Coresportgib issue11 17 03 2016

CoreSportgib17th March 2016 - Issue 11

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Plus interview with Daryl Vassallo, King of the Road

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FOOTBALLThe drop lookscloser for Angels

Manchester sinkfurther down

Glacis out hassleEuropa

The yellow cardfarce

Walking Football,run and its a foul

Gibraltar startsinternationals

Interschoolfootball

U17 Europa comefrom behind to win

No Banter Pls!

FutsalSt Joseph pulledapart byScorpions

Lynx keep thelead at the top

AthleticsDaryl, King of theRoad theinterview

Youth Track inImages

BadmintonBadminton inimages

DartsGibraltar Darts Trophyfrom May 6th

Gibraltar Darts OpenXIII 2016

BasketballBoys show will to win

Mill Pharmacy justone game away

PoolWorld Series comingto Gibraltar

HockeyShocker asGrammarians beatHawks

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Angels look likely to be theteam to drop into thesecond division directly thisseason after their latestdefeat against Lion, but notbecause of their standard ofplay.

With 13 players changedsince the start of theseason, and under newguidance from a new coachAngels were anything butan easy opponent againstLions.

As the match went on itlooked more and more likeit would be Lions who couldhave dropped the points,their only consolation at theend of the match being theirsolitary goal in the first halfthat gave them the 1-0 win.Lions had taken the leadearly on with a goal byMartin on the 28th minute.Neither team had shownmuch in way of football toexcite the small number ofwatching fans in the first

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half. Lions had been held inthe centre of the pitch andhad made a few dangerousruns into goal, but with littleeffectiveness when it cameto the finish. Angels for theirpart were seeming more intune with their bottom of theleague status as theyseemed ineffective infinding a way into Lion's boxwhen they got the chances.

From the stands AngelsPresident Edmond Hoskens

could be heard shouting athis players in frustration,more than once telling themthat the other team wereputting more into the matchthan they were.

The second half soon sawAngels make changeswhich also saw a change inthe mood of the game.

Mena, one of the fewsurviving players fromthe first half of the


season entered the pitch,and although in his usualslow pace demonstratedthat Angels still had achance of equalising. Hisfirst shot at goal a drivefrom the edge of the box tothe far right of goal justscrapping over the top ofthe bar.

Angels seemed to sparkinto action, new boyCordoba controlling from adeep back midfield position

was spreading the ball withease at the centre as Lionslost the ball to the back four.Lions had several goodchances to go further aheadbut found Filoho in top formas he made four superbsaves to keep Angels in thegame.

Angels undeterred by Lionsdanger up front when theygot the ball turned on thestyle with some dazzlingfootwork and passing which


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saw Lions defence havingto tighten their belts andhold on.

Some of the footwork andcreativity to get the ballforward highlighted thecalibre of some of theplayers Angels had broughtin, but they needed thespark to get them going.Mena seemed to haveignited them with hisconstant search for dangerzones from which he

caused Lions defence tokeep a tight control on hismovements.

Angels maintained thepressure to the very lastminute but were unable tofind a clear way through ongoal. Lions were left to lookfor quick counter attacksbut found themselveshaving to back track quicklyas Angels kept on thepressure looking for theequaliser.


With frustrations growingAngels soon lost a playeras Cordoba found himselffacing a second yellow forspeaking out of turn to theofficials. Although Angelshad a free kick close to thebox, Cordoba was seemshouting at the official andwas alleged to have pushed

a player getting a secondyellow for his efforts andleaving Angels one manshort at a crucial time.

With only ten men on thefield Angel's task becamemore difficult, eventuallylosing by the solitary goal,their form however, stillindicating that their defeat


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of St Joseph and the factthey have only lost againstLynx and Lions by the onegoal could still see themgain points to help theircause.

Angels will now have to find9 points from the remainingsix matches left if they hopeto have a chance to survive

the drop. Mathematicallystill a possibility and withmatches against Britannia,Gibraltar United,Manchester 62 and GlacisUnited still to come Angelswill be hoping to take thepoints away from theirclosest rivals if they are tosurvive.



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This was going to be a highoctane game, even thoughappearances before thematch suggested differentlyas both teams arrived earlyand watched an under 13match from the sidelines.

As players arrived thecoaches spoke by the gatesin a friendly manner, smilingas if there was nothing atstake in the comingminutes. Manchesterplayers remained behind to

see the end of the Under 13match which had theiryounger team playing,whilst St Joseph went toprepare for their warm upsession.

Appearances were howeveras fraught with erred ashad been many observerspredictions on Manchester62 season. The early arrivalof both teams was enoughof a hint that both teamswere taking this match

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seriously, both teams atpitch side two hours beforethe game.

Manchester 62 knew beforethe 90 minutes that theirsurvival in the first divisionwas now at stake as Glaciscontinued to take pointsfrom top teams and werejust two points behind thembefore the match. WithAngels also havingprogressed and hinting at achange in their fortunes,

losing points in the lastseven matches of theleague could risk seeingthem drop to the last twopositions. Somethingnobody had evencontemplated or wished tocontemplate at the start ofthe season.

Manchester 62 one againstarted without JP Duartewho had been selected forthe last 31 man squadfor Gibraltar's


international friendlies.

St Joseph started the matchplaying a possession gamewhich suited their purposesfor most of the first half.

Controlled passing from theback slowed down whatwas the high octane matchexpected. Building from theback to the frustration ofManchester 62 who werelooking at breaking quick.

The match suddenly turnedon its head whenManchester did eventuallybreak through. Twoconsecutive corners led tothe controversial penalty forManchester's first goal.

A corner struck low to thenear post was judged tohave been struck by thearm of a St. Joseph player.

Later Manchester playersthemselves would be


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overhead commenting that"unless you called for iteven if it hadn't hitsomeone's arm youwouldn't get it," referring tothe penalty.

Toncheff converted thepenalty against Perez whoscreamed in frustration. Afew explicit phrases hadbeen thrown towards thelinesman already. Later hewould be seen apologisingto the same official over his

outburst.

Within minutes of the firstgoal, Manchester who hadhardly reached the penaltyarea nearly struck again.

Mikey Yome, who has beencalled up to the 31 manGFA squad struck the ball,but without the potencyeveryone had expected andput it straight into Perez'sarms.


St Joseph's upped theirgears and started lookingfor an equaliser. A seconddefeat against a bottomside of the table team wasnot what they were lookingfor. Eventually Saints brokethrough down the right flankand with a cross into themiddle saw the ball flicked

back by Lopez to drop overMateo and into the back ofthe net.

With the score at 1-1Manchester came outattacking. St Joseph's whowere hurrying when theyreceived the ball werelosing it in the middle giving


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their opponents the chanceto push forward.

St Joseph's suddenlyturned the tables as theystarted getting nearer to thegoal. Slowing down theirgame at the back by takingpossession. Saints buildplay from the back and

started seeing theirforwards breaking withsome danger.

It was in one of this lungesforward that Gomez Torrespicked up the ball and runinto the box. Striking it withpower the ball seemed todip at the last moment


leaving Mateo, who wasagain first team keeperinstead of Macedo, foundhimself stranded as he sawthe ball go into the back ofthe net.

Saints took over control andwent for the third. Two setpieces saw the ball strikethe post. A bold shot fromclose to the halfway linesaw Mateo having to race

back to save. As he fell withthe ball in his hands thekeeper had to let go for acorner as he fell into thegoal. Mateo's positioningwas being put to questionas it seemed luck wasplaying a part in keeping StJoseph from scoring as theball once again scrappedjust past over the crossbar.

Manchester had just a


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handful of chancesthemselves, only forcing asave in the last minutesfrom Perez.

