Swieqi Phoenix Volleyball U15 Team and Sophie St John (Gymnastics) are the winners of May’s Atlas Youth Athletes of the Month Award.

Swieqi Phoenix Volleyball U15 Team clinched their 10th consecutive title, maintaining an incredible unbeaten record over the past ten years.

Meanwhile, 14-year-old Sophie St John, one of the youngest members of Team Malta at this year’s Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) held in Andorra, delivered an outstanding performance, winning 3 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze medal in artistic gymnastics. She triumphed in the Women’s Vault, the Women’s Balance Beam, and the Women’s Team event. She also earned silver in the Women’s All-Around and bronze in the Floor Exercise.

The Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award was presented to the winners by Matthew von Brockdorff, Managing Director and CEO of Atlas Insurance. The Malta Sports Journalists Association was represented by President Clinton Buhagiar.

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 of the month under review and at the same time it invites local sport associations and federations to send in their nominations for consideration if they feel that any of their under-21 athletes have distinguished themselves during that month. All the monthly winners are eligible for the annual award.

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

It-tim tal-volleyball ta’ taħt il-15-il sena ta’ Swieqi Phoenix u Sophie St John (Ġinnastika) huma r-rebbieħa tal-Atlas Atleti Żgħażagħ tax-Xahar ta’ Mejju.

It-tim tal-volleyball ta’ taħt il-15-il sena ta’ Swieqi Phoenix rebaħ il-kampjonat f’din il-kategorija għall-għaxar sena konsekuttiva u żamm ir-rekord fejn ma tilfux logħba tul dawn l-aħħar għaxar snin.

Min-naħa l-oħra il-ġinnasta Sophie St John li għandha 14-il sena u li kienet waħda mill-iżgħar atleti f’Team Malta waqt il-Logħob tal-Pajjiżi Żgħar tal-Ewropa li saru f’Andorra, kellha wirjiet brillanti u kisbet tliet midalji tad-deheb, midalja tal-fidda u oħra tal-bronż. It-tliet midalji tad-deheb kienu fil-Women’s Vault, Women’s Balance Beam u fil-kategorija tat-timijiet. Hija rebħet il-fidda fil-Women’s All-Around u l-bronż fil-Floor Exercise.

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 Sports kien hemm preżenti l-President Clinton Buhagiar.

Dan il-premju ta' kull xahar jingħata b'inizjattiva konġunta bejn l-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports flimkien ma' 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.