Thomas Sammut (Darts) and Sasha Gatt (Swimming) are the winners of December’s Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award.

Thomas Sammut, 15, won the youth ranking tournament organized by the Malta Darts Association, showing great consistency throughout. He won all his matches and achieved success for the second consecutive time, having also won the tournament in November.

Meanwhile, Maltese swimmer Sasha Gatt, 19, competed at the World Aquatics Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary, setting a new national record in the 800m freestyle. Gatt clocked 8 minutes, 35.15 seconds, finishing sixth in her heat. This meant she set a new national record in the distance, as well as collecting 795 FINA (International Swimming Federation) points. This number of points is the highest ever achieved by a Maltese swimmer.

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 Administrator Stephen Azzopardi. Prior to this presentation, chess player Jack Mizzi was presented with the trophy for being one of the winners in October 2024.

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’ national and international 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 this award can be viewed through the link https://www.maltasportsjournalists.com/atlas-youth-athlete-of-the-month-rules-and-regulations/

Thomas Sammmut (Darts) u Sasha Gatt (Għawm) huma r-rebbieħa tal-Atlas Atleti Żgħażagħ tax-Xahar ta’ Diċembru.

Thomas Sammut, li għandu 15-il sena, rebaħ ir-ranking tournament taż-żgħażagħ organizzat mill-Malta Darts Association, fejn kien ukoll  l-iktar plejer konsistenti billi rebaħ il-logħbiet kollha. Din kienet it-tieni darba li rebaħ dan ir-ranking tournament wara s-suċċess li kellu f’Novembru li għadda. 

Min-naħa l-oħra, l-għawwiema Maltija Sasha Gatt li għandha 19-il sena, ħadet sehem fil-Kampjonati Dinjija tal-Akwatika u l-Għawm li saru f’Budapest, l-Ungerija, fejn waqqfet rekord nazzjonali ġdid fit-800 metru freestyle. Gatt spiċċat f’ħin ta’ 8 minuti, 35.15 sekondi, u temmet fis-sitt post fil-heat tagħha. Dan fisser li waqqfet rekord nazzjonali ġdid f’din id-distanza, kif ukoll ġabret 795 punt tal-FINA (il-Federazzjoni Internazzjonali tal-Għawm). Dan l-ammont ta’ punti huwa l-akbar wieħed qatt miksub minn għawwiema Maltija.

Il-preżentazzjoni tal-unur tal-Atlas Atleti Żgħażagħ tax-Xahar lir-rebbieħa saret minn Matthew von Brockdorff, Direttur Maniġerjali u CEO ta’ Atlas Insurance. F’isem l-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports kien hemm preżenti l-Amministratur Stephen Azzopardi. Qabel din il-preżentazzjoni, il-plejer taċ-chess Jack Mizzi ġie ppreżentat bit-trofew bħala wieħed mir-rebbieħa għax-xahar ta' Ottubru.

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 lokalment u internazzjonalment matul dak ix-xahar u fl-istess ħin jistieden lill-assoċjazzjonijiet u federazzjonijiet sportivi sabiex jibagħtu n-nomini tagħhom. In-nominazzjonijiet iridu jkunu għal atleti ta’ taħt il-21 sena.

In-nominazzjonijiet għandhom jaslu b’email fuq info@maltasportsjournalists.com. Ir-regolamenti ta’ dan l-unur jinsabu f’dan il-link https://www.maltasportsjournalists.com/atlas-youth-athlete-of-the-month-rules-and-regulations/