Swimming lessons begin from 10.00am on Thursday July 1st for children older than 5 years old and registered for the sports/culture card. Another option is to pay at the Ayuntamiento for empadronados without the card. Please register for the classes at the Benahavis townhall, the pool or with Roman below.

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El 1 de julio de 2010 a partir de las 10 am van a dar comienzo los cursos de natación 2010.
Para participar en ellos has de tener 5 años (cumplidos) y poseer el carnet del ciudadano vigente. Otra opción es abonar el curso (en el ayuntamiento de Benahavis) para empadronados y que no tengan el carnet.

Benahavis · lessons · pool · swimming · townhall

This year we are going to restate old photos of people and, like last year, we count on your cooperation. If you have any, we would like you to bring them to the townhall before 21 June, where they will be scanned and later shown at the exhibition.

Thank you for your cooperation.
Organised by the townhall of Benahavis

Benahavis · Exhibition · photos · townhall · village

This weekend from the 12th and 13th of June, the townhall of Benahavis will host the 2nd annual “Petanca Tournament” If you are interested in participating in the pairs competition please register with Roman at deportes@benahavis.es or at the sports office located in the nave beside the local pool.

Saturday June 12, 2010, in the new bocce court located in the Avenue de la Moraleda, beginning at 9 am.

Registration is free and limited to 16 couples.

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The game mode will be couples, two balls for each player and each game is to nine points.

Prizes: There will be trophies for the first 3 classified couples and one for the closest ball. There will be a gift and refreshments for participants of the test.

Wiki-definition of the game:

History
The Ancient Greeks are recorded to have played a game of tossing coins, then flat stones, and later stone balls, called spheristics, trying to have them go as far as possible, as early as the 6th century B.C. The Ancient Romans modified the game by adding a target that had to be approached as closely as possible. This Roman variation was brought to Provence by Roman soldiers and sailors. A Roman sepulchre in Florence shows people playing this game, stooping down to measure the points.

After the Romans, the stone balls were replaced by wooden balls, with nails to give them greater weight. In the Middle Ages Erasmus referred to the game as globurum, but it became commonly known as ‘boules,’ or balls, and it was played throughout Europe. King Henry III of England banned the playing of the game by his archers, and in the 14th century, Charles IV and Charles V of France also forbade the sport to commoners. Only in the 17th century was the ban lifted.

By the 19th century, in England the sport had become “bowls” or “lawn bowling”; in France, it was known as boules, and was played throughout the country. The French artist Meissonnier made two paintings showing people playing the game, and Honoré de Balzac described a match in La Comédie Humaine. In the South of France it had evolved into jeu provençal, similar to today’s pétanque, except that the field was larger and players ran three steps before throwing the ball. The game was played in villages all over Provence, usually on squares of land in the shade of plane trees. Matches of jeu provençale at the turn of the century are memorably described in the memoirs of novelist Marcel Pagnol.

Pétanque in its present form was invented in 1907 in the town of La Ciotat near Marseilles by a French boule lyonnaise player named Jules Lenoir, whom rheumatism prevented from running before he threw the ball. The length of the pitch or field was reduced by roughly half, and the moving delivery was replaced with a stationary one.

The first pétanque tournament with the new rules was organized in 1910 by the brothers Ernest and Joseph Pitiot, proprietors of a café at La Ciotat. After that the sport grew with great speed, and soon became the most popular form of boules. The international Pétanque federation Fédération Internationale de Pétanque et Jeu Provençal was founded in 1958 in Marseille and has about 600,000 members in 52 countries (2002).

The first World Championships were organized in 1959. The most recent championships were held in Faro (2000), Monaco (2001), Grenoble (2002, 2004 and 2006), Geneva (2003), Brussels (2005), and Pattaya / Thailand (2007). Fifty-two teams from 50 countries participated in 2007.

