Otters
Founded1971 (1971)
Based inŻebbuġ, Gozo
ArenaOtters, Marsalforn, Żebbuġ, Gozo
Colors   
PresidentEnzo Dimech
Websitehttp://www.ottersasc.org/

Otters Aquatic Sports Club is a waterpolo club from Żebbuġ, Gozo, Malta. Otters represents Gozo in the Maltese Waterpolo league system.

For sponsorship reasons, the club is currently known as Otters Nivea.

History

The club website states that it is unclear when the club first started, however the first players were registered with the Gozo Aquatic Association on July 28, 1971, and thus this is considered as the founding date. The first players included Anton Refalo, Victor Grech, George Calleja, Carmel Debattista and Frank Masini.[1] Otters has humble beginnings in the Gozitan Waterpolo League, starting from its second division. Eventually all the other teams (Għajnsielem, Sea Urchins, Blue Sharks, Dolphins, Whales, Penguins) became defunct and Otters joined the national league system.[2]

Otters first fielded an Under-18 team within the Maltese Aquatic Sports Association of Malta in 1977 as an experiment. Eventually, in 1980, Otters started to test the Maltese waters again, and by 1982, they grew too strong within Gozo and thus the club decided to join the Maltese league system for good.[3]

Premises

The club runs a restaurant as part of its premises.[4]

Current squad

  • MaltaGozo Matthew Xerri
  • MaltaGozo Chris Teuma
  • MaltaGozo Andrew Magri
  • MaltaGozo Gabriel Mizzi
  • MaltaGozo Michael Paris
  • Georgia (country)Croatia Marko Jelača
  • MaltaGozo Max Borg
  • MaltaGozo David Dimech
  • MaltaGozo Luke Hyzler
  • MaltaGozo Edward Meli
  • MaltaGozo Joseph Sammut
  • Dom Zahra
  • Head Coach: Hungary Erik Valter
  • Asst. Coach: Malta Alfred Cachia
  • Team Physio: Hungary Lóránt Rozsa

References

  1. ↑ "Club History – Otters ASC – Coming Soon".
  2. ↑ http://www.ottersasc.org/wp-content/uploads/ottershistory.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.ottersasc.org/wp-content/uploads/ottershistory.pdf
  4. ↑ "Otters Bistro in Marsalforn, Gozo, café and restaurant".


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