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22 maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 26 APRIL 2017 Sport DARTS MOTORSPORTS Kalkara SJ back as sole leaders in top flight as Hamrun Education Bar get promoted Division One – Kalkara St Joseph moved a step closer to winning back-to-back nation- al league titles after beating Birzebbugia Cox Sports Club 6-2 and fellow title con- tenders, Floriana Ajax A could only manage a 4-4 draw against Mosta Horseshoe Bar A. With only two games to go, Kalkara enjoys a 2-point lead over the Greens. From the other end of the table, Zejtun Beland Bull- seye won another direct relegation encoun- ter this time against Gudja POs Bar A 5-3 which moves them to safer grounds. Division Two – After one year absence, Hamrun Education Bar A are back in divi- sion one after their win against Senglea M. Conquest 5-3 which also extended their unbeaten run to 12 games. Bugibba Mun- chies Pub only require one point from their last two matches to secure a historical pro- motion as they edged out Floriana Ajax B 5-3. Gudja POs Bar B secured an important point in their bid to stay in the division with a 4-4 draw against Mosta Bocci Club and stay two point ahead of their opponents. Division Three – Hamrun Education Bar B moved up into 2nd place for the first time this season after they swept past Mgarr The Hatch 7-1. With only two games to go the reds are now favourites to join Mosta Horseshoe Bar B in division two next sea- son. Results Game-week 18/19 (21/04/2017) Division 1 (GW18) CHAMPIONSHIP DIV: Mosta Horseshoe Bar A v Floriana Ajax A 4-4; BBugia Cox Sports Club A v Kalkara St Joseph 2-6. RELEGATION DIV: Gudja POs Bar A v Zejtun Beland Bullseye 3-5; Bormla Bocci Club v Zejtun Juventutis Domus 8-0. Division 2 (GW18) CHAMPIONSHIP DIV: Floriana Ajax B v Bugibba Munchies Pub 3-5; Senglea M. Conquest v Hamrun Education Bar A 3-5. RELEGATION DIV: Cospicua Rangers v BBugia Cox Sports Club B 6-2; Mosta Bocci Club v Gudja POs Bar B 4-4. Division 3 (GW19) Hamrun Education Bar B v Mgarr The Hatch Sports Bar 7-1; Mosta Horseshoe Bar B v Mqabba St Mary BC 8-0; St Paul`s Dia- monds v St. Venera Red Square 1-7. Standings Game-week 18/19 (21/04/2017) Division 1 (GW18) CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION: 1st Kalka- ra St Joseph – 47 points; 2nd Floriana Ajax A – 45 points; 3rd Mosta Horseshoe Bar A – 35 points; 4th BBugia Cox Sports Club A – 14 points. RELEGATION DIVISION: 5th Zejtun Be- land Bullseye – 23 points; 6th Bormla Bocci Club – 21 points; 7th Gudja POs Bar A – 18 points; 8th Zejtun Juventutis Domus (rel- egated) – 2 points. Division 2 (GW18) CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION: 1st Ham- run Education Bar A (promoted) – 38 points; 2nd Bugibba Munchies Pub – 37 points; 3rd Senglea M. Conquest – 31 points; 4th Floriana Ajax B – 26 points. RELEGATION DIVISION: 5th Cospicua Rangers – 34 points; 6th Gudja POs Bar B – 17 points; 7th Mosta Bocci Club - 15 points; 8th BBugia Cox Sports Club B (relegated) – 3 points. Division 3 (GW19) 1st Mosta Horseshoe Bar B (champions) – 47 points; 2nd Hamrun Education Bar B – 33 points; 3rd Bugibba Intercontinental Sun City – 32 points; 4th St. Venera Red Square – 24 points; 5th Mqabba St. Mary BC – 15 points; 6th St Pauls Diamonds – 10 points; 7th Mgarr The Hatch Sports Bar – 4 points. Fixtures Game-week 19/20 (28/04/2017) Division 1 CHAMPIONSHIP DIV: Kalkara St Joseph v Mosta Horseshoe Bar A; Floriana Ajax A v BBugia Cox Sports Club A. RELEGATION DIV: Zejtun Beland Bulls- eye v Bormla Bocci Club. Division 2 CHAMPIONSHIP DIV: Senglea M. Con- quest v Bugibba Munchies Pub; Hamrun Education Bar A v Floriana Ajax B. RELEGATION DIV: Cospicua Rangers v Mosta Bocci Club; BBugia Cox Sports Club B v Gudja POs Bar B. Division 3 St. Venera Red Square v Hamrun Education Bar B; Bugibba Interc. Sun City v Mgarr The Hatch Sports Bar; Mqabba St Mary BC v St Paul`s Diamonds. Brian Mascari wins the Demolition of Small Cars ON Sunday 30 April 2017 the ASMK Trials bikers will be holding the 3rd event of the ASMK Pasta Poiatti 2016/2017 Trials Champion- ship. The Program begins 9:00 am on Sunday at the ASMK Motorsport Complex. Meanwhile, on Saturday 29 April 2017 at 3:00pm the Executive Com- mittee has decided to run the Auto- cross Finals which were postponed on Sunday 9th April 2017 due to the limited