Trap

James Galea Jr won the MSSF Trap Competition 75 (3-2026) which was held at the Malta National Shooting Ranges.

Gordon Caruana came in second maintaining consistent progress, while Ryan Cini finished in third place overall, obtaining a medal in his 1st competitive season.

This competition was organised on 75 targets, followed by an ISSF final round of up to 30 targets from a single shot.

The eight finalists according to their qualification scores were:

1 SCIBERRAS Nico 69/75

2 CARUANA Gordon 68/75

3 GALEA James Jr 66/75

4 CHETCUTI Gianluca 65/75

5 CARABOTT Nicholas 60/75 +1 shoot-off

6 CINI Ryan 60/75 +1 shoot-off

7 VASSALLO Jeremy 59/75 +2 shoot-off

8 CIAPPARA Anglu 59/75 +1+0 shoot-off

The winners in their respective classes were:

Class A

1 SCIBERRAS Nico 69/75

2 GALEA James Jr 66/75

3 CHETCUTI Gianluca 65/75

Class B

1 CARUANA Gordon 68/75

2 CARABOTT Nicholas 60/75

3 CIAPPARA Anglu 59/75

Class C

1 CINI Ryan 60/75

2 VASSALLO Jeremy 59/75

3 BONELLO Luke 57/75

The overall result after the final stage was:

1 GALEA James Jr 28/30

2 CARUANA Gordon 22/30

3 CINI Ryan 19/25

4 SCIBERRAS Nico 15/20

5 CHETCUTI Gianluca 11/15

6 VASSALLO Jeremy 9/15

7 CIAPPARA Anglu 7/10

8 CARABOTT Nicholas 6/10

The next competition is the Cup Winners Cup which is due to be held on the 8 of November 2026 at the Southern Shooting Club Ranges in B’Bugia.

James Galea Jr was the overall winner of the fifth stage of the MSSF Trap Competition 50+50+25 (T5).

Nicholas Carabott finished in second, and Gordon Caruana took third place overall.

This competition was characterised by challenging conditions due to unpredictable wind gusts, where James Galea Jr shot a score of 111/125, Nicholas Carabott 106/125, and Gordon Caruana 105/125 +5 shoot-off.

At the start of this competition, all participants shot at 50 targets and the 12 athletes with the best scores advanced to compete on another 50 targets and the rest of the shooters were eliminated.

After 100 targets the top 6 athletes shot at another 25 targets.

The score after 50 targets was:

1 SCIBERRAS Nico 44/50

2 CARUANA Gordon 43/50

3 GALEA James Jr 42/50

4 GRECH Shazen 42/50

5 MARMARA John 41/50

6 CARABOTT Nicholas 40/50

7 BONELLO Luke 38/50

8 BONELLO Ivan 37/50

9 VASSALLO Jonathan 34/50

10 CHETCUTI Gianluca 34/50

11 CASSAR Kurstin 34/50

12 CINI Ryan 33/50

The score after 100 targets was:

1 GALEA James Jr 89/100

2 CARUANA Gordon 85/100

3 CARABOTT Nicholas 85/100

4 SCIBERRAS Nico 85/100

5 GRECH Shazen 83/100

6 MARMARA John 80/100

7 BONELLO Ivan 74/100

8 BONELLO Luke 74/100

9 CASSAR Kurstin 73/100

10 CINI Ryan 72/100

11 CHETCUTI Gianluca 72/100

12 VASSALLO Jonathan 70/100

The score of the top 6 shooters after 125 targets was:

1 GALEA James Jr 111/125

2 CARABOTT Nicholas 106/125

3 CARUANA Gordon 85/100 +5 shoot-off

4 SCIBERRAS Nico 114/125 +4 shoot-off

5 MARMARA John 101/100

6 GRECH Shazen 101/125

Class A score after 50 targets was:

1 SCIBERRAS Nico 44/50

2 GALEA James Jr 42/50

3 CHETCUTI Gianluca 34/50

Class B score after 50 targets was:

1 CARUANA Gordon 43/50

2 GRECH Shazen 42/50

3 CARABOTT Nicholas 40/50

Class C score after 50 targets was:

1 BONELLO Luke 38/50

2 BONELLO Ivan 37/50

3 VASSALLO Jonathan 34/50

The next Trap competition is the MSSF Trap Competition 75(3) which will be held on the 1 November 2026 at the National Shooting Ranges, Ta’ Kandja.

