Emanuele Buccolieri of Italy won this year's edition of the Malta International Open Grand Prix Trap Event that was organised at the Malta National Shooting Ranges in Siggiewi.

William Chetcuti took second place and celebrated collecting his third Silver piece in just one week, after he won two Silver Medals in the XVIII Games of the Small States of Europe in Montenegro.

Simone Apostolico of Italy won the Bronze Medal.

The six Finalists in the Bib number order according to their qualification scores were;

Iacopo Cipriani (ITA) hit 122/125 targets, William Chetcuti (MLT) scored 121/125, Joseph Fortunato (ITA) 120/125+3 and after a long break from the game, young and promising athlete James Galea (MLT) managed a fantastic score of 120/125+2. Emanuele Buccolieri (ITA) hit 119/125 targets, and Simone Apostolico (ITA) 118/125.

The result of the Finals Stages from a single shot was;

1^st Emanuele Buccolieri (ITA) 41/50

2^nd William Chetcuti (MLT) 37/50

3^rd Simone Apostolico (ITA) 28/40

4^th James Galea (MLT) 23/35

5^th Joseph Fortunato (ITA) 18/30

6^th Iacopo Cipriani (ITA) 16/25

In the traditional Challenge B, the top two shooters from Classes A, B and C who did not make it to the Final Stages, competed from another round of twenty five targets from a single shot. Stephen Vella won this stage with Christopher Vella taking second place, Brian Galea took third, Jason Vella finished in forth, Emanuel Bugeja in fifth and Andrea Chiavini in sixth.

The top Shooters in their respective classes and categories were;

Class A

1^st James Galea (MLT) 120/125

2^nd Brian Galea (MLT) 117/125 (Countback Rule)

3^rd Andrea Chiavini (ITA) 117/125

Class B

1^st Christopher Vella (MLT)  114/125 (Countback Rule)

2^nd Stephen Vella (MLT) 114/125

3^rd Nazzareno Attard (MLT) 113/125

Class C

1^st Emanuel Bugeja (MLT) 117/125

2^nd Jason Vella (MLT) 108/125

3^rd Nathan Lee Xuereb (MLT) 106/125

Veterans' Category

1^st Nazzareno Attard (MLT) 113/125

2^nd John Marmara (MLT) 112/125 (Countback Rule)

3^rd Christopher Cheng (HKG) 112/125

Juniors' Category

1^st Nico Sciberras (MLT) 110/125

2^nd Mariah Busuttil (MLT) 99/125

The Malta International Open Grand Prix 2019 continues next week with the Skeet Event, Qualification Day 1 being on Tuesday 11 June and Qualification Day 2 and Finals on Wednesday 12 June.