Manchester had De LosSantos injured during thematch. The player justcalled up to the 31 mansquad will now have to seewhat the extend of theinjury usages limping off.

Manchester's weekend wasto worse as the unthinkablehappened and Europa lostall three points to Glacis thenext day. Manchester thirdfrom bottom face crucialmatches in which losingpoints could easily seethem sinking lower downthe table and having to fightto the last minute to stay inthe first division.



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Few expected the result butthose who had watchedGlacis progress during thepast weeks had warnedbefore the match thatEuropa could be dealt witha shaock if theyunderestimated Glacisfrontline potential.

Their warning would echothroughout the match asEuropa found themselvesbehind from the first half inwhat was one of the most

exciting matches of theseason.

Europa could not befaltered for their game play.From the start of the matchthey had sought to find away through Glacis and hadplayed their normal"effective" football whichhad brought them close tothe danger zones.

However Glacis hadremained firm in their

Glacis out pace,out flank outhassle Europa


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positioning and gameplanand did not let the "might"of Europa and theirEuropean hopes dauntthem.

Instead Europa were metby a game plan which hadeffectively destroyed othersides in recent weeks andwas soon to prove aseffective, although this timewith a change up front.With Sastrie now gone,Lopez was back from his

six week suspension, andright on time and refreshedto demonstrate that he wasthe unquestionable numberone forward for Glacis.

Lopez proved himself to bethe "demon" that spoiltEuropa's bid to stay incontention as he terrorisedEuropa's defence with highspeed chases, and threatson goal, which even sawhim try an overheadkick from the edge of


the box.

Glacis were intent inspoiling Europa's hopesfrom the start of the gameas they bypassed all senseof midfield and smashedthe ball forward for theirfront runners to do just thatrun.

A relentless kick and chasebattle was seen with Lopezand Nunez at the helmrunning at Europa's back

who were forced tobacktrack at speed and notventure forward as time andagain they were gettingcaught out.

Europa had tried tomaintain possession andsought to play into Glacisarea. However, they weremet by a solid defensivewall that seemed welldisciplined and with just onethought in their head, "keepthem out." Glacis defence


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would not venture forwardor run forward. Theirforwards would run for theball, those they had achance to get or a 50-50chance to get, but theywould not spend theirenergy on wasted balls.Instead they would trekback and positionthemselves to form theformidable wall that keptEuropa out for most of the90 minutes.

The speed in which Glaciscountered wasbreathtaking, leavingeveryone in awe as their"100mph" front line seemedto be inexhaustable.

It was in one of this manyattacks that Glacis got theirwinner as Nunez beatgoalkeeper Arevalo to thechase and slotted it easilyinto the back of the net asEuropa's defence triedto get back.


Glacis contend onabsorbing the pressure letEuropa push forward afterthe goal. However, animpeccable well formeddefensive play from Glacisleft Europa with little to nochances at goal.

Even Jamie Carlin, whoseantics at the back seemedintent on delaying the gameas much as possible,proved himself to be informidable faultless form.

His continued treks forwardacted as a sweeper behindthe Glacis defence. His longkicks were also reachingthe front players andallowing them to break atspeed towards Europa'sgoal.

Europa found themselveschasing back at one point,towards the end of the firsthalf as the ball beat thekeeper and had to becleared off the line by


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defenders. Officials laterrecriminated by Glacis whobelieved the ball had gonein, although clearly notcrossing the line.

The second half sawEuropa pin, or at least theythought, Glacis back intotheir own area as theysought the equaliser.Glacis, who have nowperfected the counter attackgame, absorbed thepressure, allowing Europa

little space in the centre tofind any opportunities atgoal. Glacis' counter attackinstead proved more lethal,with run after run at goalthreatening to open thescore further.

Glacis soon foundthemselves one man downand soon after a secondman down as the officialopted for red cards. Withjust nine men on thefield, Lopez was left


alone upfront. Hispresence, neverthelessforced Europa to place twomen next to him, reducingtheir effectiveness up frontand reducing theiradvantage.

Neutrals within the crowdhad turned to Glacis favouras their valiant performancelooked destined to collapseat the last minutes.

Glacis held on, even pastthe 8 minutes injury timegiven by the officials andwon 1-0 leaving Europa 8points behind Lincoln.

Glacis were rewarded byleapfrogging both GibraltarUnited and Manchester 62and placing themselves atone point from Britannia.

With the devastatingperformance by Glacis theyare now seen as potentialteam to keep on moving upthe table. Their latest victoryproving that Glacistransformation has beenspectacular and effectiveand should see them wellaway from the relegationzone by the end of theseason.

Europa now 8 point behindat the top will be lookingtowards the Rock Cup fortheir chance to play inEuropa. However withteams like Angels next andeven the possibility offacing Glacis again in thecup if the latter get throughEuropa's route could behard fought and will behoping Lincoln can alsoreach the final.


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Lincoln against Gibraltarwas probably the onematch in which the mostplayers called up for thenational team would beseen. With just weeks forGibraltar's next internationalfriendly the prospect ofseeing players pulling backfurther than usual toreserve themselves for theinternationals was amongthe talking points. However,it was not the case as bothteams entered the match

full of determination toprove themselves. It wasnot until the second halfthat the match was to turninto a farce in which GFAofficials would now need toconsider the logic behindallowing sanctions to beplayed out with reserveleague matches where firstteam players would also beconsidered eligible to play.

The match started withanother controversy as both

The yellow cardfarce duringLincoln victory


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teams played with whiteshorts and red stripes. Theonly difference between thetwo kits being the blackstripes on Lincolns kit.

Officials had nonethelessdecided that there was nocolour clash even thoughpundits watching werethemselves questioning thelogic behind allowing bothteams to play with similarcoloured and patterned kits.

Lincoln, who have had acouple of mediocrematches for their standardswere not about to letGibraltar United think thatthey could take points fromthem. With Liam Walkernow back to his usual bestGibraltar United sawthemselves effectivelypinned back from the start.

Used to the onslaught, GibUtd held on andabsorbed the pressure


for the first 25 minutes. BradPower, recently selected forthe national team,demonstrated why he hadbeen selected as hecommanded his defence.

Up front the lonely figure ofRobert Montovio, who hadbeen selected for thenational squad too was tosee his match end quicklyas he received a knock thatleft him limping for parts ofthe first half.

It was not until the 25thminute that Lincoln openedtheir scoring. The next 20minutes proved to be thematch's determining factor.

First it was Kyle Casciarowho broke through outpacing Gibraltar United'sdefence for the first.

Lincolns fast paced breaksfrom midfield were to provetoo much for GibraltarUnited once the red andblack dynamites of Lincolngot going.

Just five minutes later,Cabrera, another of thenational team selections,who was unusually played inthe centre from the start,struck with his pace, beatingfellow national teamselection keeper Goldwynas he came out to block him.


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The third came on the 39thminute as Liam Walker, whohad become the master inmidfield decided to take afree kick. A deflection off thewall saw the Goldwynstranded on the line as theball went to the top corneraway from his reach.

Lincoln finished GibraltarUnited off with a fourth onthe 42nd minute with astring of passes on the rightside of the box which left

Livramento with a clear shoton target.

GIbraltar United made theirchanges at half time,something that was toprove a tactical error asEvan Green limped of in thefirst few minutes of thesecond half after he injuredhimself.

The match transcended intoa farce in the second halfas players seemed to hold


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back, many knowing thatthey were part of theselection for the nextGibraltar internationalfriendlies, there was little inway of high pressurefootball seen in the first half.With Gibraltar Unitedalready four nil down theprospects of catching upseemed far from anyone'smind. Green and Montovio'searly departure would alsohave send a shiver downthe backs of many who had

made it to the squad.

