The Maltese Olympic Committee has officially announced the selection of Team Malta for the much-anticipated second edition of the Malta Invitational Games, taking place this weekend at the National Pool, the Cottonera Pool Complex, Santa Lucia Secondary School and the National Sport School in Pembroke. The event, which kicks off this afternoon, will feature young athletes under 15 and under 18 from across the globe.

This year’s Malta Invitational Games will see 200 athletes from 16 nations competing in Badminton, Taekwondo, Swimming, and Waterpolo. The event provides a platform for these talented young athletes to showcase their skills on home turf, while gaining valuable competitive experience that will help pave the way for future international success.

Below is the list of young athletes selected to take part in the games this weekend:

Badminton

Julia Camilleri, Juan Casaru, Martina Clark, Jodie Gafa Craus, Suzie Gafa Craus, Jade Fenech, Jeremy Mark Gatt, Julia Galea, Thomas Saliba, Monique Vella

Taekwondo

Sherzod Bazarov, Nicole Bunce, Alycia Cassar, Matteo Cassar, Luke Alexander Chircop, Nathan Degiorgio, Sofiane Dif, Luca Falzon, Fergeson Galea, Emma Gellel, Sinan Koruk, Alexandros Litvyakov,  Kendra Magro, Brayden Micallef, Abdela Merobika, Michela Scerri, Jean Schembri, Dean Spiteri, Samuel Vella, Robin Zammit

Swimming

Sophia Allen, Nathan Joseph Baldacchino, Yulya Anne Bonnici, Nathan Cachia, Gabriel Camilleri, M. Camilleri,  Samuel Camilleri, Zea Caruana Garzia, Emily Cassar, Madeleine Cassar, Kristy Delia, Liam Farrugia, Ella Fenech Attard,  Thomas Gatt, Luca Grixti, Russell Grixti, Nirvana Micallef, Ayden Ramo Mujic, Kaitlyn Muscat, Michela Portelli, Liam Rodenas, Matthew Satariano, Caine Schembri, Oskar Schmidt, Henrik Starkus, Julienne Woods, Luke Zammit

Waterpolo

Matthew Abdilla, Mattias Agius, Andreas Buhagiar, Dean Camilleri, Luke Camilleri Bowman, Jake Colombo, Jamie Dimech, Kynan Dowling, Luigi Gatt, Craig Harrison, Max Lanzon, Benjamin Lewism Nathan Mallia Castillo,  Giulio Massa, Peter Ransley , Zac Schranz, Gianni Schembri, Thomas Schembri, Jake Simpson, Matthew Soler, Nathan Spiteri, Luka Stanislavljevic, Sebastian Van Wyn , David Vella, Jack Zammit.

The inaugural edition of the Games, held in October 2022, welcomed 180 athletes from 10 countries, including Andorra, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Iceland, Luxembourg, Montenegro, San Marino, and Malta. The sports programme in 2022 featured Bowling, Taekwondo, and Triathlon.

For more details, the full programme of events is available on the Maltese Olympic Committee website.

Wishing the best of luck to Team Malta!