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Turu’s Knights early leaders, top teams all register wins

The 1st Division of the National Bowling League, sponsored by MAPFRE MSV Life, kicked off last week at the Eden Superbowl for the start of another 18-week championship campaign.

Turu’s Knights and SMJ are the only two teams to register 8-0 victories, with the Knights placing top due to better pinfall.

Last year’s third placed team, Turu’s Knights, aims to improve on last season’s placing and started on the right footing, easily dispatching youth team XS. SMJ also did not find any real difficulty in beating Blitzkrieg in a potential mid-table fixture.

Perennial title-holders and Malta’s top two teams, okmalta.com and Fina, both started their campaign with 6-2 wins. Okmalta.com entertained newly promoted Supersonic and were stunned in game 1 of the series, only to come back in style and overturn the deficit in games 2 and 3, eventually also throwing the highest team series of the night. Fina also found the going tough against veterans Royal Shock, but also produced a good comeback to grind out a win by a mere 3 pins.

The only draw of the week was played out between BLEXR.com and Bank of Valletta. In a hard fought contest, BLEXR won the first game comfortably, whereas Bank of Valletta won games 2 and 3 but could not recover the overall deficit.

Bowlers of the week:

Mauro Anastasi (okmalta.com) 689

Tiziana Carannante (Turu’s Knights) 617

On Saturday evening 7th July 2018 Assocjazzjoni Sport Muturi u Karozzi closed the 2017/2018 season by organizing the last and 12th event of the National Autocross Championship sponsored by Pasta Poiatti. The day’s program ended with the Big Van Demolition Derby 2018 after the past 24 years.

20 Autocross cars registered for the Saturday evening races which were divided into three classes, that for Modified cars, for Standard cars and another Class for Gozo drivers only. During the Heats of the day in the Modified class we saw Karl Micallef on his Ford Fiesta who dominated and secured his place in the A Final of the day. Vince Farrugia qualified on his Volkswagen Polo, Jean Paul Grech on his Peugeot 106, Melo Zammit and Jonathan Camilleri both on Opel Corsa and the Ford Fiesta of Ryan Scicluna.

From the Start of this Final we saw Grech and Micallef make a very good launch and it was Grech taking the lead followed by Micallef and Zammit. Along the nine laps race we saw no changes in positions as all drivers defended their positioning to the end. The final result shows that Grech won this Final A followed by Micallef and Zammit. Fourth place finisher was Camilleri whilst Fifth and Sixth places were won by Scicluna and Farrugia repectively.

The Final race of the Modified Autocross Class B registers Noel Zammit on his Fiat Punto as the winner of this final followed by Joseph Spiteri on his Opel Corsa and Brandon Lee Vassallo on his Peugeot 205. Fourth place is won by Keith Borg on a Vauxhall Nova.

The result of the Standard Class shows that the Citroen AX driven by Lucas Pace won the race final. Nicovich Chircop on [...]

Valletta Subbuteo Club Academy opened its doors to the first new players.  Various age groups were interested in this sport and started to attend. The Club also hopes to see female players!  Valletta Subbuteo Club are also working on a project to organise a master class that will be addressed by a foreign player.  This master class is intended to help the players to master their technique and tactics.  It is planned to happen in August but more details will be available in the near future.  Training is being held every Monday at 62, St. Christopher Str., Valletta from 6.30pm-8.30pm. Those interested can contact the club on 99844579 / 99408750

L-Akkademja ta’ Valletta Subbuteo Club fetħet il-bibien tagħha għall-ewwel plejers ġodda.  Kien hemm interess minn etajiet differenti u il-klabb jispera li jkun hemm plejers feminili wkoll li jibdew jitħarġu dan l-isport.  Valletta Subbuteo Club qed jaħdmu biex f’Awwissu tiġi organiżżata Master Class li tkun imexxija minn plejer barrani.  Iktar dettalji rigward dan il-proġett jiġu mħabbra iktar il-quddiem.  It-taħriġ qed issir kull nhar ta’ Tnejn, f’ 62, Triq San Kristofru, Valletta mis-6.30pm-8.30pm. Dawk interessati jistaw jikuntatjaw il-klabb fuq 99844579 / 99408750.

