The Maltese teams taking part in the European Snooker Championships, being hosted at the Dolmen Hotel in Qawra, Malta had a good start with with wins on Wednesday.

Malta 1, made up of Alex Borg, Tony Drago and Duncan Bezzina beat Malta 4 with a 10-2 score and Romania 10-0. Drago registered a century break of 107 against Malta 4.

In Group B, Malta 2, made up of Clayton Castaldi, Mario Brincat and Frans Mintoff beat Finland 10-2 and Ukraine10-4.

Malta 3 also registered two wins against France (10-2) and Sweden (10-9).

In the Masters, Simon Zammit and Guzi Grech started well with a win of 5-1 against Israel, while Malta’s other team of Tony Mifsud and Ivan Rizzo lost 0-5 to Russia on Wednesday.

The Ladies team, made up of Roberta Cutajar and Svetlana Ciantar lost against France (1-4), Israel (1-4) and against Germany (0-4) in best of seven frames on Wednesday.

The European Snooker Team Championships are being organised by the Malta Billiards and Snooker Association together with the European Billiards and Snooker Association.

Day One Results:

Senior Men’s Team (Three Person Best of 19 Frames) ‘GROUP A’: Malta (1) 10 – 0 Malta (4): Malta (1) 10 – 0 Romania: Wales 10 – 0 Romania: Wales 10 -3 Poland: Ireland (2) 10 – 9 Cyprus: Ireland (2) 10 – 7 Poland: ‘GROUP B’ Ireland (1) 10 – 0 Finland: Ireland (2) 10 -2 Iceland: Malta (2) 10 – 2 Finland: Malta (2) 10 – 4 Ukraine: Scotland 10 – 3 Israel: Scotland 10 – 1 Iceland: ‘Group C’ Malta (3) 10 – 2 France: Malta (3) 10 – 9 Sweden: Germany 10 – 1 Israel: Germany 10 – 5 England: Belgium 10 – 5 Israel: England 10 – 5.

Masters Men’s (Two Person Best of 9 Frames)’Group A’ Malta (1) 5 – 1 Israel: Belgium 5 – 3 Ireland (2): Belgium 5 – 4 England: ‘Group B’ Malta (2) 5 – 0 Russia: Ireland (1) 5 – 1 France: Scotland 5 – 2 Finland

Ladies (Two Person Best of 7 Frames) Germany 4-0 Israel: Germany 4 – 1 Russia: France 4 – 2 Israel: France 4 – 1 Malta: Israel 4 – 1 Malta: Russia 4 – 1 Malta: Germany 4 – 0 Malta.