Lijana Sultana wins the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award for September

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Lijana Sultana has been awarded the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award for the month of September 2022.

The Maltese squash player achieved a superb result in Australia after claiming the Australian National Championships Under 17 Girls title. The Australian Junior Championships event is the top junior national competition in Australia. Almost 200 junior athletes travelled from across all states and territories all over Australia to compete in their respective age groups.

To get to these championships held in Perth, Western Australia, Lijana took a 6-hour flight from Brisbane (where she is based), right on the other side of Australia.

This is the second major junior title for Sultana since she moved to Australia last January where she is continuing with her squash development program at the Bradley Hindle Art of Squash Academy. In April she won the Australian Junior Open, another platinum event in Squash Australia's calendar.

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As Lijana is currently out of the country, the official presentation of the Atlas Youth of the Month trophy and the sports apparel voucher that goes along with this award will be held later. MSJA General Secretary Lorraine Cunningham together with Atlas Insurance Business Development & Marketing Manager David Cassar took the opportunity to congratulate Lijana during a virtual call.

This award is a joint initiative of the Malta Sports Journalists Association and Atlas Insurance. The adjudicating panel of this award takes note of all the youths’ achievements during the month under review and invites local sports associations and federations to send their nominations for consideration if they feel that any of their under-21 athletes have distinguished themselves during that month.

Nominations for this award may be sent via email to info@maltasportsjournalists.com. The rules and regulations of the award can be viewed on the website
www.maltasportsjournalists.com.

Photo 1 caption: Lijana Sultana in action (photo credit Squash Australia).

Photo 2 caption: Lijana Sultana during the presentation ceremony (photo credit Squash Australia).

Lijana Sultana tirbaħ l-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħa tax-Xahar għal Settembru

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Lijana Sultana ngħatat l-unur tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħa tax-Xahar għal Settembru.

Il-plejer Maltija tal-isquash kisbet riżultat mill-aqwa meta fl-Awstralja rebħet il-Kampjonati Nazzjonali Awstraljani tat-tfajliet ta' taħt is-17-il sena. L-Australian Junior Championships huwa l-ogħla avveniment fejn jidħlu kompetizzjonijiet nazzjonali għaż-żgħażagħ fl-Awstralja.  Madwar 200 atleta minn diversi stati u territorji minn madwar l-Awstralja kollha, ħadu sehem fil-kategoriji tal-etajiet rispettivi tagħhom.

Sabiex waslet f'Perth, fil-Punent tal-Awstralja, fejn ġew organizzati dawn il-kampjonati, Lijana kellha tieħu titjira interna ta' 6 sigħat minn Brisbane (fejn hija allokata), li jiġi fuq ix-xaqliba l-oħra tal-Awstralja.

Għal Sultana dan huwa t-tieni titlu maġġuri minn kemm ilha qiegħda l-Awstralja Jannar li għadda, fejn qed tkompli titħarreġ fil-Bradley Hindle Art of Squash Academy. F'April rebħet l-Australian Junior Open, avveniment ieħor platinum fil-kalendarju tal-isquash fl-Awstralja.

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Il-preżentazzjoni uffiċjali tat-trofew tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħa tax-Xahar u l-vawċer ta’ abbiljament sportiv abbinat ma’ dan il-premju ser jingħataw aktar ’il quddiem peress li Lijana tinsab barra mill-pajjiż. Intant is-Segretarju Ġenerali tal-GħĠS Lorraine Cunningham flimkien mal-Business Development & Marketing Manager ta’ Atlas Insurance David Cassar taw l-awguri tagħhom lil Lijana b’mod virtwali.

Dan il-premju ta’ kull xahar jingħata b’inizjattiva konġunta tal-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports u Atlas Insurance. Il-panel li jiġġudika r-rebbieħa ta’ dan il-premju jieħu nota tas-suċċessi miksuba matul dak ix-xahar u fl-istess ħin jistieden lill-assoċjazzjonijiet u federazzjonijiet sportivi sabiex jibagħtu n-nomini tagħhom. In-nominati li jiġu evalwati jridu jkunu taħt il-21 sena.

In-nominazzjonijiet għandhom jaslu b’imejl lil info@maltasportsjournalists.com. Ir-regolamenti ta’ dan l-unur jinsabu fuq is-sit elettroniku tal-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports li hu www.maltasportsjournalists.com.

Ritratt 1: Lijana Sultana fl-azzjoni. (Ritratt meħud minn Squash Australia)

Ritratt 2: Lijana Sultana waqt iċ-ċerimonja tal-preżentazzjoni. (Ritratt meħud minn Squash Australia)

Media Package

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Download the video clip from the online meeting with Lijana Sultana through this link: https://we.tl/t-QpGdJ8V6Oo