The Malta Independent on Sunday
Good start for San Giljan
San Giljan All. Ins. 19 Otters Nivea 7 (5-1), (4-0), (5-3), (5-3)
San Giljan trounced their opponents Otters Nivea with a score of 19-8 where the former tied up the game in the first two sessions.
San Giljan were completely dominant in their first game against Otters Nivea who rarely got a look in. The first two ses- sions were one way affairs finishing 5-1 and 4-0 with Dino Zammit and Kovacic featuring among the main scorers.
The third session was slightly more combative as Otters raced to a 3-1 lead, largely through the efforts of Vuksanovic. However, normal service was soon resumed with four straight goals coming from Radovic, Bianchi and Spiteri Debarro for a 5-3 scoreline in the session.
The final session was another high scoring affair with Otters making a good game of it scoring four times to San Giljan’s five with Edward and Vuksanovic notching up some good goals while Spiteri Debarro and Keith Galea shone for San Giljan with a final score of 19-8 in the Saints’ favour.
San Giljan Allcare Insurance: D Camilleri, C Spiteri Debarro (3), A Galea (1), K Galea (1), K Dowling, B Plumpton, A Radovic (2), A Bianchi (2), K Galea (3), Z Kovacic (3), P Fava (1), D Zammit (3), J Sammut
Otters Nivea: Z Sciberras, G Attard, GL Zammit, K Scicluna, J Micallef, J Paris, D Schembri, A Edward (2), S Dimech, C Martin, I Vuksanovic (5), K Grima Scott
Referees: S Licari, M Angileri
Exiles Ferretti 14 Marsaxlokk Fischer 12 (3-1), (3-2), (4-2), (4-7)
Exiles Ferretti had to fight quite hard to overcome some stiff resistance from Marsaxlokk Fischer in their first Preliminary Round encounter. The first two sessions ended 3-1 and 3-2 to Exiles with Peter Borg scoring three goals while Marsaxlokk relied on Fulope and Frick for their goals.
The third session was an animated affair ending 4-2 in Exiles’ favour. Katonas and Sekulic continued scoring while Frikk and Fulope were again instrumental for Marsaxlokk. The final session was quite remarkable for the comeback spearheaded by Marsaxlokk’s Bence Fulope who scored no less than four times but Katonas and Sekulic scored at crucial moments to secure a 14-12 victory for Exiles.
Exiles Ferretti: I Bugeja, J Rizzo Naudi, S Vassallo (1), D Pace Lupi, G Katonas (5), S Galea Pace, J Spiteri Staines, K Griscti (1), L Sekulic (4), P Borg (3), B Lanzon, D Borg, K Lanzon
Marsaxlokk Fischer: A Xuereb, A Agius, B Fulope (6), A Galea (1), G Busuttil, C Bugeja, M Fenech (1), S Xerri de Caro (1), A Mifsud, O Frick (3), A Arrigo, D Borg Millo, M Scerri
Referees: A DeRaffaele, P Balzan