Lanzarote Information

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What are you doing on the 22nd May 2010?

If you'd like to be a volunteer for this year's Ironman Lanzarote 2010 event, please complete this registration form.

The Ironman Lanzarote website today has a count down of 71 days to the start of the island’s biggest sporting event of the year.  The Lanzarote Ironman is renowned as one of the toughest of the Ironman courses, now in its 19th year the 2010 entries were limited to a maximum of 1500 athletes and sold out within a couple of months after registration opened. These athletes have spent the last year dedicating hours of every day training, improving their technique and building their stamina to a level where they can undertake this gruelling distance of: 

3.8km swim

180km bike

42.2km run

The start is at 7am as dawn is breaking, the first of the professional athletes will cross the finish line in just under 9 hours and the event closes at midnight where any athletes still running the course will be encouraged to stop at this point.

We are looking for volunteers to join with us and support these incredible athletes on the day:

The XI MTB Rally will be held on Sunday 28th March 2010 in Costa Teguise. The mountain bike race circuit of 5.500m has been mapped out using the diverse range of paths and dirt tracks located behind the Beatriz Hotel and around the Montaña Corona of Costa Teguise.

The race starts at 10.30am, the start line will be in front of the Beatriz Hotel, participants can register up to an hour before the start. There are different categories of:

Cadetes & Master (50) 3 circuits, a total distance of 16.500m

A theatre casting session will be held on the 19th March 2010 at the Escuela de Arte Pancho Lasso in Arrecife. Applicants must live in Lanzarote, ideally be aged from 15 to 20 years old (or look / act like this age) and be fluent in Spanish.

The play “El Secuestro” is about five adolescent children from wealthy families who are locked up in a room with two kidnappers, when the command to release the children is given, one of the kidnappers refuses and decides to play a dangerous game. The group have to decide which one amongst them will die so that the rest can be released and they all have to be in agreement as to who is sacrificed.

There are 6 parts available:

Emma Garcia

Hija de un importante empresario español / daughter of an important Spanish businessman

Edad: 15 años / aged 15

Personalidad: Mimada, consentida, antipática, caprichosa, superficial, está obsesionada por su aspecto y no valora cuanto tiene / personality is unpleasant, capricious, superficial, obsessed by her aspect and does not value anything

The Rojillos come off second best and slip back into the drop zone after defeat in the top north of Spain against a direct relegation rival.

The home side opened the scoring in the 7^th minute. A corner viciously swung in from the Lanzarote’s keepers left found Borja Navarro. The striker’s well timed glancing header left keeper Vilches motionless as the ball flew into the roof of the net. With the score 1-0 to the home side Lanzarote looked nervous about conceding a second goal. The Rojillos bolted its doors in defence but lacked any real threat up front offering only a couple of long distance efforts. Meanwhile the Asturias side looked hungry and dangerous. In central midfield the Rojillos were without their suspended inspirational Captain Vladimir. Gijón dominated this area with youngsters Sergio and Juan Muñiz controlling proceedings. Just before half time these two players combined with Sergio laying the ball across the goal but team mate Juan Muñiz was just inches away from connecting with the goal at his mercy. Lanzarote were glad to hear the half time whistle with only the solitary goal separating the sides.

Anmy Rodríguez is holding an elementary level contemporary dance class this Saturday in Tías in collaboration with the Ayuntamiento de Tías. The class is aimed at taking dancers from other styles of dance such as salsa, modern, ballet and teaching them styles and technique to perfect their movements, make them more fluid and increase their knowledge.

The class is €5 but free to children aged 12-14 years old and  is being held at the C.S.C Union Sur de Tías from 11am to 1pm.

Punctuality is important, any participants are asked to arrive 15 minutes before the start so that they can stretch and warm up before the class.

More information on dance lessons in Lanzarote:

Escuela de Danza, Mácher

Hip Hop Dance, Arrecife

The department of Juventud y Deportes have launched a programme of walks in Lanzarote for 2010. The walks will be guided routes along dirt tracks and paths covering different areas of Lanzarote, there’s also an opportunity to join in excursions to the neighbouring island of Fuerteventura too. Two of the walks will be caminata nocturna which means a walk during the night.

14th March 2010

Playa Quemada to Papagayo (distance 17km, high level of difficulty)

15th May 2010

Tinajo to La Santa (distance 12km, low level of difficulty, nocturna / night walk)

6th June 2010

Haría to Órzola (distance 19.7km, high level of difficulty)

26th June 2010

Betancuria – Ajui (Fuerteventura)