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56 Sport maltatoday, SUNDAY, 1 DECEMBER 2013 WEIGHTLIFTING FOOTBALL Bronze medal for Nicole Gatt at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships Elite referees Paul Xaruana and Sandro Spiteri officiating in the Republic of San Marino NICOLE Gatt, Malta's leading female athlete in the sport of Olympic Weightlifting, has participated at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships held in Penang, Malaysia, where she won the bronze medal in the -53kg Youth category. The first place was won by Nigeria followed by India. Gatt needed to battle hard for this medal against her main rival from Malaysia who had the home-turf advantage Nicole was behind in the Snatch phase of the competition, having lifted 2kg less than her rival. With that, she needed at least 3kg more in than her rival in the Clean and Jerk to stand a chance for a medal, particularly so as she was at a higher body weight, which in turn results in lesser points. With the encouragement of President of the Malta Weightlifting Federation and acting coach Jesmond Caruana, Gatt managed to complete the competition with a total of 118kg - one precious kilo more than her Malaysian rival. Nicole also managed to break 15 Maltese national records in the Youths, Juniors and Seniors. These competitions are indeed challenging as she had to adapt to a different climate as well as timezone, which will serve as good preparation for next year's Youth Olympic Games to be held in Nanjing, China, where Gatt is to participate. This participation would not have been made possible had it not been for Malta Olympic Committee, the Malta Sport Council, and the Malaysian Weightlifting Federation WATERPOLO Joe Caruana Curran re-elected ASA President THE ASA held its Annual General Meeting last Thursday 28 November 2013 at the Grand Hotel Excel- sior in Floriana. Joe Caruana Curran was re-elected to the post of President for anoth- er three year term. The election was uncontested and the vote was unanimous. Freephone: (+356) 800 737 70 cabs minivans vip transport THE Malta FA Refereeing Department announces another referees' exchange which sees Elite Referees Paul Caruana and Sandro Spiteri, assisted by FIFA Assistant Referee Duncan Sultana and Elite Assistant Referee Jurgen Spiteri, officiating in the Top Division in San Marino this coming weekend. Yesterday, Paul Caruana was in charge of Cosmos vs Tre Fiori at Fiorentino Stadium. Today at 1500hours Sandro Spiteri will be in charge of Juvenes Dogana vs Murata at Montecchio Stadium. Duncan Sultana and Jurgen Spiteri shall assist both referees, while Paul Caruana and Sandro Spiteri shall alternate their roles as referee/4th Official. Malta FA Referee Observer Tom A. Restall shall be accompanying the team of four match officials on this exchange visit in San Marino where on Saturday 30th November at 1500hours, he shall be the Referee Ob- server of the match Faetano vs Folgore at Montecchio Stadium. It has also been announced that match officials from San Marino have been appointed to officiate the BOV Premier League matches, Naxxar Lions vs Qormi and Vittoriosa Stars vs Mosta on Saturday and Sunday respectively, while Marcello Busignani from the San Marino Football Federation has been appointed as the referee observer of the Sliema Wanderers vs Birkirkara match on Saturday. The referees' exchange with San Marino builds on similar exchanges already held in the previous two seasons as part of the ongoing reform in the refereeing sector. w w w. c a b s . c o m . m t 2138 9575 / 9921 5286 luxury coaches info@cabs.com.mt vintage buses