Historic debut for Malta girls

The Malta women's handball team will be figuring in their first ever international match today at 8 p.m. when playing hosts at the University Sports Complex against Meath Handball Club, of Ireland.

The squad has been training for this occasion for the past weeks now, under the charge of coach John Falzon who has trimmed his selection down to 16 players.

Prior to this match, there will also be a junior international tournament for ladies involving La Salle Vitality, Aloysians ProMinent, Kavallieri Megabyte, Salesians HC and Meath HC.

The opening match of the tournament starts at 4 p.m.

Falzon's squad:

C. Borg, A. Borg, M. Falzon, N. Zarb Cousin, L. Micallef, B. Vassallo, I. Camilleri, S. Camilleri, S. Farrugia, C. Zammit, R. Debattista, A. Vassallo, A. Xuereb, N. Haber, J. Rizzo, S. Nygren.

Tanti makes debut

Joseph Tanti kicked off his Danish league venture last week with two league games for VRI Risskov.

There was little success for the fourth division side though as Risskov suffered two successive defeats - vs Skovbakken 28-16 and AIA Arhus 25-18. In the second match, Tanti's contribution was a significant one despite the negative outcome. He scored five times.

Tanti, currently attending a 10-month handball scholarship in Denmark, also played a friendly for Risskov before the championship got underway. The team lost to a division three side 30-26, the Malta international helping himself to four goals.

Tanti will play for Malta in December's Challenge Trophy.