About Us

The Gozo Half Marathon was organised for the first time in Xaghra, Gozo on the 6th of February, 1977.  The person who came up with the idea to organise such an event was Fr Anthony Refalo, who had experienced such an activity during his stay in Rome.  Fr Anthony Refalo is currently the director of the Xaghra Youth Centre. 

The first Marathon was made up of only 35 competitors which were mainly made up of Xaghra youths.  However,  this number has extended dramatically with people from other villages participating and nowadays even Maltese participants coming all the way from Malta in order to participate.