Charles Cioffi (The Sunday Times, September 25) claims he founded the Malta Marathon. This is not correct.

Mr Cioffi might not be aware that the first-ever Malta Mara­thon was the brainchild of David Brown, a member of the Voluntary Service Corps (Malta).

This event, which was in the form of a sponsored walk from Cirkewwa to Delimara, was organised by the VSC to raise funds for its voluntary work in Malta and abroad.

The first Malta Marathon was held on March 23, 1969, under the patronage of the Governor-General, Sir Maurice Dorman. The main sponsors were Carreras Cigarettes (Malta).

Documents and photos recorded this event, and I am sure there are many who still remember or took part in the marathon.

David Brown, Leo Bowman and I formed the sub-committee which organised this event.

As chairman of the VSC (Malta), with the help of a sub-committee, I organised the second Malta Mar-athon, which was held in April 1970.

These events were no longer held after the Corps was later disbanded; its funds were donated to social projects.

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