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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 6 JANUARY 2016 23 Sport Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Partly cloudy becoming rather cloudy with showers in the afternoon VISIBILITY: Good locally moderate to poor in showers WIND: Southwest force 5 to 6 locally force 6 becoming Northwest force 7 locally force 8 overnight SEA: Rough becoming very rough SWELL: Low Southwest Sea Temp.: 18 °C A B C D E F G H 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 White to play and mate in four moves A B C D E F G H 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Last week's solution Sudoku rules are extremely easy: Fill all empty squares so that the numbers 1 to 9 appear once in each row, column and 9x9 box. PARTLY CLOUDY 17 º C / 15 º C UV INDEX: 2 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Easy to reach 8. Metal spikes 9. Join 10. Assist 12. Resembling glass 14. Sweet baked food made of dough 17. Melt 21. Friendly 22. Watery fruit 23. Depression from lack of company Down 2. Penetrating cold 3. Not difficult 4. Cranium 5. Utter joy 6. Foe 7. Unit of length 11. Domesticated animal 13. Toward the stern 14. Student 15. Mull village 16. Pertaining to a sovereign 18. Small mountains 19. Stream of air 20. So be it g7+ Kg8 Bb3 Kh7 Bf6 Ng8 Rh1+ Nh6 e8=Q++ SAILING Medcomms Round Malta Race closes off hectic RMYC 2015 racing calendar CLOSING off a hectic and busy racing season at the Royal Mal- ta Yacht Club was the annual Medcomms Round Malta Race. Considered a Club classic, this race is a fully crewed adventure around Malta. The initial weather forecast was not encouraging with very light winds being forecasted, crews were initially skepti- cal however race day dawned a beautiful day with enough wind to take the 20 strong f leet around Malta on a south bound course. The Cruising Class boats were the first to start followed by the Racer classes. Light north westerly breeze saw boats put up their spinnakers which were kept well past Munxar. Past Munxar the f leet had to batter through a large swell from pre- vious days' wind proving to be a tricky leg. XP-Act led the f leet with Xpresso, Elusive 2 BOV, Otra Vez and Ton Ton racing closely against each other. With positions changing a number of times, it was Elusive II BOV who entered the South Comi- no Channel first followed very closely by XP-Act. A breeze of around eight knows saw the f leet head to- wards the finish line with Josef Schultheis on XP-Act claiming line honours. It was however the Podesta siblings – Aar- on, Christoff and Maya who claimed first place after cor- rected time. Jonathan Gambin's Ton Ton settled for 3rd place in IRC Racer Class 1. After a disappointing start and some lost ground near Munxar, Paul Debono's Ripple managed to gain ground near Cirkewwa overtaking Alfie Manduca's Lightning and eventually claim- ing first place in the IRC Racer Class 2 Category. Alfie Mandu- ca (Lightning) and Per Sahlberg (Windriven) came in second and third place respectively. In the IRC Cruiser Class, An- ton Calleja (Lartista) claimed first place followed by Godwin Zammit (Inspiration) and Peter Ellul Vincenti (Manana) who claimed third place. "The Medcomms Round Mal- ta Race closed off a very hec- tic 2015 racing season, which has seen good participation throughout. We were quite lucky with the weather as fore- casts were not so promising", said Godwin Zammit, Commo- dore, Royal Malta Yacht Club. "The Club is grateful towards Medcomms for supporting this Race once again and the vol- unteers who brave unearthly hours to ensure that these races run smoothly". Boats ready to race during the 2015 Medcomms Round Malta Race. Photography: RMYC/Emma Tranter