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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 18 JULY 2018 23 LAST Sunday the Malta Weightlifting Association organised the annual MWA Club competition at the Cottonera Sport Complex. Six different weightlifting clubs from across the island were battling it out to win the prestigious Shield. How- ever, just as they did in 2017, the Alpha Weightlifting Club proved dominant, winning the Clubs' league by over 650 Sinclair points. The Alpha Weightlifting club was rep- resented by a selection of 14 athletes, ranging from cadets, youths and juniors to the male and female senior athletes. The MWA has been tirelessly working to increase the number of youngsters in the gym, and this is constantly reflected in the number of children competing at these events. Most noticeably from the cadets, 12-year-old Kyle Camilleri showed great confidence and technical precision, finishing with a 61kg total and 123 sinclair points. Other up and com- ing youngsters are Blake Attard, finishing with 48kg total and 69 points, as well as Tristan Zammit who finished the com- petition on Sunday with a personal best total of 154kg which is equivalent to 170 points. Alpha Weightlifting's Ladies team proved very strong with national record holders, and national team athletes Yas- min Zammit Stevens, Elisia Scicluna and youth athlete Shelby Mangion Vassallo all lifting for the club. Both Yasmin and Elisia finished with very easy totals and acquired 211 and 194 sinclair points re- spectively. Mangion Vassallo finished with a huge clean and jerk personal best of 76kg, which along with her 61kg snatch produced a 179 sinclair point re- sult breaking a whopping eight national records in the process. The Alpha Men stars of the day were Malta's veteran weightlifter Rodmar Pulis and Vlad Bal- dacchino who finished with 284 and 305 sinclair points respectively. Another no- ticeable results came from junior athlete, Andy Grech, who had an excellent meet ending with a 205kg total and 249 sinclair points, and also Matthew Abela who fin- ished with a personal best total of 165kg total and 213 points. The Alpha Weightlifting team were followed by Crossfit 356 with their most noticeable athlete being Kyle Micallef who finished 273 sinclair points. North- ern Strength Weightlifting were the 3rd place finishers with Anton Micallef and Matthew Camilleri both lifting very well on the day. Micallef finished with a total of 222kg, equivalent to 258 sinclair points while Camilleri finished with 235kg total which is equivalent to 278 sinclair points. Another participating Club was the University of Malta's club, Degree Plus, with their most successful competitor be- ing U-20 athlete, Keith Azzopardi, who finished with personal best lifts across the board and a 193kg total which produced a 245 sinclair point result. The 'Training Room' Club were positively represented by athlete Shaun Ciantar, who finished with a 215kg total and 273 sincalir points. Shawn Incorvaja was 'Tritones SC''s most point producing athlete, where he finished with 150kg total and 174 sinclair points. Youth athlete, Shelby Mangion Vas- sallo will be competing at the European Youth Championships coming up next week in Milan as part of her long and tough preparation towards the Youth Olympic Games set to take place this Oc- tober in Buenos Aires. Both her coach, Jesmond Caruana, and herself will be busy in the next few months leading up to the YOG to fully prepare in the best way possible for this major event. SPORTS WEIGHTLIFTING Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Fine VISIBILITY: Good WIND: Northwest force 4 to 5 backing West Northwest force 3 to 4 and becoming variable force 2 to 3 overnight SEA: Slight SWELL Negligible A B C D E F G H 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 White to play and mate in four moves A B C D E F G H 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Last week's solution Sudoku rules are extremely easy: Fill all empty squares so that the numbers 1 to 9 appear once in each row, column and 9x9 box. SUNNY 32 º C /24 º C UV INDEX: 10 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku A B C D E F G H Pursuits Across 1. Biased (10) 8. Vacant (5) 9. Sharp-pointed plant outgrowth (5) 10. Hoodlum (4) 12. Bookmaker (6) 14. Move slowly (6) 17. Move along in a stream (4) 21. Garment (5) 22. Rings of a chain (5) 23. Stiffness in the joints (10) Down 2. Become ripe (5) 3. Delights (4) 4. As before (5) 5. Earthenware pot (5) 6. Move rhythmically (5) 7. Shed tears (4) 11. Young goat (3) 13. Idiot (3) 14. Prevent (5) 15. Flinch (5) 16. Doctor's replacement (5) 18. Makes a loan (5) 19. Insect (4) 20. Narrow opening (4) Ne7+ c6 Qxc6+ Kd8 Qd7# Alpha Weightlifting Club win the title for the best weightlifting club in Malta