Marbella Golf Club Launches Lessons For The Disabled
It’s always great to see any new initiative which is aimed at helping the disabled to better integrate in society and to achieve a better quality of life, and so news that one of Marbella’s local golf clubs has launched a programme which provides golf lessons for people with disabilities will be very much welcomed by many.
In conjunction with ASPANDEM, an association specifically set up to help disabled people living on the Costa del Sol, La Quinta Golf in Marbella has launched an academy for people aged between the ages of 18 and 35 to help teach them the region’s favourite and most popular sport. The specialised lessons on offer take in the theoretical and practical aspects of the game, as well as the rules and golfing etiquette, and more than 20 members of ASPANDEM are said to be taking part.
Taking place every Tuesday and Thursday morning, the series of lessons runs up until the end of June, when the organisers have arranged a small tournament where those who have taken part can display their new skills. The La Quinta Golf Academy is not only committed to offering continuing support to the disabled, however, but also to the young people of the Costa del Sol who wish to integrate more closely with the local society.
Whether they suffer from a disability or not, both La Quinta Golf and the La Quinta Tigers Junior Academy have programmes in place for children from as young as six years of age to help them learn or improve their game. La Quinta Tigers runs lessons throughout the whole year and the end of each ‘term’ sees tournaments being held and prizes being awarded to the top performers.
With golf being such a focal activity on the Costa del Sol, the programmes on offer provide a superb opportunity for disabled and able-bodied youngsters alike to really get ahead of their game!
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