OTTERS 18

TA’ XBIEX 10

(5-2, 3-4, 5-3, 5-1)

The BOV National league got underway on Thursday evening with the opening matches from the preliminary round at the National Pool and Gozitan side Otters Nivea among the winners after recording a comfortable victory.

Otters accounted for Ta’ Xbiex Amigos by 18 goals to ten.

This free-scoring match offered entertaining fare, with Otters enjoying a clear edge which was exploited by the Hungarian Zoltan Radocz and Mate Balatoni, scorers of six and five goals respectively.

Veteran John Paris was only a goal behind with four conversions.

In other matches, Sirens Ritter Sport beat Valletta Sterling 13-8, Sliema McDonald’s had the better of Exiles 11-4 while champions Neptunes Emirates started their title defence with a clear 19-7 win over Marsascala.

OTTERS: A. Cachia, G. Attard 3, G. Zammit, Z. Radocz 6, S. Dimech, M.

Balatoni 5, J. Paris 4, D. Schembri, K. Scicluna, K. Debattista, C.

Martin, E. Farrugia, K. Grima Scott.

TA’ XBIEX: L. Borg, A. Galea, S. Botond 3, J. Tabone, K. Falzon, M.

Asciak, A. Bugeja, J. Cremona, N. Bonello Ghio 2, C. Bugeja, K. Galea 2, A. Zammit, Y. Szeles 3.

Refs: A. De Raffaele, S. Licari.

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