La Manga Club is a sports and leisure resort located in the south-eastern region of Spain, Murcia, south of La Manga, and bordered by the Mar Menor and Calblanque Regional Park. The resort complex opened in 1972 and covers an area of 1,400 acres (560 ha).[1]

La Manga Club
La Manga Club, 2012
La Manga Club, 2012
La Manga Club is located in Murcia
La Manga Club
La Manga Club
Location in Spain
La Manga Club is located in Spain
La Manga Club
La Manga Club
La Manga Club (Spain)
Coordinates: 37°36′06″N 0°59′02″W / 37.6018°N 0.9840°W / 37.6018; -0.9840 (La Manga Club)
Country Spain
Autonomous community Murcia
ProvinceMurcia
ComarcaCampo de Cartagena
MunicipalityCartagena
Established1972
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Official language(s)Spanish
WebsiteOfficial website

La Manga Club - The Resort, in fact resides within an area called Atamaria, and provides sporting services to an established and growing "Small Town" - The La Manga Club Community - LMCC. It comprises over 2,200 privately owned homes with growing resident population. Within LMCC there is a Church - St Teresa's, a Post Office and local Bank offices.

Resort facilities

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Resort facilities include the Grand Hyatt La Manga Club Golf & Spa (formerly the Príncipe Felipe apartment hotel) three golf courses, 28 tennis courts, and eight football pitches, including the La Manga Club Ground and the La Manga Club Football Stadium.[2] The resort has hosted the England national football team for pre-season training, the Spanish Open, and tennis tournaments including the Davis Cup and the Fed Cup.[3]

La Manga Club Ground

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La Manga Club
La Manga Cricket Bottom Ground
Ground information
LocationLa Manga Club, Cartagena, Region of Murcia, Spain
Establishment2005
Capacity3,000
OwnerLa Manga Club
OperatorCricket España
TenantsSpain national cricket team
End names
Las Lomas End
Las Acacias End
International information
First T20I29 March 2019:
  Spain v   Malta
Last T20I26 February 2023:
  Spain v   Isle of Man
First WT20I26 August 2021:
  Germany v   Ireland
Last WT20I30 August 2021:
  France v   Scotland
As of 14 April 2024
Source: La Manga Club Bottom Ground
La Manga Club
La Manga Cricket Top Ground
LocationLa Manga Club, Cartagena, Region of Murcia, Spain
OwnerLa Manga Club
OperatorCricket España
TenantsSpain national cricket team
End names
n/a
n/a
First T20I14 April 2024:
  Spain v   Jersey
Last T20I14 April 2024:
  Spain v   Jersey
First WT20I26 June 2019:
  Germany v   Scotland
Last WT20I30 August 2021:
  Ireland v   Netherlands
As of 14 April 2024
Source: La Manga Club Top Ground

La Manga Club Ground is a multi purpose stadium in La Manga Club. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of football, cricket and other sports. The ground has yet to host first-class match but it has become premier cricket ground in Spain.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

International cricket

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In April 2016, it was announced that Ireland's 2016 Inter-Provincial Trophy will be held at La Manga Club Ground.[10]

La Manga Club hosted its first Twenty20 International (T20I) during 2019 Spain Triangular T20I Series.[11] On 29 March 2019, Awais Ahmed of Spain scored first international century at the venue.[12]

In August 2021 the club hosted ten Women's Twenty20 Internationals for the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier[13]

International centuries

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Two T20I centuries and two Women's T20I centuries have been scored at the venue.[14][15][16]

Twenty20 International centuries
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No. Score Player Team Balls Innings Opposing team Date Result
1 102* Awais Ahmed   Spain 64 1   Malta 30 March 2019 Won
2 102* Mohammad Ihsan   Spain 59 1   Isle of Man 24 February 2023 Won
Women's Twenty20 International centuries
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No. Score Player Team Balls Innings Opposing team Date Result
1 126* Sterre Kalis   Netherlands 76 1   Germany 27 June 2019 Won
2 105* Gaby Lewis   Ireland 60 1   Germany 26 August 2021 Won

Real Golf La Manga Club

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La Manga Club has three 18-hole golf courses, North, South and West Courses. In 2017 the golf club was named Real Golf La Manga Club by The Royal Household of Spain. It has hosted bot the Open de España (Men's Spanish Open), Open de España Femenino (Women's Spanish Open), the Spanish International Amateur Championship (Copa S.M. el Rey) and the Spanish Senior Open for men.

La Manga Club Football Stadium

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The La Manga Club Football Stadium is a resort stadium that was used to friendly matches and as a resting and training place for the Spain national football team.

Incidents

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In 2015, the body of British diver Neil Anthony Fears was discovered near a popular diving attraction in the resort, after he lost contact with three other divers during a dive.[17]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2018 LMC Tennis Presentation" (PDF). La Manga Club. La Manga Club.
  2. ^ "La Manga Club Resort". La Manga Club. La Manga Club. Archived from the original on June 4, 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  3. ^ Wilkinson, Isambard (August 12, 2004). "La Manga, golf and scandal resort, for sale". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Limited.
  4. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
  5. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
  6. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
  7. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
  8. ^ "Cricket at La Manga Club | La Manga Club | Official website". lamangaclub.com.
  9. ^ "Cricket at La Manga Club Ground". Archived from the original on January 21, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  10. ^ "Interpro games to be played in Spain". Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
  11. ^ "Spain vs Malta, Men's European T20I Tournament (Match-3)". International Cricket Council. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  12. ^ "Awais Ahmed 1st T20I hundred for Spain-102 off 64 vs Malta-". TheWeeklySports.com. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  13. ^ "ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier 2021". espncricinfo. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  14. ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty20 Internationals / Batting records". Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  15. ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Batting records". Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  16. ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Batting records". Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  17. ^ Couzens, Gerard (August 5, 2015). "British diver found dead near First World War shipwreck in Spain". express.co.uk.
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