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Wrestling: British Airways Youth League Continues with season’s second tournament

Malta Independent Thursday, 3 April 2008, 00:00 Last update: about 14 years ago

The Federazzjoni Maltija Lotta (Malta Amateur Wrestling Federation) held the second tournament in the Series British Airways Youth League 2007-08 at the gym of the Naxxar Boys Secondary.

The competition was organised on combined and individual categories basis from which emerged the different weight categories’ winners.

Combined weight categories serve for wrestlers from different weights to compete against each other to earn more experience. This system operated by the federation for quite a long time now has always given good results.

Wrestlers such as Adam Vella, Matthew Bonnici, Andrea Saliba and Aidan Buhagiar kept showing improvements technically and physically while David Zammit, Duncan Farrugia and Jack Lineker were better than their last appearance on the mat.

The winners

Schoolboys

35kg – Gary Giordimaina (Naxxar Boys Secondary)

73kg – Duncan Farrugia (Naxxar Boys Secondary)

76kg – Jack Lineker (Naxxar Boys Secondary)

85kg – Bengi Micallef (Naxxar Boys Secondary)

Cadets

59kg – Matthew Bonnici (Stella Maris College)

66kg – David Zammit (Naxxar Boys Secondary)

76kg – Andrea Saliba (Naxxar Boys Secondary)

Juniors

66kg – Adam Vella (Stella Maris College)

96kg – Aidan Buhagiar (Stella Maris College)

Team Classifcation 2

1. Naxxar Boys Secondary 38 points

2. Stella Maris College 10

Friendly Bouts

Abraham Vassallo (Senior – Malta University Wrestling Club) 4

Aidan Buhagiar (Junior – Stella Maris College) 0

Aidan Buhagiar (Junior – Stella Maris College) 3

Beng Micallef (School Boy – Naxxar Boys Secondary) 1

Officials

Referees: Pawlu Farrugia,

Judge: Jesmond Giordimaina, Coordinator: Simon A. Bonello

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