Neither team seemed to putmuch effort in the secondhalf except for their effortsto get yellowed carded.

From the stands GibraltarUnited coach could clearlybe seen gesturing to hisplayers to get yellowcarded. Actions which weredone directly next to thefourth official.


As Goldwyn took his firstand second goal kick in thehalf Gibraltar United'smanagers screamed at himand gestured holding histhumb and forefingertogether in the air as ifholding a yellow card, andtelling him that he shouldnot forget in the next goalkick. Similar gestures werealso made to Perez andBuhagiar who were to playout some extraordinaryscenes to get their yellow

cards.

Goldwyn, who seemed areluctant participant at firstfinally obliged and steppedto take a goalkick.

He soon backtracked andtried again. It was not untilhis fifth attempt that theofficial finally run to him toshow him a yellow card.

Within minutes it wasLincoln who seemed to join


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in the game as LeeCasciaro did the same for afree kick. From the sidelines GibraltarUnited's coach could nowbe heard summoning hisother two players, clearlyheard shouting to one to doit during a throw in.

The best yellow cardperformance came whenBuhagiar played out a "gohere, no go there, no gohere" with Currer as he was

due to take a throw-in, justas instructed. Lincolnplayers had left Currertotally unmarked withenough space to have awalk about, yet Buhagiarkept on signalling him tomove to one spot, thenanother, then another, thenanother until finally refereeParody was forced to give ayellow card to the laughs ofthe crowd who were in aweat the scenes.


Within minutes Perezmanaged to get his ownyellow card with the ballbeing driven miles away hegrabbed one of the Lincolnplayers by the arm andturned him around enoughto be seen by the official,but without causing anyinjury to the player. Threeprevious attempts at similaractions had been eithergone unchecked by thesame official who seemednot to want to yellow card

the players.

The scenes have led toquestions over the yellowcard sanctions which canbe played out in reservematches, leaving playersfree to play in their nextsenior first division games.With Gibraltar United due tohave a reserve matchbefore their next senior firstdivision match, the playerswill come into the nextmatches free from yellow


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cards.

The blatant manner inwhich the yellow cards wereobtained have led someobservers working close tothe GFA questioningwhether further sanctionsshould be given. Onesource indicating that UEFAhas already set aprecedence in the past insimilar situations byincreasing the sanctionsagainst players when such

situations are observed.

A league manager watchingfrom the stands was himselfin awe at the scenes. Heexclaimed that whilst it isknown that teams seekyellow cards to rest playersor have them free fromsanctions for crucialmatches this is normallyspoken about or requestedin private, during changingroom conversations oraway from matches.


Not as blatantly seen duringthe match next to the fourthofficial as was seen onSaturday and to the fullknowledge of officials and inthe farcical manner seen onthe day.

The match also saw Lincolngo down to ten playerswhen Navas limped offinjured. Joseph Chipolinawas called upon to wear thekeepers shirt. For the fifteenminutes in goal he did nothave to make a single save.

Lincoln came outcomfortable winners,placing themselves 8 pointsahead of Europa, who werelater to lose against Glacisto affirm Lincolnsdominance at the top.


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There was little chance thatthe Lynx v Britannia clashon Tuesday evening wouldmove the earth withexcitement as it had movedearlier that morning with theearth tremors in the Strait ofGibraltar.

It was more a matter ofcould the handful ofspectators, quite literally ahandful, still be awake bythe time Lynx scored. Thatwas how the 90 minutes

panned out. A lacklustreaffair where anyone comingin to watch late wouldprobably have thought, assomeone did, that Lynxwere already winning by alarge margin, and Britanniawere just doing their bestnot to let anymore in.

Lynx were the dominantteam on the field, but theirskilful footwork on the ballin midfield did not translateto chances in front of goal.

Yawn away LynxBritannia


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A handful of strike on targethad been easily saved byBarnfather or pushed outfor corner, but little else hadhappened to write homeabout.

The biggest talking issue ofthe first half was the yellowcard received by a Lynxplayer for allegedly diving.The player, who had runinto the penalty area andhad squeezed in betweentwo Britannia defenders

was dispossesed and as hejumped over the playerslanded on his knees as heclearly lost his balance.

Immediately getting up andchasing after the ballwithout even gesturing for afoul. The match official hadother ideas when he blewfor a foul and showed theplayer a yellow card forfeigning a foul to thedisbelieve of histeammates, the player


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himself and the few peoplewatching.

The first half had been allabout Lynx attacking andtrying to find a way through.The second half startedmuch the same way. Thereturn of Guilling to Lynx'sfirst eleven added pace tothe flanks where hecombined well with JaviChico.

New signing Vidic also

showed signs of promisecausing Britannia all sortsof problems up front, butfailing miserably to find thetarget.

It was not until halfwaythrough the second half thatVidic Lazar showed whyLynx had made so muchabout his signing. Collectingon the left he run into thepenalty area where hedribbled past twodefenders, before



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pushing past a third to sethimself as Britannia keeperBarnfather run out toattempt to block him.

Vidic calming struck the ballpast Barnfather for the firstgoal.

From then on Britannia sawthemselves slowly deflatingfurther, if that was possible,and played as if they werejust hanging on to a 1-0defeat.

Lynx continued with theirattempt to score another,but found that their finishinghad not changed much afterthe goal.

It was not until the very last

kick of the night that Lynxfound the next againwinning 2-0 against aBritannia side which are buta mere shadow of their startof the season.Supporters could not beblamed for staying awayfrom the ground on a chillyTuesday night, immediatelyafter a long weekend. Eventhose who stayed could nothave been blamed for goingwith the little excitementbrought onto the field byboth teams. Lynx onlyredeeming factor being thenifty footwork players suchas Javi Chico, Lazar,Montengro and Guillingprovided as they weavedthrough Britannia's defence.



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Yes, the title is correct,football where running isnot allowed. That is thebeauty of the sport offootball, that it can be asversatile as you require andit can reach as wide agroup of people as youwish.

Walking football is the latestidea to have been launchedin Gibraltar by the GibraltarFootball Association inconjunction with the GSLA

and other charitableorganisations involved inproviding leisure and sportsservices to the over 50's,such as PAAMOA.

On Friday a group of"younger" players were putthrough their paces by ateam of 50's, 60's 70 yearolds who had, for the pastsix weeks, been practisingthe sport in their leisuretime, as part of the officiallaunch of the sport.


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Walkingfootball, runand it’s a foul

Very much football, but withone rule that many founddifficult to adapt to, you justcouldn’t run, or for thatmatter slide tackle, it wascheating and thereforeconsidered a foul. The ballwas just the same as infootball, the pitch just thesame, the goals just thesame, the tactics just thesame, but it had thosespecial rules which madefootball more accessible tolarger groups who in their

senior years didn't have theopportunity to kick a ballaround.

Some admitted to nothaving kicked a ball aroundin a match for ten, twenty ormore years. The chance todo so had not been there,yet they were all very willingand able, and wanting to doso. Football was in theirblood and the desire to playwas still there.


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The aim of the launch of thesport was to encourageothers like them to join inthe sport so that more andmore people couldparticipate. Countless offormer players exist, bothmale and female who stillenjoy the sport, but due tohealth reasons, physicalfitness or just mere factthey have reached a certainage they have not had theopportunity to continue withthe sport.

Speaking after the matchduring a social gathering,which in itself is part of theoverall idea, we found like-minded people talkingamong themselvesenthusiastically about thematch they had just played,with the same excitementas you would expect fromthe younger generations. CoreSportGib spoke tosome of them to find outwhat they thought. Firston hand was Alex


Lopez from the GibraltarReferees association whohad officiated one of thematches said, "you seethem walking but they donot walk when they startrunning they can't. It'sactually very enjoyableseeing people of their age,my age enjoying football.

