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Gibraltar made a stunning recovery from their opening day humiliation against Moldova in the European Promotion Cup for Men but still lost 68 67 to Andorra on Tuesday.

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Young cricketers from six countries will come together next month to form the European Academy side, which will play three one-day matches against the England under-17 XI and a two-day game against Warwickshire’s Under-19 side.

The selectors made up of the ICC’s European Development Manager, Richard Holdsworth, Academy Manager Philip Hudson and Academy Director Richard Cox, has announced a fourteen-man squad, all of whom took part in the recent Academy programme at La Manga Club, Spain.

The bulk of the squad comes from the three countries which are participating in the ICC’s High Performance Program (Ireland, The Netherlands, and Scotland), but there will also be players from Denmark, France and Gibraltar.

The Academy team will not be short of international experience: four of the Irish players and two of the Scots took part in the recent Under-19 World Cup tournament in Sri Lanka. All the players have come through the European Cricket Council’s system of age-group tournaments, while several are already playing in top-level senior cricket in their respective countries.

The full squad is: Zishan Shah (Denmark), Arun Ayyavooraju (France), Mark Bacarese (Gibraltar), Eoghan Delany, James Hall, Richard Keaveney, Fintan McAllister and Gavin McKenna (all Ireland), Steven de Bruin, Graham Davey and Oliver Lodder (all The Netherlands), Scott Dagliesh, Scott Maclennan and Calum Macleod (all Scotland).

The programme of matches will be:

24, 25 and 27 June vs England Under-17 (Haslegrave, Loughborough University)

28-29 June vs Warwickshire Under-19 (Loughborough Carillon CC)

Click here: To read about Gibraltar's, Ian Farrell and his cricket scholarship

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Gibraltar will tonight play against Tibet at 18:00. Tibet were last night beaten, convincingly by St Pauli who Gibraltar managed to hold to a one all draw (pictured). St Pauli's 7-0 win means that Tibet need to beat Gibraltar in order to get through to the next round. The likelyhood of the this happening is virtually nil as Gibraltar, by all accounts, had a greater control over the game against St Pauli than the socreline reflects. Gibraltar on the other hand only need to come away with a 0-0 scoreline in order to progress to the next round.

A win would be important for Gibraltar, especially if the margin is of 8 goals or more as this would then match Gibraltar up against Greenland, who lost by 1-0 against Northern Cyprus. Northern Cyprus could now be considered as the tournament's firm favourites as they have also beaten Zanzibar, another strong team by 3-1.

Tonights challenge may therefore be quite an easy one in comparison to the opponents Gibraltar might have to face in the semis. That being, either Greenland, the pre-tournament favourites, or Northern Turkey, who have beaten Greenland, a daunting but managable a task for the Gibraltarians.

We wish the Gibraltar side the best of Gibraltarian luck in tonight's game!!!

Remember that you can watch the highlights on the German channel DSF.

Wednesday: 19:15 (highlights)
Thursday: 19:45 (LIVE semi-final)
Friday: 18:45 (highlights)
Saturday: 17:45 (LIVE Final)

Image: Gibraltar, red and white, against St Pauli.

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The May bank holiday weekend saw Med Golf enjoy a few days away in Morocco, which also included their latest tournament at Cabo Negro Golf Club, sponsored by Aage Hempel Marine Electronics.

It was certainly a good weekend for Tom Parry when he not only won the main competition and the team prize with his brother Steve, but also his coveted invitation to compete in the Med Golf Masters at Valderrama in November. He now joins previous winners Louis Calvente, Denny To, Nicky Sanchez, Russ Crawford, Frank Samways, Andy Griffin and Neil Emmerson. In second place was John Hunter, with his son Josh in third place. John had a superb round of 75 that also won him the best gross score trophy. Top lady was Sheila Morris with Frank Samways being the top senior and Mike Walsh the “star quality” player.

