The fourth day of the WPA Blackball World Championships in London saw the Maltese contingent involved in team, individual and doubles competitions.

In the team events, the Malta Men’s B team secured an important 15-10 victory over Ireland, while later suffering a 14-11 defeat against Morocco.

Meanwhile, Malta’s Under-18 team defeated South Africa 9-6 and Mexico 13-2, after having earlier lost 9-6 against France.

There were also several victories for Maltese players in the Men’s Singles competition. Clayton Castaldi defeated Alexandre Buscetti 6-4, Neil Caruana beat Barry Fitzpatrick 6-2, Keith Caruana registered an impressive 6-0 victory over Herizo Nirina, Miguel Amato defeated Tim Riley 6-2, Gabriel Vella overcame Sean Thicthener 6-2, while Clint Azzopardi beat Houssam El Amrani 6-3.

Positive results were also recorded in the Men’s Doubles, with victories for Keith Caruana/Gabriel Vella, Gary Carr/Mevrick Zammit, Miguel Mizzi/Clevion Micallef and Clint Azzopardi/Miguel Amato.

Several other Maltese players progressed from the opening round after receiving byes, as the competition in London continues with more commitments for the Maltese contingent.

Today promises to be another busy day, with several Maltese players in action in the second round of the Men’s World Grand Prix.

Matches get underway at 11.00am Malta time, with Mevrick Zammit facing Morocco’s Ayoub Bakhtaoui, while Chaylon Castaldi takes on South Africa’s Irfaan Williams.

Two other Maltese players will also face South African opposition, with Gabriel Vella playing Jordan Govindasamy and Casdy Vella taking on Dalron Booysen.

Miguel Mizzi faces Italy’s Thomas Zantedeschi, while Miguel Amato takes on Aaron Downey. Johan Attard will face England’s Tony Griffin, while Matthias Debono comes up against India’s Bharat Ramakrishna.

Clint Azzopardi faces France’s Alexis Klinka, Keith Caruana takes on Morocco’s Oussama Masskini, while Clayton Castaldi will play England’s Mark Badham.

Later, at 1.00pm Malta time, Jake Castaldi will be in action in the second round of the Youth World Grand Prix, where he will face England’s Harley Harrison in a race to five.