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The Team representing Malta at the upcoming European Senior Championships in Leipzig, Germany are Danial Swift, Kenneth Arpa, Dennis Mercieca and Mark Spiteri. The team have been preparing for this championship at the newly built bowling centre “The Eden”. The team is supported by Sport Malta, Visit Malta and MBA.  Follow the championships here: https://esc2025.ebfchampionships.sport/

Celebrating Sport in Malta is an annual Conference which brings together different stakeholders from within the sport sector. Minister for Sport Clifton Grima inaugurated the ‘Celebrating Sport in Malta’ conference on Friday, marking the 10th anniversary of SportMalta’s establishment. Grima described SportMalta’s journey as having led to a leap in quality in the country’s sports’ sector, after 10 years of dedicated work. He reflected on the work accomplished over the past decade, mentioning investment in infrastructure projects, as well as the support provided to associations, organisations, and sports clubs, including direct financial assistance to athletes and sportspeople. Malta Bowling Association was represented by Mr. President Edward Mifsud and Secretary General Ms. Liliana Spiteri.

MBA Trials for European Youth Championships The team that will represent Malta in the European Youth Championships in April 2025 is being selected through a set of 6 tournaments held between November and January at The SuperBowl at The Eden in which the under 18 bowlers are all competing for a place that will also require them to reach a minimum standard to be eligible for the selection. Day 4 of the EYC trials saw Lagana’s extend his lead over 2nd place Nicolai Mallia as he bowled a 1061 total ahead of Mallia’s 1032. The big move was completed by Tomas Caruso who bowled a good 982 series to move up into 4th  place, still behind Travis Barbara but ahead of Julian Baldacchino. Nicolai’s younger brother , Mikhail had a very good day with his 919 (183.8 average) to come very close overall to Baldacchino. Best game of the day was a 255 by Lagana’. In the girls section, with Karlise Bartolo still leading, it was Jade Barbara who moved into 2nd place as she overtook Celianne Micallef.  The last 2 sessions will take place in January after the holiday break. https://bowlingmalta.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Video-EYC-quali.mp4

Malta Bowling Association announced that as from 1st November 2024, Mark Spiteri is going to be the National Coach.  Mark which was already heading the Youth Sector is a EBF Level III Coach and Level I Instructor, these apart from other certificates obtained both locally and internationally. We augur Mark success in his new role.

MBA and The Eden held the first tournament for year 2024. This was also the first tournament on String Pins. The tournament went well, more than expected, and all competitors apart from having again the feeling of a competition, they also had fun. 36 competitors in all participated by playing 5 games. Winners were Liliana Spiteri and Nicholas Muscat, 2nd place Kathryn Fenech and Nicolai Mallia, 3rd place Ruslana Grima and Melvin Galea. For the man section we also had a price for 4th place, won by Aaron Belli.  Good to mention that Nicholas played a series of 1218 over 5 games, 243 average.    Well done to all and thank you MBA and The Eden. Download Results: 1st Tournament 2024 Back

Maltese ladies trios team places 25th in the European Women’s Championships in France The Maltese female bowling team, composed of Cynthia Frendo Duca, Melissa Swift and Ruslana Grima placed 25th out of 33 teams in the Trios competition at the ongoing European Women’s Championships being held in France this week. Frendo Duca was highest for the team over these last 2 days over the 6 games, with a 185 average , followed by Swift with a 178 average and 19 year old Grima with a 172 average giving a team average of 178.7 pin. The top 4 teams were Sweden 2 (225 average), Finland 1 (217) , Germany 1(215) and Finland 2 (215). On Thursday and Friday the ladies have another set of 6 games as they take part in the 5 person team event. Thanks go to SportMalta and the MOC for all their support in making this happen.  All results are online at EBF Championship by KTA –https://bowlingresults.info/ewc/2024/  It-tim tat-trios Malti tan-nisa jispiċċa fil-25 post fil-Kampjonati Ewropej tan-Nisa fi Franza It-tim Malti femminili tal-bowling, magħmul minn Cynthia Frendo Duca, Melissa Swift u Ruslana Grima spiċċa fil-25 post minn 33 tim fil-kompetizzjoni Trios fil-Kampjonati Ewropej tan-Nisa li għaddejjin bħalissa fi Franza din il-ġimgħa sas-sibt li ġej Frendo Duca kienet l-ogħla għat-tim matul dawn l-aħħar jumejn matul is-6 logħbiet, b’medja ta’ 185 , segwita minn Swift b’medja ta’ 178 u 19-il sena Grima b’medja ta’ 172 , li fissret medja ta’ tim ta’ 178.7 pin. L-aqwa 4 timijiet kienu l-Iżvezja 2 (medja ta’ 225), il-Finlandja 1 (217) , il-Ġermanja 1(215) u l-Finlandja 2 (215). Nhar il-Ħamis u l-Ġimgħa l-plejers għandhom sett ieħor ta’ 6 logħbiet hekk kif jieħdu sehem fl-kompetizzjoni tat-tim ta’ 5 persuni. Grazzi tmur lil SportMalta u lill-MOC għall-appoġġ kollu tagħhom biex dan iseħħ. Back