Amongst the other prize- winners, Gary Edwards had the longest drive and the nearest the pin winners were Garth Morris, John Hunter, Tom Parry, John Dale and Ivan Galliano.

Another Valderrama invitation is on offer at the next competition, which is for the Gala Casino Trophy on the championship course at Montecastillio over the bank holiday weekend commencing 16th June, where again Med Golf have organised a few days break in the luxurious 5-star hotel. Golfers and non-golfers are welcome. To get further details and book your tee times, you should ring Johnathan Goodson on 0034-639741886. He will also be able to give you the full tournament schedule and all the substantial green fee discounts that are now available to Med Golf members. Full details are on the web site www.teetimespain.com

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The junior league, season has now come to a close. The success of the competition has been demonstrated in the large number of children taking part in the competitions, on a weeklybasis. This truly demonstartes the enthusiasm with which our younger footballers demonstrate to what is Gibraltar's most popular sport.

The success of the junior football league can also be attributed to certain members of the GFA, who have worked relentlessly, in organising all aspects related to the leagues.

Congratulations to the winners of the different age groups as well as to all the players who have taken part, throughout the season.

Winners of the under 7s were: Newcastle Black
Winners of the under 9s were: St Joseph's Bell Pharmacy
Winners of the under 11s were: St Joseph's Redwood
Winners of the under 13s were: Glacis Utd
Winners of the under 15s were: Gib Utd Cotton Leisure

Click here: to see the final league tables for Gibraltar's Junior Leagues

The following are the most recent results from the junoir football leagues.

14th May 2006

Combined Services Under 7s	2	v	1	Newcastle Red
Gib Utd Oseco	1	v	2	Rock Cosmos
Newcastle White	3	v	1	Glacis Utd
Gib Utd Form-a-co	2	v	0	Lions R&J
Lions Admiral Security	1	v	5	Newcastle Black
Man Utd Gib telecom	2	v	4	College Cosmos
Under 9
St Josephs S.O.R.T.	4	v	1	Man Utd Netgear
St Josephs Bell Pharmacy	5	v	1	Combined Services
Gib Utd Deloitte	2	v	0	Newcastle White
Group A Under 11
St Joseph's Wiltrans	1	v	5	Lions Angling Centre
Gib Utd Pascoe	6	v	9	College Cosmos
St Joseph's Redwood	2	v	2	Man Utd Garpon
Group B
Gib Utd IFC	3	v	1	Gib Utd Hire-U-Shop
Lions PCA	6	v	2	Newcastle White
Combined Services	6	v	9	Man Utd Marrache
Under 13
Gib Utd Portman		v		St Josephs Haymills
Man Utd MBS	8	v	1	Chelsea Java oil
Glacis Utd	3	v	0	Glacis Athletic
Under 15
Gib Utd PCA	3	v	0	Gib Utd Cotter Leis
Man Utd Gibtelecom	2	v	2	St Joseph's Cine bank
Glacis Utd	15	v	0	Chelsea F.C

Other footballing news:
Gibraltar will be taking part in the Strait Games, being held in Ceuta, between the 2-4 June. Gibraltar's footballers will be participating in the 7 a side and 5 a side competitions.

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Gibraltar succumbed to a very strong Moldovan team. The scoreline was no real surprise as the Moldovan's are a able to boast a wide selection of players that play abroad. In fact most of their players are either professional or semi professional. The Moldovans are strong favourites to win the competition but should find the Andorrans difficult to manage. Especially since the Andorrans won the competition in 2004.

Gibraltar's top scorer was A. Guerrero Torres ( pictured) with a total of 16 points. Angel is a Spanish national, from La Linea but is able to represent Gibraltar as he has been playing for a local side for more than three years.

Gibraltar's next game will be tomorrow, against the Andorrans at 16:00. We are sure they will continue to perform to the highest standards and represent Gibraltar with pride.

Final scoreline: Gibraltar 54 Moldova 100

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Gibraltar manage a credible 1 - 1 draw against "Republik" St Pauli.

