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22 maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 1 OCTOBER 2014 WEIGHTLIFTING CRICKET FORMULA 1 Download the MaltaToday App now Sport Malta participate in the Vladan Mihajlovic Weightlifting Tournament Last weekend saw the Malta Weightlifting Association participate in the 7th edition of the Vladan Mihajlovic Weightlifting Tournament held in the city of Indjija, Serbia MALTESE lifters Rodmar Pulis and Kieran Mifsud participated against athletes from Bulgaria, Turkey, Hungary, Israel, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and host country Serbia. Pulis began his competition with a successful 102kg Snatch lift and in the second phase of the com- petition succeeding in his first at- tempt at 130kg Clean and Jerk and also his second 135kg attempt, narrowly missing out on his third and final 140kg attempt due to the technicalities that come with judg- ing the form of the lift. This was unfortunate for Pulis as this at- tempt would have seen the Malta team place higher in the rankings as well as break national records. With a total of 292 points, howev- er, Pulis managed to place higher than competitors from Israel and Turkey. Kieran Mifsud, the youngest athlete of the tournament at age 15, also had his share of misfor- tune by having to withdraw half- way through the competition due to injury in the second Clean and Jerk phase. Having performed his Snatch attempt of 95kg eas- ily, a forearm pain following his convincing first Clean and Jerk of 127kg saw him exit the competi- tion prematurely. It is worth not- ing, however, that this is by far the biggest ever competition for the young Mifsud. The Maltese athletes were under the guidance of Jesmond Caruana. Caruana also was selected to do the technical official duty as the President of the Jury in the women competition. This competition would not have been made possi- ble without the help of Malta Ol- ympic Committee and without the friendship and collaboration with the Serbian Weightlifting Federa- tion. On the same dates, Malta Weight- lifting Federation member Stephen Borg participated in the European Union congress and elections. He was also selected for the duty of technical controller in the compe- tition held in Split, Croatia. Rodmar Pulis and Kieran Mifsud in Serbia Ladymead tie series Ferrari 'determined' to overhaul Williams OVER the weekend the Marsa C.C played against Ladymead C.C who were on their third tour to the is- land. In the previous tours both teams had won a series each two nil. On Saturday a thirty over game was played with the visitor bat- ting first. They were bowled out for 144 runs. C.Broome top scored with thirty runs. W.Gooda and L.Hamman both scored nineteen runs, J.Craven made seventeen and thirteen runs a piece were made by M.Gooda and C.Shambrook. For Marsa Sarfraz Ali and Ravi Shar- ma both took three wickets each. Sharma's three overs only cost eight runs. Suhrid Roy, Kevin krishna and Derek Ali took a wicket each. Were the Marsa batsmen up for the run chase? Malcolm Crabbe (nineteen runs) and Mark G Sacco opened the in- nings and gave a good start of forty runs before Crabbe was dismissed. Sacco went on to score a great fif- ty two runs which included eight boundaries. Sam Aquilina contin- ued his good form and was unfortu- nate not to make a half century fall- ing short by four runs. The Marsa team made the required runs in the twenty fifth over. For the visitors D.Shambrook took three wickets and M.Gooda took one. Marsa go one up in the series. On Sunday in a forty over game the Marsa team batted first. A great innings from one of Malta's fin- est batsman Frank Spiteri had him scoring his twenty fifth century against touring teams. He opened the innings and remained not out with 116 runs to his name. His in- nings included eleven boundaries and a six. It was a very well crafted innings which set up a good total. Bikram Arora scored twenty four runs and Nowell Khosla thirty runs. The final total after 40 overs was 227 runs. For Ladymead C.Brome and C.Shambrook took two wick- ets each while D.Shambrook and A.Mackay took a wicket each. This time the Marsa bowlers needed to bowl well. J.Craven played a brilliant in- nings making 104 runs which in- cluded thirteen boundaries, his partnership of eighty two runs with W.Gooda (twenty seven runs) and another partnership of ninety two runs with C.Brome (sixty two runs, which included eight boundaries) set up a great victory for the visitors which tied the series. For Marsa Nowell Khosla took two wickets while Tony Slater, Ronnie Sacco, Bikram Arora and Ali Hamza took a wicket each. This coming weekend the Marsa team take on new touring team, Occasionals C.C in a three game series. On Saturday the Sunoco Acad- emy/Nursery will be from 9:00 till 10:30am. RENAULT says it is braced for a spate of engine penalties in the closing stages of the 2014 season. Toro Rosso rookie Daniil Kvyat became the first driver to fall foul of Formula 1's strict new power unit regulations when he used a sixth Renault engine at the previ- ous Singapore round, resulting in a 10-place grid penalty. With more than half of the field on the brink, having used five of at least one of the six separate ele- ments, the French manufacturer's Head of Track Operations, Rémi Taffin, has accepted that there will be more drops. "Reliability will start to play a major role in results at this point in the season since every team and driver has had to mix and match as we have learnt more on the opera- tion of the power unit," Taffin said of the engine situation. "We are, however, fairly at ease on this front since we have commit- ted ourselves to introduce a sixth power unit where needed," Taffin went on to explain. "The picture is a lot clearer now and although it is not exactly ideal to have to intro- duce new parts and take penalties, we can do this at races where the impact will be minimised." Renault supplies reigning World Champions Red Bull plus Lotus, Toro Rosso and Caterham with en- gines. YOUR FIRST CLICK OF THE DAY www.maltatoday.com.mt

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