Shooting
-
Xuereb top junior in Italy shoot
Junior Double Trap shooter Nathan Lee Xuereb topped his category at the weekend Italian Championship, hosted by the Italian Shooting Federation (FITAV) at the Valle Aniene range, just outside Rome. Xuereb, under the guidance of coach Jimmy Bugeja,...
-
Bezzina, Darmanin claim top spots
The decisive selection shoot for the Postal Eley/NSRA competition in the UK took place last weekend at the indoor range in Bidnija. Results will now be sent to the National Smallbore Rifle Association, of England, for classification purposes and...
-
Chetcuti embarks on intense build-up
Double trap shooter William Chetcuti is readying himself for an intense six months as he steps up his preparations for next summer’s London Olympics. The double trap event at the London Olympics is scheduled to take place on August 2 at the Royal...
-
MSSF shooters in UK postal competition
Last weekend, Malta’s leading airgun shooters took part in the first of three local competitions that will enable them to measure their results against those of leading British shooters contesting the NSRA/Eley Postal competition. Postal shooting...
-
Attard wins Trap title
Nazzareno Attard won the Malta-Italy Trap Challenge event for singles yesterday at the Malta Shooting Sport Federation ranges in Bidnija. Attard claimed the title after a very tight barrage mainly contested with back-to-form Frans Pace after both...
-
Newcomers do well at Bidnija
The Larry Vella indoor airgun range in Bidnija hosted the third Air Rifle and Air Pistol competitions of the season last weekend. Romeo Zuber claimed the honours in the air rifle shoot. Alison Vella and Lorraine Vella were making their first...
-
Cacciattolo, Bezzina in top form in air-pistol competition
Air-Pistol shooting is making great strides in quality and popularity on our shores. This is reflected by the recent increase in shooters practising the Olympic sport at the Larry Vella Indoor Airgun Shooting Range in Bidnija. Last Saturday, Ray...
-
Mifsud dominates season
The Rifle and Pistol Shooting Club have just organised their last events of the season at the Victoria Ranges and under the auspices of the Malta Shooting Sport Federation. This was the first kind of Rim Fire/Centre Fire pistol champion-ship...
-
Chetcuti fifth in ISSF list
William Chetcuti accumulated 1,488 points in 2011 to finish the World Cup season in fifth place in Double Trap world rankings issued recently by the world body ISSF. Chetcuti has just completed an outstanding season following a series of positive...
-
Chetcuti eighth in Abu Dhabi
William Chetcuti was unable to repeat the same feat of his only other appearance in the World Cup Double Trap finals yesterday as he finished eighth in Abu Dhabi, failing to make the cut after hitting two clays less than the sixth-placed shooter in...
-
Chetcuti leaves for World Cup finals
Double trap shooter William Chetcuti departed for the United Arab Emirates yesterday ahead of his participation in the ISSF World Cup finals. The double trap competition is scheduled to take place on Tuesday. The World Cup finals, hosted annually by...
-
Chetcuti to compete in World Cup Finals next week
Maltese Double Trap shooter William Chetcuti leaves Malta for Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emerites tomorrow for the ISSF World Cup Finals 2011. He is accompanied by his coach Jimmy Bugeja. This is the most prestegios event in the ISSF shooting...
-
Pace prevails in tight shoot
Frans Pace had to rely on his vast reserves of experience yesterday to top a tight Vivendo Group Trap Selection shoot organised by the Malta Shooting Sport Federation in Bidnija. The competition was on 125 clays with the best six qualifying for the...
-
Chetcuti fifth in worlds
Malta’s William Chetcuti came a whisker away from winning a medal at the ISSF World Championships in Belgrade yesterday. The Mellieħa shooter was in fine form as he compiled scores of 48, 50 and 48 to qualify for the final barrage with an overall...
-
Maltese shooters in Belgrade
Trap shooters Jason John Aquilina, George Cassar and Jeffrey Pisani will be in action at the 2011 ISSF World Championships in Belgrade between today and tomorrow. Saviour Portelli, the president of the Malta Shooting Sport Federation (MSSF), is...
-
Impressive scores at Bidnija Trap competition
Impressive scores were achieved during the weekend competition at Bidnija where the All Malta Trap shoot was organised by the Malta Shooting Sport Federation. This annual event was on 125 clays – 75 shot on Saturday and 50 yesterday morning. The...
-
Chetcuti sixth at Euro Double Trap
William Chetcuti had to be content with sixth place in yes-terday’s European Championship Double Trap shoot which took place in Belgrade, Serbia. Chetcuti did well to reach the finals after winning a three-way shoot-off with Germany’s An-dreas Loew...
-
Impressive Varga wins Trap title in Belgrade
The trap competition from the 2011 European Championships in Bel-grade, Serbia, came to a close yesterday with Slovakia’s Erik Varga winning the title in impressive style thanks to an overall score of 147 from a maximum of 150 points. Varga only...
-
Pace hits straight in Belgrade
Frans Pace, one of five Maltese shooters at the Euro Champion-ships in Belgrade, yesterday hit a straight of 25 clays in the first three rounds of the Trap competition. Pace also had another good effort of 24 and a lower 21 in his two other rounds...
-
Nine-strong MSSF squad for Euro Champs
Nine shooters from the Malta Shooting Sport Federation (MSSF) will travel to Serbia this week ahead of their participation in the European Championships, to be held in Belgrade. Jason J. Aquilina, Nicky Carabott and Frans Pace will represent Malta...