Mr Ray Azzopardi was appointed as Honorary President of Valletta Subbuteo Club while visiting the club.  This honour was awarded to him as an appreciation for his constant work and support to the club.

Mr Ray Azzopardi, while expressing his gratitude for this honour, said that he is proud of this club with all the honours they bring to our city Valletta!

Mr Azzopardi also congratulated the club for the launching of its academy.  This academy will not only teach this sport to our youths but will also keep them away from vices.

In the name of the club, the president Mr Felix Rizzo congratulated Mr Azzopardi for this honour. “We are sure that you will honour us as in the past, and that we will continue to work together for the best of this Valletta Club”

Mr Rizzo and Mr Azzopardi also spoke about projects, that they will be doing together in the near future!

Is-Sur Ray Azzopardi ġie maħtur president onorarju għal għomru, ta’ Valletta Subbuteo Club.  Huwa ingħata dan l-unur waqt żjara tiegħu fil-klabb, bħala apprezzament tax-xogħol kontinwu tiegħu lejn il-klabb.

Is-Sur Ray Azzopardi esprima l-gratitudni tiegħu għal dan l-unur u wera l-apprezzament tiegħu għal dan il-klabb li dejjem iġġib l-unuri lejn il-Belt Valletta. Faħħar ukoll l-inizjativa tal-ftuħ tal-akkademja, biex b’hekk iż-żagħżagħ jkollom post fejn jitħarġu dan l-isport u fl-istess waqt jżommu ‘l bogħod mill-vizzji.

Il-president tal-klabb is-Sur Felix Rizzo, f’isem il-klabb feraħ lis-Sur Azzopardi għal din il-ħatra.  “Ninsabu ċerti, illi inti żgur tagħmillna unur, kif bħal fl-imgħoddi, u nkomplu naħdmu flimkien għall-ġid ta’ dan il-klabb Vallettan.”

Is-Sur Rizzo u s-Sur Azzopardi tkellmu wkoll fuq proġetti u inizjattivi li ser issiru fil-futur qarib.

On Saturday 30th June 2018 Assocjazzjoni Sport Muturi u Karozzi will organize the last event of the 2017/2018 National Trials Championship sponsored by Pasta Poiatti. The event will be held at the ASMK Complex at Ta’ Qali and starts at 6: 00pm. Admission to this event is free.

Meanwhile, during this past weekend the Association was very busy in events organising. On Saturday 23rd June 2018 ASMK organized the eleventh race of the National ASMK Pasta Poiatti 2017/2018 Championship. For this event 15 competitors were registered and these are the results.

In the Modified Autocross Class A Final Karl Micallef driving his Ford Fiesta won this race final followed by Noel Zammit on his Fiat Punto while third place finisher is Jean Paul Grech on a Peugeot 106. Fourth and fifth places were won by Vince Farrugia on a Volkswagen Polo and the Opel Corsa of Melo Zammit. All Competitors run this final close together all the way.

The Modified Autocross Class B race Final was won by Ryan Scicluna on his Ford Fiesta. Ryan was followed by Richard Spiteri on Opel Nova who finished in second place. Third place finisher was Brandon Lee Vassallo on his Peugeot 205 whilst fourth place was won by Keith Borg on his Vauxhall Nova.

From the Autocross Standard Class Jeremy saw Peplow drove his Kia Avella to victory. Peplow won and dominated this final while he was followed by Chris Formosa on a Ford Fiesta.

Meanwhile on Sunday 24th June 2018 the Association crossed the channel where in the quarry named tal- Ghansar in San Lawrence Gozo, ASMK organized the last race of the National WotoMoto 2017/2018 Enduro Championship. 15 Enduro competitors divided into three classes challenged the rough terrain Enduro track [...]