Ryan Bugeja (Trap)
– (Silver medal)
Ryan managed 21 out of 25 in his first round and same in the second round for a total of 111 out of 125. He thus qualified for the barrage final with the best six shooters.
The Indian shooter, Kyanan De Chenai won the gold medal with 111 + 17 = 128. The Maltese shooter Ryan Bugeja, won the Silver medal with 110 + 17 =127, the Australian shooter Michael McNabb finished third with 106 + 19 =125.
This was the first medal for Malta in the Youth Commonwealth Games since their inception. This medal boosted the morale of the Maltese team.
Clive Farrugia (Skeet)
– (fourth place)
In the skeet event Clive Farrugia scored 20, 24 24 for a total of 67 on the first day. On the second day he managed 22 in the first round and 24 in the second to qualify for the Barrage final with 113 out of 125, only one target away from the leader from England with 114 out of 125.
During the barrage he managed 18/25 for a total of 131. This was the same score as that obtained by the Australian and Isle of Man shooters.
Clive went for the shoot off and smashed both targets to secure the fourth place. The Isle of Man shooter hit one target ending fifth and the Australian missed both to finish sixth.
The Gold medal went to England’s Rory Shocta Warlow with 135, the silver was won by Georgios Kazakos from Cyprus with 134 and the bronze by Ben Wilson from Scotland with 133.
Derek Bonanno
(Double Trap) – (fifth place)
Derek managed to qualify for the Barrage among the best six shooters, after he scored 36, 39 and 34 clays for a total of 109.
In the Barrage final he managed another 34 for a total of 143, to finish the fifth place overall. This was Derek’s first international encounter.
The final results showed Asher Noria from India a clear winner with 180, Philip Smith from South Africa second on 172, Chester Cobb from Great Britain third with 167, Scott Morgan of Wales with 148, Derek Bonanno with 143 and Joshua Collard of Australia with 135.
Charlot Chircop (10m Air Rifle) – (ninth place)
In the 10 metre Air Rifle, Charlot Chircop managed 83, 91, 88, 89, 88 and 88 for a total of 527. He finished in ninth place overall.
4x100m females
The relay team made it to the final after they placed third in heat of six teams; they managed to fend off Cameroon to finish seventh in a time of 49.13 seconds. As was expected the Indian team took the title. In the final, the girls competed against Australia, Cameroon, India and the Cayman Islands.
4x100m males
In the semi-final of the 4 x 100 metre relay for boys, the Maltese quartet, managed to break the junior national record of 43.89 seconds registered this July in a new mark of 43.77, the quartet composed of Andrew Cassar Torreggiani, Michel Fraser, Michael Sullivan and Andy Grech as anchor man.
They established a junior national record.
In the semi-final they competed against Canada and South Africa among others.
Martina Xuereb
(eighth place)
She made it to the final for the 400 metre women title as she simply flew around the track to book an automatic place in the semis by clinching first place. In the final she finished eighth overall out of a total of 32 participants.
Francesca Xuereb
Competing in the third heat of the 400m Francesca Xuereb made it to the semi-finals being third amongst the next best four performers.
Dorianne Micallef
Took part in the 200 metres posting a time of 26.75 to finish fifth in her fourth heat; she established a personal best.
Andrew Cassar Torreggiani and Andy Grech
Andrew Cassar Torregiani and Andy Grech, competed in the two qualification rounds in the Long Jump for men, their best jumps of 6.41 and 6.32 metres respectively, were eventually not enough to secure a place in the final by a mere five centimetres.
Michael Sullivan
Took part in the 110 metre hurdles heat and finished in fifth place.
Michael Andrew Fraser
Took part in the fourth heat and placed fourth for an automatic berth in the men’s semi-finals.
Rogge on Olympic Congress with one year to go (Part 2)
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MIA Olympic Special
– What’s On
Tomorrow on TVM at 5.15pm and on E22 at 7pm; Thursday 23 October on E22 at 10am (RPT), Friday 24 October on TVM at 10am (RPT) and Saturday 25 October on E22 at 3pm (RPT) will feature the following:
Featured Event – Bowling
The Malta Tenpin Bowling Association was founded in 1975. Today the association has around 400 members with different teams competing in all Divisions.
National Leagues are formed from four divisions, mainly I DIV, II DIV, III DIV and IV DIV. The federation is affiliated with Malta Olympic Committee, World Tenpin Bowling Federation, European Tenpin Bowling Federation and Federation Internationales des Quilleurs (FIQ).
During the past week an international tournament was held at the Eden Superbowl and the cameras of MIA Olympic magazine covered this interesting event.
Highlighted Event
– Sea Angling / Swimming
The act or skill of fishing with hook and line will feature in this week's programme. This sport is called Sea Angling. The event was held between Gzira and Sliema and showed the interest of local enthusiasts.
The ASA started the season with a time trial event at the National Pool Complex. There will be a number of similar events during the season which will practically be held every month. These meetings help in establishing certain standards by our swimmers.
MOC Section
In this section we will get news and exclusive interviews upon arrival of the athletes from the Youth Commonwealth Games held in Pune, India
GSSE Archive
This series of MIA Olympic Magazine will take us to recall some past editions of the Games of the Small States of Europe since next year we will have another edition which will be held in Cyprus.