Ryan Bugeja won the Bronze Medal in the Trap Solo Men Junior Event at the European Championship Shotgun Events organised by the European Shooting Confederation which are currently taking place in Malakasa, Greece.

This is the first Medal for Ryan in a Continental Championship.

BUGEJA had to go through 3 elimination phases and a semi-final with ZRINDSKI Matteo from Croatia where Ryan had to settle for third place. This competition was won by PLUSKA Antoni from Poland, and PRYTKOV Nikita who was competing as an Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN), claimed second place. Apart from BUGEJA, Malta was also represented by CASSAR Abiel who got eliminated during the first elimination phase.

The Malta Trap Men Junior Team also took part in the Trap Individual Men Junior competition held between the 7 and 8 October, where BUGEJA Ryan had another satisfactory performance hitting 116/125 clays, ending the qualification in 17th place from 68 European athletes, while CASSAR Abiel managed 104/125. 

In Trap Individual Men, CHETCUTI Gianluca, CHETCUTI William and SCIBERRAS Nico had a very positive showing finishing 25th, 26th and 35th out of 101 competitors, with the score of 119/125 each, with the countback rules being applied for 10 athletes with the same score. CARUANA Gordon hit 113/125, while VELLA Christopher scored 110/125 where both these athletes were shooting for the Ranking Points Only (RPO).

Malta also took part in the Trap Men Team event ending qualification the Qualification phase in 8th place from 21 nations with 357 points. Turkiye won this event from Italy and Croatia, with all 3 nations obtaining 364 points each.

The Malta Trap Men Team ended its commitments with the Trap Solo Men Competition, where all the 3 athletes got eliminated during the first elimination phase.

Leading the Maltese contingent in the Skeet Individual Men category was SCIBERRAS Liam who had another satisfactory performance hitting 118/125 clays qualifying in 32nd place out of 94 athletes, while in the Skeet Solo Men, SCIBERRAS was eliminated during the second phase. CASSAR Andre produced a commendable score of 117/125, while in the Skeet Solo Men event, CASSAR was eliminated during the first phase. 

GALEA Mikaela represented Malta in the Skeet Individual Women category scoring 105/125, and in the Skeet Solo Women where she got eliminated in the first phase.

The Malta Skeet Team also took part in the Skeet Duet Team event, ending its campaign in 24th place with 131 points.

Malta’s Skeet athletes were guided by John Mary Bugeja as team official and Bruno Gubellini as team coach, while Nicholas Carabott undertook official roles in the Trap discipline and Antonino Barilla as team coach.

Team Malta will continue its international campaign with the upcoming ISSF World Championship in Doha, Qatar, scheduled for the 1 till 15 November 2026.

Monday September 21, 2026

Gianluca Chetcuti won the Tazza Indipendenza Trap Competition. 

Christopher Vella placed in second, while Nicholas Carabott had to settle for third place overall.

This Event was held at the Malta National Shooting Ranges, where the participants shot at 50 qualifying targets followed by a final round of a maximum of 30 targets from a single shot.

The eight finalists of this event were: GRECH Shazen with the score of 45/50 +1 Shoot-off, CHETCUTI Gianluca 45/50 +0 shoot-off, VELLA Christopher hit 44/50, ATTARD Nazzarenu 43/50, CASSAR Abiel 42/50, CARABOTT Nicholas 41/50, SCHEMBRI Christian 40/50 and CIAPPARA Anglu 39/50 +1 shoot-off.

The Overall Result was:

1 CHETCUTI Gianluca 26/30

2 VELLA Christopher 22/30

3 CARABOTT Nicholas 18/25

4 CASSAR Abiel 12/20

5 GRECH Shazen 9/15

6 SCHEMBRI Christian 7/15

7 CIAPPARA Anglu 6/10

8 ATTARD Nazzarenu 5/10

The winners in their respective classes were:

Class A

1 CHETCUTI Gianluca 45/50

2 VELLA Christopher 44/50

Class B

1 GRECH Shazen 45/50

2 ATTARD Nazzareno 43/50

3 CASSAR Abiel 42/50

Class C

1 MARMARA John 39/50

2 BALDACCHINO Hubert 39/50 

3 CINI Ryan 36/50

James Galea Jr won the the 7th Trap Selection Shoot which was the last of the season.

Joining Galea on the podium were Nico Sciberras and Ryan Bugeja who placed in second and in the third place respectively.

