The famous fairways at La Manga Club in southern Spain will once again play host to a glittering array of footballing greats when the 2009 Footballers� Classic gets underway on June 6.

Now in its 13th year, the five-night extravaganza (6-11 June), will see more than 120 players compete in four competition rounds to win the right to be crowned champions in both the amateur team event and the professional footballer category.

Among the celebrities teeing it up this year will be defending champion Alan McInally, David Speedie, Dave Beasant, Gary Owen, Paul Jewell, Sammy Nelson, Steve Bull, Mike England, Pat Jennings, Des Walker, Matt Le Tissier, Garry Parker and Mike Newell.

A small number of team places remain available at �1,599 per person, based on a team of three.

Packages include flights, airport transfers, shared accommodation at the five-star La Manga Club Principe Felipe hotel, daily buffet breakfast, welcome buffet dinner, BBQ dinner, gala dinner with prize-giving and entertainment. Also included are four rounds of golf, golf shirts, gifts and prizes.

The event is once again sponsored by private car hire company Addison Lee, founded by John Griffin in 1975.

For further information please contact donna@mancinievents.co.uk or call 07918 644900.

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Issued by the Azalea Group. For more information or images contact Lee Todd on 08700 330 550 or email lee@theazaleagroup.com.

About La Manga Club

As a result of 37 years of continued investment, innovation and commitment to excellence, which have ensured that it has remained at the forefront of the sector, La Manga Club is widely recognised as Spain�s flagship resort and as one of the finest in the world.

Evidence of this is provided by its numerous World Travel Award nominations and prizes, such as the World�s Leading Sports Resort (top 5, 2006 and 2007), Spain�s Leading Golf Resort (winner, 2006), Europe�s Leading Golf Resort (winner, 2001, 2003 and 2005), and Europe�s Leading Conference Hotel (winner, 2003). In addition, the hotel obtained the prestigious Q for Quality certification in 2002.

La Manga Club is a spectacular resort located in the Murcia region of south-east Spain. Set out over an area of some 560 hectares (approx. 1,400 acres), it offers visitors a five-star hotel, luxury vacation apartments and 450 hectares of sports facilities, highlights of which include its three 18-hole golf courses, 28 tennis courts and its eight-pitch professional football centre, which also offers facilities for cricket, rugby and Gaelic football.

The resort is also home to innumerable leisure facilities, such as the 2000m2 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.

La Manga Club is located in a unique setting amid the rolling hills that separate the crystalline Mediterranean from the warm waters of the Mar Menor Sea in Murcia, southern Spain. Lying to the south of the Costa Blanca, this region is known as the Costa C�lida, or 'warm coast', thanks to its mild, year-round Mediterranean climate.