Malta Men's U17 Water Polo Team wins the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award for March

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The Malta Men's U17 Water Polo Team has been awarded the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award for the month of March 2023. This is the fifth time that the award has been given to a team instead of an individual athlete and the fourth time to a national water polo team.

The Malta Men’s U17 Water Polo Team managed to win all the matches from Group D Qualifiers, hence qualifying for the European Championship taking place between the 8th and 15th August in Manisa, Türkiye.

In the opening match of the qualifying group, the Maltese youngsters dominated the Latvians, winning 34-3. Following that, they won against Poland 15-3, against Slovakia 12-5, and also won  the match against Great Britain 15-5.

This is the second time that the Malta Men’s U17 Water Polo Team qualified for the European Championship. The team is managed by Milan Cirovic and assisted by Anthony Farrugia, who coached the team in the previous edition. Jayden Cutajar is the captain of the Maltese team.

The trophy for the March 2023 Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month, together with a memento for all the U17 national team players, was presented by Matthew von Brockdorff, Managerial Director & CEO at Atlas Insurance. The MSJA was represented by General Secretary Lorraine Cunningham and Administrator Stephen Azzopardi. Karl Izzo President of the Aquatic Sports Association of Malta was also present for this presentation.

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 caption: The Malta Men’s U17 Water Polo Team with Karl Izzo (Aquatic Sports Association of Malta), Lorraine Cunningham (Malta Sports Journalists Association), Matthew von Brockdorff and Robert Micallef (Atlas Insurance).

It-tim nazzjonali ta’ taħt is-17-il sena tal-Water Polo jirbaħ l-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar għal Marzu

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It-tim nazzjonali ta’ taħt is-17-il sena tal-Water Polo ngħata l-unur tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar għal Marzu. Din hija l-ħames darba li dan il-premju qed jingħata lil tim minflok atleta individwali u r-raba' darba lil tim nazzjonali tal-water polo.

It-tim nazzjonali Malti tal-water polo ta’ taħt is-17-il sena rnexxielu jikkwalifika għall-Kampjonat Ewropew li se jsir bejn it-8 u l-15 ta' Awissu f'Manisa fit-Turkija, wara li rebaħ il-logħbiet kollha ta’ Grupp D ta’ Kwalifikazzjoni.

Fl-ewwel logħba ż-żgħażagħ Maltin iddominaw lil Latvja u rebħu bi skor kbir ta’ 34 għal 3. Fit-tieni logħba għelbu lill-Polonja 15 għal 13 u wara rebħu kontra l-Islovakkja 12 għal 5 u għelbu wkoll lill-Gran Brittanja bl-iskor ta’ 15 għal 5.

Din se tkun it-tieni darba li t-tim Nazzjonali Malti tal-U17 ikkwalifika għall-dawn il-kampjonati. F’din l-edizzjoni t-tim Malti huwa mmexxi mill-kowċ Montenegrin Milan Cirovic u l-assistent tiegħu Anthony Farrugia li kien il-kowċ fl-aħħar edizzjoni. Jayden Cutajar kien il-captain taż-żgħażagħ Maltin.

It-trofew tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar għal Marzu flimkien ma’ tifkira tal-okkażjoni ġew preżentati lill-plejers kollha tat-tim nazzjonali ta’ taħt is-17-il sena minn Matthew von Brockdorff, Direttur Maniġerjali & CEO ta’ Atlas Insurance. Preżenti wkoll Lorraine Cunningham Segretarju Ġenerali u Stephen Azzopardi Amministratur tal-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports flimkien ma' Karl Izzo l-President tal-Aquatic Sports Association of Malta.

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’email 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: It-Tim Nazzjonali Malti tal-Water Polo ta' taħt is-17-il sena ma’ Karl Izzo (Aquatic Sports Association of Malta), Lorraine Cunningham (Malta Sports Journalists Association), Matthew von Brockdorff u Robert Micallef (Atlas Insurance).

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