time frame. The finalists in the Modified Class A are: - Gordon Johnson, Malcolm Borg, Philip Joe Vella and Terence Azzopardi all driving Opel Corsa cars and Noel Zammit on a Fiat Punto, Ryan Sci- cluna, Karl Micallef, Godfrey Gauci, Jonathan Vella and Noel Vella all on Ford Fiesta. Matthew Borg will be driving a Vauxhall Nova and Jean Paul Grech a Peugeot 106. In the Standard Class the Final- ist drivers are:- Johann Vella on an Opel Nova, Karl Scicluna, Quinn Camilleri and Angelo Galea will be driving their Peugeot 106 cars, a Citroen AX driven by Deane Far- rugia and Nicovich Chircop on his Peugeot 206. The finalists take their place on the Start Line just after the draws for their respective Start Line posi- tions which is a normal procedure of the Autocross regulations. On Sunday 9 April 2017 the As- sociation organized the Fifth Mo- tocross Championship event where 18 competitors divided into four classes raced on the Motocross track. The results were as follows:- In Class A Camilleri brothers were seen to dominate this class where Clayton Camilleri on his KTM reg- istered his first win of this season. Clayton was followed in 2nd place by his brother Kyle Camilleri also on a KTM. The Camilleri brothers were followed by Muscat Trevor in third place and by his brother Paul Muscat in fourth place both riding on KTM bikes. In Class B Ryan Faenza riding a Yamaha was seen to dominate and win this class followed by Daniel Caruana on a Honda while Adrian Bonnici on a Yamaha won 3rd place. In Class C Michael Sant dominat- ed and won this class on his Honda while Joseph Azzopardi on a Yama- ha won 2nd place and third place was won by Christopher Hartmann on a KTM motorcycle. The Veterans motocross class was won by Paul Deguara on a KTM. Jethro Sant won 2nd place on his Yamaha while his brother William Sant won third place on his Suzuki motorcycle. The day's program came to an end with the Demolition Derby for Small Cars up to 4 meters (13 feet) in length. In this edition 15 drivers participated in their modified cars as per the ASMK Demolition Rules. The 15 drivers were: - Jason Ma- gro, Mauro Cassar, Stefan Farrugia, Jonathan Abela, Christian Cremona and Adrian Bonnici all on Skoda Fa- vorit cars. Karl Mizzi was driving a VW Polo, Aaron Brydon on a KIA, Leo and Frank Butler both on Maz- da cars, Wayne Mallia on a Subaru, Brian Mascari on a Peugeot 205, Clint Farrugia on his Lada, Larkin Butler on a Suzuki Swift, Christian Agius on a Daihatsu and Charles Falzon on a Renault car. During this game of these cars which is the last journey before go- ing to the scrap iron heap the cars drove for two demonstration laps on the track right before starting the banging as allowed by the rules of the Demolition Derby. Soon cars started to change in shape and size before the eyes of the several hun- dreds of spectators who were safely in the paddocks. Though the Demolition Derby lasted just over about 18 minutes one could see the ability of the driv- ers despite the voluntary collisions under strict race regulations. The game for the Winner and a Runner- Up ended between Brian Mascari on his Peugeot 205 and the Suzuki Swift of Larkin Butler as all the rest had come to a holt. In a few more minutes the winner was to be de- termined. Here we saw that Brian had his vehicle in a better condition to that of Larkin yet both made at- tempts to continue this game to the end. The Demolition was terminat- ed when Larkin Butler surrendered to his immobile car and Brian Mas- cari was declared as the winner of the 2017 Small Car Demolition on his Peugeot 2015. Larkin Butler won the Runner-Up on his Suzuki Swift. Both were presented with trophies and celebrated in front of all present. The Association informs that the next Demolition is scheduled to take place on 17th December just before Christmas 2017. Also, the Admin- istration wish to inform the public that since there are ASMK Moto- cross riders who will be participat- ing in the FMI Regional Motocross Championship the race of the 7 May will be held on the 21 May 2017. Further information can be found on the website of the Association www.asmk.org.mt or on the Face- book pages named A.S.M.K. Malta or Assocjazzjoni Sport Muturi u Karozzi. One can make contact by email info@asmk.org.mt or Mobile 99425489. PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARIO MICALLEF