Shooting
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Giardina, Spiteri end 2008 on winning note
The MAAC wrapped up its 2008 activities with a bench rest competition at its Victoria shooting range in Ħandaq. The event was split into two classes, International Sporter for air rifles below 15ft/lbs and Unlimited Class for air rifles over...
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Vella hits MQS of 571 in 10m air rifle competition
Members of the Malta Air Rifle and Pistol Shooting Club (MARPSC) are currently preparing for the forthcoming Games of the Small States of Europe, to be held in Cyprus in June. Last weekend, the MARPSC held its second selection competitions in...
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First Hunter Field Target competition
The MAAC recently held its first Hunter Field Target competition since earning recognition from the United Kingdom Association for Hunter Field Target. It was a perfect day for such an event with bad weather sweeping the Victoria Shooting Range at...
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Giardina first in MAAC event
The Malta Allied Airgunners Club (MAAC) recently held their second Air Pistol Steel Plate Challenge competition of the year. Despite the strong winds that swept across the Victoria Shooting Range in Ħandaq, the turn-out for this event was very...
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All-family victors in Air-Rifle
The Malta Air-Rifle and Pistol Shooting Club has just held the first from a series of selection shoots ahead of next year's GSSE in Cyprus. Eleven shooters took part in four competitions at the 10m Airgun Range in Bidnija. The most notable event was...
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Home joy as Carabott and Farrugia claim honours
Local shooters maintained their dominance of the three-day Malta International shoot at the Bidnija ranges as overnight leaders Clive Farrugia and Nicky Carabott claimed the honours in skeet and trap respectively. Farrugia was the top shooter in the...
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Farrugia, Carabott sole leaders
Clive Farrugia and Nicky Carabott are sole leaders in the provisional standings of the Malta International Trap and Skeet Shoot, currently underway at the Bidnija ranges. Both shooters were in top form, Carabott, in particular, smashing a...
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Locals lead after opening round
Maltese shooters are topping the provisional leaderboards at the Bidnija ranges following the opening day of competition in the International Trap and Skeet Shoot, organised by the Malta Shooting Sport Federation. Shooters from Wales and Italy are...
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Trap and Skeet International at Bidnija
Shooters from Italy and Wales will be joining their Maltese counterparts from the Malta Shooting Sport Federation between Friday and Sunday for the International Trap and Skeet competitions at the Bidnija ranges. The first official training for all...
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Giardina wins after shoot-off
An Air Rifle Field Target competition, the second this year from the Malta Allied Airgunners Club (MAAC) calendar, was held earlier this month at the Victoria Shooting Range at Ħandaq, limits of Qormi. The competition was characterised by forceful...
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MAAC competition
The third competition for 2008 by MAAC, held last Sunday, was dedicated entirely to CO2 pistol and Air Soft GBB pistol enthusiasts. In the Malta Allied Airgunners Club's Steel Plate Challenge, the shooter must hit a set-up of steel plates at a...
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Air Rifle event at Ħandaq
Following recognition from the Euro Rimfire & Air Rifle Benchrest Shooting Federation, the MAAA held its first Air Rifle Benchrest competition at national level. The event was held last weekend at the Victoria Shooting Range, tal-Ħandaq, Qormi. The...
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Double for Farrugia as MSSF team win five medals
Maltese shooters left their mark on the Commonwealth European Shooting Championships in Gibraltar, winning no fewer than five medals. It was a case of double delight for Clive Farrugia who ended the final day of the championships with two gold...
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Malta team in Gibraltar Commonwealths
The Gibraltar Shooting Federation is currently hosting the Commonwealth Shooting Federation European Division championships. The Commonwealths shoot, which comes to a close today, is held every two years in different countries on the continent, the...
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Field target competition at Tal-Ħandaq range
The Malta Allied Airgunners Club (MAAC) marked the recent approval as an authorised target shooter organisation, licensed for TS-B airgun shooting sports, with a first match at the Victoria Shooters Range, limits of Tal-Ħandaq, on Sunday. The match...
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Vella hits 105 in Italy competition for juniors
Darren Vella recently represented the Malta Shooting Sport Federation in the fifth International Grand Prix for juniors in Sabbia D'Oro, Italy. This year the competition, organised by the Friuli Venezia Tiro a Volo, saw the participation of 20...
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Maltese shooters in Italy trap competition
A team of shooters from the Malta Shooting Sport Federation (MSSF) were in Italy last weekend to take part in The Fulignio Trap Grand Prix 2008. The competition was on 125 clays with the best six shooters qualifying for the final barrage. Frans Pace...
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Eighth placing a stimulus for the future - Chetcuti
Malta's most prominent Olympian, William Chetcuti, reckons the eighth placing he achieved in Beijing is no disappointment but a stimulus for his career and better results on the international scene. Chetcuti, 23, was speaking to The Times on his...
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Cainero wins gold in downpour
Italy's Chiara Cainero won a three-way sudden death shoot-out in pouring rain to take the Olympic gold medal in skeet shooting yesterday. Cainero hit both her targets despite conditions more suited for duck-hunting. American Kimberly Rhode then...
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American deer hunter plays safe with burgers
A bad ham sandwich in Sydney eight years ago taught Walton Eller an important lesson - stick to American hamburger and pizza. The deer hunter from Texas won the gold medal in the men's double trap yesterday, a lop-sided victory that erased painful...
