James Galea Jr was the overall winner of the fifth stage of the MSSF Trap Competition 50+50+25 (T5).

Nicholas Carabott finished in second, and Gordon Caruana took third place overall.

This competition was characterised by challenging conditions due to unpredictable wind gusts, where James Galea Jr shot a score of 111/125, Nicholas Carabott 106/125, and Gordon Caruana 105/125 +5 shoot-off.

At the start of this competition, all participants shot at 50 targets and the 12 athletes with the best scores advanced to compete on another 50 targets and the rest of the shooters were eliminated.

After 100 targets the top 6 athletes shot at another 25 targets.

The score after 50 targets was:

1 SCIBERRAS Nico 44/50

2 CARUANA Gordon 43/50

3 GALEA James Jr 42/50

4 GRECH Shazen 42/50

5 MARMARA John 41/50

6 CARABOTT Nicholas 40/50

7 BONELLO Luke 38/50

8 BONELLO Ivan 37/50

9 VASSALLO Jonathan 34/50

10 CHETCUTI Gianluca 34/50

11 CASSAR Kurstin 34/50

12 CINI Ryan 33/50

The score after 100 targets was:

1 GALEA James Jr 89/100

2 CARUANA Gordon 85/100

3 CARABOTT Nicholas 85/100

4 SCIBERRAS Nico 85/100

5 GRECH Shazen 83/100

6 MARMARA John 80/100

7 BONELLO Ivan 74/100

8 BONELLO Luke 74/100

9 CASSAR Kurstin 73/100

10 CINI Ryan 72/100

11 CHETCUTI Gianluca 72/100

12 VASSALLO Jonathan 70/100

The score of the top 6 shooters after 125 targets was:

1 GALEA James Jr 111/125

2 CARABOTT Nicholas 106/125

3 CARUANA Gordon 85/100 +5 shoot-off

4 SCIBERRAS Nico 114/125 +4 shoot-off

5 MARMARA John 101/100

6 GRECH Shazen 101/125

Class A score after 50 targets was:

1 SCIBERRAS Nico 44/50

2 GALEA James Jr 42/50

3 CHETCUTI Gianluca 34/50

Class B score after 50 targets was:

1 CARUANA Gordon 43/50

2 GRECH Shazen 42/50                                                                                                        

3 CARABOTT Nicholas 40/50

Class C score after 50 targets was:

1 BONELLO Luke 38/50

2 BONELLO Ivan 37/50

3 VASSALLO Jonathan 34/50

The next Trap competition is the MSSF Trap Competition 75(3) which will be held on the 1 November 2026 at the National Shooting Ranges, Ta’ Kandja.