{"id":5867,"date":"2023-08-31T11:13:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T09:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maltapoolassociation.net\/?p=5867"},"modified":"2023-08-31T11:13:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T09:13:30","slug":"manuel-mallia-triumphs-in-the-over-50s-category","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maltapoolassociation.net\/?p=5867","title":{"rendered":"Manuel Mallia triumphs in the Over 50&#8217;s Category"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Manuel Mallia&#8217;s patience and dedication awarded him a splendid victory over his club mate Marco Bonello in the final of the Over 50&#8217;s Ranking Tournament No. 1.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Mallia started well taking a 4-1 lead but Bonello recovered well and ended the first session on a 4-4 parity. In the second session both players kept constant and with the score displaying 6-6 both players eyed victory. But it was Mallia who managed to win a long frame giving him the lead that boosted his hopes and provoked him into clearing the table in the following frame that secured him victory and a place in the national team representing our country in Killarney, Ireland, at the European Championships being held in February.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Click here to watch the final: <a class=\"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DGd3pj96ExwM%26fbclid%3DIwAR0CxMVQCz5lPInAKRIROACwc8aZ8LIIdMv7MdClrNdcK8G9E9SHme0HfNI&amp;h=AT3TfhX59p9_EsQDg6exBH87ceN69CNosz5dgOtyz22xrRaYdtC-CPSebGqM4G-sgtDSixigICpf-0fTHekIU0jBUQHfRT1VFN_mCBVXSnKy4tJRlQ3KrFgLAT0eVOCvrvtS&amp;__tn__=-UK-R&amp;c[0]=AT0-zTcvJ_qjMYaGCV79bVdmw_0icvLvgrrN7XLO6tJKtbAMdVbRGq9bwUQzz2eAwL6JEKkdATyKnMRfjXGScQJOrs1ZTYBXzCjGrSVyZCR02EHlwAxPqArQN6iQokmvaTjxH7vs3tssxbwf_gE_qUip0trFdA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gd3pj96ExwM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manuel Mallia&#8217;s patience and dedication awarded him a splendid victory over his club mate Marco &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maltapoolassociation.net\/?p=5867\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maltapoolassociation.net\/?p=5867\">Read More...<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5861,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ranks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maltapoolassociation.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maltapoolassociation.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maltapoolassociation.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltapoolassociation.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltapoolassociation.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltapoolassociation.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5868,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltapoolassociation.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5867\/revisions\/5868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltapoolassociation.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maltapoolassociation.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltapoolassociation.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltapoolassociation.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}