Maltese athletes secure impressive victories at Sicily combat sports competition 

Several Maltese combat sports athletes returned from Sicily with a tidy collection of medals following a successful weekend at the Dragons World Festival World Cup. 

Athletes from three Maltese clubs – The Basement, Jalen and Wu Shuky Kickboxing – joined forces to represent Malta at the international competition, held in Castellammare del Golfo.

The event brought together several disciplines, including boxing, kickboxing, K-1 and full-contact competitions.

The Maltese delegation was led by four coaches: Darren Scerri Camilleri, Kenneth Scerri, Mark Manicolo and Alan Borg.

Darren Scerri Camilleri of The Basement secured first place in both professional Class A boxing and elite amateur Class A boxing, while his teammate Sven Scerri recorded two first-place finishes in kickboxing and full-contact kickboxing.

Other successful athletes from The Basement included Paul Felice, Yann Candia, Marcos Grech and Ganni Usman, who all secured first-place finishes in their respective categories. Paul Felice also won a silver medal, while Gordon Grech finished second in his category.

Meanwhile, Team Jalen's Blake Theuma Dougal achieved first-place finishes in boxing, full contact and kickboxing, while Matteo Vella claimed victories in both kickboxing and K-1.

Kolev Teodor secured two first-place finishes in boxing categories, while Samuel Zayden recorded victories in amateur boxing and kickboxing and Daniela Psaila in boxing and full contact boxing.

Jack Balzan won a gold medal in kickboxing and a silver medal in kickboxing full contact, and Shanaia Debono Falzon won a gold medal in full contact and two silver medals in kickboxing and K-1. 

Lordon Galea, Alex Farrugia Vella, Shaia Carabott, and Quelin Zerafa won two silver medals each. 

Meanwhile, Wu Shuky Kickboxing Club’s Alex Bonnici secured first place in junior kickboxing.