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maltatoday WEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER 2017 Sport 22 MOTORSPORTS Bernard Sammut Wins WotoMoto and Enduro Racebike DURING the next weekend the Assocjazzjoni Sport Muturi u Karozzi will launch the ASMK Pasta Poiatti 2017-2018 Cham- pionship season with two activities. On Saturday 28th October 2017 there will be the first event for the 2017/2018 Trials National Champion- ship which will be taking place at San Pawl tat-Targa, starting at 2.30pm. On Sunday 29th October 2017 ASMK will be launching the Motocross Na- tional Championship at Ta' Qali sport complex where vari- ous classes of motocross rid- ers including veterans will be taking place. The program is scheduled to start at 9:00am. Last Sunday 22nd October 2017 a special Enduro event was held at Ta Qali Sport Complex in collaboration with Wotomoto Ltd. This event will launch the Enduro Champi- onship this year and years to come too. This special event was supported by the firms Go&Fun Energy Drink and Beta Motorcycles in Malta. The purpose of this activity is to foster support and partici- pation in the sport of Enduro Motorcycles and introduced new technology bikes in the sport of Enduro riding. The competition involved a special Enduro biking track which was constructed by the ASMK Offi- cials at Ta Qali Sport Complex. The day's competitors raced on this track and the winner of this competition, covering the track in the fastest time, wins a brand new Beta motorcycle supplied by WotoMoto Com- pany. The lucky winner will be racing all the Enduro competi- tions in the coming year on the brand new Beta racer spon- sored by the firm WotoMoto. Meanwhile for this compe- tition 20 riders registered for the race. Each rider was given three chances to drive along the Enduro track and obvi- ously they had the chance to improve their Lap Time dur- ing these Heats. Meanwhile, the first Heat of the day was won by Gary Debono as the fastest rider on his Sherco mo- torcycle. Gary was followed by James Zahra on a Sherco mo- torcycle and Carmelo Borg on a KTM motorcycle. During the 2nd Heat the situation changed as Zahra improved on his first time and now finished leader to Debono and Borg respectively. In the 3rd and Final Heat where each rider was expected to run faster, the score board showed that young Bernard Sammut on his Husqvarna motorcycle made it to the top by register- ing the Overall Best Time of the Day. The new Electronic Lap Timing system registered the best run of Sammut with 2 minutes 33.500 seconds. Zahra finished in 2nd Overall with a best time of 2 minutes 36.569 seconds whilst third place finisher Joseph Scicluna on KTM registered his best lap in 2 minutes 41.502 sec- onds. Following the official results the WotoMoto Ltd. Manager Mr Neil Falzon presented the new Beta RR motorcycle '2T 250RC' to Bernard Sammut. Sammut will be competing on this Beta during the New Na- tional Enduro Championship 2017/2018 which is expected to commence on 12th Novem- ber 2017 with the first race held at Qrendi. Further information can be found on the website of the Association www.asmk.org. mt or Facebook pages named A.S.M.K. Malta or Assocjazz- joni Sport Muturi u Karozzi. One can also make contact by email info@asmk.org.mt Photo by Mario Micallef PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARIO MICALLEF