Today's launch went verywell, we enjoyed ourselvesand we can now have a cupof coffee, it was great fun

really."

Gladys Sanchez, one of thewomen who went toparticipate said "I reallyenjoyed it the tendency isyou want to run."

"Yes I have always likedfootball, my dad was a refhe used to take me to thematches in England I thinkit has been at least tenyears since I kicked a ballabout, we played a charity


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match for the airport and Iplayed for them," sheadded, "more and morewomen will eventually getinto it."

Amelia, representingPAAMOA, thought it was "agreat idea" from the point ofview of her organisation,adding that her associationoffer different activities forsenior citizens "this is yetanother one," she added"very different to what we

do it opens up new options,not only health wise butalso socially, and it willprobably attract more malemembers to ourassociation, and above allworking in a very very safeenvironment so I think it’s abrilliant idea."

She indicated that shedefinitely would encourageother people to join up. "Ourassociation runs waterbased classes and it


might encourage people tojoin if they do not like waterbased activities."

Amongst those who hadplayed during the launchwas also women's footballerand referee StaceyRowbottom, daughter ofLinda Alvarez. Asked whatshe thought as a youngperson of her walkingfootball experience she said"it was excellent it was sodifficult to walk and not run,

the competitiveness of eventhe older players gives youthe wish to run I found mostof this players wanted toplay football."

Asked if she would do itagain she replied that sheenjoyed it and seeing thatthat is the main objective ofit indeed she would.

CoreSportGib also had thechance to speak toGibraltar FA's Grassroots


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Manager Leslie Asquezasked what he thought ofthe launch he replied, "Ithink it a very positivelaunch this group of guyshave been doing it for thepast seven weeks and theGibraltar FootballAssociation with PAAMOassociation and GibraltarSports and LeisureAuthority are going to getmore people to get intoplaying walking football. Weare going to get more

women to participate also."

Although the media hadarrived late due to a minorerror in the times send outwe did catch Leslie scoringat the launch match, so wedecided to ask him abouthis experience on the field."The thing is I want to run,the mentality is you want torun but then you realise youhave to walk so you stop.

Sometimes I could


have gone running, donedribbling or whatever, but itswalking football you cannotrun because if you run it’s afoul. You really do have toparticipate in it to realise thedifficulties. Once you getinto the system I think it willwork properly."

Asked if this was more of askill and tactics basedgame approach rather thanphysical Leslie agreed,

"there is no need forcontact, no sliding tacklesjust walking and passingthe ball. You can see thefaces of the guys they enjoyit and they have fun with itand yet they are doing alittle bit of fitness."

However, the verydescription of a "bit offitness" was not quite assimple as it would seem asone player admitted that


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walking football might lookeasy, and might seem thatyou do not strain yourselftoo much because you arewalking but players stillneed to remember that theyare stretching muscles theymight not have done so inmany years, especiallykicking the ball or stretchingto control. One player toldCoreSportGib that indeedhe had felt the strain thenext days after playing for

the first days, and hadinjured himself, not theinjuries you would associateto the other football, but stillmuscles had been strainedand noted. Walking footballhad proven to be more thanjust a fun game, it was avery good way of keepingfit, without the need to runand to stretch muscles hehad forgotten he had.



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Not much publicity hadbeen seen from the GFAthat the veterans wereplaying on Saturday so itcame as little surprise thateven the fans watching theUnder 17's in a penaltyshoot out during a cup tiewere stunned to see theGibraltar Veterans squadwalk out to warm up.

Gibraltar was to playCleobury Mortimer OldBoys, a bunch of lads from

the UK who when askedwho they were byCoreSportGib describedthemselves as "a bunch oflads who meet up onThursday to play footballand then we go to the pubfor a drink."

The UK based veteranswere on tour, and werewarming up in their unusualstyle. Many of them over60's some lounged underthe sun taking in the bright

Gibraltar startsfriendlies witha win


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sunshine that shonethroughout Saturday overthe stadium. They evenconfessed to have someyoung lads playing forthem after a couple of theirplayers were injured beforethey arrived. However,they were far moreconcerned at the age ofthe Gibraltar veterans whowere fielding an over 35team. Not many in the 60'sunlike the Uk based vets.

Gibraltar veterans were thefirst to kick off theinternational fixtures withtheir pre-arranged matchagainst Cleobury MortimerOld Boys and they werethe only ones to score onthe day. The UK basedvets were no push oversshowing that even at over60 as some of them weretheir battling spirit was still


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there. There was littleevidence that they were justa Thursday night pub team,their record in recent toursshowing that they played farmore than they were lettingon that day.

Gibraltar opened the scorewith Colin Ramirez scoringthe first.

In the squad was alsoMinister Gilbert Licudi whoprovided proof that hisministerial role had nottaken away his appetite forthe game, running at theUK vets and forcing them toconcede a penalty as herun into the penalty area forthe second goal.

Gibraltar went on to win 3-0.



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The Interschool Footballtournaments for Boys andGirls took place during thepast two weeks with theGirls and Boys finals playedon Thursday at the VictoriaStadium.

The Boys mini leaguetournament to decide whowould play the finals tookplace last week, leaving StAnnes and BishopFitzgerald as the twofinalists.

The final saw both teamsplay a strong exciting matchwith Bishop Fitzgeraldcoming out on top with agoal in each half.

The boys tournament sawteams from St Bernard'sMiddle School (formerlySacred Heart), St Joseph'sSchool, Hebrew School, StAnne's School, LoretoConvent and BishopFitzgerald playing.

Interschools


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The Girls mini league wasplayed during the pastweek, with four teams fromSt Bernard's middle school,St Annes, Bishop Fitzgeraldand St Joseph's playingthroughout the week. Thegirls were playing twomatches a day which led toSt Joseph's and BishopFitzgerald as finalists.

The final, played just beforethe boys final at the VictoriaStadium was filled with

drama as Bishop Fitzgeraldovercame a two goal deficitto finish the game on equalterms with St Joseph's.A penalty shootout followedwhich resulted in a suddendeath which gave StJoseph's the trophy.

Minister Gilbert Licudi andGFA General SecretaryDenis Beiso presented thewinner with their trophies atthe end of the boysfinals.



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U17 Europacome frombehind to win


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An entertaining match which sawboth teams balanced in play. Glacishad more of the chances in the firsthalf but were unable to capitalise.It was not until the second half thatEuropa had a player send off andwere reduced to ten men. The playerthrowing his boots towards the wallby the benches as he came off.

With just ten men Europa held onuntil halfway through the half. Glacisstriking with a clean shot off thekeepers reach for the 1-0.

Europa responded with a free kickjust going over the crossbar.

Glacis went on to score a second.Just as the match entered last tenminutes Europa scored from a cornergiving the final minutes some tension.In another free kick Europa scoredthe equaliser as the ball reboundedoff the keeper.

The match went into sudden deathwith Europa winning the penaltyshoot out.



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St Joseph's were pulledapart by a devastatingperformance from formerLincoln boys Hanafi, Azzizand Nauofal who nowplayed for Scorpions.

Already 4-2 up at half time,Scorpions stung time aftertime as Nauofal led the wayto quick counter attacks thatleft St Joseph rubbing theirheads at how to break pastScorpions to score.

St Joseph's usually lethal infront of goal foundthemselves trailing withevery miss or block as theirshots did not seem to wantto go in. Either Chichonsaved, or the ball wentnarrowly out, or wasblocked by a solid defenceas St Joseph's shooting atgoal became moredesperate and erratic as thesecond half ticked on.