Tiziana Carannante made history by winning the Ladies Italian National Championship. During 2024 she was participating in the FISB National League, and she finished within the Top 24 Ladies and won the right to play the finals. The rest is history. Well done Tiziana, a model to MBA youths especially the girls. One may read an interesting article about Tiziana by clicking on this link:  https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2024-03-17/local-news/Meet-the-elite-Maltese-bowler-regularly-commuting-to-Turin-to-keep-up-her-game-6736259480

Team Malta composed by Tiziana Carannante, Cynthia F Duca, Kayden Lagana and Nicholas Muscat participated in this year, 2024 Mediterranean Bowling Championships. Rick Vogelsang accompanied the team as national coach. The event was carried out in Rome, Italy. In total 5 medals were won by Team Malta, 1 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze.  The Men Singles event was for sure a first of its kind for Malta because the 2 Maltese male bowlers, Kayden and Nicholas won the Gold and Silver medals, respectively.  In the Men Doubles event, Kayden and Nicholas placed 2nd after Greece winning a silver medal.  Teams event, Team Malta managed to place 2nd, an event won by home team Italy.  And another bronze medal by Kayden Lagana in the All-Events Mens section.  MBA would like to thank MOC and Sport Malta for their assistance. 

Kayden Lagana’ shoots a new highest 6 game series at the European Youth Championships in HelsinkiThe Maltese National Youth bowling teams, 4 boys and 4 girls went to Finland to take part in the European Youth under 18 Championships in which 100 boys and 68 girls representing 27 countries took part.With no official center to train on for 3 months, this was not going to be easy but thanks to the timely support of BeActive SportMalta, a certain amount of training opportunities were made available in Gozo and in Malta at the 2 small remaining centres to allow the players an acceptable level of preparation, under coach Mark Spiteri. The male 4 boys’ team, made up of Nicolai Mallia, Julian Baldacchino, Chris Fenech and Kayden Lagana’, had a great performance and finished in 7th place out of 22 teams ahead of countries like England, The Netherlands, Germany, France and Italy, to name a few. It was during this team event that Lagana’ set not only the Maltese 6 game record butalso the best 6 game series by a youth in the European Youth Championships of 1487 (247.8 average), that started off with an incredible 22 strikes in a row to bowl a perfect 300 followed up by a 289. Lagana’ with this performance finished in 4th place in the All Events, and also made it to the Masters where he lost out in the opening direct clash with the Norwegian Mathias Danielsen, who went on to win the overall Masters event.The girls’ team, bowling on a less difficult but still tough lane condition, made up of Mia Bugeja, Celianne Micallef, Jade Barbara and Karlise Bartolo finished in 14th place, with Mia bowling best with a strong 188 average, that combined with her scores in the singles and doubles event, meant she finished highest of the Maltese girls in 43rd place. Back

