Neptunes Emirates 10 Exiles Ferretti 4
(1-1), (3-2), (3-1), (3-0)
What seemed to have been a close encounter between Neptunes Emirates and Exiles Ferretti ended up being an easy win for the Balluta Summer League champions who ran out winners 10-4 in their first match of the BOV Waterpolo Winter League.
The first two sessions saw a finely balanced encounter with Exiles going ahead through Peter Borg but Neptunes came back strongly midway through the second session to lead 4-1 largely through the efforts of Michele Stellini and Niki Lanzon. Exiles then made it 4-3 with two late goals from Rizzo Naudi and Paris.
The third session saw Neptunes again open up a commanding lead with Lanzon and Stellini finding the net. In the final session, Exiles gave up the ghost with Neptunes scoring three times without reply for a 10-4 scoreline in their favour.
Neptunes Emirates: A Borg Cole, N Lanzon (4), S Xerri De Caro, M Stellini (3), Z Mizzi (1), G Pace (1), K Debattista, J Camilleri, M Lanzon, S Gravina, B Lanzon, T Agius, C Mercieca (1), A Sammut
Exiles Ferretti: I Bugeja, J Rizzo Naudi (1), S Vassallo, D Pace Lupi, M Magri, N Portelli, J Spiteri Staines, K Griscti, M Paris (1), P Borg (2), N Paris, D Borg, K Lanzon, R Bencini, S Galea Pace
Referees: M Angileri, R Spiteri
Sirens Ritter Sport 14 Valletta United 7
(2-1), (5-2), (4-3), (3-1)
After a somewhat slow opening, Sirens Ritter Sport had the measure of Valletta United in a one sided encounter especially from the second session onwards. The St Paul’s Bay boys relied largely on the marksmanship of their captain David Cutajar and Alex Attard who scored regularly throughout the encounter. After a close first session ending 2-1, Sirens made it 5-2 in the second to enjoy a comfortable four goal lead at the interval.
The third session was a hotly contested affair with the score see sawing one way another but Sirens ran out winners 4-3 to take a five goal lead into the final session. The final session was a somewhat dispirited affair with Sirens maintaining their advantage and running up easy winners.
Sirens Ritter Sport: A Grech, A Attard (4), M Caruana, P Micallef (2), M Grech, A Sammut, J Borg, D Cutajar (4), A Zarb Cousin (1), C Zammit (2), S Micallef, G Merten, J Cremona, A Camenzuli (1), G Debono
Valletta United: R Sciortino, S Meli, R Calleja, R Mock (4), F Cutajar (2), S Cachia, K Scicluna, J C Farrugia, M Cordina, R Scerri (1), A Arrigo
Referees: A De Raffaele, P Giordano