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Antvin Monseigneur has been elected as the new President of the Malta Sports Journalists Association. He won the election against the other candidate, Lorraine Cunningham, with 33 votes to 30. Ms Cunningham has been serving as General Secretary of the Association since 2018. The vote took place on Thursday evening during the Association’s elective annual general meeting. Monseigneur takes over from Clinton Buhagiar, who did not run for the election. Buhagiar was appointed President following the resignation from this role of Sandro Micallef last year. During the very well attended AGM a total of 64 members turned up to vote from a total of 113 MSJA card holders. Joanna Camilleri was elected as the new General Secretary, and Stephen Azzopardi was elected as Treasurer. The other six members elected to the Association’s Executive Committee were Paul Cachia, Maria Vella Galea, Carlos Gauci, Matthew Vassallo, Sandro Micallef and Josef Galdes. All [...]

Antvin Monseigneur ġie elett bħala l-President il-ġdid tal-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sport wara li rebaħ l-elezzjoni interna mal-l-kandidata l-oħra għal din il-kariga, Lorraine Cunningham, bi 33 vot kontra 30. Is-Sinjura Cunningham kienet ilha tokkupa l-kariga ta’ Segretarju Ġenerali sa mis-sena 2018. Il-votazzjoni saret il-Ħamis filgħaxija waqt il-Laqgħa Ġenerali Annwali elettiva tal-Għaqda. Monseigneur se jieħu post Clinton Buhagiar li kien appuntat President f’dawn l-aħħar xhur wara r-riżenja ta’ Sandro Micallef minn din il-kariga s-sena l-oħra. Matul din il-Laqgħa Ġenerali Annwali attendew 64 membru minn total ta’ 113-il persuna li huma membri mħallsa tal-GħĠS. Joanna Camilleri ġiet eletta bħala Segretarju Ġenerali filwaqt li Stephen Azzopardi ġie elett bħala Teżorier. Is-sitt membri l-oħra eletti fil-Kumitat Eżekuttiv tal-Għaqda kienu Paul Cachia, Maria Vella Galea, Carlos Gauci, Matthew Vassallo, Sandro Micallef u Josef Galdes. L-uffiċjali u l-membri tal-kumitat eżekuttiv se jservu għal mandat ta’ erba’ snin li jintemm f’Awwissu 2029. Ir-riżultati uffiċjali tal-elezzjoni kienu hekk: President Lorraine [...]

Nicolai Mallia (Bowling) and Matthew Galea Soler (Athletics) are the winners of July’s Atlas Youth Athletes of the Month Award. Nicolai Mallia, at just 15 years old, is the National Champion, the youngest bowler ever to achieve this title. In fact, he was challenged by fellow past Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Kayden Laganá, but Mallia delivered an impressive 263.6 average over the last five games to surpass Laganá. Meanwhile, 19-year-old Matthew Galea Soler, who had already won the award in July 2022, broke the national 400-metre record in two successive runs at the FISU (Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire) Games in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany. First in 46.82 seconds and then in 46.63 seconds, making him the first young Maltese athlete to qualify for the FISU semi-final. The Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award was presented to the winners by Matthew von Brockdorff, Managing Director and CEO of [...]

Nicolai Mallia (Bowling) u Matthew Galea Soler (Atletika) huma r-rebbieħa tal-Atlas Atleti Żgħażagħ tax-Xahar ta’ Lulju. Nicolai Mallia ta’ 15-il sena rebaħ il-Kampjonat Nazzjonali tal-Bowling u sar l-iżgħar bowler li qatt rebaħ dan it-titlu. Huwa kellu sfida sal-aħħar minn Kayden Laganà, li rebaħ l-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar aktar kmieni din is-sena. Eventwalment Mallia qabeż lil Laganà u ġie fl-ewwel post hekk kif kellu medja inkredibbli ta’ 263.6 fuq l-aħħar ħames logħbiet. Min-naħa l-oħra Matthew Galea Soler li għandu 19-il sena u li rebaħ dan l-unur f'Lulju tal-2022, kiser żewġ rekords nazzjonali fl-400 metru waqt l-edizzjoni tal-FISU (Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire) li saret f'Rhine-Ruhr fil-Ġermanja. Huwa kiseb ħinijiet ta' 46.82 sekonda u 46.63 sekonda, u sar l-ewwel atleta żagħżugħ Malti li wasal sas-semifinali ta' din il-kompetizzjoni. Il-preżentazzjoni tal-unur tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar lir-rebbieħa saret minn Matthew von Brockdorff, Managing Director u CEO ta’ Atlas Insurance. F’isem l-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sport [...]