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maltatoday WEDNESDAY 17 JANUARY 2018 21 Sport DARTS Kalkara opens league title challenge WITH a 6-2 win against leaders Floriana Ajax MCP A, Kalkara St Joseph re-opened the chal- lenge for the league title, since now we see these two teams together with Mosta Horse- shoe Bar A, occupying the first place of Division 1 with the same total number of points, 25. In the second division Sta Venera Red Square continued with their winning streak after beating Mosta Horseshoe Bar B 5-3, keeping their 5-point lead over second place Floriana Ajax MCP B. In the third division, Siggiewi St Nicholas BC are now lead- ing the division alone, follow- ing the defeat of St Paul's BC against Floriana Ajax Mun- chies C. Results National League (12/1/2018) 1 Div. Kalkara St Joseph vs Floriana Ajax MCP A 6-2; Ħamrun Ed- ucation Bar vs Żejtun Beland Bullseye 4-4; Senglea Man- chester Conquest A vs Mosta Horsehsoe Bar A 2-6; B'Bugia Cox Sports Club A vs Gudja PO's Bar A 1-7 2 Div. Mosta Horseshoe Bar B vs St. Venera Red Square 3-5; Gudja PO's Bar B vs Ħamrun Educa- tion Bar B 4-4; Floriana Ajax MCP B vs Buġibba Sun City A 5-3; Cospicua Rangers vs B'Bugia Cox Sports Club B 5-3 3 Div. Floriana Ajax Munchies C vs St Paul's Band Club 5-3, Siġġiewi St Nicholas BC vs Senglea Manchester Conquest B 5-3; Mqabba St. Mary BC vs Floriana Boċċi Club 4-4; Buġibba Sun City Ladies vs St Paul's Diamonds 5-3; Slie- ma Tipico St. Gregory BC vs Żurrieq Football Club 6-2 Standings Division 1 1st Floriana Ajax MCP, Mo- sta Horseshoe Bar, Kalkara St Joseph – 25 points; 4th Gudja PO`s Bar A – 19 points; 5th Birżebbuġa Cox Sports Club A, Senglea M. Conquest A – 7 points; 6th Żejtun Beland Bull- seye – 6 points; 8th Ħamrun Education Bar A – 1 point. Division 2 1st St Venera Red Square – 27 points; 2nd Floriana Ajax MCP B – 22 points; 3rd Cospicua Rangers – 20 points; 4th Mos- ta Horseshoe Bar B – 15 points; 5th Gudja POs Bar B, Buġibba Sun City A – 12 points; 7th Ħamrun Education Bar B – 5 points; 8th Birżebbuġa Cox Sports Club – 0 points. Division 3 1st Siġġiewi St Nicholas BC – 28 points, 2nd St Paul's Band Club – 25 points; 3rd Floriana Ajax Munchies C – 20 points; 4th Sliema Tipico St Gregory BC – 18 points; 5th Senglea M. Conquest B – 16 points ; 6th Floriana Boċċi Club, Mqabba St Mary Band Club – 15 points; 8th Ħamrun Bayern Munich – 11 points; 9th St Paul's Dia- monds, Buġibba Sun City La- dies – 7 points; 10th Żurrieq Football Club – 4 points; 12th Mġarr The Hatch Sports Bar – 0 points. 5-a-side Competition Last 8 Draws (First Leg: 13/2/2018 Return Leg: 20/2/2018) Sta Venera Red Square vs Senglea Manchester Conquest A; Gudja PO's Bar A vs Flori- ana Ajax MCP B; Floriana Ajax MCP A vs Żejtun Beland Bull- seye; Mosta Horseshoe Bar A vs Kalkara St Joseph BC Andy Keen Kalkara St.Joseph BC Norbert Attard Floriana Ajax MCP A Krishna go further clear at top of Malta Cricket Winter League KRISHNA CC 129 for 6 (S.Khan 29; M.Nazir 2-20) defeated Marsa CC 103 (W.Khan 29; A.Sharma 4-17) Krishna CC have established a significant lead at the top of the 2017-18 Malta Cricket Winter League after overcoming Marsa CC by 29 runs. Krishna batted first and reached the respectable total of 129 runs with Sumair Khan (29), Sam Aquilina (18) and Amar Sharma (23) leading the way. For Marsa, Michael Nazir was the major wicket- taker with 2 wickets for 20 runs, while wicket-keeper John Grima contributed a catch and a run-out. Marsa's run chase started impressively with Wasim Khan and Feroz Ahmed putting on 39 runs for the first wicket however their innings stuttered as wickets fell at regular intervals. John Grima's dismissal gave Krishna victory by 26 runs. For Krishna, Amar Shar- ma was the pick of the bowlers with 4 wickets for 17 runs. Keeper Aquilina equalled the contribution of his counterpart Grima with a catch and a run-out for Krishna. This Saturday sees the resumption of Malta Cricket's Junior Acad- emy (activities start at 9am); followed by Game 5 of Winter League between Melita CC and Krishna CC at the Marsa Oval. Winter League table (after 4 matches) - Krishna 44, Marsa 20, Mel- ita 9. Batting: Niraj Khanna 105 runs; Bowling: Varun Prasath & Amar Sharma 6 wickets. Fielding: Sam Aquilina 3 catches. Sam Aquilina (one of the best performers this season for Krishna CC)