The Maltese contingent made up of athletes and officials who will be taking part in the 57th edition of the FISEC Games left Malta this morning on a direct flight to the Spanish capital Madrid, where the Games get underway next Sunday.

The contingent is lead by Bro Martin Borg and the chef de mission David Azzopardi.

The athletics squad, together with their respective coaches left Malta on Wednesday and were accompanied by vice president of the Malta FISEC committee Louis Borg as well as FISEC international secretary Gianfranco Selvaggi and Julia Bajada, general secretary of the CIRPP committee.

In these past two days, the Maltese athletes could also train in the Spanish capital while the Maltese officials met those from Spain.

Upon their arrival in Spain the Maltese athletes, will be staying, with about some other 1200 athletes, at the Auditorium Hotel and will have the opportunity to visit the various sports complexes prior to the start of the Games.

Malta will be taking part in six different sports events this year, namely basketball, futsal, handball, athletics, swimming and tennis.

The Games will be played between 24 and 28 July under the motto ‘your spirit is our goal’.

Before leaving Malta, Bro Borg expressed high hopes that these Games will bring satisfaction to all the Maltese contingent.

“Hopefully these Games help our athletes to develop not only from the sporting view but also from the moral, pastoral and psychological side” he said.