As mentioned on an earlier post, every Thursday evening we have a Parrot show at the Poolside Bar. It really is a superb bit of entertainment so do make a point of joining us on Thursday evenings when you are staying at Club Olympus. Scroll down this page for a full write up on the “Comares Parrot Show”. You can also click here to visit their website. Pictured below is Ivan with his arms full!
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Every Thursday evening we are entertained by the “Comares Loro Show” team. This long established company provides a brilliant fun show with performing Parrots at the Poolside Bar at Club Olympus.
The birds used are Blue and Gold Macaws, Sulphur Crested Cockatoo’s and Scarlet Macaws. All the birds are in superb condition and are obviously well loved and cared for.
These gorgeous and intelligent birds are capable of a wide variety of tricks such as riding a miniature bicycle shown below.
Or riding an electric skateboard which he starts and stops himself!
And both kids and adults alike are absolutely enthralled.
As the Parrots run through their repertoire.
The “Comares Loro Show” have been entertaining us for many years and are very well known in Tenerife. They have a great reputation for animal welfare and are involved in numerous preservation projects.
Freddie, the Sulphur Crested Cockatoo pulls his pal along in a little chariot.
And then Freddie has a rest in his little deck chair!
Because we are in Spain we demonstrate the traditional “Parrot Bullfighting”
The Matador wins and the Parrot is vanquished!
The Parrot show is a great success and is free to all our guests at Club Olympus. On Thursday evenings we have a kids disco which begins at 7pm, this is followed by the Parrot Show at about 7.45pm. After the parrots we then have our family barbecue and cabaret. The Barbecue is great value at 6.50 Euros per head and the party really does get going.
Everybody is welcome to the Club Olympus Thursday night Parrot Show, Barbecue and family shindig!
Dawn is back behind the bar in the Poolside Bar at Club Olympus after giving birth to baby Jayden. Congratulations to Carl and Dawn on their new son. This brings Marco and Denise Atkin’s number of grandchildren to 9!
Dawn with Mum-In-Law Denise Atkin a month or two before the arrival of Jayden.
And introducing baby Jayden in his buggy!
I have only been away for a short while and already the rot has set in. This photograph was taken of one of our guests and friends Tommy Delaney in the Leeds United (”Gelderd End”) section of the Poolside Bar!
Not only is Tommy wearing a Manchester United shirt in the “Gelderd End” but he has put my name on it! Unbelievable.
Never mind, ex-England Boxer and “Mein Host” Marco of the Poolside Bar is keeping an eye on him.
Ahhhhh..It’s good to be back!!
Spain beat Germany 1 nil and then the whole of Tenerife went crazy! The noise was deafening as the Spanish locals celebrated this historic victory. It has been so long since Spain actually won a major tournament which is remarkable when you consider how football mad the spanish are. The Poolside Bar was packed and it really was a terrific atmosphere. All major sporting events are covered in the bar so do drop in when you are next in Tenerife or at Club Olympus.
Well done Spain.
Over the last week or so we gave the Poolside Bar a spring clean. The biggest job was putting all the personality pictures and sports shirts back up which took absolutely hours and we haven’t finished yet. However, a fresh coat of paint and sorting out a few bits and pieces makes a big difference.
The ‘Darren Gough’ corner above still has a few photo’s and shirts to go up.
Those of you who are familiar with the Club Olympus Poolside Bar will notice that we have changed the support pillars. They used to have rope wrapped them but now they have been boxed in and squared off. We think it looks much better.
The “Gelderd End” of the bar has quite a number of new photographs, pieces of memorabilia and signed shirts from Leeds United.
We appreciate that not everybody is into football or sports particularly but we have had many none sporting celebs come and enjoy a pint or two with us as well. You will always find a warm welcome at the Poolside Bar whether you enjoy sport or not and will often rub shoulders with well known people such as this character below!
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Come and enjoy the fun with us at Club Olympus in Garden City!
Ex St Helens and Leigh Rugby League star Gary Ainsworth was back on his hols at Garden City with his family. Gary brought a fully signed St Helen’s rugby shirt from this last season and presented it to Marco Atkin in the Poolside Bar.
Gary’s main career was at Leigh Rugby Club in Lancashire. They are now known as ‘Leigh Centurions’ as the Club has been in existence for more than a hundred years. During the 1985/86 season Gary was at St Helens and played an important part in that years successful campaign.
46 year old Gary still plays Rugby every week in his home town of Oldham
In the absence of an England side in the Euro 2008 competition we had to do something!
So here we are, the Club Olympus Poolside Bar is officially supporting Spain!
From left to right: Carl, Gary, Ivan, Hedley, Jane (Jane? what the heck is my mother doing there?), Marco and Bruno.
And which player are we following particularly?
You’ve got it. Fernando Torres.
Actually, I think it’s more to do with Bruno getting a good deal on the batch of Spain shirts rather than any specific preference! No, we are going to support Spain in this campaign as they are our hosts. The Spanish Tourism slogan “Passion for Life” is certainly appropriate and we love this country.
And Spain score against Sweden!
All of the matches are being shown in the Club Olympus Poolside Bar. Come and watch them with us.
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