La Manga Club played key roles in helping Andy Murray and Luke Donald on the road to sporting glory and Spain's flagship resort is offering budding cricket and netball stars of the future the chance to show off their skills after launching two exciting new tournaments in 2015.

Wimbledon winner Murray and former world number one golfer Donald are among the top names to have used La Manga Club as stepping stones to future stardom and talented youngsters will have the opportunity to shine when the resort stages its new 'Youth Cricket Festival' and 'Schools Netball Tournament' over the Easter holidays.

Taking place during the school holidays from April 13-17, 2015, the two events offer schools and clubs across the UK the chance to pit their wits against each other using La Manga Club's legendary sports facilities.

For only €270 (£207 approx) per person, players in both tournaments can enjoy three days of exciting action and a four-night stay in La Manga Club's four-star Las Lomas Village, as well as breakfast and a packed lunch each day and a final night buffet dinner, with the cricket competition featuring U13 and U18 age categories.

In addition, guests will have the chance to relax and unwind with complimentary use of the saunas, steam rooms, 25m indoor pool and gym at Spa La Manga Club.

Regularly used for warm-weather training breaks by county and international teams and a regular venue for ICC European tournaments, the addition of two regulation club turf pitches and four full-length nets has helped to cement La Manga Club's standing as the 'home of cricket in Spain'.

Boasting an average 300 days' sun a year, the resort's ideal Mediterranean climate makes it possible to train outdoors in the sunshine all-year round, and two new tarmac netball courts also make it the perfect destination for warm-weather training and netball festivals or competitions.

Set over an area of 1,400 acres, three times the size of Monaco, La Manga Club is widely recognised as Spain's flagship resort and continues to set the benchmark for sports and leisure destinations across Europe.

The resort features unrivalled facilities as a sports and leisure destination and, as well as its golf courses, includes a 28-court tennis centre and a 2,000sqm spa and fitness centre. It also offers the choice of a five-star hotel, four-star serviced apartments and townhouses and more than 20 bars and restaurants.

In addition, La Manga Club a wide selection of junior academies for boys and girls of all ages to hone their skills including golf, tennis, cricket, rugby, athletics, football and dance, and a range of fun-packed activities in its junior club.

For more information and to book a place at the new schools' cricket and netball tournaments, phone 00 34 968 33 1234 or email chad.harpur@lamangaclub.com. For further details about La Manga Club or to book, call 00 34 968 17 5577, email reservas@lamangaclub.com or visit www.lamangaclub.com. 

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Press release written and distributed on behalf of La Manga Club by the Azalea Group.

La Manga Club
La Manga Club – www.lamangaclub.com – is an unrivalled sports and leisure paradise which sits between the low hills that separate the Mediterranean from the Mar Menor Sea, just 20 minutes from Murcia airport and an hour from Alicante.

Set out over an area of some 560 hectares (approx. 1,400 acres), it enjoys a mild year-round Mediterranean climate and offers visitors a prestigious five-star hotel, luxury vacation apartments and extensive sports facilities, including three championship golf courses, a new Leadbetter Golf Academy – the only one in mainland Spain – a 28-court tennis centre and eight grass sports pitches. The resort is also home to innumerable leisure facilities, such as the 2,000m2 Spa La Manga Club with its 13 luxurious treatment rooms, comprehensive fitness centre and 25m indoor swimming pool; meeting, banqueting and incentive facilities, and more than 20 restaurants and bars.

As well as hosting both Davis and Fed Cup tennis matches, La Manga Club has signed a long-term deal to be the overseas training resort of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) until 2016. It has also staged the Spanish Open golf championship and regularly attracts professional and international football teams to the first-class year-round training facilities which are also used by rugby and cricket sides.

As a result of more than 40 years of continued investment, innovation and commitment to excellence, La Manga Club is widely recognised as Spain's flagship resort and as one of the finest sports and lifestyle destinations in the world. Evidence of this is provided by its numerous awards and accolades.

La Manga Club was the proud recipient of a 2013 Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel website, for the facilities and service on offer at its five-star Hotel Principe Felipe. The resort has been voted 'Best Golf Hotel/Resort in Spain' by UK readers of Today's Golfer magazine for the last three years and was named 'Best Golf Hotel in Spain' at the 2014 World Golf Awards. La Manga Club has long been a staunch supporter of women's golf, being the official overseas resort partner of the English Women's Golf Association for three years as well as hosting the Ladies European Tour (LET) Qualifying School from 2009-12. La Manga Club is also the venue for the Ladies Murcia Open, an LET Access Series event, and regularly hosts top women's amateur events and teams.

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For more information on La Manga Club contact Pete Simm on 01730 711920 or email petes@theazaleagroup.com