After many years of holidaying in the Algarve my wife Dolores and I settled on VDL as the perfect place to build our holiday home in 2006 – we now view it very much as our second home.

I am a keen golfer and like to think my golf has improved during my time here. Perhaps more importantly, I feel a real connection with VDL and the people here – it is very much a community which I am proud to be a part of. I felt privileged to become Chairman of the POA in 2013 and enjoyed this position for 4 years. In 2017 I became and am currently serving as the President.

I have two daughters who have been lucky enough to grow up holidaying in VDL. Now with twin Grandchildren I love that VDL will continue to be a large part of the lives of the next generation of my family.

I would like to thank the POA President, Mr. Michael Murphy, and the committee for putting my name forward, and for the General Assembly for electing me to the post of POA Chairman.

My wife and I, first came to VDL in 1987, we immediately fell in love with the resort and the surroundings. In 1999, we purchased our first house, we then built and moved into our current villa in 2001.

In 2007, I was invited to join the POA committee and I served five years which saw a variety of interesting changes to the resort. There was the takeover by the new management at the time and he POA were instrumental in working with them to ensure the rights of the property owners were upheld.

I am a keen golfer, and both myself and my wife, joined VDL golf club in 2000 and I was honoured to be captain in 2014. I served a further two years on the golf committee where we organized several functions and helped the members in all aspects of their daily lives within the golf club. I am now involved in organising the Tuesday rollups where all members and their families can join in social golf games.

My other passion is cycling. In 2012, together with other members, we started the BIOs cycling club. The BIOs has proved very popular with members, their friends and family.

I care passionately about Vale do Lobo. We are blessed to be living in this wonderful resort which also has a superb social life which separates us from all other resorts. Our job within the POA Committee is to continue the good work carried out by my predecessor, Mr Conor Donnelly and to introduce new ideas and to improve the living experience for all owners and their families. Our relationship with the new VDL management and Infralobo management is paramount, and together, we will ensure the resort is run and maintained to the high standards we have all come to expect.

DC has been in VDL for 18 years. DC is a very popular member of VDL Golf club and knows many owners within the resort who are not involved in golf. DC has a very strong background in IT and his skills will prove useful for any future IT projects such as improving the POA Website, starting a members blog, etc. DC lives in VDL on a permanent basis.

I first came to Vale Do Lobo on holiday in 1984. After many wonderful holidays here, I bought a property  in 2008. I had my first ever golf lesson here in 1988 and now have the honour of being the Ladies Captain of the wonderful Golf Club. I am from a farming background and still have an active role in running the farm, so I spend my time here and in the UK.

Grainne has had a property in Vale do Lobo for the past 8 years or so with her husband Paul. They first came to VDL on holiday renting with other family members and loved the location, climate, quality of amenities and social scene.
Within a year of that first trip, they bought their villa and quickly became regular visitors.
Following a long and successful global human resources career in the pharmaceutical industry and having living across the US and various locations in Europe, most recently Switzerland, Grainne has swapped the corporate world to pursue a career in professional leadership and career transition coaching and what better place to do this from than the Algarve. Hence Grainne and Paul made the decision to relocate fully to Portugal earlier this year and now spend most of their time here, interspersed with regular visits home to Ireland to see family, including their son. While not a golfer, Grainne is very active in the gym and other sporting and social activities across the area. Her interest in joining the POA is to ensure that all interests are represented and to work with the POA to return VDL to a world-class resort.

We bought our first house in Vale do Lobo in 2000. Now we have made it our permanent home.

We are both keen golfers and have contributed to the community. My husband has been the captain of the golf club, and I have served on the Wolf Valley charity committee for over ten years. I feel very privileged to be part of the POA and hope I can bring a new perspective and help to continue its fine traditions.

DS is a well know owner of VDL who has a very successful marketing background. DS will be useful for any work given to her as she is extremely enthusiastic. She will also be useful in helping improve our website, and in addition, she will be extremely useful in setting up any events the POA might organize, such as the cocktail parties and the International
dinners.