Infetti Ground The Infetti Ground is yet another sports facility in Birkirkara which sole comprises of a football pitch. The ground has a capacity of 2,500. It is currently used mostly for football matches and athletics training. It is the home grounds of the Birkirkara FC Football Academy. An interesting fact regarding this complex is its name which originates from Italian as Infetti translates to ‘infection’. In the past centuries these fields, had been developed into a sport complex however before, they used to serve as a graveyard for victims that had died with the plague. Birkirkara Tennis Club This tennis club was set up in 1983 on the initiative of Mr Eleno Mamo. Due to lack of facilities in Birkirkara the club started to make use of an abandoned court in Pembroke. It was the club’s ambition to find a suitable site in Birkirkara. In July 2000, the parliament unanimously approved the leasing of an area just off the Birkirkara bypass to the club. The project consisted of three tennis courts with hard base complete with floodlight lightening. The main court provides the seating commodity for spectator. It in, international tournaments are hosted, and this attracted sporting tourists from across the world. The club house also incorporates within it administration rooms and a gym.
IL-GŻIRA Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex - The National Swimming Pool This National Swimming Pool is the home of swimming, water polo, triathlon, synchoronised swimming and canoe polo. The pool is situated at Tal-Qroqq Sports Complex in Gżira which was used for its maiden time at the 1993 Small Games of European Nations which were held in Malta for the first time. It offers a full sized 50 metre olympic pool as well as a 25 metre pool and a 23 metre diving pool that is up to International Olympic Swimming Standards.
The pools are heated during the winter months and are monitored by the latest equipment to monitor the quality of water as per the WHO specifications. The complex is the main venue for competitive aquatic sports in Malta. Besides the National Water polo Leagues, various international water polo tournaments and important international swimming meetings are regularly held at the complex. The main pool boasts the presence of start-sensors and touch-time boards, which conform to IOC standards. The complex holds within it meeting rooms, a sports hall, a fully stocked sportspecific shop, squash courts and changing rooms with showers. The spectator capacity at the complex is that of 1,800. The offices of the Amateur Swimming Association Malta are located in this complex.
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