Yearly Archives: 2012

J C Aljezurense – Player of the Year

Aljezurense FC star footballer Fábio António recently accepted Amovate’s Player Of The Year trophy at the club’s HQ.

Fábio António played major roles in important matches during his first season with the club.

His strong tackling, accurate passing, impressive stamina and an eye for goal made him a favourite with the supporters and earned him the vote that carries with it one trophy that remains in the club’s Trophy Cabinet and another for the player to keep.

Fabio’s father originally accepted the trophies on his son’s behalf from Amovate President Peter Johnson at their Championship dinner in May, as Fábio was away at University.

But the informal presentation was made at the town’s sports club to the player who accepted both trophies from Peter and said:

“It was a great season for the team because we won the Championship and promotion, and also for myself because of this magnificent personal acknowledgement.

“What makes it even more special is that the Player of the Year is named by the supporters who see the team playing in all our games, home and away. So it is an award I am proud of and which I will always value highly.”

The pictures show Fábio António receiving his trophies from Peter, the President of Amovate and a dedicated supporter of our local team.

Surf Summer Fest – 18th August

Amovate are supporting the Piranha Bar in their Surf Summer Fest this Saturday 18th August starting at 20:00 hrs.

The stage will be outside the bar, so plenty of room for all to enjoy the Music and of course get access to the bar.

Good luck to Hugo and his team for this lively event

Lagos Crime Prevention Seminar

Following the very successful crime prevention seminar recently held by Safe Communities Algarve and GNR Faro in São Brás, another seminar is planned for those living in the Western algarve and will be held in Lagos This will take place on Wednesday 26th September 2012 from 1600 to 1800 hrs at the Centro Cultural de Lagos“. It is being organized by Safe Communities Algarve; Destacamento da GNR de Portimão and PSP Divisão Policial Portimão and will be in English.

The seminar is aimed at promoting safer communities through crime prevention and will include the work of the GNR including the Safe Residence Program, PSP and Safe Communities Algarve. The seminar will also include presentations by the British Consulate and the Night Guard Association (ASPGN). This will be the first occasion that these five organizations have come together at a single event to share their experiences with the public as well as providing a unique opportunity for questions and answers on matters of public interest.

The full program and details of presenters will be published in due course together with registration details. Other crime prevention seminars are also planned during October in other parts of the Algarve. Details and venues will be published by Safe Communities Algarve shortly. Details can be found on the Events page at www.safecommunitiesalgarve.com“

Sapo / MEO Installation

SAPO At Work

AMOVATE Member Cormac Murphy wonders if any other Vale da Telha residents have had a similar surreal experience as he has in their dealings with the Sapo/Meo TV/Internet installation

Two weeks ago Cormac had the Meo TV Package installed, which included the Meo box and satellite feed which he says was fine.

“The next day, a man came to install the telephone & internet,” Cormac continued. “Where I’m living I was unable to have cable, and so my internet comes through the phone line.

“I became suspicious of the man’s work when he hooked the cable onto a supporting bracket attached to the top of the telegraph pole. This should have been placed in the allocated slot on the T-Bar.

“The cable dangled down and he pushed it through some old conduit that was lying around. He had nothing to attach the cable to the pole, and proceeded to pull old, rusty nails from the pole and bend them over the conduit.”

Cormac says this cable was then passed over the garden wall and into the front door of the connections box.

“I told him this was not satisfactory,” he added. “But the guy said he had no tools—Meo apparently did not provide them. He then drove off, leaving everything the way you can see in the photographs!

“I have been complaining ever since to Sapo/Meo (phoning 16200). They made an appointment for Tuesday 31 July at 9am, but they never showed.

“I phoned again, and they said it would be fixed in 48 hours. But nobody showed up until a major breakthrough on Friday morning when a guy from PT rang asking me about the problem.

“I explained the situation saying the phone/internet cable installation was not acceptable. He then said they could not do anything as the pole was on my land – even though they’d previously attached the cable to the pole!

“I got angry and after a few choice words they were on the doorstep within 30 minutes.

“They have now promised to move the pole from my land and put it on the pavement, then channel the cable into my connection box which is built into the front garden wall.

“He took some photos of his own and I asked them how long would it be before it’s fixed.  He said he’ll show his photos to his boss and explain the situation – but I’m not holding my breath!

“I have enclosed my own photos of the so-called workmanship—I had to tape over the door myself to stop it flapping about in the wind.

“Please let me know if any members have had to endure such chronic workmanship as this.”

 

Music Festival – Cancelled

Vale da Telha’s annual Music Festival, scheduled for Saturday August 25th, has been cancelled.

Amovate’s committee has decided to take this step with extreme reluctance to avoid the risk of heavy financial losses on the event.

It was felt that many people would not wish to travel, or be able to travel, to the Old School House, whose somewhat remote location from the main residential areas makes it pretty much impossible to get there for such a social event other than by car.

As most residents are aware there has been an increase recently in the block stopping of drivers at GNR checkpoints in the area to combat instances of drink-driving , with heavy fines and instructions to present themselves at court as a direct consequence.

Our feedback suggests that many people who would normally attend the Festival feel they would rather not risk driving there—and those who would will not be using the bar facilities. Also, a fair proportion of people attending past Music Festivals have travelled by car from the far edges of Aljezur or even from outside the municipality’s boundaries.

Clearly, as we make no admission charge to the Music Festival, we try and make up our outgoings from bar takings, which would need to be in excess of €1,800 to cover the €1,200 costs incurred to stage the event, with fees for the musicians etc., even with a donation from the Câmara.

Amovate fully accepts that the GNR are doing their job and we are not attaching any blame to them for the action we have taken.

But as there is no other transport available to VDT, taxis are few and far between and, with no verges or footpaths on the road from VdT to Vales—and no street lighting—it is too dangerous to walk to Amovate (in the unlikely event that anyone should wish to travel that distance on foot) we think this is the best course of action.

Movement to another venue would not help either as these people still need to travel by road.

We will be meeting in the next week or so to discuss the issue and, hopefully we can arrange events in the future that are more central to VDT, as with the Summer Ball.