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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 14 JUNE 2015 57 Sport SWIMMING Virtù Ferries This week's winner is ALEX EHRHARDT who collected his two tickets from Virtù Ferries MaltaToday and Virtù Ferries have teamed up to take one lucky winner and a companion every week to Sicily, with two tickets to be won every week in our photography competition. Already been on holiday? Good: we're sending you back if your best photograph from your holidays and travels makes the cut. That's right: send us a good quality image of your holidays and we'll send the best one to the gateway of Italy with Virtù Ferries. Malta - Sicily Express Ferries For more information visit www.virtuferries.com or contact by telephone 23491000 RULES OF THE COMPETITION maltatoday Conditions apply: 1. Tickets for each week's competition can only be won by one person who submits one entry of a high-res image with description. Entrants with more than one entry WILL NOT be considered. Entrants must send a description of photo. 2. Winners will be informed before the end of the week, and then announced on maltatoday.com.mt and MaltaToday on Sunday. 3. By entering this offer, entrants consent to their photos being published and owned by Mediatoday Co Ltd. 4. The entrant with the best photograph will be awarded two (2) return tickets, valid for travel to any Virtù Ferries destination. Mediatoday's decision is final. 5. Tickets are issued free of charge, excluding port charges, and in accordance with Virtù Ferries' rules and regulations. All taxes and charges are to be paid accordingly by the winning entrant upon the issuance of tickets. 6. This offer is closed to employees and contributors of Mediatoday Co. Ltd and Virtù Ferries, or their family members. This week's theme: Travel SEND US PHOTOS FROM YOUR FAVOURITE HOLIDAY PHOTO COMPETITION Photos should be a hi-res image (one per individual entry) with a sentence or two about what inspired you to take your photo. Entrants are kindly reminded not to send in personal family pictures that might be unrelated to theme subjects unless expressly requested. If sending a photo by post, address it to: 'MaltaToday photo competition', Mediatoday, Vjal ir- Rihan, San Gwann, SGN9016 Please supply your daytime telephone number, your name, your home address and an email address. Send the photo via email on info@mediatoday.com.mt [SUBJECT HEADING: MaltaToday photo competition] by next Friday at 9am. Themes may change from one week to the other Spectacular opening to 2015 BSJ Open Water Swimming Championships THE Open Water Swimming Champion- ships organised annually by Birkirkara St. Joseph Sports Club under the auspices of the Aquatic Sports Association of Malta kicked off last Sunday 7 June with a spectacular race at St. Paul's Bay. Held in perfect conditions, the two-kilo- metre race saw one hundred fifteen swim- mers taking to the clear waters. In the Males' category, Luke Camilleri Cuschieri, (Sirens ASC) making a return af- ter a year's absence in these championships won the race in 28 minutes, 27 seconds, ahead of second placed Andrew Sultana (28:38), another new comer to the champi- onships, and Richard Zerafa (28:39). Reigning champion Sarah Demicoli (Nep- tunes WPSC) was the first to finish the fe- males' race in a time of 28 minutes, 42 sec- onds. Hannah Pace (28:52) and Margaret Seguna (30:26) finished second and third respectively mirroring the podium places achieved in this category last year. The Open Water Swimming Champion- ships will consist of five two kilometre swims and a four kilometre swim which will also serve as qualifying events for the forthcoming Gozo-Malta Open Swimming Competition to be held on Saturday 29th August. The second championships race will be held on Wednesday, 17th June start- ing at 6:30 p.m. Information and results can be downloaded from the Club website www.bkarastjoseph.com (L-R) Hannah Pace, Sara Demicoli and Margaret Seguna (L-R) Andrew Sultana, Luka Camilleri and Richard Zerafa