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MAJORCA DAILY BULLETIN

TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014

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Mallorca Football Tournament

2014 a huge success

Santa Ponsa.The third

edition of the Mallorca
Football Tournament
ended last Sunday in
Santa Ponsa.
Thousands of police
forces, fire brigades, military and security personnel from all over the world
made their way to Majorca
to take part in the prestigious event and the result
was nothing short of a
true World Cup tournament.

Fair play prevailed

throughout the event
dominated in the Mens
and Mens +35 categories
by the Russians and by
Team Norway in the Ladies. British Army Ladies
finished in an honourable
third place.
Several team members
from the different nations
represented said the event
was beyond what they expected and vowed to return next year. Organisers

of the event , retired policeman Harry Engels and

Suzanne Lyons were understandably delighted
with the outcome of the
event.
We are so happy it all
worked out. We put in a
lot of effort to make everyone comfortable and at
ease and its fantastic to
see that everyone enjoyed themselves and
that all our hard work
has paid off.

Tournament organisers Harry Engels , Suzanne Lyons and Calvias Tourism

Councillor Eugenia Frau alongside the mens winning team (above). Members
of the British Army Ladies pose with their trophy.PHOTO: F.CORTEZ
TENNIS

Hamilton will not break me

says Mercedes Rosberg
London.Nico Rosberg says
he is not about to crumble
mentally after Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton recorded
his fourth straight win. Englishman Hamilton, world
champion in 2008, took the
championship lead with victory in Spain on Sunday and
has won every race he has finished this year.
Rosberg, who finished a close
second, said: Break me down
mentally? I think he will
struggle with that one.
He has the momentum.
There is no way round that. I
have to try to break it.
The two are in a private battle for the championship, despite the hopes of Red Bull and
Ferrari that they might erode
the huge performance advantage of the Mercedes.
Hamilton leads by three
points, having now made up
the deficit he incurred by retiring from the season-opening
Australian Grand Prix.
Bit by bit, I am banging on
that door, said Hamilton, who
admitted his German teammate was strong mentally.

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He added: I cannot remember the last time I was in the

lead of a championship. If the
races are always going to be
like that, it is going to be a
really long race.
Mercedes have won all five
races this season and the team
are allowing Hamilton and
Rosberg to race freely for victory.
The two drivers say they can
maintain a good relationship
despite admitting that the
tension of their fight was
high. Both pointed to the fact
that they were title contenders as karting team-mates
when they were teenagers
without falling out.
Rosberg said: The advantage
we have is that we have done it
before, when we were 14, and
it is so funny because it is like
deja vu all day long.
Back then we had discussions, debate but always... life
goes on, discuss it and life goes
on, so that helps, yeah.
Spain was the second race out
of the last three in which Hamilton has won despite Rosberg
being the quicker driver.

Nadal wins
Madrid
Masters after
Kei Nishikori
retires
Rafael Nadal won his
first title of the European
clay-court season as a back
injury forced Japans Kei
Nishikori to retire during
the final in Madrid.
The world number one led
2-6 6-4 3-0 when a hobbling Nishikori, who had
led by a set and a break,
pulled out.
Nadal, 27, becomes the
first man to win four Madrid titles and extends his
Masters 1000 record to 27
victories.
The Majorcan had lost in
the quarter-finals of his previous two tournaments, in
Monte Carlo and Barcelona.