Santa Maria Sprints event draws the crowds at Mosta
Mosta Cycling Club hosted the annual Santa Maria Cycling Sprints on Sunday 11th August. This unique sporting event has become a permanent fixture in the Maltese cycling calendar and forms part of the annual Mosta celebrations to honour its religious patron.
Eucharistic Congress Road, closed for traffic during the event, was the battle field for the numerous cyclists who took part in the different categories of the sprint race. The race course, short but fast, proved to be well fought in some categories, with cyclists battling it out right up to the finishing line.The event also welcomed a number of foreign cyclists, currently on holiday in Malta.
The youngest riders kicked off the races in the Under 12 and Under 14 categories, followed by the Under 23, Masters 40+ and Masters 50+. The Open category races proved to be quite popular in both in the Male and Female categories. The sprints came to an end with the Elite category that followed that of the Juniors. Both events were won by cyclists from the host club.
Prizes were distributed to the winners by veteran cyclist John Magri who is the club president., He took the opportunity to thank all participants and all those who provided support throughout the morning.
Fr. Bastjan Caruana, the Archpriest of Mosta, blessed the participants and bicycles, and augured more success to the club in the future. Mr Nazzareno Vassallo, a staunch supporter of the event since its inception over 35 years ago presented the winners with commemorative trophies.
Official results
Under12 1st - Keith Sultana Under14 Females 1st - Christina Spiteri Under14 Males 1st - Adam Camilleri Under16 Males 1st - Darren Sultana
2nd - Luke Camilleri 3rd - Jacob Ellul Under23 Males
1st – Brandon Sultana 2nd – Andrew Curmi 3rd – Joseph Mifsud Masters 40+
1st - Brian Rogers
2nd – Ivan Zammit
3rd - Christian Mangion Masters 60+
1st – Emmanuel Camilleri 2nd – Charles Zammit
3rd – Charles Chetcuti Juniors
1st – Sean Enriquez 2nd – Max Zammit 3rd – Clyve Chetcuti Open Women
1st – Martina Pizzuto 2nd – Charmaine Galea 3rd - Elle Bonello Open Male
1st Joseph Seychell 2nd Antoine Spiteri 3rd – Marcus Bobrik Elite
1st - Pierre Borg
2nd - Steve Sciberras
3rd - Christian Formosa