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22 maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 1 JULY 2015 Sport FORMULA 1 SWIMMING BASKETBALL Ricciardo not ruling out Red Bull departure DANIEL Ricciardo says that he cannot completely rule out depart- ing Red Bull at the end of 2015, as the team continues to examine its presence in Formula 1 following a difficult first half of the campaign. Ricciardo joined Red Bull from Toro Rosso in 2014 and won three races en-route to third place in the championship. 2015 has proved to be more chal- lenging for the squad and Ric- ciardo is currently seventh in the standings, without a podium finish to his name. Ricciardo said it was flattering to be linked to rival teams, such as Ferrari, though stressed that his focus remains with Red Bull, even if a departure cannot be ruled out. "What I want is to win, basically," Ricciardo told selected media, in- cluding GPUpdate.net. "That's a lot of my frustration this year, because of that. We're not in a position to win, and as a driver that's really the only thing you want. "At least at this point in my ca- reer, when I'm still young and hun- gry, I feel like I've still got a lot of potential in me. With contracts, this and that, it's not as easy as say- ing, 'Yeah, I'll go to Ferrari, and that's that'. "There are things in place, and from my understanding of con- tracts it's not likely that I can get out. But at the same time I re- ally feel that Red Bull can make a change for next year and can get back up the front. "We've still got good people in the team, and the right ingredients to do it, it's just making that next step – it has to be the right step and I think we can get back up there. Going back on the Ferrari thing it's obviously nice to be recognised by a team like that. I'll take it as a compliment, and we'll see what happens." When asked whether he could completely dismiss the prospect of him leaving Red Bull, Ricciardo said it was unlikely but that noth- ing could be ruled out. "It's a tough one," he said. "I'll probably never rule anything out completely. I don't have experience with contracts, I haven't been in Formula 1 that long. "Things can change, anything can change. Obviously [Red Bull owner] Dietrich [Mateschitz] said some things in the press as well and you never know what's going to happen. As I said, it's unlikely." Daniel Ricciardo Basketball Summer School organised by Floriana Basketball Club FLORIANA Basketball Club are organising a BASKETBALL SUM- MER SCHOOL in collaboration with St. Thomas Institute at the King George V Gardens in Floriana every Wednesdays for boys and girls 9 to 12 years of age and every Friday for girls under 19 years of age. Training will start at 19:00 till 20:30hrs. Those interested to join are to contact the Floriana Basketball Club on 79048872 or info@flori- anabasketball.com. Also one can go at the training venue on the respec- tive days and time. Coach Lawrence Deguara will be conducting sessions for the under 19 players while Luke Camilleri and Neville Mercieca will be responsi- ble for the under 12. Download the MaltaToday App now ASA National Swimming Championships 2015 ANOTHER two Age group records and a spate of personal bests were also recorded during the meet where no less than 70 events were held over five sessions in the three days. Julian Harding of Sliema ASC swam the best time of his career when he bettered his own 50m breaststroke record with a time of 28.98 from 29.33 earning him the highest technical achievement in the meet with 779 FINA points. He was also in- strumental in the quartet made up of Raoul Stafrace, Matthew Galea and Gabriel Dimech when they lowered the 4x50 freestyle relay record time to 1.35.87 from 1.36.18. Nicola Muscat of Neptunes WP- SC broke the 50 freestyle record twice in as many days leaving her two splits shy of the Women's Ol- ympic Selection Time (B) for next year's Olympic Games to be held in Brazil. She lowered the mark from 26.59 to 26.40 when she jumped first in the 4x50 freestyle relay and then bettered that time again to 26.19 in the individual 50 freestyle event. Francesca Falzon Young of SW Elite broke the 50 freestyle Age Group C record twice during the weekend. The first with a time of 28.01 which she swam in the first leg of the 4x50m relay then again in the 50m individual event in a time of 27.58 and also the 200m freestyle record with a time of 2.13.17. These National Championships were also the last, due to retire- ment from swimming, for vet- eran national squad member and national record holder Edward Caruana Dingli and also for Dan- iel Galea - who incidentally will both be showing off the Malta colours for the last time as they are poised to participate in the XXVIII Edition of the Universi- ade - an international multi-sport event organised by the Interna- tional University Sports Federa- tion (FISU) for university athletes. These games which will be held in Gwangju South Korea in the com- ing days will also be attended by national squad members Nicola Muscat, Matthew Zammit and Shanice Cassar. Matthew Galea will also be par- ticipating in the XXVIII Edition of the Universiade - an interna- tional multi-sport event organised by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) for uni- versity athletes. Three National records – two individual and one relay – marked the National Swimming Championships held at Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex between the 26 and the 28 of June