This Competition was held at the Malta National Shooting Ranges and the participants shot at 125 targets over the period of 2 days.

The eight Finalists in the Bib number order according to their qualification scores were: CHETCUTI Gianluca qualified with the score of 117/125, GRECH Shazen hit 116/125, BUĠEJA Ryan 115/125, BUĠEJA EMMANUEL 113/125+ 1 shoot-off, CHETCUTI William 113/125 +0 shoot-off, GALEA James Jr 112/125, SCIBERRAS Nico 111/125 +1 shoot-off and GALEA Brian hit 111/125 +0 shoot-off.

The overall result after the final stages was:

1 GALEA James Jr 29/30

2 SCIBERRAS Nico 25/30

3 BUĠEJA Ryan 21/25

4 CHETCUTI Gianluca 16/20

5 CHETCUTI William 13/15

6 GRECH Shazen 9/15

7 BUĠEJA Emmanuel 8/10

8 GALEA Brian 7/10

Class A

1 CHETCUTI Gianluca 117/125

2 BUĠEJA Ryan 115/125

3 BUĠEJA EMMANUEL 113/125

Class B

1 GRECH Shazen 116/125

2 CARUANA Gordon 109/125

3 CIAPPARA Angelo 107/125

Class C

1 Marmara John 106/125

2 SPITERI Brian 96/125

3 CINI Ryan 93/125

Nicholas Carabott won the Trap Competition 50+Final which was held at the Qormi Clay Shooting Club.

Ryan Bugeja finished in second place, while Emmanuel Bugeja had to settle for third place overall.

The participants in this Trap Competition shot at 50 qualifying targets plus a final round of 25 targets from a single shot.

The eight finalists were: BUGEJA Emmanuel who hit two perfect straights scoring 50/50, BUGEJA Ryan 47/50, GALEA Brian with the score of 46/50, CAMILLERI Philip hit 44/50, CARABOTT Nicholas 44/50, CASSAR Abiel 43/50 while CINI Ryan and DEGUARA Rennie qualified with the score of 40/50.

The Overall Result was:

1 CARABOTT Nicholas 28/30

2 BUGEJA Ryan 26/30

3 BUGEJA Emmanuel 21/25

4 DEGUARA Rennie 17/20

5 GALEA Brian 11/15 

6 CASSAR Abiel 11/15

7 CAMILLERI Philip 4/10

8 CINI Ryan 2/10

The winners in their respective classes were:

Class A

1 BUGEJA Emmanuel 50/50

2 BUGEJA Ryan 47/50

2 GALEA Brian 46/50

Class B

1 CAMILLERI Philip 44/50

2 CARABOTT Nicholas 44/50

3 CASSAR Abiel 43/50

Class C

1 CINI Ryan 40/50

2 FORMOSA Paul 38/50 

3 BALDACCHINO Hubert 37/50

The next competition is the MSSF 7th Trap National Selection Shoot which will be held on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September at the National Shooting Ranges in Ta’ Kandja.

JAMES GALEA WINS THE MSSF TRAP COMPETITION 50+50+25 (T4)

Sunday August 30, 2026

James Galea Jr was the overall winner of the fourth stage of the MSSF Trap Competition 50+50+25 (T4).

Nico Sciberras finished in second, and Emanuel Bugeja ended his competition in third place overall.

This competition was characterised by challenging conditions due to the high temperatures, where James Galea Jr shot a creditable score of 117/125 achieving the MSSF minimum qualifying score (MQS), Nico Sciberras 114/125, and Emmanuel Bugeja 111/125.

At the start of this competition, all participants shot at 50 targets and the 12 athletes with the best scores advanced to compete on another 50 targets and the rest of the shooters were eliminated. 

After 100 targets the top 6 athletes shot at another 25 targets.

