Michel Curmi managed to win one of the most nail-biting finals of the Blackball Nations Cup qualifiers when he defeated Johan Grixti 10-9. Curmi was losing trailing 9-2 and everything seemed that Grixti would get a comfortable victory in the over 50 final. But Curmi had a great reaction where he won eight consecutive frames so that apart from winning this dramatic final, he also achieved a place in the Maltese national team that will participate in Bridlington next month. In the other finals, Mevrick Zammit won another hard-fought final against Clint Azzopardi 10-9 in the men’s category while Christian Spiteri was better than Matthias Debono so much so that he won 9-5 in the under-23 final. Nick Muscat beat Steven Muscat 9-7 in the under 18 final while Lee Grima was successful in the over 40 final after a 10-6 win against Kevin Schembri.
The last ranking tournament to select more players for the Maltese national team will start next Monday in the games that will be held at the Aniçi Club in Qormi and at the Juventus Club Vero Amore in Birkirkara.
