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News - March 2010

31-Mar-2010  |  Bad 2nd round for Joel

Jason Vassallo continues his domination of the premier snooker league sending Joel Attard to his 3rd loss in a row. Sean Caruana made a great comeback from 1 frame down to defeat Keith V. Muscat 2-1 in the 1st division snooker league Adrian Borg continues his good form in the 2nd division snooker league beating Loreto Spiteri 2-0.



30-Mar-2010  |  Adrian Holds On

Adrian Borg managed to come from behind in the 2nd frame of the 2nd division snooker league to win both frames against Loretu Spiteri who I have to say was very unlucky to come out of this match with no points. Mario Attard was penalized 2 points for awarding Charles Spiteri with a walk over in the other 2nd division match.    



29-Mar-2010  |  Jason and Jason win

Jason Vassallo and Jason Portelli both won their billiards matches with ease. In an epic battle James Mercieca beat Joel Attard 2-1 by potting the last 4 balls in the third frame. It was a shame that one of them had to lose. Joe Pisani played a good game to beat Daniel Bowker in first division snooker. In second division snooker Leo Apap makes it two in a row against Jevon Attard. A very even ...



26-Mar-2010  |  2nd round in full swing

Great wins for Mario Apap, Jason Portelli and Kevin Cassar. Mario beat Simon Vella in the Snooker premier league to start his 2nd round off with a bang. Jason slugged it out with Sean P. Caruana to win 2-1 in the snooker 1st division and Kevin beat Mario Attard in the snooker plate competition even after having to spot Mario 24 pts in each frame. (Premier div players spot 16 points to first ...



25-Mar-2010  |  Dennis Bowker hits a 55 break

In billiards Dennis Bowker  made an incredible 55pt break beating Shaun Sultana's previous record.



24-Mar-2010  |  2nd round begins today

The 2nd round of all the competitions begins today Thursday 25th March. All the groups have been posted on the website. The fixtures will be entered into the website by this weekend.



23-Mar-2010  |  First round is complete

Please check back later this week for the 2nd round fixtures.



22-Mar-2010  |  Jason and Joe into the 2nd round

Jason Portelli and Joe Pisani got through to the 2nd round of the snooker 1st division by beating Christian Spiteri and Saviour Vella respectively. Joe Pisani ended up tied with Dennis Sciberras on points but Joe won the head to head match with Dennis. Saviour ends up finishing in last place and will be relegated to playing in the 2nd division next season.    



20-Mar-2010  |  Anglo Maltese Snooker Tournament 2010

The Anglo Maltese one day tournament proved to be another enjoyable and successfully event organized by the Gozo Snooker Association for all the players and spectators. Some of the best snooker players in Malta and Gozo were on display for most of the day. The Anglo Maltese team were made up of 6 players 5 of which are the top premier league players in Malta. The final result was 2-4 in favor of ...



17-Mar-2010  |  Dennis Bowker Out!

After a great start to his season Dennis's form has dwindled and finally came crashing down by being eliminated from the league losing to Mario Apap tonight. Dennis is tied on 9pts with James Mercieca but James wins the head to head confrontation to take the 6th and final qualifying spot. In the snooker 2nd division Walter Mampalao made it through to the next round by beating Adrian Borg getting ...



17-Mar-2010  |  Website Visits

We would like to thank everyone for your support and feedback of our website. Since its recent launch on the 24th of February we have had almost 500 visits. Most of the visits were from Malta and Gozo but there were visits from the UK (Liverpool) Canada (Toronto) and America (New York and Dallas). I am sure that as more Maltese and Gozitans living here and overseas learn about our site we will ...



16-Mar-2010  |  Jason Vassallo 64 break

In the snooker premier league Jason Vassallo just trounced Joel Attard's high break by getting a 64 in a win over James Mercieca. Simon Vella has made a tremedous comeback winning his last 3 games after starting 1-4 beating Kevin Cassar tonight and in the process eliminated Kevin from the 2nd round. In the 2nd division snooker Daniel Danastasi wrapped up that group by beating George Gauci, while ...



16-Mar-2010  |  Not Played

If the letters NP are entered into a fixture, that means that the group has been concluded and that these games were not needed to be played.



15-Mar-2010  |  Daniel Bowker wins 2

Daniel Bowker wins both his first division snooker games to qualify for the last 6 round. Group C of the second division snooker has also concluded. Shaun Sultana held off Dennis Bowker all the way to a black to win situation in the 3rd frame. In snooker first division, Saviour Vella and in snooker third division, Flavio Gerardi both gave walkovers and therefore were both penalized 2 ...



13-Mar-2010  |  Peter Pace knocked out

In Snooker Premier Division, Peter Pace has lost his chance to advance through the group by losing three consecutive games in a row to Simon Vella, James Mercieca and Mario Apap. Peter Pac is now the first to be eliminated from the group. In Snooker Second Division, Jevon Attard played a good game against Joseph Xerri to win 2-0 and advance through the group to the next round while Joseph Xerri ...