The match, played last night at 18:00.CET, in Hamburg (Germany), was important for the Gibraltarian side as the local team, with its passionate crowd, surely had a home advantage that would put Gibraltar's players under great pressure. Another factor to consider is Gibraltar's relative inexperience in playing on a grass surface. Gibraltar's artificial surface, although very similar to the real thing is still something many Gibraltarian players have to get used too, especially the younger players who may have only played on real grass, on a handful of occasions.

The score however,is a great result for Gibraltar. The fact they have opened the scoring in the Wild Cup, will give them the encouragement to go for more goals and perhaps even bring home the trophy.

Gibraltar's next game is against Tibet. The game will be played tomorrow at 18:00 hours. Gibraltar must beat Tibet in order to stand a good chance of getting through to the semifinals.

Meanwhile in the other group, Northern Cyprus beat Greenland by the narrowest of margins, a 1 - 0 scoreline. This was perhaps one of the most hotly contested matches of the tournament as both teams are considered as likely contenders to win the tournament. Greenland however, now need to score a few goals in their next match and have a bit of luck on their side, in order to get through to the semis.

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Don't forget that for those of you with the German Channel, DSF, you will be able to watch the highlights at the following times:

Tonight at 19:15 and then:
Wednesday: 19:15 (highlights)
Thursday: 19:45 (LIVE semi-final)
Friday: 18:45 (highlights)
Saturday: 17:45 (LIVE Final)

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Fantastic games played, however all but one of the men’s team did lose in the 1st game, a close 4-3 which was a true shame as they where cracking matches.
George Federico was the singles player of the moment and he also missed out losing in the semi-finals (Bronze medal), with a very good total average per dart thrown.

That afternoon saw a great comeback too in the pair’s event, where Justin Broton and Dylan Duo basically blasted there way through to the final, beating France, Italy and Cyprus. The final game was strongly fought against the Greek players but Gibraltar should be proud of reaching a well deserved stage final and obtaining a silver medal in the pairs event.

The Ladies did really well this year achieving an overall Bronze Medal. In the Team event they reached the final too, but the French girls were just too strong for them. Credit must still be awarded as they battled some stiff opponents especially the young Italian Ladies who always want to prove how good they are.

The Gibraltar selection obtained higher averages per dart than most of the other participating countries in all events including the best leg thrown in the whole event. Unfortunately the highest averages of scores do not win games, but it proves that Gibraltar is increasingly becoming a strong contender in any International event (watch this space, it will happen, it’s solely a question of money and time).

This is what the president of the Mediterranean Cup, Cyprus - Michael Savvides, had to say in the closing ceremony,

“The Med Cup has grown well and is continuing to create great friendships between Mediterranean Cup countries”.

The closing dinner gala had a few surprises installed for Justin Broton (pictured) too. The French Vice President, Jean-Claude Miguel, after presenting participating helpers and organisers with gifts (which must be said without them the competition is not possible), also presented Justin with a gift for having helped out during the initial phases of the event where Justin provided software, instructions and other material for the upcoming event in France. Furthermore as if one surprise was not enough, later on in the evening Justin got called up again by Jean-Claude, he made some encouraging comments and then produced a score sheet highlighting the best leg of the Med Cup (between Gibraltar - Justin Broton & France - Laurent Fagnone) and he continued in saying the following

“This proves the good quality of darts thrown this week and that the competition is growing and spreading to produce good darts from all participating countries making it an excellent event”.

These where very nice surprises for Justin and he appreciated the gestures made to him by Jean-Claude.

This year Gibraltar through the kindness of sponsors, WYSE Hire, managed to take an extra player and manager to attend the event. Solely due to this the medal tally speaks for itself. Gibraltar, even on finals day, given the right permutations of who lost against who, would have given the Men’s team the overall Gold. However that was not to be the case but we got pretty close. For this, gratitude has to be overwhelmingly given to Alan Kimberley for his managers and supporting role during the entirety of the event. Thanks Alan from the Team.