Scorpions instead found

St Josephpulled apart byScorpions


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themselves going 5-2, then6-2, 7-2 and 8-2 before StJoseph's were able to getone back. Nauofal led theway as he took on StJoseph's defence andcombining well with hisfellow colleagues Azziz first,then Hanafi and finally Pilli

struck time after time asthey run at St Joseph tobreak to goal.

As the second half tickedon St Joseph's seem todeflate further allowingmore space and play byScorpions who had not only


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taken the lead in thescoreboard but were notbeginning to control thegame.

A further four goals left StJoseph rubbing theirwounds as they went down12-5 against fifth placedScorpions.

With Lynx winning in theprevious matches on theday St Joseph were now sixpoints behind and seeinghow the Lynx werebeginning to dominate atthe top.



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St Joseph's were unable toclose the gap betweenthemselves and Lynx, afterthe latter went on to beatPheonix by 7-2 earlier in theday.

Lynx, running away at thetop made it look easy withtheir 7-2 win against a teamthat has been bidding toenter the top four with winsagainst Scorpions.St Joseph, clashed withScorpions now fourth in the

table and failed to showsigns that they will beovertaking Lynx.

Already 4-2 down in the firsthalf St Joseph were failedto convert their manychances in the second halfand saw themselves fallingbehind as Naoufal'sdevastating performance inquick counter attacksprovided Scorpions withthat extra sting which tookthem 5-2 up, then 6-2, then

Lynx keep leadat the top


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7-2 and finally 8-2 before StJoseph's hit the back of thenet.

Scorpions eventually won12-5 as St Joseph's losttheir confidence and wereon the backfoot.

In other matches Collegedestroyed Manchester 62with a 16-1 score lineproviding further evidenceof Manchester's demise inthe futsal first division as

they continue second fromthe bottom.

Glacis remained incontention for top three withtheir win against bottom ofthe table Cannon. Althoughthe official GFA leaguetables still show Lincoln andLions neither team anylonger play in the league,providing Manchester 62,Cannon and College 1975 achance to removethemselves from the


bottom of the table if theyeventually succeed inobtaining points.

Division 1

Gib Phoenix FC Eclipse 2Lynx FC 7Glacis United FC 5Cannons FC 2College 1975 FC 16Manchester 62 FC 1Gib Scorpions FC 12

St Josephs FC 5

Division 2

Young Boys Gib FC 3Lions FC B 0Rock Solid FC 11Maccabi Alef 8Mons Calpe SC 3Gunwharf FC6Gib Scorpions FC B 8Boca Juniors Gib FC 2St Josephs Southtrade 6Leo Bastion FC1


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Two Sunday’s ago DarylVassallo became the Kingof the Road taking thenecessary points from theRound the Rock Race,even though injured, tofinish at the top of theseason’s league table.

CoreSportGib has sincecaught up with him, we arenot as fast a runner as heis, but we did track himdown and asked him a fewquestions.Daryl has not had an easy

season. Several of hisraces have had him eitherinjured during the race orpre-race. As a shorterdistance runner road racingwould not be where youwould think you would findhim. Yet he has still beencrowned the King of theRoad. A feat in itself.

CoreSportGib - Daryl, Kingof the road after the lastroad race? How does itfeel?


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Daryl, King ofthe Road

CoreSportGib speaks to him exclusively to find out more aboutthe man who won this years Road Racing league.

Daryll - To retain the kingof the road title was oneof the winter training setobjectives..so it feelsgood to have met the settarget.

CoreSportGib - It's been atough season where youhave had a couple injuriesyet managed to come firsttell us a bit about it?

Daryll - It has been quitehard for me to handlesuch long races as 10kmas my training is targetedfor an 800m .. thencombining the fastertrack training and gymtraining with any roadrace is always difficultand may provoke injuriesas such. Thankfully i wasable to win a couple ofthe shorter races and idefended myself on thelonger races making italways in the first 5.... and


even run an injured 11thplace to finish the league.

CoreSportGib - You lastrace you were injured butcompleted it coming in 11th.How hard was it for youespecially since this wasthe round the rock race?

Daryl - The last leaguerace was a newexperience for me...forthe situation i was in..injured and knowing ihad to finish 8 placesfrom Abdulah and 12 fromwalker to win the league.It was only that Thursdaybefore that Itried runningand couldn't so it was abig risk i took. Thankfullyit ended positively for mefinishing in 11th doingenough to win...yet i wasmore glad to had finishedthan anything else.

CoreSportGib - You areactually a shorter distancerunner I gather. So whatnext?

Daryll - Yes i ampreparing the 800M quitewell this year. I am feelinga lot faster now than i didlast season so my nexttarget as from April issimply to tackle several800M locally andhopefully elsewhere if mylevel is competentenough.

CoreSportGib - AlthoughKing of the road you hadRogers winning some of thelast races but not being partof the league. Howimportant is it to have morecompetition even if not partof the league?

Daryl - Yes Arnold didn'ttake part in enough races


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to make himself count.Nevertheless it is verydifficult for me or anytrack athlete withoutdoing the quantity of kmsfor these long races togive any sort of challengeto a marathon runner whoprobably goes over the100km per week whentrack athletes hardly goover 30km, as we tend todo more track & gymtraining. Yet it is alwaysgood have morecompetition of a higherlevel to push everyone tothe limit.

CoreSportGib - You havebeen racing for some timenow. How do you see thepresent level of competitionas opposed to pastseasons?

Daryl - I'd rather notcompare as the past has

passed..but On the roadand track we have seenthat Kim Baglietto hasbeen to the highestGibraltarian level runningNR. And on the track wehave seen Jessy Francoalso running a 100Melectronic NR. So I wouldsay they are keeping thestandard there. So thetarget for myself and therest of the local athletesshould be to match upwith them twoGibraltarian top athletesperformances.

CoreSportGib - Athleticshad the rivalry betweencalpeans and Lourdiansonce upon a time whichfuelled athletes. That hassince been lost and it's verymuch individuals now. Doyou think that's adetrimental thing for thesport or do you think it's


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An injured Daryl completes the race


better?

Daryl - I do believe that havingrivalry between teams isfundamental in any sport.Having the team event in theleague has helped andsomehow has revived thecompetitiveness in us all. Wehope that these teams carry oncompeting with each other forthe sake of the sport.

CoreSportGib - Any objectivesyou have set yourself for theyear?

Daryl - My objective is to get asclose as possible to my 800MPB and of course beat it if Ican. I know it's a personaltarget but that is how I enjoyathletics nowadays.. enjoyingmy day to day training and alsothe competitions without anyadded pressure.


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Victoria Stadium will onceagain be host to a majorinternational tournamentwith the hall to be convertedinto a dart arena for theGibraltar Darts Trophy fromMay 6th.

Stars from the world ofdarts, including WorldChampion Gary Andersonand world number oneMichael van Gerwen, arepreparing to return toGibraltar for the fourth

staging of the GibraltarDarts Trophy from May 6th.

The three-day tournamentwill see 48 players descendon the Victoria Stadium tocompete for £115,000 in thethird of ten PDC EuropeanTour events being stagedacross continental Europethis year.

The field will includereigning Gibraltar DartsTrophy champion Michael

Gibraltar DartsTrophy fromMay 6th


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van Gerwen and 2014winner James Wade, whowill be joined by WorldChampion Gary Anderson,2015 Gibraltar runner-upTerry Jenkins, two-timeWorld Champion AdrianLewis and flamboyant Peter"Snakebite" Wright amongstthe 16 seeded players.

