John Mortimore, who passed away in late January at the age of 86, played nearly 300 games for Chelsea but it was in Portugal where he was an acclaimed hero winning the Primeira Liga and Taça de Portugal twice as manager of Benfica.
John Mortimore, who passed away in late January at the age of 86, played nearly 300 games for Chelsea but it was in Portugal where he was an acclaimed hero winning the Primeira Liga and Taça de Portugal twice as manager of Benfica.
Further to the Governmental announcement yesterday regarding confinement/lockdown, all sessions at both our venues are suspended until further notice. Hopefully the current rise in COVID-19 cases will be stemmed and some semblance of normal business will be resumed soon. We once again thank you for your patience.
Due to an outbreak of COVID-19 cases in the Tavira area over Christmas and the New Year the Tavira Câmara have closed all schools and sports facilities.
An appeal went out from the Tavira adoption/foster home for presents etc. for the children who will be there over Xmas.
Due to facility closures at Tavira for the holidays the over 50s sessions on Thursday December 24th and Thursday December 31st have been cancelled. All other sessions over the holiday period will proceed as normal.
Another one of those “everything is changing” posts from us!
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The footballers of the east Algarve have helped Associacao Alerta by paying for the printing costs for a fund raising recipe book, with all proceeds going to our hard working Bombeiros.
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This Christmas is likely to be a very different one for many of us.
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Due to the travel restrictions between municipalities over the next 2 weeks on the holidays we have had to make some changes to the sessions.
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We are grateful that we have been able to continue using the pitch at Olhanense for our sessions.