Playing the game
In this game red’s boule is closest to the jack, followed by blue. Red scores one point, blue scores nothing
Here red has two boules closer, and scores two points

Pétanque is played by two, four or six people in two teams, or players can compete as individuals in casual play. In the singles and doubles games each player has three boules; in triples they have only two. A coin is tossed to decide which side goes first. The starting team draws a circle on the ground which is 35-50 centimetres in diameter: all players must throw their boules from within this circle, with both feet remaining on the ground. The first player throws the jack 6–10 metres away; it must be at least one metre from the boundary.

Order of play
The player who threw the jack then throws their first boule. A player from the opposing team then makes a throw. Play continues with the team that is not closest to the jack having to continue throwing until they either land a boule closer to the jack than their opponents or run out of boules.

If the closest boules from each team are an equal distance from the jack, then the team that played last plays again. If the boules are still equidistant then the teams play alternately until the position changes. If the boules are still equidistant at the end of the game then no points are scored by either team.

The game continues with a player from the team that won the previous end drawing a new circle around where the jack finished and throwing the jack for a new end.

Scoring
Points are scored when both teams have no more boules, or when the jack is knocked out of play. The winning team receives one point for each boule that it has closer to the jack than the best-placed boule of the opposition.

If the jack is knocked out of play, the end is void unless only one team has boules left to play. In this case the team with boules receives one point for each that they have to play.

The first team to reach 13 points wins.

1. A boule hittng a boundary is dead and is removed from that end.
2. On a piste marked with strings a boule is dead if it completely crosses the string.
3. The circle can be moved back in the line of the previous end if there is not room to play a 10 metre end.
4. The boule can be thrown at any height or even rolled depending on the terrain.
5. Boules are thrown underarm, usually with the palm of the hand downwards which allows backspin to be put on the boule giving greater control.
6. Each team should have suitable measuring equipment. In most cases a tape measure is adequate but callipers or other measuring devices may be needed.

2010 · Benahavis · petaca · townhall · village

International School brings you end of year concert. Come and listen to POP, Jazz, Rock at 20.00h Friday the 11 of June at the “Parque de Torre Leonera”. This event is brought to you by the townhall of Benahavis and produced by the UME musical Malaga.

Benahavis · concert · end · friday · International · june · leonera · school · townhall · year

The Andalucía Junta sesentaycinco Card is a document, which free of charge, the Regional Ministry for Equality and Social Welfare of the Andalusian Regional Government (Junta de Andalucía) makes available to people over 65 years of age, through the Andalusian Social Services Foundation.

* Based on the latest technologies and equipped with a chip and magnetic strip, it brings the services and benefits closer to our senior citizens, with no additional procedures for them.
* It was created and regulated by Decree 76/2001, of 13th March (Official Bulletin of the Andalusian Regional Government no. 40, of 5th April), and is issued for a period of 5 years, its renewal also being free for its holder.

Andalusia is the first Autonomous Region which has a Free Card for people over 65 years of age, the Andalucía Junta 65 Card.

This document enables the social benefits and services to be enjoyed easily and directly: discounts, aid, access to programs, etc.

With your card, you can access exclusive services and discounts:

* Enjoy the Andalusian Telecare Service.
With 40%, 80% and up to 100% discounts.
* Make long-distance bus journeys in Andalusia.
With a 50% discount in the ticket price.
* Buy your spectacles.
From 30 to 55% discount.
* Buy your hearing aid.
From 50 to 65% discount.
* Enjoy multiple discounts in:
Hotels, cinemas, sporting events, monuments, theme parks…
* Access the Legal Guidance Service.
Totally free. Get information in the Andalusian Regional Government Day Centre closest to your home.
* Enjoy the Day Care or family respite service.
With large discounts.
* Access the Canteen Service in Andalusian Regional Government Day Centres.
At 50% of the set meal price (only Gold).
* Discounts in hiring Endesa Hogar Home services.
Reduction of up to 58% on becoming a member of Endesa Hogar and exclusive advantages for holders.
* Apply for a Grant for the functional adaptation of your home.
Now, for holders of both card types. Request information at the Provincial Offices of the Regional Ministry of Public Works and Transport closest to your home.

