MIA Olympic Special – What’s On

Friday, 9^th November on E22 at 9pm , Sunday, 11^th November on E22 at 10am (RPT)  and on TVM at 525pm,  and Monday, 12^th November on E22 at 2.30pm (RPT) will feature the following:

Featured Event – Badminton Junior National Championships

The Junior National Championships were held at the  Cottonera Sports Complex on the 1st and 2nd November.This event featured male and female junior players who competed in various categories namely in the Under-13, Under-16 and Under-19.

Highlighted Events – Malta Darts C’ships/ Optimist Dinghy Event / Equestrian

The Dolmen Hotel was the venue hosting the Malta Darts Championships. This year’s event was a success once again with good participation and level of play. The tournament was held between Sunday 28^th October and Thursday 1^st November.

With the departure of the British forces, new sailing clubs appeared on the scene, together with the Royal Malta Yacht Club, which grew out of the Malta Yacht Club.  The Vikings Sailing Club, the Birzebbugia Sailing Club, the Malta Young sailors Club, the Malta Laser Class Association, and the Malta Model Boating Association appeared on the scene.  These six clubs today form the Malta Sailing Federation, the National Authority for the Sport of Sailing in Malta, which was formed in 1975 in order to coordinate the activities of the various clubs and in order to ensure compliance with international racing rules set by the International Sailing Federation. During the past weekend the Optimist Dinghy Event was held at St. Paul’s Bay.

The Maghtab Riding Club held the Malta Jumping Championships during the last weekend of October. The Equestrian is an elegant sport which is also gaining momentum on our islands.

Watch more on these  events on MIA Olympic Special

MOC Section – Promising athlete

MIA Olympic Special will start giving you an interview with a promising athlete in order to get to know more about the individual, his or her preparation, plans and much more. An interesting section worth watching.

Olympic Archive Section

In this interesting Section MIA Olympic Special takes us down memory lane and relives the interesting moments of the previous Olympic Games as a build up for the Beijing 2008 Games.

Schedule available every week on www.nocmalta.org and on the Malta Independent newspaper every Tuesday. Produced in collaboration with E22.

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