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21 Sport maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 12 AUGUST 2015 MOTORSPORTS TRIATHLON Neville Ciantar and Thomas Tanti place third overall in Wales HUGE success for Nusu Of- froad Racing Team who com- peted in the prestigious Ultra 4 Europe King of Wales in- ternational off road event be- tween Friday 7 and Sunday 9 August in Wales. After finishing 3rd Overall in the first competition, of the Ultra 4 Europe Series, Nusu Offroad Racing Team of Nev- ille Ciantar driving his Rover V8 powered Goat off-roader with Thomas Tanti as navi- gator and their back up team ended their adventure again in the third position overall when competing with, teams from the United Kingdom, Portu- gal, America, Belgium, France, Italy and Holland amongst others. Nusu Offroad team was pre- ceded by WSR Racing of Ni- cholas Montador from France and Big Rock F-Racing of Filipe Guimaraes of Portugal who finished Second Overall. Another Maltese team, Pi- tass Racing of Alan Zahra ended their adventure in 14th Overall from 42 Teams. After these first two com- petitions, Nusu Offroad Rac- ing Team is now 2nd Overall in the Ultra 4 Europe Series. Next round in this series is the King of Portugal between the 9th and the 12 of September. Maltese Youth Triathletes sharpening their skills in Hungary THE Malta Triathlon Federation, in its continuous efforts to establish triathlon with the younger genera- tions, have offered a golden oppor- tunity to three of its most promis- ing youths: Neil Markham, Shaun Galea and Nina Zammit, to sharpen their triathlon skills by attending a Triathlon Training Camp in Tiszau- jvaros, Hungary. This camp is or- ganised by the European Triathlon Union (ETU) and will be directed by some of the most renowned youth- coaches in Europe. The camp will see the Maltese Triathletes train along some of the best triathletes of their generation coming from all over Europe. Accompanying the Maltese trio is Coach Marthese Fava, who has been forming part of the Malta Youth Triathlon Academy - MYTA for the past year, during which she also ob- tained a Level 1 Triathlon Coaching certificate from the International Triathlon Union. In order to have the young ath- letes garner more racing experience at an international level, the Malta Triathlon Federation made arrange- ments for the trio to participate in the races across the weekend in the same Hungarian town. Zammit and Galea took part in the ETU Jun- ior European Cup while Markham fought his way through the ranks of elite athletes in the ITU Junior World Cup. All three athletes were very happy after the races and radiant about the possibility to race in this high-level of international stage. Zammit stat- ed that 'it was amazing experience which helped me a lot to understand wher I need to improve in order to take my game to the next level'. Galea was on the same wavelength and stated that 'I knew I could do better, but this was my first experi- ence at this level and I am happy with my performance and looking forward for the training camp now.' Markham, who unexpectedly had the opportunity to race among the Elite, 'I am really grateful to the Malta Triathlon Federation for this opportunity. Racing Elite in an ITU race was a dream and now it had be- come a reality. It was a learning ex- perience for me and a really amazin experience.' President of the Triathlon Malta, Cyprian Dalli expressed the Fed- eration's feelings and stated that 'We are all very proud of Shaun, Nina and Neil for what they man- aged to do this weekend. This was a historical day for Triathlon Malta as we had the first ever youths partici- pating in such high-level races, and they all produced some remarkable results. The MTF would also like to express its gratitude to Coach Mar- these Fava for taking care of the con- tingent and the European Triathlon and the International Triathlon Un- ion for their support, guidance and opportunities.' Shaun Galea, Nina Zammit and Neil Markham