The 4 boys who will represent Malta at the upcoming EYC have qualified after a series of 6 tournaments over the past 3 month in which all the 9 eligible boys bowled 30 games each.
With Kayden Lagana’ and Nicolai Mallia being well ahead already after 3 sessions, and with Travis Barbara sitting in a relatively secure 3rd position after these same 3 rounds, the challenge revolved mainly between the next 2 youths. Tomas Caruso, and Julian Baldacchino. While Baldacchino had the experience of having already represented Malta in 2024 at the EYC and took a strong lead after 2 sessions , Caruso was fighting for his first opportunity and who was able to turn things around with a powerful last 4 sessions to overtake Baldacchino and take the 4th spot. His performance over the last few sessions was indeed almost enough to even overtake Barbara, who survived in 3rd place by just 24 pins (5550 vs 5526)
The overall scores saw Lagana’ end 1st with a super 214.7 average, followed by Mallia on a 203 average, Barbara with 185 and Caruso with 184.2 Baldacchino ended in fifth with a 172.3 average followed by the younger brother of Nicolai, Mikhail Mallia on a 170.88. Samuel Caruso, Yacob Farrugia and Kayden Zammit ended up in 6th , 7th and 8th place respectively.
