The Malta Independent 26 April 2024, Friday
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Bereavement in Maltese Cycling

Thursday, 25 July 2019, 15:50 Last update: about 6 years ago

Joe Bajada

Recently it was announced the deaths of the Borg brothers, Nenu and Sebastian, both former members of Qormi Cycling Club who recently passed away in a few days space at the age of 81 and 71 years respectively.

Antonio Borg known as Nenu, along with Joseph Abela and Paul Attard were the co-founders of Qormi CC when on 9 April 1961, both encouraged some Cycling enthusiasts have set up this club who was so active in the early years of the Malta Cycling Association. Despite the great difficulties and many costs they still set the club and this was after they borrowed a small room in a bicycle shop run by Borg family. Thus enabling Cycling in Qormi to increase greatly thanks to the successes achieved by their cyclists in locally key races.

Sebastian Borg was one of the leading cyclists in the sixties and seventies as he also represented Malta on a number of occasions, including in the pre-Olympic games was done in Munich, Germany.

The Malta Cycling Federation sends its sincere condolences to their families, relatives and friends, as well as to Qormi Cycling Club for these losses.


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