Marsa sports ground facilities upgraded

Around Lm10,000 was spent on the Marsa sports ground, to bring it up to scratch for the 2002 edition of the Mundiadvocat (Football World Cup for Lawyers), the Parliamentary Secretary in the Education Ministry, Jesmond Mugliett said.

"When we were placing our bid to host this prestigious event around a year ago, we were conscious of the potential which this country has in terms of availability of facilities.

"We embarked on a programme of upgrading of the facilities at the Marsa grounds and some other football facilities, which are presently run by other sports entities.

"In fact, we immediately upgraded the floodlighting system at the Matthew Micallef St John Athletics Stadium, at Marsa and installed a new set of lights for the second training pitch in Marsa.

"We also worked on the turf pitches in these venues. The works at the Marsa grounds have cost around Lm10,000 and this means that these facilities are therefore upgraded permanently for the other users of these facilities," he said.

The government also upgraded the floodlighting system at the Victor Tedesco Stadium in Hamrun and although no matches were played in the Floriana arena due to technical reasons, it also gave financial assistance to the Floriana FC committee to upgrade the dressing rooms at the Floriana arena.

Mr Mugliett appealed to all sports bodies to take the initiative to bid for similiar events.