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22 maltatoday, Wednesday, 6 January 2016 Sport motorsports boxing Vitali Klitschko backs brother against Tyson Fury Vitali Klitschko is confident that his brother Wladimir will avenge his points loss to Tyson Fury in their heavyweight world title rematch The younger Klitschko suffered his first defeat in over 11 years to Fury, who ripped away the WBA, IBF and WBO titles by unanimous decision in Dusseldorf in November. Fury has since been stripped of his IBF belt but Vitali firmly believes Wladimir will regain the other ti- tles and the number one spot in the division when they meet again, pos- sibly in April or May. Vitali told boxingscene.com: "I spoke to him honestly and I told him - 'you know brother, you have proved everything to everyone. You have two options: the first - to say that you were the strongest, achieved what no one was able to achieve in the sport, and thank everyone. "Or the second option - I'm not going to leave; I will come back and show everyone that it was a pure ac- cident.' Wladimir chose the second way. he has a very good chance, and I am confident that Wladimir will make good use of this opportunity." During a cagey 12-round clash, Klitschko was restricted to just 52 punches, and two judges awarded the fight to Fury by three rounds, while a third gave him the win by four rounds. Vitali, a former WBC heavyweight champion himself, was surprised by his sibling's hesitant performance, although he stopped short of prais- ing Fury and put it down as an off- day for 39-year-old Wladimir. "I do not know of any athlete in boxing who has better technique than Wladimir, who has a better display of power, a better jab," said Vitali. "Frankly, I was very surprised with Wladimir's loss, because I didn't believe Tyson Fury was the kind of athlete who could provide a lot of resistance against Wladimir. "But there are days when the speed is not present, and there is no power. And I told him...'Wladimir, what happened to you? I didn't rec- ognize you.' That was probably not his day." Autocross Finals on saturday and Enduro in gozo on sunday Manuel Camilleri is the new asMK Treasurer IN the last past week 'Assoċjazzjoni Sport Muturi u Karozzi' concluded the extraordinary General Meet- ing process which was held at Villa Bighi. ASMK confirmed the New Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer, Treasurer for the Autocross, and the Representative for the Moto- cross. Following the resignation of Mr. edgar Xuereb who served as Treas- urer of ASMK for the past 20 years, Manuel Camilleri was unanimous- ly elected to take the vacant seat of Xuereb. Camilleri held several mi- nor posts too in ASMK including that of Assistant Treasurer. Camill- eri still holds the posts President and Representative of the Trials section with the ASMK family. Following the eGM voting for other posts and appointments in- cluding Statute emendments were held at the ASMK Clubhouse at Mtarfa managed by a three per- sons Voting Commission. Gordon Johnson was elected to the office of Assistant Treasurer a post which he already occupied a year ago, John Mamo who already occupied the post of Treasurer of the Moto- cross Section is now also elected as Representative of the same section. Another new face in the ASMK Administration is Malcolm Borg who was elected as Treasurer of Autocross Section. ASMK thanks the Voting Commissioners for their excellent work performed. The Association also thanks Mr edgar Xuereb for all his services during the last 20 years. Xuereb together with the present Presi- dent and Secretary General are well known among the members for their leadership that changed the Association's older situation from crisis to the fruitful situation and clear standards that ASMK holds today with regards to management and financial situations. The Association also thanks Clayton Camilleri for his past 8 years of service in the Motocross section as well as edward Ciantar who occupied another post also in this section for the last two years. The Association also thanks the Maltese Council for Science and Technology under the leadership of Dr. Jeffery Pullicino Orlando to give ASMK the opportunity to hold the eGM in the main hall of Villa Bighi for the the extraordinary General Meeting last December 2015. Meanwhile, following the festive season the Association will be or- ganizing its Motorsport activities of the ASMK – Pasta Poiatti National Championships. Next Saturday 9th January at Ta Qali ASMK will be holding a short event consisting of the Final Races for the Autocross Classes A and B for the Modified cars and the Final Race of 7 Laps for the Standard Autocross class. Auto- cross racing was postponed due to bad weather and rain on Sunday 20th December. These race finals start at 03.00pm and entrance is for free to all on this occasion. On Sunday 10th January the As- sociation Officers and enduro members will be crossing the Malta - Gozo channel to hold the first event for 2016 in Gozo. This enduro race for bikers of all lev- els of skill is the third event of the ASMK - Pasta POIATTI 2015/2016 enduro Championship. This is be- ing held in the quarry named 'il- Barriera tal-Qassis' limits of Qala. This is a new site which will be used for the first time by ASMK. All necessary permits and condi- tions have been granted. This new location is expected to offer new challenges to the enduro Riders of all abilities. Registration opens at 9: 00am and racing starts at 10: 00am. This enduro event is supported by the Minister for Gozo, the Gozo Sports Board and Dunlop Tyres. Gozo competitors are expected to participate in this event. A Look at the points standings after two enduro activities in vari- ous locations in Malta we find that Matthew Gauci riding a Yamaha is leading the classification with a maximum of 40 points following his two race wins. Andrew Cassar on a KTM motorbike is 2nd placed with 24 points. Third position is shared between Scicluna brothers Ian and Joseph both riding KTM motorcy- cles and each won 22 points so far. Fourth place is won by young Ber- nard Sammut on a KTM with 21 points while fifth place goes to Alex Sant Fornier, Andrea Scicluna and Victor Bajada all on KTM motorcy- cles and with 17 point each. Surely this Gozo race will change much of this classification. Further information can be ob- tained from the ASMK Official website named www.asmk.org. mt or in Facebook pages named 'ASMK Malta' and 'Assoċjazzjoni Sport Muturi u Karozzi'. One can also make contact by email:- info@ asmk.org.mt Manuel Camilleri, the new treasurer, with the officials of ASMK PHOTOGRAPHY BY Mario Micallef