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On Thursday 23rd July, The Malta Handball Association celebrated its 25th Anniversary during an event held at the University Sports Hall. Apart from handing out awards to the best teams and players of the season, the association also recognised the work of local media including the Malta Sports Journalists Association. A commemorative token was presented to the General Secretary Lorraine Cunningham by the founder and up till then President Louis Borg. We also appreciate that the Association also recognised the work done by our members Joanna Camilleri, Mario Bonnici and Charles Camenzuli on behalf of PBS, One TV and Net TV respectively.

It-Tenpin bowler Matthew Magro rebaħ l-unur tal-‘Atlas Youth Athlete of the month’ għax-xahar ta’ Ġunju 2020. Magro intgħażel bħala r-rebbieħ ta’ dan l-unur wara r-riżultati eċċezzjonali li kellu tul ix-xahar ta’ Ġunju fejn fost oħrajn irreġistra riżultati impressjonanti li rawh uffiċjalment isir l-iżgħar Tenpin bowler Malti li qatt għamel il-‘perfect game’. Magro beda dan l-isport fl-eta’ ta’ tmien snin u baqa’ jittrenja bis-serjeta’ tant li llum il-ġurnata hu wieħed mill-aqwa players fix-xena tat-Tenpin blowling fi ħdan il-Malta Tenpin Bowling Association. Wara xejn inqas minn tliet xhur ‘il bogħod  mil-lanes,  Magro rritorna bil-kbir hekk kif fit-‘3 game’ tal-MTBA Cisk Lager Doubles League hu għamel punteġġ ta’ 756 series li kien jinkludi wkoll skor ta’ 300 jiġifieri ‘perfect game’ fl-ewwel ġimgħa tal-kompetizzjoni. F’din il-kompetizzjoni Magro kien qed jilgħab f’team mal-player veterena, l-leġġenda Sue Abela. B’hekk fl-eta’ eżatta ta’ 18 –il sena u tmien xhur Magro sar l-iżgħar Tenpin bowler Malti li qatt irreġistra [...]

Tenpin bowler Matthew Magro was named the ‘Atlas Youth Athlete of the month’ for the month of June 2020. Magro won this award following his recent impressive results which saw him officially becoming the youngest ever Maltese tenpin bowler to roll a perfect game. Magro started to play tenpin bowling when he was eight years old and has since then continued to train to improve his technique to become one of the most promising youth players within the Malta Tenpin Bowling Association. After three long months away from the bowling lanes, Magro came back with a huge bang in June after his 3 game series at the MTBA Cisk Doubles League tailed to a 756 series including a 300 perfect game in the first week of the competition. During this League Magro was paired with local veteran legend Sue Abela. At 18 years and 8 months Magro was confirmed as the youngest [...]

L-Istitut tal-Ġurnalisti Maltin għandu l-ewwel mara bħala President tiegħu filwaqt li kienu assenjati rwoli lil kull wieħed mill-membri tal-Kunsill li jiffukkaw fuq aspetti u setturi differenti tal-qasam tal-media. Sylvana Debono, ġurnalista veterana li hi l-Kap Editorjali tal-Beacon Media Group li jiġbor fih in-Newsbook kif ukoll l-istazzjon tar-Radju 103FM, hi l-President tal-Kunsill. F’kumment qasir li għamlet wara din il-ħatra, Sylvana Debono rringrazzjat lill-President preċedenti Yannick Pace għall-ħidma tiegħu kif ukoll lill-kunsilli preċedenti tal-Istitut li poġġew pedamenti sodi għall-kisbiet future fil-qasam lokali tal-ġurnaliżmu.. "Dan huwa tim tajjeb ħafna, u lkoll kemm aħna nġibu ħiliet differenti madwar il-mejda. Għandna nkunu nistgħu nservu l-professjoni tagħna u ngħollu l-istandards saħansitra ogħla, ”qalet Sylvana Debono. Debono se tkun megħjuna minn kunsill eżekuttiv li issa jirrifletti l-prijoritajiet dejjem jiżdiedu tal-IGM. Kull membru ngħata funzjoni speċifika li għandha tkompli ssaħħaħ ilħidma tal-Kunsill li issa jiġbor fih membri minn sitt kmamar tal-aħbarijiet differenti. Il-karigi tal-membri tal-Kunsill huma kif ġej: [...]