12-Mar-2010  |  Kevin Cassar gives himself a chance to advance through the group

In Snooker Premier Division, Kevin Cassar played an excellent game tonight against Mario Apap, winning 2-1 after he played as hard as he could. Kevin Cassar gives himself a chance to advance through the group with the win against Mario Apap. In other news, in Snooker First Division, James Sultana won an essential game against Keith V. Muskat to tie for first place and put himself one step into ...



11-Mar-2010  |  Dennis Bowker misses black to win

In the snooker premier division, the veteran Dennis Bowker missed an easy sitter on a black to win to award James Mercieca a somewhat deserved win. In other news, in snooker second division, Stephen Pace upset Dennis Mompalao to win the game 2-0 and give himself a chance to qualify to the last 16.



10-Mar-2010  |  Big upset in Billiards

Loretu Spiteri won his first billiards game by playing the game of his life to beat the leader of the group Emanuel Grech  150-148. In Snooker premier division Shaun Sultana registered another 50 point break. Lets see who wins highest break this year, it will be close.



09-Mar-2010  |  Joe Pisani wins twice AGAIN!

Joe Pisani continues his good form by winning both his billiards and 1st division snooker match tonight. Billiards group B is now concluded. In the Premier snooker league Mario Apap beat James Mercieca but luck was a big factor because James had the frame won twice. In both cases he potted the pink but before he could celebrate his win the white (cue ball) went in the pocket as well both times. ...



09-Mar-2010  |  Shaun Sutlana wins Semi Final

Shaun Sultana was in Malta today playing in the U19 Semi Final against Matthew Callejja. It was a best 4 out of 7 frames and Shaun won 4-3 after being down 1-3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Congratulations to our Shaun Sultana. Good luck in the final.



08-Mar-2010  |  Top 2 lose

Both Jason Vassallo and Joel Attard lost their games to Simon Vella and Dennis Bowker respectfully in the premier snooker division. In the snooker 1st division Sean Paul Caruana continues his great form beating Daniel Bowker . In the snooker 2nd division Loretu Spiteri had 2 points deducted for giving a walk over to Joe Bajada. Charles Spiteri gets his first Billiards win over Joshua ...



07-Mar-2010  |  Postponed game

Mike Portelli continued his run of poor form losing his 3rd match in a row in billiards to James Sultana who now has a great chance at qualifying for the second round. This match had been postponed from last week.



07-Mar-2010  |  Kevin and Peter win

Kevin Cassar and Peter Pace won their first snooker premiership games on Saturday. Peter who was forced to play 3 games due to postponements last weekend was beaten by Kevin Cassar in his first match but rebounded nicely to sweep Dennis Bowker 2-0 and then defeated Shaun Sultana 2-1. These results have turned the last 3 spots for the 2nd round into a real dogfight. In the snooker 1st division ...



06-Mar-2010  |  1st round tension builds

The first round of snooker continues with important wins for Joel Attard in the Premier Division Christian Spiteri in the 1st Division and both Joseph Buttigieg and Dennis Mampalao in the 2nd Division solidifying their chances of making it into the 2nd round. In the 3rd Division Anthony Mizzi played one of his best frames of the season tying Anthony Scicluna 1-1.  



04-Mar-2010  |  Shuan Sultana explodes

Shaun Sultana came back with a vengence today after losing to Jason Vassallo yesterday when he exploded for breaks of 46 and 34 in the first frame of his game against James Mercieca and then a 36 break in the 2nd frame to wrap up the game in style. He will now set his sights on his next game against Peter Pace who is also desperate to get his season on track. Looks like this will be the match to ...



03-Mar-2010  |  Shaun Sultana wins group

In Billiards, Shaun Sultana locked up his group and sent a message out to the rest of the players by beating last years finalist Simon Vella 150-91. In the Snooker Premier league Jason Vassallo continues to steamroll the competition by beating this years cup finalist Shaun Sultana to make it 5 out of 5 wins. Joel Attard held on to beat James Mercieca in a hard fought battle to make it 3 wins ...



02-Mar-2010  |  Joe Pisani wins twice

Joe Pisani had a great night by winning both his Billiards and 1st Division Snooker games. In the Premier Snooker league Joel Attard beat Kevin Cassar to make it 2 wins out of three games for the comeback kid. In the Snooker 3rd Division Elliot Fenech won his 2nd game out of 3 by beating Anthony Mizzi. Not bad for Elliot's first competition.



01-Mar-2010  |  Emanuel into 2nd round

Emanuel Grech has practically booked a place into the second round of the billiards league by beating Sam Sultana  150-77. There was little doubt that Emanuel would go through to the next round but he has so far dominated the group winning all 3 games with only 2 games left for him in the first round. In the Premier snooker league Jason Vassallo coasted through the first frame of his match ...





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