The 20 UK Qualifiers camefrom a knockout event inBarnsley last Friday andinclude former GibraltarDarts Trophy finalists JamieLewis and Steve Beaton aswell as Ross Smith, wholanded a nine-dart finish inGibraltar in 2013 andknocked out Phil Taylor inqualifying.

Former major winnersKevin Painter and StephenBunting also won places inGibraltar, alongside formermajor finalists Andy

Hamilton, Mark Walsh,Wayne Jones, Alan Norrisand the emerging Australianstar Kyle Anderson.

April's European Qualifierwill provide a further eightqualifiers and will featurethe likes of Dutch starsRaymond van Barneveld,Vincent van der Voort andJelle Klaasen, while fourGibraltarian representativeswill be found at the HostNation Qualifier onThursday May 5.

Tickets for the GibraltarDarts Trophy, costing fromjust £5, can now bepurchased online throughwww.buytickets.gi. Forenquiries, please contactthe Ministry of Sports, CityHall via +350 200 47592 orvia email [email protected].


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Tickets are also available inperson at the event, subjectto availability. Travel &Accommodation Packagesavailable on request fromthe Ministry of Sports.

Fans attending the GibraltarDarts Trophy can find outfurther information ofactivities to enjoy duringtheir stay in Gibraltar, ordiscover more about thedestination, throughwww.visitgibraltar.gi.

Gibraltar Darts Trophy

May 6-8, Victoria Stadium,Gibraltar

Top 16 Seeded Players(enter at Second Round)

Michael van Gerwen, PeterWright, Michael Smith,James Wade, KimHuybrechts, Dave Chisnall,

Ian White, Adrian Lewis,Jelle Klaasen, TerryJenkins, Robert Thornton,Benito van de Pas, GaryAnderson, Mensur Suljovic,Simon Whitlock, MervynKing

Gibraltar Darts TrophyQualifiers

Ross Smith, Nick Fullwell,Justin Pipe, StephenBunting, Gerwyn Price,Daryl Gurney, Alan Norris,Jamie Lewis, JohnHenderson, Andy Hamilton,Steve Beaton, Mark Walsh,Steve West, Joe Murnan,David Pallett, Wayne Jones,Kyle Anderson, KevinPainter, Joe Cullen, StuartKellett

Plus: Eight European Qualifiers(TBC April 22) & Four HostNation Qualifiers (TBC May 5).



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The Gibraltar Darts OpenXIII 2016 will take place atthe John Mac Hall (Annex)on Saturday 19th March2016. It will include Men'sLadies and Youth singles.The open will have £2,000prize money with WinmauPlaces and WDF Points atstake.

The event takes place theday after the TorremolinosOpen.

The Darts Association hasprovided information on theevent on their website in

which they announced thefollowing details.

Gibraltar Open (XIII)2016sponsored by”Kronenbourg 1664”£2000 Prize Money* +4 Winmau places**

MENTotal Prize Money of £1600Winner £650 + Trophy +Winmau World MastersEntryRunner-up: £350 + TrophySemi-Finalists: £150 each;

Gibraltar DartsOpen XIII 2016


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Quarter-Finalists:£75 each

LADIESTotal Prize Money of £280Winner £140 + Trophy +Winmau World MastersEntryRunner-up: £70 + TrophySemi-Finalists: £35 each;

YOUTH BOYSWinner: Trophy + WinmauWorld Masters EntryRunner-Up: TrophyGift Vouchers to beawarded (depending onentries) from Play.Com

YOUTH GIRLSWinner: Trophy + WinmauWorld Masters EntryRunner-Up: Trophy Gift Vouchers to beawarded (depending onentries) from Play.Com

Entry Fee Men - Ladies £10.00(€15.00 Euros)Youth £5.00 (€8.00 Euros)

[email protected]



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Wrighttec and Baysideyouth sides played it out tothe very last minute in whatwas a fluid well balancematch between two teamsdemonstrating the passionto win is still alive in theyouth games.

Bayside came out of thefirst quarter marginallyahead. Valmar Wrighttecsoon came back into thematch and took the leadkeeping it until two minutesfrom half time. A tacticalerror by Bayside coachduring a time out sawBayside take advantage of

players being rested.Bayside went into thesecond half with a ten pointlead. Stealing and blockingin defence they netted 12without response to go 31-41 ahead.

Wrighttec seemed at first tobe on the back foot. WithBayside only able to putaway four baskets,Wrighttec came back intothe game. In the lastseconds of the third quarterthey netted the equaliser.The fourth quarter was wideopen. Both teams underpressure to score, but little

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going in at first.

It was Bayside who edgedahead but with one minuteto go only a point betweenthem split them apart.Valmar Wrighttec then sawBayside nudge ahead bythree. As they tried to clawback they gave away acrucial foul that left themfive points behind and justthree seconds on the clock.Bayside winning by 65-61 inan exciting game of youthbasketball.

In the other match of thenight it was Isola Blue Starswho dominated throughout.From the start Isola BlueStars led the game, with asubstantial lead by the endof the first quarter whichsaw them 22-10 up.

Isola Blue Stars increasedtheir lead by increasing

their scoring ratio scoringanother 33 points in thesecond quarter againstEuropa's 14 which put thematch at 55-24 for IsolaBlue Stars.

There was little Europacould do, as the young ladsheads hang down and theywatched Isola Blue Starstear them apart. The anticsby the coach during the firstinterval did nothing to raiseEuropa's game. The coachclearly heard from thestands shouting at hisplayers with the crudest oflanguages which saw manyof the players shouldershand down instead ofuplifted.

Europa came back into thegame a bit in the thirdquarter when Isola BlueStars eased the pressure.The Europa young boys


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took advantage of the factand netted 28 points, morethan the two previousperiods put together. Hadthat been the first quarterthey would only have been32-28 behind, however withthe substantial lead alreadyestablished and two periodsalready gone Isola BlueStars came out of the thirdquarter leading 75-42.

Isola Blue Stars reachedthe 90 mark with threeminutes to go. However, inthose last three minutesthey were unable tocapitalise further just puttingin two points. Isola BlueStars were eventualwinners with a 92-62 scoreline. In any other match 62points could have givenEuropa the win.


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Wins for GABBA FirstDivision leaders MillPharmacy Airball andsecond-placed Isolas BlueStars in the latest round ofmatches mean that theformer need to win one oftheir remaining two gamesto clinch their firstchampionship title. They willhave a long wait, however,as two public holidays andthe badmintonchampionships take up thenext Mondays, when first

division matches areplayed, so 4 April, againstEuropa, is MPA’s firstopportunity.

MPA, missing Derek Aston-Fox, were not undulystretched by CS BaysideArgus, who were minusAaron Turner, their mainscoring threat.

Nevertheless, the contestwas still very open at thestart of the fourth quarter as

Mill Pharmacyjust one gameaway


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MPA’s lead was only 5points (50-45), having takenthe first-half quarters 15-11,18-17. The third quarterwas tied 17-17, but MPAclinched the game in thefourth, winning it 18-12 for afinal 68-57 scoreline.Andrew Yeats 22, DylanGomez 12, Michael Medina11 and Fabian Marzan 11led the winners whileStephen Britto 23 andSolomon Ojapah 11 werebest for the losers.

Earlier, Isolas Blue Starsrecovered from a poor thirdquarter, which saw themlose their half-time 37-26lead, built on 21-13, 16-13quarter splits, to start thefourth 47-49 behind asEuropa, powered by CarlosPerez’s 16 points, and ahard-working defence, tookthe quarter 23-10. Isolasrecovered , and two big 3’sby veteran skipper DarrenBorge put them on theirway to taking the


quarter 20-12, and the game 67-61.Raul Garcia 19, Borge 15, AngelGuerrero 14, Alex Garcia 10 led thewinners and Perez hit a game-high31 for the losers.

