NEWS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS

Thanks to the support of local residents, the Orihuela Costa Sports Centre (CDM) is thriving. At the beginning of March they introduced new Zumba and Bums and Tums classes and offered a free course to local expat residents so that they can learn how to play the sport of padel.
The Basketball School takes place every Monday and Wednesday from 18:00 until 19:00 at the centre´s basketball courts at a price per month of €28, however up until the end of March this will be free. Basketball is a team sport with two teams of five players.
The players can only use their hands to handle the ball and they use the dribble, the pass or the pivot to advance the ball to their team´s basket. The game is played over four periods of ten minutes each and it is a high intensity sport which is also lots of fun. For more information and to enrol in the school, please call 96 550 39 15.
The new Dance School is open to both adults and children and will involve learning how to dance to modern music. Dancing is a perfect exercise to perfect your body and will help you to get better posture and balance.
It will also improve the body´s flexibility and strength as well as make you more agile and graceful. Advantages of dancing also include the reduction of bad colesterol in the blood and an increase in lung function as well as the control of blood sugar levels to combat diabetes and aid weight loss.
For children, dancing helps the development of coordination and improves their social skills and the classes will help them integrate more easily. Many studies show that the love of music in childhood helps them to learn mathematical concepts more easily and also increase their capacity to store information.
The Dancing School takes place in the dance studio at the Sports Centre and is €24 per child, per month. The children´s classes are every Monday and Wednesday from 18:00 until 19:00 and are free for the month of March.
The adult classes are also on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 19:00 until 20:00 and classes are priced at €30 per person per month and again you will not have to pay until April.
For more information contact the centre on 965 50 3 915.