Between today and Saturday, Maltese swimmers will be engaged in five sessions of competitive swimming at the National Pool in Tal-Qroqq when they take on a number of overseas swimmers in the 19th Easter International Swim Meet.
Keen races are expected during the next three days and it is hoped that more national and age-group records will be broken to add to the tally of 25 (22 age-group and 3 national) so far since the beginning of the season.
There will be 286 swimmers comprising just over 1,400 entries and representing different clubs from England, France, Germany, Italy, Romania and Malta.
Besides the ASA national team, Neptunes, Sirens and Sliema will be among the main Maltese clubs.
Sessions will be as follows: Today, 5 to 7.30 p.m.; Tomorrow, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 4 to 7.30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 4 to 7.30 p.m.
Trio for Slovakia
National team swimmers Andrea Agius, Andrew Chetcuti and Edward Caruana Dingli will be travelling to Slovakia to take part in the Grand Prix Slovakia 50th International Meeting, to be held at the Pasienky 50m pool in Bratislava on April 20-22.
The event, which is expected to attract several top European swimmers, will be an opportunity for the Maltese trio to obtain qualifying times for the forthcoming Olympic Games in London.