The 10th Malta Table Tennis Marathon, which was organised by ZAK (Zghazagh Azzjoni Kattolika) Zabbar, has come to its end, with the group managing to collect an amazing Lm7,800 for the Richmond Foundation.

The marathon was held at De La Salle College in Vittoriosa between Thursday, 7 December and Sunday, 10 December and consisted of a record of 75 hours of non-stop table-tennis.

The event opened with a Mass, which was followed by a table-tennis game between Dr Charles Mangion (MLP deputy leader) and Franco Azzopardi (Kunsill Malti ghall-Isports chairman) and another game between Helena Dalli and Anthony E. Guillaumier (chairman of the Richmond Foundation).

Apart from continuous table-tennis playing, there were several other activities on the college premises such as massages and blow-dries to raise more funds for the cause. ZAK Zabbar helpers were also very busy collecting funds from various areas of Malta. Every day was concluded with entertaining performances from Malta’s top dancers and singers such as J Anvil, The Hooligan, Nadine Axisa and Olivia Lewis.

The collected funds will help Richmond Foundation in restructuring Villa Chelsea in Birkirkara. The foundation was established in 1993 and is a non-governmental and non-profit making organisation working in the field of community mental health. Villa Chelsea provides a model of residential and day community-based care for those suffering from mental health problems. The programme aims to help clients learn the skills necessary to be able to live an independent life in the community.

“On behalf of all the management, staff and clients at Richmond Foundation, I would like to thank ZAK Zabbar for the organisation of this marathon,” said Richmond Foundation CEO Doris Gauci.

“Their hard work and dedication have been rewarded by the amount of money that they have raised. I would also like to thank the general public for their generosity”, said Ms Gauci.

“We are very glad that we managed to collect this sum of money for Richmond Foundation. We raised a record sum of Lm7,800, the largest amount ever collected during Malta Table Tennis Marathons. We would like to thank our main sponsors, Powerade, Carter’s Supermarket and Dew Fresh Meat Products”, said Robert Abela from the administration team.

ZAK Zabbar also thanked all the local media for helping them to make the marathon a success.

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