Medelli?n throng to the jungle-clad hills and clear warm rivers but after an hour I turn off onto a dirt road at a sign to San Roque The night does strange things to our senses Time condenses.Bad roads get worse.The past becomes present the lush hills that brought hydro mega-projects to the zone also filtered the Colombian conflict The Oriente Antioquen?o as the region is known was witness to some of the worst massacres and displacement perpetrated by guerrillas and paramilitaries to work their fields now planted with land mines Colombia’s peace process is breathing new life into this punished land “But where are they all?” I think to myself arriving at the lonely farmhouse at the fork in the road I walk back down the road in case I missed a sign Both roads leading from the fork are equally rutted and unused There is nothing to hint which one leads to San Roque I curse the silent farmhouse and choose the right-hand track The dark hills around the rutted route are equally devoid of any human life I plug on through the darkness feeling even more alone now that the road tops a ridge where a cold thick fog has formed I stop and the check the map and the kilometres driven I stop and an old man comes out with a lamp followed by the Colombian equivalent of “You don’t want to be going there from here.” Except I do “Do you remember passing a farmhouse some while back?” he says You need to drive back there and take the other fork He shines the light to help me turn on the narrow track the moonlit farmhouse is waiting and a silent witness to foolishness My short-cut has turned into a marathon drive of 18 hours I shout goodnight to the phantom listeners and drive on to San Roque Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" The City Paper was founded in 2008 as Colombia’s first free English language newspaper it was awarded the country’s Manuel Murillo Toro medal in communications for contributing to informed and objective coverage of Colombia Copyright © 2024 The City Paper | Terms and Conditions A fire that broke out at the boundary of Barangay San Roque and started reportedly at the house owned by a certain “Beverly” in Sitio Laray The fire spread quickly because the houses were made mostly of light materials The narrow passageways to the area also hampered the access of firefighters who had to link their firehoses to reach the location according to the Talisay City Fire Station A total of 37 houses were damaged while four other houses were damaged partially At least 41 families or 211 individuals were affected by the fire incident the cause of the fire is being investigated One of the reasons that the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) is looking into is a report on children who were cooking but left it unattended fire investigator at the Talisay City Fire Station the City Government of Talisay put up modular tents immediately at the San Roque Gym as temporary shelter for fire victims Distribution of pack meals to victims was facilitated on March 8 The Talisay City Social Welfare Services (CSWS) also conducted assessment for the financial assistance and housing materials gmaregionaltv.com is home to the latest stories produced by news teams of GMA Regional TV from stations in key areas across the Philippines gmaregionaltv@gmanetwork.com About us Advertise with us