In the Women’s League, Panthers(Valerie Doherty 21, CarolineRobba 17) beat Sparks (NaylinWard 12) 54-39; and Mons CalpeGiants (Emma Sanders 17, AnnikaPerez 16, Courtney Ferrer 14, KairaSene 12, Daniella McCarthy 12)beat Jets (Anabella De la Chica 21)71-47.

In the Under 18 League, CSBayside Argus (Nicky Lopez 19,Lee Perez 13, Kyle Tellez 11) beatEuropa (Michael Rodriguez 16,Alberto Rojas 14, J. Pozo 10) 63-48; and Isolas Blue Stars (SergioGil 47, Rafa Aradas 19, EthanSantos 14) beat Valmar Wrighttec(Ian Yeats 23, Adrian Castellon 19,Julian Smart 17, Mohamed ElYettefti 11) 91-72.


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At the end of this monthGibraltar will be host to theIPA World Series at theO'Callaghan Eliott Hotel.The three day event will seeinternational professionals,some of whom arepresently playing in Chinafor the million pound prizemonies, play alongsideGibraltar based players.

Wednesday saw the drawfor the prestigious Blackballpool event. The draw took

place at the O'CallaghanEliott Hotel Veranda withMinister for Sports &Culture Steven Linaresdrawing some of thenames.

The Pool ProfessionalWorld Series Gibraltar 2016will take place from the25th-27th of March 2016.The event is scheduledover the 3 days and will seethe IPA Professional semifinalists battle it out for the

World Seriescoming toGibraltar


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final of this World seriesevent. There is also aGibraltar Open Tournament,IPA Team v Gibraltar Select, IPA World Series Final,and for a bit of fun a LastMan Standing tournament.

With some of the biggestnames in ProfessionalBlackball pool participatingit is an event not to bemissed for both the playersand cue sport enthusiasts

Paul Heard of PremierCuesports Ltd (Gibraltar),organiser of the event, whohimself has been playingduring the past year as anamateur against the pros inthe UK hosted the draw. Ina presentation to playersand media present Heardcalled for the event to be"made a success," addingthat he hoped it would"push Gibraltar players to

the pinnacle."

Indicating that this was notthe last planned events, hestated his belief thatGibraltar could reach furtherheights in the sport as itwas achievable.

As a player himself heexpressed the belief thatthe standards in Gibraltarwere already high enoughto compete against rankedplayers commenting thatGIbraltar players were more"than capable" reach aimhigh and reach theirobjectives.

Speaking to CoreSportGibbefore the drawpresentation Paul spoke ofhow he had been playing inthe UK against some of thepros, reaching the quarterfinals in one of the recentevents he had been


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involved in.

Paul was an enthusiasticplayer with a lot of passionfor the sport, and whenpresented last Novemberwith the opportunity to bringthe high profile IPA WorldSeries event in Gibraltar hehad been more than willingto do so.

Further commenting that"this was the beginning,there is further more tocome," as he and hispartner explained that theywanted to lift the profile ofpool in Gibraltar to the nextlevel.World Series is an excitingnew concept from the IPA,giving both Professionaland Amateur players theopportunities to play in newupcoming and establishedBlackball playing countries.It is an opportunity to

showcase the talents of theIPA to a new audience,helping raise the profile ofboth the players and theIPA.

Six new Professionalqualifying events have beencreated, which will beplayed over threeweekends (Sat & Sun) in


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early 2016. Each event willbe played down to the semifinals. The four remainingplayers will then play thefinal stages in the relevantcountry later in the year.

Flights and accommodationare included for all the semifinalists. The four finalists(along with the qualifying

amateur) will play in a TeamChallenge event against aselect Team from the hostcountry, and there will alsobe an Open singles event.

The successful qualifyingIPA Pro's where, ClintI'Anson, Craig Marsh, andRonan McCarthy,Simon Ward. The


Amateur winner was ChrisBowron.

The qualifiers for theGibraltar event took placeon 17th Jan 2016 in the UKwhich saw a great line up ofplayers from all over thecountry.

The Gibraltar open will beLimited to 32 and will be astraight knockouttournament.

Tournament Schedule: Friday 25th 3pm 1st Round race to 5 7pm Last 16 race to 5

Saturday 26th 12pm Qtr Final race to 7 5pm Semi Finals race to 8

Sunday 27th 4pm Finals race to 9

IPA Team Challenge:


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Saturday 26th 9pm This will see the a 5 manGibraltar Team battle it outin a 5 set 25 framechallenge match against theIPA Team consisting of thefinalists of the World Series.

Last Man Standing: Friday 25th 9pm Entry fee: £10.00 Friday 25th

Limited to 32 players.

Players are drawn out of apot in a one frame shootout. Winners going backinto the pot until the lastman left. 50% of registrationfees going to Charity. Cashprizes for both 1st and 2ndplace on a 70-30% split ofthe total pot.


IPA WorldSeries:Saturday 26th 5pm Semi FinalsWorld Series.

Sunday 27th 5pm World SeriesFinal

Tournament Schedule: Friday 25th 3pm 1st Round race to5 7pm Last 16 race to 5

Saturday 26th 12pm Qtr Final race to 7 5pm Semi Finals race to8

Sunday 27th 4pm Finals race to 9

IPA TeamChallenge:

Saturday 26th 9pm

This will see the a 5man Gibraltar Teambattle it out in a 5 set 25frame challenge matchagainst the IPA Teamconsisting of thefinalists of the WorldSeries.

Elliot's Hotel as host &sponsors of the eventwere given theopportunity to nominatea charity to benefit fromthe proceeds from thepractice table in themain bar area & lastman standing event. Cancer Relief Gibraltarwas nominated.


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one of the players drawn against the pros


Hawks the hosts to theChallenge III Eurohockeychampionship to take placein Gibraltar in May weretreated to a late eveningshock on Wednesday asGrammarians Girls heldthem from the start andeventually took over thelead and extended it for awin.

The young girls had just afew months ago been at thewrong end of an 8-0 score

line which had seen themstruggling to contain Hawkladies.

The bitter archrivals, whosehistorical differences haveadded to the tensions onthe pitch were on equalterms until around 15minutes from the end whenGrammarians struck for the2-1 from a short corner.As Hawks looked for theequaliser Grammarianstook advantage of a break

Shocker asGrammariansbeat Hawks


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to slot in the third. Theiropponents tried to come back intothe game scoring their secondunder some controversy after acall for feet was disputed byplayers.

As the seconds ticked towards theend Hawks pressed hard lookingfor the equaliser. With 25 secondsto go, the umpire having shoutedit loud enough to be heard byeveryone, Hawks were awarded ashort corner to the frustration ofone of the Grammarians players.As a Hawk player responded tothe remarks a small confrontationensued which saw the umpireexpel both players from the field.Hawks pushed all their playersforward for the short corner. Asthe ball was struck first it swung toone side, struck again and thetime having run out, the ball sweptpast the outside of the post to thejubilation of Grammarians girls.The latter winning 3-2.


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The talking point from thematch was anything butthe actual sport.Manchester 62 versusCollege 1975 was amismatch which still hadmany wondering howCollege 1975, rooted atthe very bottom of thesecond division, reachedthe quarter finals.

Manchester 62's win waseverything but a surprise,expected to win by

double figures due totheir high level of playand the status in the firstdivision Manchesterimpressed little. Althoughconstantly attacking therewere found to be onlything keeping the scoredown.

Manchester 62 were missfiring in front of College1975 goal. Numerousstrikes were either notgetting there or fluffed

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NO banterplease!

over the bar or far fromgoal.

