Swieqi Phoenix Handball and Philippa Busuttil are March’s winners of the Atlas Youth Athletes of the Month Award
The Swieqi Phoenix Handball Club's U15 and U17 Girls’ Teams, together with gymnast Philippa Busuttil, are the winners of March’s Atlas Youth Athletes of the Month Award. The Swieqi handball sides both won their respective Knock-Out competitions and in recognition of this achievement have become the first two teams from the same club to receive this monthly award. The U15 team secured their first title of the season with a 20–9 victory over Kavalieri Handball Club, while the U17 team claimed their second title of the season with a 19–10 win, also against Kavalieri. The U17 team had recently been crowned National League Champion in February, and last weekend, both teams once again claimed victory over Kavalieri to win the Super Cup. Meanwhile, Philippa Busuttil, 17, who previously won the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award in October 2023, earned the third highest beam score at Italy’s Campionato [...]