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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 31 OCTOBER 2018 23 SPORTS MOTOCROSS Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Cloudy with thundery and gusty showers VISIBILITY: Good becoming moderate to poor in showers WIND: East Southeast force 5 to 6 becoming East. Overnight Southeast force 6 SEA: Rough SWELL Low confused mainly Southeast TODAY THUNDERY SHOWERS 23 º C /20 º C UV INDEX: 4 TOMORROW THUNDERY SHOWERS 24 º C /20 º C UV INDEX: 4 Weather Crossword Across 1. Blood clots in the veins (10) 8. Motion picture (5) 9. Newly married woman (5) 10. Microbe (4) 12. Stinging plant (6) 14. Delicate in meaning (6) 17. Reflected sound (4) 21. Highways (5) 22. Move slowly (5) 23. Water line (5,5) Down 2. Hang suspended in the air (5) 3. Baking chamber (4) 4. Christian writings (5) 5. Quick (5) 6. Surrey village (5) 7. Complacent (4) 11. Encountered (3) 13. Golfers mound (3) 14. Dry stalks (5) 15. Animal (5) 16. Intense light beam (5) 18. Long for (5) 19. Lubricates (4) 20. Land measure (4) THIS Sunday the Assocjazzjoni Sport Muturi u Karozzi (ASMK) will be launching the first event of the 2018/2019 Autocross National Championship sponsored by Pasta Poiatti. All the car activities will be held at the ASMK Sports Complex in Ta' Qali. The first race starts at noon. In the meantime, the 2018/2019 National Trials Cham- pionship was launched at the quarry in Fawwara, limits of Siggiewi. In Class A, Rowen Bonello on a Beta, and Antonio Leonardi on a Gas Gas motorcycle, made a very good start ahead of Damon Bonello on a TRS bike. After the second section of events, Damon Bonello managed to make clean passes in the number three, four and fifth sections and changed the final classification. He won this first event with only 16 penalty points on his new bike. Leonardi placed second with 21 points while Row- en Bonello had to settle for third place with 31 points of penalty. In Class B, where competitors from the Maltese Acad- emy for Trials compete, Julian Scicluna on an OSET motorbike had a good start, as did Issac Scicluna on a Gas Gas. These two riders remained neck and neck dur- ing the first four sections until Julian lost some points in the last two sections, allowing Isaac to win the class. Third place finisher was Dion Micallef on a Beta. The next Trials activity is to take place on Sunday 18 November 2018 at the quarry in Naxxar and starts at 9am. This is open to non-members too. More information can be found on the association's website, www.asmk.org.mt or Facebook page, Association Sport Motorcycles and Cars. One can make contact by email on info@asmk.org.mt or via mobile on 9942 5489. ASMK autocross season launched PHOTO BY MARIO MICALLEF