Olympic Trap

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.

MSSF

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)