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22 maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER 2015 Sport TRIATHLON Virtù Ferries This week's winner is DANIELA SAID with her photograph of Locarno Switzerland. 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 Triathlete Vella Wood returns to Pro Ironman Circuit at Ironman Barcelona WITH the National Sprint Triathlon Championship title safely tucked under her belt, Pro Ironman, Birkirkara St. Joseph and national team tria- thlete Michelle Vella Wood is now focusing on her next inter- national commitment, Ironman Barcelona which will take place on Sunday 4 October. Having turned pro-athlete, the first Maltese female tria- thlete to do so, Vella Wood has performed considerably well in her recent two pro forays, completing successfully Iron- man 70.3 Gdynia in Poland and Ironman Vichy, France. Racing in the first edition of the Ironman 70.3 in Gdynia, Poland, Vella Wood tackled a tough and technical course to finish 6th overall in the female category. Vella Wood had a tough nut to crack in Vichy where weather conditions cou- pled with a highly technical bike route forced some of the seasoned pros to retire. Ironman Barcelona (3.8m swim, 180km cycle and 42.1km run) will showcase a historic and culturally rich region of Spain and host what promises to be one of the most spectac- ular Ironman race venues on the circuit. Contrary to Vella Wood 's previous race, the bike route in Barcelona is f lat which tends to make it a faster route. However, faster routes do not necessarily spell easier as there are less respite opportunities for the athletes. With a pool of a hundred pro athletes, twenty of which are some of the strongest female triathletes on the scene, Vella Wood is looking at yet another tough challenge. Michelle Vella Wood 's partic- ipation in Ironman Barcelona is possible thanks to the sponsor- ships of BMIT International, Smart Light Co. Ltd. and Vichy Malta, as well as the support of Mochika - Outdoor Life. A strong Maltese contingent will also be racing on Sunday and will consist of Josef Bona- via, Gaetano Catania, Joseph Cremona, David Galea, Mario Muscat, Nicholas Micallef, Glen Zammit, Jude Zammit. Race will take place on Sunday 4th October and can be followed on http://www.ironman.com/ t r i a t h l o n /e v e n t s /e m e a / i r o n - man/barcelona/ Pro Triathlete Michelle Vella Wood returns to pro racing this weekend in Barcelona