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18 12, 2020

November Atlas Youth Athlete of the month award: Tenishia Thornton wins prestigious award twice in span of few months

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Young Weightlifter Tenishia Thornton has been awarded with the Atlas Youth Athlete of the month Award for November 2020. This was the second time that the 15 year old athlete managed to win this award after she had claimed the March 2020 accolade. Thornton in November added a piece of history for Maltese Weightlifting as she became the first Maltese Athlete to win world medals in an IWF event. The Maltese weightlifter competed in the 49kg category where she finished with claiming a silver medal in the snatch category with a lift of 71kg and an overall bronze medal in the final classification after she had lifted an 84kg lift in the clean and jerk. Due to the Covid-19 situation the Youth World Cup of Weightlifting was held online with the participation of 17 athletes. In the competition Thornton successfully lifted all her snatches attempts at 68kg, 70kg and 71kg [...]

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18 12, 2020

Atlas Żagħżugħa tax-Xahar għal Novembru: Tenishia Thornton issir l-ewwel atleta li tirbaħ dan l-unur darbtejn

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Il-Weightlifter ta' 15 -il sena Tenishia Thornton ġiet dikjarata rebbieħa tal-11 -il unur tas-sena tal-Atlas Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar għal Novembru 2020. Dan kien it-tieni unur simili li rebħet din l-atleta hekk kif kienet rebħet ukoll l-unur tax-xahar ta' Marzu. Thornton kellha dak li jista' jitqies bħala l-iktar riżultat prestiġjuż sa issa fil-karriera tagħha hekk kif ikklassifikat fit-tielet post fit-Tazza tad-Dinja ta’ taħt is-17-il sena tal-IWF. Minħabba l-pandemija tal-Covid-19, din il-kompetizzjoni ġiet organizzata b’mod virtwali, b’Thornton tikseb l-ewwel midalja għal Malta f’dan il-livell f’dan l-isport. Thornton taħt il-gwida tal-kowċ tagħha Jesmond Caruana, kienet it-tieni l-iżgħar kompetitriċi minn total ta’ 17-il weightlifter li kkompetew f'dan il-kampjonat. Hi refgħet total ta’ 71 kilo fis-snatch wara li għamlet b’suċċess it-tliet tentattivi tagħha. Fil-clean and jerk, Thornton refgħat 80 kilo fl-ewwel tentattiv, falliet it-tieni tentattiv ta’ 84 kilo iżda għalqet bl-aħjar mod hekk kif refgħat il-piż li falliet ftit minuti qabel. B’hekk iż-żagħżugħa Maltija spiċċat fit-tieni [...]

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11 12, 2020

Maltco Lotteries tippreżenta l-għajnuna finanzjarja lir-rebbieħa ta’ SportMalta Awards għat-tmien sena konsekuttiva

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Maltco Lotteries uriet l-apprezzament tagħha lejn it-talent lokali u lejn ir-rebbieħa tal-iSportMalta Awards - Għażliet Sportivi Nazzjonali, b’għajnuna finanzarja.  Din hija t-tmien sena konsekuttiva li l-operatur tal-Lotterija Nazzjonali qed jissaportja dan l-avveniment. L-atleti lokali kienu ġew ippremjati għas-suċċessi miksuba fl-2019, fl-edizzjoni ta’ SportMalta Awards Għażliet Sportivi Nazzjonali ta’ Frar li għadda organizzatta mill-Għaqda Ġuranlisti Sports flimkien ma' SportMalta. Maltco Lotteries ilhom jissaportjaw dan l-avveniment għal dawn l-aħħar snin, hekk kif ikkonferma dan il-Kap Eżekuttiv tal-Kumpanija, Vasileios Kasiotakis. “Apparti milli aħna wieħed mill-isponsors uffiċjali ta’ dawn l-iSportMalta Awards, Maltco dejjem ipprovdiet sapport finanzjarju lir-rebbieħa bħala nkuraġġiment sabiex ikomplu javvanzaw fil-karriera sportiva tagħhom.” Il-President tal-Għaqda Ġuranlisti Sports, Sandro Micallef irringrazzja lill-Maltco Lotteries għall-appoġġ kontinwu tagħhom lejn l-iSportMalta Awards Għażliet Sportivi Nazzjonali u kif ukoll għall-għajnuna kontinwa lejn l-isport f’Malta. L-avveniment annwali ta’ din is-sena kien wieħed speċjali għax kien is-60 anniversarju mill-ewwel edizzjoni tal-iSportiv tas-Sena fl-1960 u l- 50 sena anniversarju mit-twaqqif [...]

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11 12, 2020

Maltco Lotteries presents financial support to SportMalta Awards Winners for the 8th consecutive year

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Maltco Lotteries showed its appreciation towards local talent and awarded the winners from the SportMalta Awards - Għażliet Sportivi Nazzjonali by means of financial support.  This has been the 8th consecutive year for the National Lottery operator to support this initiative. The local athletes have been awarded with their respective title back in February for their 2019 achievements during the SportMalta Awards Għażliet Sportivi Nazzjonali event which was organised by SportMalta together with the Malta Sports Journalists Association. Maltco Lotteries has been supporting this event for the past years, as affirmed Maltco Lotteries CEO, Vasileios Kasiotakis. “Apart from being one of the main sponsors of the yearly SportMalta Awards event, Maltco also provides the winners with a financial support as an encouragement and incentive to pursue further in their sports career” The President of the Malta Sports Journalists Association, Sandro Micallef thanked Maltco Lotteries for their continuous support not only [...]

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