Cospicua win ‘B’ Category regatta
Vittoriosa have triumphed in the 2024 Regatta after delivering an exciting victory in the Tal-Pass B’Erbgħa, the 10th and final race.
Antoine Brignone, Clyde Cutajar, Clayton Darmanin and Sven Refalo crossed the finish line first after battling it out with a strong Senglea contigent, who placed second.
Cospicua, who were chasing Senglea’s record 23 shields, finished third.
For Vittoriosa, this is their second straight success having shared last year’s shield with Cospicua.
However, it is their first sole regatta success since their 1984 triumph.
In the ‘B’ category, Cospicua pipped Kalkara and Marsamxett to clinch the shield in the final race having won two of the five races.
Kalkara and Marsamxett were in a better position to lift the shield heading into tal-Pass B’Erbgħa event but while Kalkara collisioned with Vittoriosa, Marsamxett could only finish third.
Cospicua, through Mattia Calleja, Nicholas Paris, Cleaven Falzon and Denzel Thornton, crossed the finish line first to delight of the Bormla clan.
Vittoriosa claimed the women’s shield after a dominant race with rowers Shazel Grima and Glynnis Mizzi representing the city of Birgu.
RESULTS
OPEN CATEGORY
TAL-MIDALJI – Senglea (Davison Micallef, Glenn Zammit, Russell Bugeja & Andrea Gauci); Vittoriosa; Cospicua.
FREJGATINI – Senglea (Clyde Mizzi & Davison Micallef); Vittoriosa; Cospicua.
TAL-PASS TA’ BIT-TNEJN – Cospicua (Clive Casha & Dennis Thornton); Senglea; Vittoriosa.
KAJJIKI – Vittoriosa (Kieron Zammit & Nigel Sant); Marsamxett; Cospicua.
TAL-PASS B’ERBGĦA – Vittoriosa (Antoine Brignone, Clyde Cutajar, Clayton Darmanin & Sven Refalo); Senglea; Cospicua.
FINAL STANDINGS
Vittoriosa 62 points; Senglea 60; Cospicua 42; Marsamxett 8.
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‘B’ CATEGORY
TAL-PASS B’ŻEWĠ IMQADEF – Kalkara (Gilmore Buttigieg & Godwin Buttigieg); Marsamxett; Vittoriosa.
KAJJIKI – Kalkara (Christian Bugeja & Kurt Vassallo); Marsamxett; Senglea.
TAL-MIDALJI – Cospicua (Matthia Calleja, Nicholas Paris, Dione D’Amato & Denzel Thornton); Marsamxett; Senglea.
FREJGATINI – Kalkara (Kohath Mallia & Ryan Degiorgio); Birżebbuga; Cospicua.
TAL-PASS B’ERBGĦA – Cospicua (Mattia Calleja, Nicholas Paris, Cleaven Falzon & Denzel Thornton); Birżebbuga; Marsamxett.
FINAL STANDINGS
Cospica 48; Kalkara 44 points, Marsamxett 40; Birżebbuga 24; Senglea 10; Vittoriosa 10.
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WOMEN
Vittoriosa (Shazel Grima & Glynnis Mizzi); Senglea; Marsa.