Ask your townhall for more information, try the Junta de Andalucia website or phone (free) 900 200 165.

aid · andalucia · Benahavis · cinema · discounts · endesa · events · food · free of charge · gentlemen · hearing · junta · ladies · over 70 · spectacles · telecare · townhall

The townhall of Benahavis is issuing a card for all sporting areas.

There are two types of cards costing €10 each or a combination of the two for €20 per annul.

The sports card typically covers sports installations including the pool, tennis (indoor and outdoor), basketball (indoor and outdoor), padel, petanca, skateboard park, driving range, gymnasium, indoor football etc.

The culture card covers events, for example, coach trips to Sevilla, Las Sierras, basketball or football games. It also includes courses such as free golf lessons for the kids, football coaching, martial arts, subsidized language classes, art and handicraft classes, Bonsai, cooking, baking, appreciation of wine etc.

Apply for the cards at the Benahavis townhall. You need to be registered at the town hall, have a copy of your NIE or passport plus a photo.

The next subsidized period will be during June 2010. Please ensure that all your townhall bills such as IBI, water and rubish taxes, are paid up to date. This can be checked in the office on the ground floor of the townhall.

Benahavis · card · driving range · football · gymnasium · padel · pool · skateboard · sports · tennis · townhall

European residents may vote in local and European elections (and stand as candidates). For this, they must appear on the municipal register (padron municipal) at the Benahavis townhall (which all residents are legally required to do). Those residents who already appear on the municipal register should go to the Benahavis townhall and state specifically that they wish to vote. Appearing on the register does not automatically mean residents are registered to vote, though they will have been asked if they wish to vote at the point of registration. Please note the cut-off for voter registration will be the end of November, 6 months prior to the elections.

Townhall:
Address: Pza/ Castillo, 3 – 29679 Benahavís
Tel: 952855025
Fax: 952855177
Email: ayuntamiento@benahavis.es

2011 · Benahavis · elections · European · May · townhall

HOW TO BECOME A REGISTERED CITIZEN (EMPADRONAMIENTO)

The Empadronamiento is the process of registering with the town hall as a resident of Benahavís. The process is straightforward and does not require you to become a resident in Spain. There is no charge, the information is confidential and there are no tax implications involved. Through registering, you will have (if you are a citizen of the European Union), among other advantages, the right to vote in local and European elections.

It is also important for everyone to register in order that Benahavís receives the correct amount of funds to run, maintain and improve the infrastructure, as the funding increase and government help are directly related to the number of registered voters. It is in the community’s best interest that central government funding is at a level which reflects the growing population of Benahavís, as these increased resources will be available to improve medical, postal, sports and other facilities.
In addition, being a registered citizen of Benahavís, you can enjoy all the facilities offered by our town hall, such as special rates for practising sports, sponsored trips for kids and adults, free text books, etc.

AN EASY PROCEDURE

Where – Please come and speak with us on the ground floor of the Ayuntamiento (town hall), Plaza Castillo in the centre of Benahavís.

When – 9am till 2pm Monday to Friday

Please bring – do not forget to bring the following documents:
1.- The original document (to be copied) identifying the applicants such as NIE, passport or residents card.
2.- The original document (to be copied) identifying the property such as the Escritura (title deeds) or a utility bill (water, electricity or telephone) In addition for a rented property – the rental agreement (to be copied)

The town hall officer will help you complete the form and the process will take no more than 5 minutes!

Townhall
Address: Pza/ Castillo, 3 – 29679 Benahavís
Tel: 952855025
Fax: 952855177
email: ayuntamiento@benahavis.es

2010 · Benahavis · elections · empadronamiento · European · local · Register · townhall