They, nevertheless foundspace to score 3 first halfgoals. This was laterincreased to even morewhen College 1975 foundthemselves one mandown after the biggesttalking point of the match.

The score line was verymuch irrelevant from thestart, with even College

1975 players somewhat indisbelief at being thequarter finals of the RockCup, one playercommenting that theywere sat at the bottom ofthe league just beforewalking onto the pitch.

College 1975 did put in agood show, for theirstandards, and tried tomake it hard forManchester 62, but itwas Manchester 62


who were making it hardfor themselves not killingthe game off from thestart, and missing someeasy chances. Especiallyagainst a goalkeeper thatCollege 1975 themselvesdescribed as their futsalkeeper. There was ajovialness among College1975 which was clearlyseen with their banter withthe handful, literallyspeaking, of supporters inthe stands watching.

It was in one of thisinterchanges that thebiggest talking pointemerged as someone in thecrowd shouted in Spanishto a College player that "he"meaning the official, "wasscared of him," to which alikeminded retort wasshouted back and followedby "we shall have a pintlater" (in Spanish).

The official soon broughtout a yellow card and


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subsequently the red cardas this was the secondyellow. The player walkedoff laughing at the fact hehad been send off, as heleft the field he explainedthat he had received thefirst yellow for making ajoking comment to theofficial which he had tried toexplain was only in jest, thesecond yellow coming forjoking with his mates on thestand who were referring tothe first incident. College

1975 were already 5-0 bythis time, and with littlechance of leaving their halfof the field, let alone score.The players very much notseeming bothered by thefact as they continued to trytheir best but without thetensions or ill-disciplinewhich many underdogsdemonstrate in theirsituation.

The match also saw aglimpse of John Paul


Duarte who had beensurprisingly called up for the31 man national squad.Duarte was substituted later inthe game, after scoring bylobbing over the keeper. Hisfirst half performance,however, showing signs of notbeing fully match fit as hestruggled up front.

He was later found to becarrying an injury to his footfrom before the game whichhe admitted had beenaffecting his stance and hadcause him some trouble byhis calf. The player beinganother of the long list ofplayers called up for nationalteam duty but alreadypresenting injuries or needingmedical treatment. IncludingRoy Chipolina who has beenon anti-biotics treatment priorto his match against GibraltarUnited last Saturday.


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Netball - Trainingallocations at St Josephson Tuesday, Wednesdayand Thursday aresuspended for this weekonly.

Hockey - Grammarianswill be holding a fun dayon the 2nd April with aveterans tournament alsoto take place.

Hockey - Fixtures releasedfor the EuroHockeyChallenge tournament to beheld in Gibraltar have beenreleased the matches areas follows:

13 May11:00 Navax AHTC Wien– HAHK Mladost - Pool A

14:30 HFTC Tauras–Eagles HC - Pool B

17:30 Hawks Ladies

– Nacka LHK - Pool B

14 May11:00 Cardiff University– Navax AHTC Wien - PoolA14:30 Nacka LHK –Eagles HC - Pool B

17:00 HFTC Tauras–Hawks Ladies - Pool B

15 May11:00 HAHK Mladost -Cardiff University - Pool A

14:30 Nacka LHK –HFTC Tauras - Pool B

17:00 Hawks Ladies– Eagles HC - Pool B

16 May09:00 3rd Pool A - 4th Pool B11:151st Pool B - 2nd Pool A13:30

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1st Pool A - 2nd Pool BRugby - On 6th aprilGRFU play Malaysia atKuala Lumpur Universityof Malaya (varisty field).This is followed byanother match on the 8thplay Singapore at the YioChu Kang Stadium.

Volleyball - BeachVolleyball andCommonwealth GamesVolleyball communities - the2018 Games have reversedtheir decision of 3 yearsago and have now includedthe Golden Beach Sport forthe Gold Coast Games inAustralia

Volleyball - On the 29thFebruary the GibraltarVolleyball Associationreached its target of 10matches to be played inone day. This was part ofthe CEV's

#OneDayMore4Volleyball#campaign.

Their efforts wasmentioned in the FIVBmagazine in which theyalso revealed that 49,034people participated in the#OneDayMore4Volleyballcampaign, playing asmany as 4,500 matchesacross 551 cities and 901different venues inEurope.

Paddle tennis - TheVeterans +45 Paddle TennisTournament took place lastweek. These were theresults: -

VETERANS 45+ PADDLETENNIS TOURNAMENT.8th MarchJason Johnson/BobCasciaro beat LouisPoggio/FrancisAvellano


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Brian Hill/Joey Hill beatCorreia/Ronald IgnacioJerry Aguilera/AlanLavagna beat DouglasCasciaro Andy Sene

10th marchPADDLE TENNISVETERANS SEMI FINALSRESULTS:MAIN TOURNAMENTBrian Hill/ Joey Hill beatJerry Aguilera/AlanLavagna in three sets.Joe Enriles/Karel Espinosabeat Jason Johnson/BobCasciaro in two straightsets.

PLATE CUPAnthony Sayers/DennisJones beat joseCorreia/Ronald Ignacio intwo straight sets.Charlie Stagnetto/KevinPizarro beat LouisPoggio/Francis Avellano intwo straight sets.

THE FINALS.PLATE CUP FINAL.Anthony Sayers/DennisJones beat CharlieStagnetto/Kevin Pizzaro. 6-4, 4-6, 1-6 to win the platecup final.MAIN TOURNAMENTFINAL.Brian Hill/Joey Hill beat JoeEnriles/Karel Espinosa, 6-4,7-9, 6-4 in a two and a halfhour marathon.Next tournament the Tennisand Paddle tennis opentournament in May.

Football - Summer Camp2016 organsied byEuropean SoccerAcademy will take placebetween Monday 18thJuly through to Friday22nd July 2016.

Football - LYNX FC hasannounced "Lagan

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Construction Group" as theclub's Official Sponsor."Lagan strongly believes inthe youth programme whichhas been noted to givingthe kids a real opportunityto #PLAY in the PremierLeague. A future, not onlyon the team sheet but alsoon the field. From the Lynxfamily, we thank you forbelieving in us and we lookforward to working closelywith you during the 16/17Season," said a clubspokesperson.

Football - Lynx are beinginvestigated after amother jumped thestadium wall separatingthe stands from the pitchto confront officialsduring a youth match thispast weekend.

Hockey - Results from pastweeks are as follows:-

Juniors7 a side 3/3/16 Hawks 1 - 8 Falcons3/3/16 Grammarians boys 4- 2 Eagles10/3/16 Eagles boys 6-0Falcons10/3/16 Grammarians boys6-2 Hawks

9 a side3/3/16 Grammarians boys2-2 Eagles girls10/3/16 Falcons 1-0Grammarians girls10/3/16 Eagles girls 0-4Hawks

Ladies & Development5/3/16 Grammarians boys 5- 2 Hawks6/3/16 Grammarians ladies2 - 4 Eagles ladies

Athletics - Three localathletes will be competingin the International


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Association of AthleticsFederation's World HalfMarathon Championships2016 to be held in Cardiff onthe 26th March 2016.According to the latestannouncement made by theGAAA in accordance with theInternational Association ofAthletics Federations (IAAF)Eligibility Rules and followingthe GAAA Head Coachnomination, the GibraltarAmateur Athletic Associationhas selected athletes KimBaglietto, Allison Edwards andEmma Montiel to compete.Team Manager will be RoyTorres.The GAAA has alsoannounced that it will beholding a Round the RockRace on the 20th March,details of which will beannounced soon, and a 5kmrace on the 24th April, detailsalso to be announced soon.

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