Malta team for Romania

Duncan Bezzina, Alex Borg, Simon Camilleri and Tony Mifsud, together with MBSA president Joe Caruana Curran, will leave Malta today on their way to Bucharest for the 2010 European Championships which start on Thursday.

136 players from 29 countries will compete in the championships which will be played at the Rin Grand Hotel in the Romanian capital. There will be 64 players in the men's championship, 48 in the Masters and 24 in the event for women.

Bezzina and Borg will play in the Open while Camilleri and Mifsud take part in the Masters.

The players in the Open were drawn into eight groups of eight players each with the top four qualifying for the last 32 stage.

The championships will come to a close on June 5.

The winner of the men's tournament will earn a place in next season's Main Tour organised by the World Snooker Association.

Caruana Curran, who is also EBSA vice chairman, will be Malta's delegate in a general meeting on June 3.

Meanwhile, all four Maltese players will take part in the International Open at the same venue tomorrow. The winner will also be invited to join the professional circuit next season.