Alan and the selection wish to thank WYSE Hire (Sally Welch) for their sponsorship that enabled Alan to attend the Med Cup this year.

Click here: to view all the results from the competition.

Medal Winners
Dylan Duo, Justin Broton, George Federico, Francis Taylor, Alan Kimberley
Sue Parody, Erika Ward

Medal Tally
Overall Men: 4th Place (Francis Taylor, George Federico, Dylan Duo, Justin Broton).
Overall Ladies: Silver Medal (Erika Ward, Sue Parody)

Team Men: Bronze Medal (Francis Taylor, George Federico, Dylan Duo, Justin Broton).
Team Ladies: Silver Medal (Erika Ward, Sue Parody).

Team Pairs: Silver Medal (Justin Broton, Dylan Duo).

Mens Singles: Bronze Medal (George Federico).

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GCC clinched the Wiggins/Benrimoj Shield for the second successive season with a comfortable victory against PGCC at Europa on Sunday. This was the fifth time they lift this trophy thereby making them the most successful Club in the competition. Other winners have been Combined Services and UKCCC who have won it four times each and Grammarians with two successes.
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All too easy for GCC.
PGCC occupied the crease first at a cold and very windy Europa Oval and apart from a fine knock of 81 by Prabhu Gautam they had no answer to the wiles of veteran spinners Gary De’Ath and Bob Brooks, and were dismissed for a paltry 143 in 27.3 overs. De’Ath returned figures of 3/14 and Brooks 2/38, whilst young Sebastian Suarez continued to improve with a return of 2/24.

GCC lost the early wicket of Adrian Hewitt before Kieron Ferrary [64] and Steven Gonzalez [57] saw their side home without further lost with 3.3 overs to spare. GCC thus took nineteen points from the game whilst PGCC went home empty handed.

Next Week.
There is one Wiggins/Benrimoj Shield match scheduled for next Saturday when UKCCC take on PGCC at the Europa Oval, starting at 11.00am.
TJF

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Gibraltar will today, be playing its first match in the 2006 edition of the FIBA Europe Promotions Cup, a competition which allows the winners the opportunity to be 'promoted' to the upper tiers of European basketball. The competition is being held in Albania and Gibraltar have been drawn in Group A alongside Moldova, Andorra and Malta. Group B consists of the hosts Albania, Azerbaijan, Wales and San Marino.

In the same competition, 2004, Gibraltar finished in 7th position out of nine, with Andorra winning the tournament. The favourites, this year however, will be the Moldavians, who have a strong squad, with many players based abroad. Adam Cassaglia (pictured) was Gibraltar's best player, in the 2004 competition. He came in 14th place overall, with 64points in four games.

Gibraltar's selection is as follows:
Andrew David Barratt
Edgar Anthony Bocarisa
Darren Lawrence Borge
Stephen Britto
Sam Buxton
Adam John Cassaglia
Stuart Felice
Raul Garcia Fernandez
Angel Guerrero Torres
Fabian Joseph Marzan
Jared Olivero
Jordan Ramagge
Robert Randall
Aaron John Turner

The Maltese National team has been preparing for this competition, throughout the year, under National Coach Bruno Di Pietrantonio. In the last weeks, as soon as the National league was over, the national team trained daily to ensure that the best possible results are obtained in this competition.

The following players have been selected to represent Malta:

CLub: Players' names:
Luxol: Silvio Cassar, Dirk Schembri, Steve Schembri, Chris Sammut
Pembroke: Michael Naudi, Etienne Bezzina, Adrian Micallef, Kristin Baldacchino
Hamrun: Omar Said
Siggiewi: Peter Shoults, Jean Paul Bonnici

Malta's national coach said that he’s "very confident that the work done in the last months, will at the end be fruitful for the national team and for Maltese Basketball in general". He confirmed that despite the young average age of th team, there are many players with a lot of international experience.

