The Malta Amateur Athletic Association will host its annual Winter Championships at the Matthew Micallef St John Track, in Marsa, tomorrow.

The championships serve as an opportunity for athletes to gauge their levels ahead of the forthcoming season. Successfully revived last year, the meeting includes track, jumps and throw events.

Athletes will be allowed to take part in a maximum of three events, which may be either two track and one field event or two field and one track event.

They will be able to compete in one of the six categories which start from (born 2006, 2007) and go up to senior (born 1997 or before).

The Winter Championships will also serve as potential selection for the European Throws Cup to be held at the Canary Islands in March.

Those athletes managing 850 points or above on IAAF Scoring Tables will be considered for possible participation.

With a number of athletes seeking selection for this year’s Games of the Small States of Europe, to be held in June in San Marino, the association is expecting to see some star performances.

Athletes such as Lisa Bezzina, Rebecca Sarè, Matthew Croker, Charlton Debono and Ian Paul Grech have been performing consistently well and some highly competitive action is expected from their part.

In the younger categories, if performances in last year’s European Kid Games in Brno are anything to go by, the Elaida twins, Alessia Cristina, Sean Spiteri, Kurt Zahra, Sarah Chouhal and Rachela Pace could make the headlines again.

In the meantime, the association confirmed that they will be hosting the 2017 European Athletics Team Championships Third League between June 24 and 25.

This event follows the inaugural Championships of the Small States of Europe held in Malta last year.

Tomorrow, competitions start at 1.30pm and the meet is expected to finish at 5pm with an awards presentation.

Athletes will be gauging their early-season form at the MAAA Winter Championships, at Marsa, tomorrow. Photo: Wally Galea