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Brian Galea  was the overall winner of The Muscat Cup in a Trap event organized by The Malta Shooting Sport Federation. The Muscat Cup as seen in the picture attached is the most prestigious and oldest sports trophy on the island . It dates back to 1909, 110 years ago when it was donated by Messers Muscat of Strada Reale, Valletta.

Brian Galea placed 1st with 19-23-27-30-39

William Chetcuti placed 2nd with 19-21-26-30-37

Paul Formosa placed 3rd with 17-21-25-29.

Rudolph Zammit placed 4th with 18-21-24.

John Marmara placed 5th with 17-20

Chris Vella placed 6th with 15

Class A 1st William Chetcuti 44/50

                2nd Brian Galea 43/50

                John Marmara 42/50

Class B 1st Paul Formosa 47/50

              2nd Chris Vella 42/50

              3rd Chris farrugia 39/50

Class C 1st Charlie Demanuele 38/50

                2nd Paul Gatt 32/50

                3rd George Grech 31/50

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Edwin Vella

On Sunday 16 December 2018 Assocjazzjoni Sport Muturi u Karozzi will be doing another attempt to open the WotoMoto National Enduro Championship 2018/2019. Once again the competition season will be spread over six events where five races will be conducted in Malta and one to be held in Gozo. This Championship season will again be very well supported by several quarry owners in Malta and Gozo who cooperate with ASMK by allowing the Association to temporarily construct an Enduro race circuit in their Quarry as these quarry bear the right environment for the sport of Moto Enduro.

Despite all this first event will be held at ASMK Sports Complex in Ta’ Qali and the program begins at 10:00 in the morning. Non-ASMK members are also welcome to compete in any of the two classes on the day.

For this second season the firm BETA of the Wotomoto Company Ltd will again be the main sponsor of the ‘2018/2019 BETA Enduro Challenge’ right from the first event of the League. This day’s event at the ASMK complex in Ta’ Qali consists of a Warm-up and 2 individual Timed Laps by each competitor one by one on a specially laid common track where some obstacles are also laid for this event which is timed by electronic equipment.

The winner of the day who records the fastest times during races which are electronically controlled will be declared as the Winner. In addition to the trophy of the day the lucky winner will also be presented and takes home a brand new BETA RR 300cc 2T motorcycle. This rider is given by the Beta firm for a year to the winner who is bound to participate during the whole season and [...]

The National Judo Championships started with the traditional Children Festival. Close to 100 children, aged 4 until 11 shared the tatami (Judo Mat) at the Malta Judo National Dojo. Sensei Joseph Castillo conducted a great warmup with core and coordination exercises. The Dragons then participated in judo games, but also had a taste of competition when they participated in Randori (competition training), under the coordination of several coaches from Maltese Judo Clubs. At the end of the 2-hour session, each child was called to the top podium, where they were presented with a gold medal each.

The next session was that of the Espoirs, aged 12 to 14. Tigne Judo Club dominated this age category, winning 3 out of the 5 gold. The National Champions in this age category are:
Tigne Judo Club: Bartolo Kris Samuel -46 kgs, Brincat Claude -55 kgs, Mizzi Gianluca – 60 kgs; Shirojudokwai Dojo: Castillo Leonor -40 kgs;
Malta Judo Academy: Camilleri Estelle -52 kgs.
This age group has been only recently exposed to a regular international circuit, and the athletes have shown commitment. Some of them will be moving to the next age category, that of Cadets, and a new generation of Espoir will start next January.

2 male Cadet categories were contested. The National Champions were Cauchi Owen -55 kgs from Tigne Judo Club and Zvicer Nikola -73 kgs from the Malta Judo Academy.

In the Junior categories another 2 categories were contested. In the females -57 kgs, 3 very strong elements battled for the title. Cardona Alanis (Mellieha Judo Club) gave a great performance, and had a very close call with Esposito Katryna (Tigne Judo Club), but placed third . Esposito, who weighed in for the -52 kgs, moved up a category, as her category was uncontested, [...]

9 Judoka travelled to Follonica in Italy last weekend, to compete in the CSEN National Championships. The Centro Sportivo Educativo Nazzionale is an association based in Italy, with over 1,300,000 members. One of its aims is to contribute to the development of sport and sport disciplines. The Malta Judo Federation is a member, and can therefore contest the National Championships.

As Isaac Bezzina just came back from the Commonwealth Championships, where he won the silver medal, and Jeremy Saywell was indisposed due to personal reasons, the Malta Judo Federation convoked its young and upcoming team to this event, who were accompanied by the Youth Director, Joseph Castillo, and the new coach, Denis Braidotti.

The girls were without doubt the Maltese stars at this event.The young fourteen-year olds, Kirsty Cauchi and Estelle Camilleri, a student of the National Sport School, contested the -52 kgs Espoir Category. Apart from being best friends off the mat, they are eachother’s biggest opponents on the mat, having competed for the title in their weight cateogry for umpteenth times. After sending in the air their italian oppponents with beautiful tachi waza (standing techniques), they met in the final match. As in all their direct duels even in Malta, the contest went into golden score (supplementary time). This time it was the turn of Kirsty to step on the highest podium, after she surprised Estelle, and threw her for Wazari (1 point), which was enough to close the contest. Thus, Kirsty won the gold medal, with Estelle winning the silver medal.

Katryna Esposito won her bronze medal in the Under 23 – 52 kgs. She beat convincingly her Italian opponent, first by scoring a wazari (point) with a standing technique, and pinned her opponent [...]

On that Sunday 25th November 2018 ASMK is to launch the ‘Honda Motocross National Championship 2018/2019’. This event will be the first competitive event of this Championship where Motocross riders in 3 different classes will be in competition for the lead right from the championship start. The previous event was a Fun Race following the summer break and an introduction to the present championship.

Meanwhile now that we are in the month of November the Association organize a Holy Mass in the ASMK complex to mark the memories of the former deceased members. The Mass on Sunday is said on site in a well prepared tent at Ta’ Qali race complex and begins at 10:00am. The Motocross Warm-Up is to start at 11:00am. All is to take place at the ASMK Sport Complex at Ta’ Qali.

The rainy weather of these last weeks have forced the Association to cancel two activities that were planned in the Events Calendar. The Enduro race for Motorcycles scheduled for Sunday 11th November now is expected to take place on Sunday 16th December. Also, the races for the Autocross Cars of Sunday 18th November are now scheduled to be held on 9th December 2018.

The Association informs that work is in progress to organize the 2018 ASMK Derby Demolition which is expected to be held on Sunday 23rd December 2018. In preparation for this Demolition Race ASMK will be holding a meeting for anyone interested in participating in this year’s edition. To be able to participate one must be 18 years of age and is in possession of a valid Driving License. The meeting will be held on Thursday 29th November 2018 in the Parish Center Hall in Triq il-Knisja, Had Dingli [...]