San Giljan Salini Resort    12     Valletta McDonalds     7    

(2-5, 4-0, 2-0, 4-2)

The champions were coming from a hard fought draw against Neptunes, and they were given a shake up by a Valletta outfit, who came out strongly, to open up a three goal cushion with a last second flick in the opening session.

Order was restored for the saints in the next two periods of play, as they swept past their opponents, and they continued in teh alst quarter, before the Citizens could add on to their opening session tally, but only when the champions had obtained a winning advantage. Young Andreas Galea stood out for San Giljan, with his hat trick of goals, and his side also fared well in their man ups, converting six from ten. Not so Valletta, who failed in their first four man ups, before finally scoring in their last one. San Giljan had Joseph Galea in lieu of Darren Zammit, with Valletta recovering Michael Cordina, taking Daniel Spiteri's place.

Skipper Matthew Zammit shot the champions ahead, with the Citizens responding well, scoring three times in a row, through a Dmitri Kholod penalty, and Charlie Zammit and Daniel Paolella strikes. Dino Zammit pulled a goal back for the champions, but the returning Cordina and a last secong flick from Paolella shocked the champions. In the next session San Giljan pushed forward in earnest, scoring four times without any reply from Valletta. Peter Borg, Andreas Galea twice and Paul Fava had the Saints in front till the interval, on a slim 6-5 advantage.

They followed this up after the break, going past the Citizens twice more, through Matthew Zammit and Aurelien Cousin, taking an 8-5 lead into the last session. Three more positve man ups, by Dino zammit, Galea again and Clint Mercieca made the issue safe for the champions. Valletta finally managed to break through, as James Spiteri Staines scored a brace, for a better scoreline. IN the last seconds Ben Plumpton made a steal, and swam away, to notch San Giljan's last goal of the match.

S. Giljan: J. Sammut , P. Borg 1, A. Galea 3, B. Vapenski 6 , J. Galea ,  M. Zammit 2, K. Galea , C. Mercieca 1, B. Plumpton 1, A. Cousin 1, P. Fava 1, D. Zammit 2, D. Camilleri

Valletta: R. Sciortino , J. Spiteri Staines 2, A. Agius , M. Rizzo , A. Mifsud ,  R. Mock ,  D. Paolella 2, N. Bonello Ghio , M. Cordina 1, C. Zammit 1,   D. Kholod 1, A. Zarb Cousin , M. Spiteri Staines

Referees:  A. DeRaffaele, G. Del Bosco

 

BOV 1 Div. League

M'scala win after two straight defeats

M'scala Nutrition Empire    12     Otters Nivea     10          

(4-2, 5-3, 2-2, 1-3)

M'scala were coming from two successive defeats, a rarity for them, whilst the Gozitans were still searching for their first points of the season. M'scala had already beaten Otters with teh same score, at 13-8, in two previous games, but this time they faced stronger opposition, as the Gozitans ended the match on a good note, to crawl back to a more decent scoreline. M'scala had Jake Bajada missing. Otters were without Christoph Martin and Max Borg, with Matthew Xerri again in the side. He also played in goal, after the interval. M'scala's second custodian, Brandon Dougall, also had a piece of the action, late in the third session onwards. M'scala managed four goals in their six man ups, with Otters scoring three times from seven.

M'scala went three goals in front, with a couple from Gabor Kovacs and Clyde Bonello. Georg Debono and Gabriel Mizzi replied for Otters, but Otis Zammit scored his first goal for M'scala in between. In the second session M'scala again netted three times, from Matthew Pace, Bonello and Kovacs. Then the Gozitans also scored three times, but M'scala had Jean Claude Cutajar answering back twice. Gabriel Mizzi, twice, and Karl scicluna were Otters' scorers, for a 9-5 M'scala advantage, at the interval.

After the break Marko jelaka opened his tally for the Gozitans, with M'scala netting twice more, by a Kovacs penalty and Cutajar. Matteo Cacici also scored his first goal for Otters, with M'scala going into the alst session on an 11-7 advantage. Otters came closer with goals by Jelaka and Debono, but Clyde Bonello reacted for M'scala. The game's last strike came from Otters' Luke Hyzler, as they continued to reduce their deficit.

M'scala: K. Schembri , JC Cutajar 3, J. Busuttil , C. Bonello 3, L. Grixti ,

             G. Kovacs 4,  J. Cremona , S. Micallef , M. Pace 1, D. Cassar ,  

            O. Zammit 1, B. Dougall

Otters:  R. Bonnici , M. Borg Millo , R. Greco , L. Hyzler 1, K. Scicluna 1,  

             D. Dimech , G. Mizzi 3, M. Jelaka 2, S. Dimech , G. Debono 2,

             M. Cacici 1, R. Gauci , M. Xerri

Referees: R. Spiteri, T. Pagani

 

                                         BOV Premier League Standings

                    San Giljan Salini Resort     9     6     2     1    105     75   20

                    Neptunes Grimaldi             8      5     3     0     97     63   18

                    Sliema Betsson                   8      4     3     1     81     68   15

                    Valletta McDonalds           9      3     0     6     87   105     9                                                                                                                                                                                    

                    Sirens Ritter Sport              8     2     2     4     64     71     8    

                    Exiles Jetfreight                  8     0     0     8     67   119     0

 

 

BOV  1 Div.

BOV 1 Div. League Standings

                    M'xlokk Fischer                   8     8     0     0   117     66     24

                    M'scala Nutrition Empire     9     4     0     4     93     95     15

                    Ta Xbiex Amigos                 8     4     0     4     79     73     12

                    Otters Nivea                         9     0     0     8     71   126       0