OVERSEAS NEWS
MALTA
Malta Billiards Championship
Paul Mifsud (Senglea S.C.) confirmed his superiority over his fellowcountrymen
by taking the Malta Billiards Championship for an
impressive 25th time at the MBSA Snooker Centre, Rabat, on Thursday
13th June. In the four-hour final he overwhelmed Publius Grech (La
Valette B.C.) 1456-788. In a consistent display, he returned a match
average of 20.2 despite making only one century (151). Mifsud had
earlier made the highest break in the championship with a 243 in the
qualifying group stages.
Both the finalists had won their previous round matches in a very
convincing manner, Mifsud defeating Frans Mintoff (La Valette B.C.)
1432-557, while Grech had overcome youngster Duncan Bezzina
(Senglea S.C.) 1166-570.
| Paul Mifsud 116, 87, 79, 77, 72, 65, 64, 64, 56, 54, 54 | 1432 | Frans Mintoff 56 | 557 | ||
| Joe Grech 90, 79, 62, 62, 60, 57, 54, 50 | 1166 | Duncan Bezzina | 570 |
| Paul Mifsud 151, 97, 93, 85, 89, 74, 66, 54, 53, 50, 50 | 1456 | (20.2) | Joe Grech 79, 59 | 788 | (10.9) |
Gejtu Galea (Prince of Wales B.C.) defeated Paul Aquilina (Centru
Laburista Fgura) to take the Second Division Billiards title. Both players
ran neck and neck over the first 2 hours play but Galea took the
initiative in the last 45 minutes and held on to win 690-634.