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21 Sport maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 27 AUGUST 2014 MOTORSPORTS CRICKET FORMULA 1 ASMK Races in Malta Records on Saturday "ASSOCJAZZJONI Sport Muturi u Karozzi" launched the Summer Events program to conclude the 2014 – 2015 events. These events include special races and volun- tary work for a noble cause. A special program of events is prepared for next Saturday 30th of August 2014. The special races will be held at the ASMK Race Complex at Ta' Qali starting from 4.00pm till late in the evening. The Motocross and Enduro rid- ers will be racing on the Motocross track but in opposite direction to normal. This race offers greater challenge and demonstrates the riders skills to the full. This is the first ever race of this kind where even the keen riders are practicing for this event where a greater chal- lenge will be faced mainly by the Enduro bike riders. Later at the strike of 8.00pm, the eight (8) Autocross cars regis- tered for the toughest race of the season will line-up on the Start Line. This "Endurance Race" lasts One (1) Hour driving on the Auto- cross Track which will be lit with artificial lights along the track, the paddocks and the spectator areas too. Three (3) mandatory stops are included among other rules set for safety reasons during the event. As this race is the only one of its kind on the Island and it is the longest race ever held in Malta, ASMK decided to register this race in the 'Malta Record' who will also scrutinise the event accord- ing to the set rules. The car which covers the largest number of Laps within the set-hour will be de- clared the winner of this prestig- ious race. Penalties for breach of rules results in deducted number of laps. On Saturday 6th September AS- MK also included a 'Day's Volun- tary Work ' at id-Dar tal-Providen- za in this summer program where a number of ASMK members an- nually offer to carry out voluntary work at this Siggiewi House like painting of rooms and halls and other maintenance work. This year we are also concentrating on the maintenance to the surround- ing gardens with the use of special machinery brought over from our association. Sunday 21st September will con- clude the ASMK summer program for 2014. Our Autocross drivers together with their families and friends will cross the Gozo chan- nel as they did in 2003 and 2004 to raise funds for a little boy with special needs. This time special Autocross Fun Races will be or- ganised for another noble cause which is "Dar Arka". This event is to be held in the area of Ta' Marziena limits of San- nat and is supported by the Min- ister for Gozo, the Gozo Sports Board and with kind permission of the land owners and other friends. Mepa issued all the necessary per- mits for this special event. All pro- ceedings raised will be in favour of "Dar Arka". More information is found in the ASMK website w w w.asmk.org.mt Marsa crowned champions LAST Saturday the final three games of the CRIC HQ MCA Summer league were played. A very eventful day. In the first game Marsa C.C played against Krishna C.C. Krishna needed to win to have a chance to win the ti- tle, on the other hand if Marsa won it would mean the title for them. The Marsa team batted first with great performances from Mark G.Sacco (thirty runs from thirty balls which included three boundaries), Andrew Naudi (twenty seven runs, two fours and a six), Chris Naudi (thirty three not out, from fifteen de- liveries, four boundaries) and Bikram Arora (seventeen runs). After the twenty overs the team total was 153. A very good total. For Krishna , Sar- fraz Ali took two wickets, while Kevin Krishna and Nowell Khosla took a wicket each. The big question, were Krishna good enough, the answer no, Zubair Raja put in an excellent dis- play making forty six runs from thir- ty balls which included five fours and a six, and Tony Azzopardi chipped in with sixteen runs. The final score of 122 was not enough, for Marsa John Callus and Ronnie Sacco took two wickets each while Bikram Arora and Malcolm Crabbe took a wicket each. Marsa win the game and the title. In the second game the newly crowned Marsa played the Maraud- ers C.C where again they batted first. With great bowling from the Marauders the Marsa team were held to 96 runs, Malcolm Crabbe top scored with twenty three runs and Ravi Sharma made seventeen. The wicket takers for Marauders were Mike Caruana with two while, Luke Bradley, Amy Caruana, Ian Pendlebury,Tom Newell and Ewan Perenz took a wicket each. The Ma- rauders for the second time in a row beat the Marsa team, this time it took till the seventeenth over. Tom Newell with forty two runs was instrumental in the win, Ewan Perenz made sixteen not out and Dean Arnold twelve. For Marsa Ravi Sharma and Malcolm Crabbe took two wickets each while Dhrava and Chris Naudi took a wick- et each. The win put the Marauders four points behind second on the lad- der Krishna, so if Marauders win the last game they will be runners up in the league , a huge achievement for the team. In the third game Marauders batted first and again Tom Newell produced the goods scoring forty nine runs he was aided well by Ian Pendelbury who made a distinguished thirty two runs. The final total was of 112. For Krishna Kevin Krishna, Haroon Majeed, Amil and Sid Anand all took two wick- ets each while Adam Krishna took a wicket. What was to be an exciting finish became a shambles after two overs had been bowled. The Krishna cap- tain halted the game with a minor controversy the umpires were con- sulted and the game halted there. The points after careful examination were given to the Marauders C.C with the action taken by the Krishna captain being looked at as not in the spirit of cricket and therefore the game for- feited by the Krishna team. Therefore not in the manner the Marauders intended, they managed to be the runners up in the CRIC HQ MCA Summer league. Next weekend (starting Friday) sees new touring team from Spain, Cricket Federation of Catalunya in a three game series. FIA will not take action against Rosberg THE FIA has no plans to investigate Nico Rosberg despite Lewis Hamil- ton's claims that German admitted he had deliberately crashed into him during last weekend's Belgian Grand Prix. Rosberg has since disputed that and maintains – publicly at least – that the collision was a 'racing incident'. "The FIA will not intervene in this issue," a spokesman for the FIA told Reuters. He added that only a "new ele- ment" would justify the opening of an investigation after the results had been declared final, pointing out that Hamilton's comments do not qualify as such. "A comment alleged to have been made in an internal briefing and lat- er denied by the team itself does not constitute such a 'new element'," he explained. Hamilton, who was leading, lost out heavily as a result of the collision on the second lap, picking up a puncture and later retiring. Rosberg, in contrast, later pitted for a new nose, and then fought back to fin- ish second, increasing his lead in the championship from 11 points to 29. Download the MaltaToday App now

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