Island Car Club organized the first Hillclimb at the popular Mtahleb country road, following the laying of the new tarmac as well as crash barriers. Stephen Micallef won Group 1 on Fiat Uno Turbo while Group 2 was won by Steve Baldacchino on Subaru Impreza, Noel Galea on Escort MK2 won Group 3, Teddy Aquilina on Escort MK1 Cosworth won group 4, Keith Camilleri on Radical PROSPORTS won Group 5 and Group 6 was won by Fabio Baldacchino on OMS 2000M. The best time of the day was that of Keith Camilleri's time of 62.421 seconds and made Camilleri the Overall Winner. 53 Cars competed in this event.
Island Car Club, dedicated this event to the memory of Lino Brincat an active driver of the same club who passed for a better life, earlier this month at the age of 69 years.