La Manga Club is a sports and leisure

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located in the south-eastern region of

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, south of

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, and bordered by the

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and

Calblanque Regional Park Calblanque Regional Park, Monte de las Cenizas y Peña del Águila is a regional park in the south-east of Spain, and in this country in the autonomous community Región de Murcia. In this region, it is located in the municipalities Cartagena and ...

. The resort complex opened in 1972 and covers an area of 1,400 acres (560 ha). 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

Resort facilities include the Hotel Príncipe Felipe

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, three golf courses, 28 tennis courts, and eight

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es, including the

La Manga Club Ground 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 a ...

and the

La Manga Club Football Stadium La Manga Club Football Stadium is a stadium in La Manga Club, south of La Manga, Spain. It was a resort stadium and was used to friendly matches and as a resting and training place for the Spain national football team The Spain national foot ...

. The resort has hosted the

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for pre-season training, the

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, and tennis tournaments including the

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and the

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La Manga Club 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

International cricket

In April 2016, it was announced that

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's 2016 Inter-Provincial Trophy will be held at La Manga Club Ground. La Manga Club hosted its first

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(T20I) during 2019 Spain Triangular T20I Series. On 29 March 2019, Awais Ahmed of

scored first international century at the venue. In August 2021 the club hosted ten Women's Twenty20 Internationals for the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier

International centuries

One T20I century and two Women's T20I centuries have been scored at the venue.

=Twenty20 International centuries

=Women's Twenty20 International centuries

Real Golf La Manga Club

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

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 The Spain national football team ( es, Selección Española de Fútbol) has represented Spain in international men's football competitions since 1920. It is governed by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in ...

Incidents

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.

References

External links

Official website

Owners Handbook - History of La Manga Club

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