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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 26 JUNE 2019 23 SPORTS OFF-ROAD Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday Weather Mainly fine Visibility Good Wind Northwest force 2 to 3 locally force 3 to 4 Sea Slight Swell Negligible TODAY TOMORROW Weather Crossword Across 1.. Lounges (7) 5. Woman who works in a bar (7) 9. Gives a new name (7) 10. Shield (5) 11. Portion (5) 12. Succeeded (3) 13. Like a dog (6) 14. Yield post (6) 15. Pigpen (3) 17. Motherhood (9) 21. Have supper (3) 23. Reach destination (6) 24. One who enjoys inflicting pain (6) 27. Some (3) 28. Pertaining to sound (5) 29. Emblem (5) 30. Traveller (7) 31. First book of the Bible (7) 32. Member of a crew (7) Down 1. Spreads (7) 2. Period of a tenant's occupancy (7) 3. Birmingham suburb (6) 4. Pendent (9) 5. To lose blood (5) 6. Deeply respectful (8) 7. Refrain voluntarily (7) 8. One dearly loved (7) 16. Near the South Pole (9) 18. Counsellors (8) 19. Ladies' carrying bag (7) 20. Widen (7) 21. Sports arena (7) 22. Cheshire town (7) 25. Not susceptible (6) 26. Mountain range (5) SUNNY UV: 10 MAINLY SUNNY UV: 10 32 0 / 23 0 33 0 / 23 0 LAST weekend, 111 Off- Road Racing Team with Rudy Farrugia as driver and Malcolm Paul Gauci as navigator helped by Maurice Farrugia, Mark Zahra, David Farrugia, Daniel Grupetta, Stefan Borg Grech, Lana Debono u Shaun Caruana com- peted against 21 teams from all over the world at the King of France 2019 Ultra 4 Europe event. During qualifying on Friday, following damage to driveline, exhaust, rear suspension, and many repairs, the team still did not finish and had to abandon the race only a few meters from the fin- ish line and ended in the 21st place. On Saturday the team had to start from the last place, following the traf- fic on a tight course. Still, with damaged suspension 111 off-road racing team was still fast and coped well with competition. Following another acci- dent, the buggy ended up upside down in a bunch of trees in a ditch but sus- tained no damage. With damage from Fri- day and the accident on Saturday, they still fin- ished in 10th place from the 21st. Sunday was an event free day. The team raced fast and clean, gained an- other position and finish- ing the event in 9th place overall. 111 Off-Road Racing Team is set to compete in the Ultra 4 Europe Cham- pionship hence their next appointment is the King of Britain on 20 July. Maltese off-road team finishes 9th at King of France 2019 FEELS LIKE 36 0 FEELS LIKE 38 0 The 111 Off-Road Racing Team buggy suffered extensive damage on Friday