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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 27 JANUARY 2016 23 Sport Answers to the MaltaToday crossword will be published next Wednesday WEATHER: Partly cloudy with increasing high clouds, and with showers to Northeast of area. VISIBILITY: Good except in showers WIND: West Northwest force 6 veering Northwesterly and decreasing slowly to force 4 to 5 SEA: Rough becoming moderate to rough in the evening SWELL: Low to moderate West to Southwest locally low at first, becoming low West to Northwest. Sea Temp.: 17 °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 14 º C / 9 º C UV INDEX: 2 Today's Weather Chess Sudoku Pursuits Across 1. Seashore (5) 3. Rescues (5) 6. Stepped (4) 7. Snuggle (6) 9. Adherent of Hinduism (5) 10. Fail to hit (4) 11. Bind (3) 13. Minerals (4) 15. Crest (5) 18. Dared (6) 19. Wish for (4) 20. Faithful (5) 21. Farm birds (5) Down 1. Easily remembered (6) 2. Nut of an oak (5) 3. Steam-ships (8) 4. Elects (5) 5. Simmer (4) 8. Shell of a nut (8) 12. Kindly (6) 14. Affected by rust (5) 16. Male duck (5) 17. Spoken (4) Rxc8+ Ke7 Qc5+ d6 Qc7+ Nd7 Qd8++ MOTORSPORTS ASMK Autocross and Motocross on Sunday at Ta' Qali ON Sunday 31st January 2016 'As- socjazzjoni Sport Muturi u Karo- zzi' will continue the ASMK Pasta Poiatti 2015/2016 championships at the Sports Complex in Ta' Qali. The programme starts at 11: 00 am and consists of the sixth race of the Autocross Cars and the third for the Motorcycles Moto- cross. A look at the rankings of the AS- MK Autocross National Cham- pionship shows that Christian Mark Galea on his Fiat RITMO continues to dominate the top of the scale with 114 points. He is followed by Malcolm Borg on his Opel Corsa with 94 points. In the Class B rating we find that Jonathan Camilleri on another Opel Corsa is at the front with 28 points followed by Joseph Micallef with 20 points on another Opel Corsa. In the Standard Autocross Class we continue to see that Dean Farrugia still leads the standings with 37 points on his Citroen AX and followed by Traydon Bailey with 30 points on his Ford Ka. In the National Motocross Clas- sification Clayton Camilleri on a KTM motorcycle is still leading the Class A chart with 97 points followed by Edward Ciantar with 89 points on a Kawasaki. In Class B Gozo rider Mario Cauchi riding a Honda leads the classification with 94 points. Elvin Debono on a Kawasaki follows with 76 points. The Motocross Open Class leader is Edward Ciantar with 45 points riding a Kawasaki. Mario Cauchi on a Honda is Runner-up with 38 points. Meanwhile on Sunday 24th Jan- uary 2016 the Association contin- ued its activities with the motor- cycles of the Trials section. This competition being the 3rd event of the championship was held at the Sports Complex at Ta' Qali. Several barriers and other man- made obstacles customized by the ASMK officers were laid on the course together with natural ob- stacles to demonstrate the riders' ability on track by exercising vari- ous techniques. In Class A young teenage Rowen Bonello on a Beta started very well so much so that he made a 'Clean' pass in the first section. But in the second section Damon Bonello on a Gas Gas entered in action and from the second section to the last one Damon continued to dominate the classification with excellent riding so much so that he won the Class A with a mini- mum of just 3 penalty points only. Rowen Bonello won 2nd place as he finished the day with 40 pen- alty points. Third place was won by Joseph Scicluna on a Gas Gas with 56 point penalty. The Trials Class B was battled between three competitors where young Bernard Sammut on a Be- ta motorcycle won this class but with 48 penalty points. Bernard was followed by Ian Scicluna on a Beta who finished the day with 55 penalty points. Third placed Manuel Camilleri riding a Gas Gas finished the day with 62 pen- alty points. This class is mainly for beginners and less experienced Trials riders. Further information can be found on the ASMK Official web- site of the Association named www.asmk.org.mt or on Facebook pages named ASMK Malta or As- socjazzjoni Sport Muturi u Karo- zzi. One can make contact too by email on:- info@asmk.org.mt Joseph Scicluna on Gas Gas PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARIO MICALLEF