The score after 50 targets was:

1 GALEA Brian 47/50

2 GALEA James Jr 47/50

3 BUGEJA Emmanuel 46/50

4 SCIBERRAS Nico 45/50

5 DEGUARA Rennie 44/50

6 CASSAR Luke 42/50

7 BUGEJA Ryan 42/50

8 GRECH Shazen 41/50

9 CARUANA Gordon 41/50

10 CASSAR Abiel 40/50

11 BONNICI Leetov 39/50

12 VASSALLO Jonathan 38/50 +2 shoot-off

The score after 100 targets was:

1 GALEA James Jr 93/100

2 SCIBERRAS Nico 91/100

3 GALEA Brian 89/100

4 BUGEJA Emmanuel 86/100

5 GRECH Shazen 85/100

6 CARUANA Gordon 84/100 +1 shoot-off

7 DEGUARA Rennie 84/100 + 0 shoot-off

8 BUGEJA Ryan 83/100

9 CASSAR Abiel 81/100

10 CASSAR Luke 79/100

11 BONNICI Leetov 75/100

12 VASSALLO Jonathan 74/100

The score of the top 6 shooters after 125 targets was:

1 GALEA James Jr 117/125

2 SCIBERRAS Nico 114/125

3 BUGEJA Emmanuel 111/125

4 GALEA Brian 110/125

5 CARUANA Gordon 107/125

6 GRECH Shazen 104/125

Class A score after 50 targets was:

1 GALEA Brian 47/50

2 GALEA James Jr 47/50

3 BUGEJA Emmanuel 46/50

Class B score after 50 targets was:

1 ATTARD Nazzareno 43/50

2 CASSAR Luke 42/50 

3 GRECH Shazen 41/50 

Class C score after 50 targets was:

1 VASSALLO Jonathan 38/50

2 CINI Ryan 38/50

3 VASSALLO Jeremy 33/50

The next Trap competition is the QCSC Competition (2) which will be held on 6 September 2026 at the Qormi Clay Shooting Club.

Gianluca Chetcuti finished fourth in the Trap Men’s Final at the XX Mediterranean Games in Taranto on Wednesday, 26 August.

120/125 in Qualifying and competing against seven other finalists, Chetcuti hit 17 of 20 targets before his elimination in fourth place. He was level with Italy’s Buccolieri at that stage, but the equal points between the two —decided on bib number — went the Italian’s way, leaving  Chetcuti to finish fourth, one place short of the podium.

Gold went to Spain’s Andrés García García, who beat Greece’s Chatzitsakiroglou in a shoot-off after the pair tied on 28. Buccolieri took bronze with 21.

William Chetcuti narrowly missed a place in the final, finishing just short of the cut in qualification with a 117/125.

The result caps a strong campaign for Gianluca Chetcuti, who came through qualification to reach the eight-man final

Nicholas Carabott won the President’s Cup 2026 Edition which was held at the Malta National Shooting Ranges.

Ryan Bugeja finished in second, while Nico Sciberras finished in third place overall.

This Trap competition was organised on 75 targets, followed by an ISSF final round of 30 targets from a single shot.

The eight finalists according to their qualification scores were:

1 SCIBERRAS Nico 70/75

2 CARABOTT Nicholas 67/75

3 CASSAR Luke 66/75

4 GRECH Shazen 65/75

5 BUGEJA Ryan 65/75

6 BUGEJA Emanuel 65/75

7 VELLA Stephen 63/75

8 XUEREB Martin 62/75

The winners in their respective classes were:

Class A

1 SCIBERRAS Nico 70/75

2 BUGEJA Ryan 65/75

3 BUGEJA Emanuel 65/75

Class B

1 CARABOTT Nicholas 67/75

2 CASSAR Luke 66/75

3 GRECH Shazen 65/75

Class C

1 MARMARA John 60/75

2 VASSALLO Jeremy 59/75

3 CALLEJA Silvio 54/75

The overall result after the final stage was:

1 CARABOTT Nicholas 25/30

2 BUGEJA Ryan 22/30

3 SCIBERRAS Nico 19/25

4 CASSAR Luke 15/20

5 BUGEJA Emanuel 12/15

6 VELLA Stephen 12/15

7 XUEREB Martin 7/10

8 GRECH Shazen 3/10

The next Trap competition is the MSSF Trap Competition 50+50+25 (T4). This event will be held on the 30 August 2026 at the Malta National Shooting Ranges in Ta’ Kandja.

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GIANLUCA CHETCUTI WINS THE SANTA MARIJA GRAND PRIX AND SETS A NATIONAL RECORD

Sunday August 16, 2026

Gianluca Chetcuti won the Santa Marija Grand Prix and set a national record by a hitting a total of 30/30 clays under the new International Shooting Sport Federation Finals format. 

William Chetcuti finished in second, while Emmanuel Bugeja finished in third place overall.

This Trap event was held at the Southern Shooting Club over 2 days where 27 Athletes battled both a challenging target field and extreme summer temperatures, while shooting at a total of 125 qualifying targets each. The field demonstrated a high level of competition that delivered standout scores.

