The five day Tour to Sicily for the second consecutive year proved to be successful and of benefit to the Maltese participants who opted to take part in joint training sessions at Pol Sporting Club, Catania, along with a tournament which was held on Saturday in three different categories.

The younger Maltese players were under the guidance of Svetlana Tetouieva but they also had the opportunity to do multiple ball training due to the new robot which the club has just purchased.

This proved to be a positive method of practice though new to our young athletes.

The results obtained were the following.

In the boys under-15, Marcus Portelli placed second and Daniel Portelli third.

In the girls under-15, Jessica Pace took first place and in the mixed open David Pace placed third.

Pace said: “Relations with Sicilian counterparts are strengthening and this augurs well for future opportunities that we may want to take care of.”