Ryan Bugeja won the Bronze Medal in the Trap Solo Men Junior Event at the European Championship Shotgun Events organised by the European Shooting Confederation which are currently taking place in Malakasa, Greece.

This is the first Medal for Ryan in a Continental Championship.

BUGEJA had to go through 3 elimination phases and a semi-final with ZRINDSKI Matteo from Croatia where Ryan had to settle for third place. This competition was won by PLUSKA Antoni from Poland, and PRYTKOV Nikita who was competing as an Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN), claimed second place. Apart from BUGEJA, Malta was also represented by CASSAR Abiel who got eliminated during the first elimination phase.

The Malta Trap Men Junior Team also took part in the Trap Individual Men Junior competition held between the 7 and 8 October, where BUGEJA Ryan had another satisfactory performance hitting 116/125 clays, ending the qualification in 17th place from 68 European athletes, while CASSAR Abiel managed 104/125.

In Trap Individual Men, CHETCUTI Gianluca, CHETCUTI William and SCIBERRAS Nico had a very positive showing finishing 25th, 26th and 35th out of 101 competitors, with the score of 119/125 each, with the countback rules being applied for 10 athletes with the same score. CARUANA Gordon hit 113/125, while VELLA Christopher scored 110/125 where both these athletes were shooting for the Ranking Points Only (RPO).

Malta also took part in the Trap Men Team event ending qualification the Qualification phase in 8^th place from 21 nations with 357 points. Turkiye won this event from Italy and Croatia, with all 3 nations obtaining 364 points each.

The Malta Trap Men Team ended its commitments with the Trap Solo Men Competition, where all the 3 athletes got eliminated during the first elimination phase.

Leading the Maltese contingent in the Skeet Individual Men category was SCIBERRAS Liam who had another satisfactory performance hitting 118/125 clays qualifying in 32nd place out of 94 athletes, while in the Skeet Solo Men, SCIBERRAS was eliminated during the second phase. CASSAR Andre produced a commendable score of 117/125, while in the Skeet Solo Men event, CASSAR was eliminated during the first phase.

GALEA Mikaela represented Malta in the Skeet Individual Women category scoring 105/125, and in the Skeet Solo Women where she got eliminated in the first phase.

The Malta Skeet Team also took part in the Skeet Duet Team event, ending its campaign in 24^th place with 131 points.

Malta’s Skeet athletes were guided by John Mary Bugeja as team official and Bruno Gubellini as team coach, while Nicholas Carabott undertook official roles in the Trap discipline and Antonino Barilla as team coach.

Team Malta will continue its international campaign with the upcoming ISSF World Championship in Doha, Qatar, scheduled for the 1 till 15 November 2026.