The eight Finalists in Bib number order according to their qualification scores were: GALEA Brian 121/125, CHETCUTI William 120/125, GALEA James Jr 119/125, CHETCUTI Gianluca 117/125, BUGEJA Emmanuel 114/125, CASSAR Abiel 113/125, SCIBERRAS Nico 111/125 +3 shoot-off and GRECH Shazen 111/125 +2 shoot-off.

The overall result after the final stages was:

1 CHETCUTI Gianluca 30/30 National Record

2 CHETCUTI William 26/30

3 BUGEJA Emmanuel 21/25

4 GALEA Brian 14/20

5 CASSAR Abiel 12/15

6 GALEA James Jr 10/15

7 SCIBERRAS Nico 7/10

8 GRECH Shazen 6/10

Class: A

1 GALEA Brian 121/125

2 CHETCUTI William 120/125

3 GALEA James Jr 119/125

Class: B

1 CASSAR Abiel 113/125

2 GRECH Shazen 111/125

3 CAMILLERI Philip 110/125

Class: C

1 VASSALLO Jeremy 97/125 

2 MALLIA Joseph 97/125

3 CASSAR Vincent 92/125

The best 2 Shooters from each Class who did not make it with the top six participated in Barrage B, which is another round of 25 targets from a single shot. 

Barrage: B

1 AQUILINA Jason John (Class A) 17/25

2 MALLIA Joseph (Class C) 16/25

3 CARABOTT Nicholas (Class B) 15/25

4 CAMILLERI Philip (Class B) 13/25

5 VASSALLO Jeremy (Class C) 13/25

The best Shooter in Day 1 and in Day 2 was GALEA Brian with 73/75 on the first day and 48/50 on the second day.

ATTARD Nazzareno topped the Veterans Category, while CASSAR Abiel was declared as the best Junior Athlete of this event.

The next Trap competition will be the President’s Cup which will be held on the 23 August 2026 at Malta National Shooting Ranges.

Team Malta at the European U23 Shotgun Championships – Wrocław, Poland

Nico Sciberras won the Silver Medal in the Trap Men Solo event at the European U23 Shotgun Championships, organised by the European Shooting Confederation in Wrocław, Poland.

This marked the second time that Nico has won a medal at a Continental Championship.

Sciberras progressed through three elimination phases and a semi-final before facing Egemen Agca of Türkiye in the final stage. Nico delivered another strong performance to secure an excellent Silver Medal for Malta. 

Apart from Sciberras, Team Malta was represented by Abiel Cassar, who progressed to the second phase, and Shazen Grech, who gained valuable international experience during the first elimination phase.

The Malta Trap Team also competed in the Trap event held on 8 and 9 August, where Nico Sciberras produced another outstanding performance, hitting 117/125 clays to comfortably qualify for the final with Bib No. 3.

In the final stages, Nico finished 7th overall from a field of 40 athletes, following a score of 6/10 targets in the first phase. Egemen Agca of Türkiye claimed the Gold Medal with 29/30 clays, followed by Timotej Toth of Slovenia with Silver on 25/30, while Grigoriou Giorgos of Cyprus secured Bronze with 18/25.

The other Maltese athletes also produced encouraging performances. Shazen Grech scored 104/125, while Abiel Cassar finished with 100/125. Leetov Bonnici, competing for Ranking Points (RPO), enjoyed a positive first overseas experience with a score of 106/125, while Luke Cassar, also competing for Ranking Points (RPO), recorded 98/125.

Leading the Maltese contingent in the Skeet Men category was Andre Cassar, who produced a commendable 117/125, missing the shoot-off for a place in the final by just one clay. He finished an impressive 12th overall among 46 international competitors.

Malta's athletes were supported by an experienced team, with Bruno Gubellini serving as Skeet Team Coach, while John Mary Bugeja undertook official duties in the Trap discipline. MSSF President Mr Sinclair Cassar served as Head of Delegation and also participated in various high-level meetings and ceremonial duties throughout the event.

Team Malta now looks ahead to its next international commitment, the Mediterranean Games in Taranto, Italy, scheduled from 21 August to 3 September 2026.

Well done to all our athletes and officials for representing Malta with pride! 

​Nico Sciberras bows out of the final in 7th place at the European U23 Championships in Wrocław.

​From shooting a 117 in qualification to battling in the final against Europe’s top talent, it was an incredible run. 

