Nicholas Muscat places in 13th place at the IBF Youth World Cup in Helsingborg Sweden.
Two Maltese youths, Nicholas Muscat and Kathryn Fenech, earned the right to represent Malta at the IBF Youth World Cup held earlier in June this year.
This very competitive World Cup had top players from all over the world including powerhouses such as the USA, Malaysia, Australia and most of the European Countries.   Muscat started off very strongly during the 18 game qualifying section, bowling almost a 222 average and placing 8, and so advancing to the top 16 Matchplay section. Muscat stayed in 8th place after the first 8 games in this Matchplay as he won half, again bowling a great 221 average. The next 7 games however did not go his way and finished in 13th place and out of the cut with an overall Matchplay average of 212.
In the ladies, Fenech did not manage to make the cut even though she played 15 pins above her average, as the level overall especially of the top 16 was simply too strong.
Muscat and Fenech were accompanied by MBA National Coach Mark Spiteri, and this trip was made possible thanks to the generous support of Sport Malta.
