Hospitality of our Nation

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.

Malta University Sport Complex

The Malta University Sport Complex is a great place to play squash as there are four courts available and it is located at Tal-Qroqq area in Gżira. Apart from the modern University Multipurpose Sports Hall where, basketball, volleyball, handball, gymnastics and martial arts can be practiced. The sport complex is also home to a Functional Diagnostic Lab, gym, and 5-a-side football grounds.

Stella Maris College Sports Hall

Named after St. Mutien-Marie, some of the key features at the sports hall in Stella Maris College, include; rubber floorings which caters for traditional team games such as futsal, handball, basketball, volleyball and hockey. The De La Salle brothers run this college located in Gżira. This multi-purpose hall includes a climbing wall, a bowling alley and is also used for badminton, gymnastics, curling and archery. The sporting facilities also include a football ground in the college which is located on the outskirts of the college.

Manoel Island Yacht Marina

The yacht marina is centrally located in Gżira, Malta and is the number one choice for all visiting yachts in Malta irrespective of size. It can accommodate vessels up to 80 meters in length. It provides metered water and electricity. SLIEMA

Sliema Pitch

What better way than to spend your summer relaxing near the sea, than to enjoy it at the Sliema Pitch. Situated at the heart of Sliema, just off Tower Road and beneath the Fortizza, the Sliema Pitch is one of the most sought summer places in Malta. There are also diving centres that offer exciting adventures underwater.

The Exiles Beach Club Swimming Club

This swimming club is situated in Sliema and is part of the Exiles Sports Club which has a waterpolo and swimming teams.

SAN ĠILJAN

The Eden Super Bowl

Malta’s most famous bowling alley, is the largest tenpin bowling centre in Malta, offering 20 synthetic lanes of highest standards. The fully air-conditioned bowling arena is located at the heart of San Ġiljan and is the venue for the national and international tournaments as well as for kids parties and corporate functions.