L-assoċjazzjoni nazzjonali tal-bowling f’Malta żvela żewġ tarki bħala l-premji l-ġodda taż-żewġ kampjonati eżistenti tagħhom f’kollaborazzjoni mal-Bank of Valletta. Ukoll ħabbru kif il-proġett tal-Erasmus+ se tgħin ilmembri tagħhom sabiex jitjiebu l-logħob tagħhom.  L-ewwel minn żewġ avviżi waqt il-Presentation Night ra lil Malta Bowling Association (MBA) jiżvela żewġ tarki bħala l-premji l-ġodda għat-timijiet li jirbħu l-kampjonati nazzjonali sponsorjati minn BOV. Tarka ġiet preżentata għal kull tim rebbieħ mis-staġun li temm xahar ilu f’Ġunju 2023 – wieħed għal “Team BOOM” li rebħu l-BOV Premier League u ieħor għat-tim “Emma’s Kitchen” li spiċċaw ir-rebbieħa tal-BOV Tieni Diviżjoni (BOV 2nd Division).  It-tarki għandhom 14-il plakka tal-fidda fuqhom; ippjanata li kull plakka jkollha inċiżjoni bl-isem tat-tim rebbieħa għall-kampjonati li ġejjin.  It-tieni avviż ħabbar li l-MBA se tikkollabora ma’ professuri mill-Università ta’ Aristotle f’Tessaloniki u Tenpin Club tal-Bowling mill-istess belt Grieg f’proġett tal-Erasmus+.  Dan il-proġett, li jismu “STAY In Bowling”, se tati opportunità lil membri interessati sabiex janalizzaw it-teknika tagħhom bl-użu ta’ sensuri. B’dawn is-sensuri, atleti (flimkien mal-kowċes tagħhom) jistgħu jaraw minn applikazzjoni addattata t-teknika tagħhom f’forma ta’ figura rqiqa. B’hekk, il-parteċipanti se jkollhom lopportunità jaraw x’inhuma eżatti l-affarijiet konsistenti u inkonsistenti fil-logħba tagħhom. Dan il-proġett huwa fl-ewwel fażi fit-timeline tiegħu – il-kollezzjoni ta’ applikazzjonijiet minn membri interessati li jixtiequ jitjiebu bl-użu ta’ din it-teknoloġija.  Il-Malta Bowling Association għamlet dawn iż-żewġ avviżi waqt il-Presentation Night tagħhom nhar ilĠimgħa, fejn ippreżentew medalji u premji lil atleti lokali li rebħu l-kampjonati u kompetizzjonijiet fil-perjodu bejn it-tieni nofs ta’ 2022 sa l-ewwel nofs ta’ 2023. Premier League Winners Team Boom Malta Bowling Association Unveils BOV National League Shields and Collaboration in Erasmus+ Project in Presentation Night  The national bowling association unveiled new league trophies in the form of shields to commemorate their national leagues in collaboration with Bank of Valletta. The Malta Bowling Association (MBA) hosted its Presentation Night this Friday evening, in which trophies and medals were given to the winners of local tournaments and leagues from the second half of 2022 till the first half of 2023.  In one of two surprise announcements, the MBA unveiled its new league shields for the winners of its national leagues to its members. These shields were presented by representatives from Bank of Valletta since BOV sponsor the MBA’s nationally sanctioned leagues. Two shields were presented: one for the BOV 2nd Division and one for the BOV Premier League.  The shields feature silver plaques featuring engravings of the names of the league-winning teams. These league prizes were presented to the reigning champions of each league: Team BOOM for the BOV Premier League and Emma’s Kitchen as the recent winners of the BOV 2nd Division. Players from the winning teams were also presented with medals.  The second announcement notified the present members of the MBA about the association’s involvement in an Erasmus+ project titled “STAY In Bowling” in collaboration with professors within the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.  They announced that members who wish to participate in this project shall benefit from sensory technology they may use to analyse their techniques during training sessions. Using gait analysis, the attached sensors will create a stick figure of the bowler in question through a created software; this will help local athletes, with help from their coaches, analyse their techniques and spot any inconsistencies from one shot to another.  This Erasmus+ project is currently in the application process of its timeline. DIV2 League Winners Team Emmas Kitchen STAY in Bowling Project