Sunday August 02, 2026

Emmanuel Bugeja won the All Malta 2026 edition. This event was also the 6th Trap Selection Shoot of the season.

Joining Bugeja on the podium were Ryan Bugeja and Gianluca Chetcuti who placed in second and in the third place respectively.

This Competition was held at the Malta National Shooting Ranges and the participants shot at 125 targets over the period of 2 days.

It was a top-level Competition where a total of 10 perfect straights of 25/25 were registered between 8 athletes as Ryan Buġeja, James Galea Jr, Brian Galea, Nico Sciberras, Nicholas Carabott u Christopher Vella shot a straight of 25/25 each, while Gianluca Chetcuti and Luke Cassar shot 2 straights each on the 2 nd day by hitting 50/50 Clay targets.

The eight Finalists in the Bib number order according to their qualification scores were: BUĠEJA Ryan qualified with the score of 120/125, CHETCUTI William hit 119/125+1 shoot-off, CHETCUTI Gianluca 119/125+0 shoot-off, GALEA James Jr 116/125, GALEA Brian115/125+10 shoot-off, CARABOTT Nicholas 115/125+16+0+3

shoot-off, SCIBERRAS Nico 115/125+16+0+2 shoot-off and BUĠEJA Emmanuel hit 114/125 clay targets.

The overall result after the final stages was:

1 BUĠEJA Emmanuel 26/30

2 BUĠEJA Ryan 25/30

3 CHETCUTI Gianluca 21/25

4 CHETCUTI William 15/20

5 GALEA James Jr 11/15

6 SCIBERRAS Nico 10/15

7 GALEA Brian 7/10

8 CARABOTT Nicholas 6/10

Class A

1 BUĠEJA Ryan 120/125

2 CHETCUTI Gianluca 119/125

3 CHETCUTI William 119/125

Class B

1 CARABOTT Nicholas115/125

2 CASSAR Luke 113/125

3 XUEREB Martin 111/125

Class C

1 MALLIA Joseph 105/125

2 VASSALLO Jeremy 104/125

3 Marmara John 98/125

The next Event listed on the MSSF Trap Programme is Carmel Grech trophy whichwill be held on Sunday 7 August at the Qormi Clay Shooting Club.

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Trap Men Results: 

• Gianluca Chetcuti – 119/125 (Finished 30th out of 208 shooters) 

• William Chetcuti – 115/125 

• James Galea Jr – 114/125 

• Christopher Vella (RPO) – 112/125 

• Gold Medalist: Erminio Frasca (ITA) – 122/125 (+18 S.O. & 30/30 World Record Final) 

Skeet Men Results: 

• Clive Farrugia – 113/125 

• Liam Sciberras – 113/125 

• Andre Cassar – 110/125 

• Gold Medalist: Vincent Hancock (USA) – 124/125 (+11 S.O. & 36/36 World Record Final) 

Skeet Women Results: 

• Mikaela Galea – 101/125 

👥 Team Officials & Coaches: 

• Skeet: Bruno Gubellini (Coach), Jimmy Bugeja (Official) 

• Trap: Antonino Barilla’ (Coach), Nicholas Carabott (Official) 

🏆 Podium Finishes (125 Targets + Shoot-Off): 

 🥇1st Place: Emmanuel Bugeja – 121/125 (+9 S.O.) 

🥈2nd Place: Ryan Bugeja – 121/125 (+8 S.O.) 

🥉3rd Place: Brian Galea – 119/125 (+2 S.O.) 

• 4th Place: Gordon Caruana – 119/125 (+1 S.O.) 

• 5th Place: Nicholas Carabott – 118/125 

• 6th Place: Gianluca Chetcuti – 118/125 

📌 Event Highlights: 

• Held at Southern Shooting Club in a 50+50+25 format. 

• High-level competition: All 6 finalists achieved and surpassed the MSSF Minimum Qualifying Score (MQS) of 117/125. 

🎯 Class Leaders (After 50 Targets): 

• Class A: 1st William Chetcuti (48/50), 2nd Nicholas Carabott (48/50), 3rd Brian Galea (47/50) 

• Class B: 1st Gordon Caruana (47/50), 2nd Nicholas Carabott (47/50), 3rd Dennis Grech (46/50) 

• Class C: 1st Ryan Cini (40/50), 2nd Joseph Mallia (39/50), 3rd John Marmara (36/50)