There are 6 Moldavian women players and 19 men players, who currently play abroad. As the Moldavian league is fully amateur and Moldavian teams do not play in any of the European cup competitions, the only chance to make some money from playing basketball is to move abroad, where Moldavian players can sign pro contracts. The most common place for Moldavians to go abroad are neighbouring Romania, Ukraine and Belarus. But they also play in many other European countries, with solid pro leagues like France, Germany, Greece and a few others.

We wish the Gibraltarian team the best of luck in their forthcoming matches.

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The Mediterranean Shore Angling Club held its sixth outing of the 2006 season at the Detached Mole on Sunday 21 May. A total of thirty-six anglers took part in the competition on a calm, sunny day of light westerly winds. 353 fish were brought to the scales - the second highest catch of the year so far and the highest at the Detached Mole.

Once more, Two-Banded Bream were plentiful with 56 successfully landed and presented at the weigh-in representing the highest number caught of this species so far this year. The total number of fish landed this season now stands at 1,866 compared with 962 at the same point in 2005. 11 Common Sea Bream were also caught as well as 34 Atlantic Mackerel, heralding the imminence of the summer months. In addition, Trigger Fish seem to be making a welcome reappearance with 5 large specimens captured on the day.

The Heaviest Fish award was won by Nicky Celecia with a 1.350 kg Trigger Fish. 2 more Trigger Fish weighing more than 1kg, one landed by Euan Couper and the other by M. Benhakim, were also brought to the scales. Other notable catches were a 1.140 Gilthead Bream by Albert Gonzalez and a Sheepshead Bream which weighed-in at 1.010 and was caught by Paul Milan. Brian Garcia established the heaviest White Bream of the season so far with a specimen fish of 0.890 kg.

There were three trophies for the heaviest points aggregates of the day. True to form, Arthur Asquez and Lawrence Sisarello took the first two positions. Arthur managed a total points tally of 488 with a catch that included 2 Common Sea Bream, 5 White Bream and 10 Two-Banded Bream among his total of 30 fish. Lawrence also managed 2 Common Sea Bream and 1 Pandora Bream among his total catch of 18 fish that secured him 315 aggregate points. 3rd position went to Terry Deeley with 285 points and a bag that also included 2 Common Sea Bream and 2 White Bream. Congratulations to all three anglers for their excellent catches.

Medsea Tackle Trading League 2006
1. A. Asquez - 2,311
2. L. Sisarello - 2,286
3. M. Asquez - 1,469
4. T. Deeley - 1,114
5. A. Gonzalez - 1,048
6. R. Chichon - 989
7. M. Vella - 947
8. M. Hernandez - 888
9. J. Asquez - 883
10. W. Alecio - 817
11. K. Fortunato - 791
12. A. Lopez - 774
13. H. Viñales - 750
14. C. Asquez - 745
15. J. Tilbury - 703

Medsea Tackle Trading, Heaviest Fish of the Season

1st		Heaviest Fish	M. Tierney	Pandora Bream	1.730 kg
2nd		Heaviest Fish	L. Sisarello	Gilthead Bream	1.520 kg
3rd		Heaviest Fish	M. Martinez	Gilthead Bream	1.430 kg

Medsea Tackle Trading, Heaviest Fish Species of the Season

Black Bream. A. Gonzalez - 0.690 kg
Common Sea Bream. A. Asquez - 1.410 kg
Conger - -
Gilthead Bream. L. Sisarello - 1.520 kg
Grey Mullet. C. Asquez - 1.250 kg
Pandora Bream. M. Tierney - 1.730 kg
Saddle Bream. C. Asquez - 0.340 kg
Scorpion Fish. E. Couper - 0.560 kg
Sea Bass. R. Galliano - 0.410 kg
Two-Banded Bream. L. Sisarello - 0.610 kg
White Bream. B. Garcia - 0.890 kg
Wrasse. R. Chichon - 0.750 kg