Malta Weightlifting has organised its second edition of club competition.

Thirty athletes participated in this edition, ten of whom were females.

Three local clubs - Cottonera, Starmax and Mcast WL Naxxar participated in front of a numerous audience in the Cottonera complex.

Alongside this competition, Maltese athletes were also participating with 95 clubs from various countries around the world, with 338 male and 204 female participants. 

The competition was keenly contested especially between the winning team, that of Cottonera, led by Rodmar Pulis, and Starmax, led by Mark Farrugia, which had, for a lengthy period, been on top.

The Cottonera team participated with 14 athletes and scored a total of 2,751 points, while Starmax participated with 13 athletes, nine of whom were females, with a total score of 2,464.

The MCAST WL Naxxar club participated with three senior athletes and scored 883 points. Here it should be said that this club has adopted a new administration led by Jovan Reljic who is working closely and wholeheartedly towards bettering the educational centre.

The competition has proved very encouraging especially towards young talent as it involved 26 athletes - all under the age of 16.

Throughout the competition 16 national records were broken, nine by Ivana Micallef in the category of 75Kg Juniors, six by Nicole Gatt in the category of 53Kg in Youth, Junior, as well as Senior, and one by Joran Farrugia in the category of +94Kg Youths.

The best performing male athlete in the competition was Daniel Serences of MCAST who lifted a total of 270Kg and scored 292 points, ranking 9th from 26 athletes in the international arena.

Nicole Gatt lifted a total of 95Kg and scored 140 points, ranking 14th from 29 athletes despite being only 15 years old.

Internationally, the Starmax team for females had a very good first performance during which it ranked 21st from 63 clubs worldwide. This means winning against big countries such as England, Poland, Australia, Germany, Scotland, America, New Zealand, Czech Republic, Finland and many others.

The competition was led by Jesmond Caruana, helped by referees, Alfred Ellul Mercer, Simon Brincat, Stephen Borg, Gayle Caruana u Rodienne Balzan.

The competition was possible with the help from Kunsill Malti ghall-isport.