Victor Calvagna’s sporting memories shared, in new heartfelt photo book
Victor Calvagna’s sports journey is being shared via a photo book, almost a year after his death shocked the country.
Calvagna, a paediatric cancer specialist, was co-founder of Puttinu Cares, which he set up in 2002 as a children’s cancer support group.
But there was another side of him “known only to the few privileged – Victor, the Ironman”, his friend Mark Galea says in his new book.
Victor, You Are An Ironman tells Calvagna’s fitness story through photographs of him along with his active group, accompanied by intimate anecdotes.
Calling themselves the ‘Weasels Pack’, Calvagna was part of an exercise group that brought together people from “different sectors of life, sharing one common passion, that of cycling”, Galea says in the book.
“We also shared the love for discovering unexplored areas and sharing memories. Victor was part of all this, fondly nicknamed by the other members of the group as Spartacus or It-Tabib.”
Reliving the lost memories
Galea got the idea for the book days after Calvagna’s tragic accident a year ago when the Puttinu Cares president died a week after he was hit by a car in St Paul’s Bay while he was out jogging.
Speaking to Times of Malta, Galea...