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22 maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 8 JULY 2015 Sport CYCLING FORMULA 1 BODYBUILDING Wayne Spiteri in top form 2015 Birkirkara St. Joseph Sports Club Individual Time Trial Series THE Birkirkara St. Joseph Sports Club Individual Time Trial Series kicked off on Sunday 5th July with the first of the Series' three races held in Zurrieq. The route was a new location for the cycling cir- cuit and generated a lot of interest within the community. Attracting a serious number of athletes these Series are popular and highly contested events, with the likes of Wayne Spiteri, Maurice Formosa, Etienne Bonello, Steve Sciberras, Marie Claire Aquilina, Michelle Vella Wood and Mar- garet Seguna battling for podium places. In the males' category Birkirkara St. Joseph's Wayne Spiteri, win- ner of the 2014 Series, showed his strength in this particular disci- pline to cruise into a comfortable win on the 21km course in thirty minutes and nine seconds. Team Greens Etienne Bonello clocked in thirty one minutes twenty nine seconds closely followed by Mosta Cycling Club's Johan Galea in thir- ty one minutes forty five seconds. The female category promised to be hotly contested affair but it was Team Greens Marie Claire Aquilina, a strong presence in the female scene who clocked the best time to win her category in thirty three minutes and fifty six seconds. Birkirkara St. Joseph's Michelle Vella Wood came in second in thirty five minutes and one sec- ond. Third placed was new girl on the scene The Cyclist's Stephanie Alden who has been giving strong and consistent performances in the cycling circuit this year win- ning several podium places in the process. Alden closed in at thirty six minutes eighteen seconds. The Race also welcomed a number of junior cyclists, aged between seven to fourteen years of age. These cyclists took part in a Mass Start race which saw them start the course together. The Birkirkara St. Joseph Sports Club Individual Time Trial Series takes place over a series of three races and whilst last year's edition was held in the Zebbug By Pass, this year the Club took the deci- sion to host the race in three dif- ferent locations making it more interesting and challenging for the athletes taking part. The next race of the Birkirkara St. Joseph's Sports Club Individual Time Trial Series will take place on Sunday 26th July in Mdina Road Zebbug, next to St. Dorothy's School. The final race of the series will be held on the 6th September and will take place on the Mtarfa By Pass. All races start at 7:45am and registrations take place an hour before the first start. More information the Birkirkara St. Joseph's Sports Club Individual Time Trial Series can be found on www.bkarastjoseph.com. Left to Right - 2nd Place - Etienne Bonello (Team Greens), 1st Place - Wayne Spiteri (Birkirkara St. Joseph), 3rd Place Johan Galea (Mosta CC) Left to Right - 2nd Place - Michelle Vella Wood (Birkirkara St. Joseph), 1st Place - Marie Claire Aquilina (Team Greens), 3rd Place Stephanie Alden (The Cycli Williams should still be proud: Smedley WILLIAMS performance chief Rob Smedley says the team should still be proud of what it achieved at last weekend's British Grand Prix, despite a late race slump. Williams held a one-two early on, with Felipe Massa jumping in- to the lead at the start, and Valtteri Bottas passing Lewis Hamilton for second after an early Safety Car period. But the pair dropped behind at the first round of stops, and ulti- mately fell to fourth and fifth after switching to Intermediates later than their direct rivals as showers hit the track. Nonetheless, Smedley declared it a "good weekend" for the outfit, during which it cut the gap to sec- ond-placed Ferrari to 60 points, and moved further ahead of Red Bull. "There were a few moments in the race where things didn't go our way," said Smedley. "We have to remain positive and proud of our result. The pace we showed throughout the weekend was great, we had a stunning race up until the rain came. "We raced two cars against both Mercedes for a majority of the race which shows the hard work and upgrades we are bringing to the car are all working. "We closed the gap on second position and moved further ahead of fourth." Williams performance chief Rob Smedley Battle on the Beach FOR the second consecutive year the Malta Federation of Bodybuilding & Fit- ness will be organ- ising the Battle on the Beach event. The event will take place at Aria limits of San Gwann on Satur- day 18 of July, be- ginning at 6pm. 40 athletes in the Bodybuilding, Physique & Bikini Fitness have reg- istered for this event. The cli- max of the show will be reached at the end when Maltese & Euro- pean bodybuild- ing champion Luke Debono will guest pose. He will be fol- lowed by IFBB professional body- builder Marian Cambal. Tickets are on sale for just €10 and 10% of the ticket sales will go to the Service Dogs Malta Foundation, a foundation which trains dogs who help visually- impaired people, people with hearing problems and other dis- abilities. For more information please visit the facebook group IFBB Malta.