Christopher Farrugia achieved his second overall win of the season at the Southern Shooting Club when he claimed the N.O.V.I.T.A Cup, an event that was organised on three qualification rounds of twenty five clay targets each, as well as the Final Stages.

Farrugia was joined on the podium by Stephen Vella who finished in the second place and by John Marmara who took third place overall.

After the qualification rounds, the six Finalists in the Bib number order were;

Christopher Vella who had finished with the score of 69/75, Stephen Vella with 65/75+4, John Marmara hit 65/75+3, Christopher Farrugia 63/75+1, Raymond Micallef 63/75+0 and Frank Scorfna scored 60/75.

The Finals results were;

1^st Christopher Farrugia 19/25 + 4/5 + 5/5 + 5/5 + 9/10, total score 42/50

2^nd Stephen Vella 19/25 + 5/5 + 2/5 + 3/5 + 9/10, total score 38/50

3^rd John Marmara 19/25 + 3/5 + 4/5 + 3/5, total score 29/40

4^th Christopher Vella 16/25 + 4/5 + 2/5, total score 22/35

5^th Raymond Micallef 16/25 + 4/5, total score 20/30

6^th Frank Scorfna 14/25, total score 14/25

The top Shooters in their respective classes concluded their qualification rounds with the following scores;

Class A

1^st John Marmara 65/75

2^nd Eugenio Borg 60/75 (Countback Rule)

3^rd George Mifsud 60/75

Class B

1^st Christopher Vella 69/75

2^nd Stephen Vella 65/75

3^rd Raymond Micallef 63/75

Class C

1^st Brain Zammit 55/75

2^nd George Grech 48/75

3^rd Redeemer Portelli 31/75

In the meantime, junior MSSF Athlete, Mikaela Galea was competing in the Trap Event at the 2nd European Games that are currently being held in Minsk Belarus. She finished her competition with the score of 89/125.

The MSSF Trap Programme continues on Sunday 07 July 2019 at the Qormi Clay Shooting Club with the Franz Ciantar Cup.