The Executive Committee of the Malta Sports Journalists Association (MSJA) is publishing the full results for all categories of the 63rd edition held on Saturday 25th February at the Sir Temi Zammit Hall at the University of Malta. The jury cast their votes few days before the winners were announced during the actual awards ceremony.

The official results are:

SPORTMAN OF THE YEAR
DEJAN GRECH – 80 points
JEREMY ZAMMIT – 76 points
CLIFERTY CALLEJA – 47 points
ISAAC BEZZINA – 42 points
KURT FARRUGIA – 42 points
JAKE TANTI – 41 points

SPORTWOMAN OF THE YEAR
KATRYNA ESPOSITO – 93 points
TENISHIA THORNTON – 69 points
FRANCESCA CURMI – 57 points
JANET RICHARD – 45 points
ELLA BORG – 36 points
COLETTE SULTANA – 28 points

YOUTH ATHLETE OF THE YEAR MEN
CHAYLON CASTALDI – 107 points
NICHOLAS MUSCAT – 57 points
NICK MERCIECA – 50 points
ALEX DEGABRIELE – 44 points
LUKE BONELLO – 40 points
ALEC FENECH – 30 points

YOUTH ATHLETE OF THE YEAR WOMEN
TENISHIA THORNTON – 120 points
KIM CAMILLERI LAGANÀ – 57 points
SASHA GATT – 50 points
LIJANA SULTANA – 43 points
PHILIPPA BUSUTTIL – 35 points
ZEA MONTFORT – 23 points

COACH OF THE YEAR
JESMOND CARUANA – 92 points
KARL IZZO – 89 points
ANTHONY FARRUGIA – 59 points
MARIO BONELLO – 41 points
DAMIAN NEILL – 31 points
MELANIA BAJADA -16 points

OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR
TERRY CAMILLERI – 102 points
RONNIE SPITERI – 69 points
PETER BALZAN – 65 points
ALAN GRIMA – 47 points
ANNA VASSALLO – 37 points
RHONA XERRI – 8 points

TEAM OF THE YEAR
ĦAMRUN SPARTANS FOOTBALL CLUB – 96 points
BLACKBALL NATIONAL MEN DOUBLES TEAM – 73 points
8-BALL POOL NATIONAL U/25 MEN’S TEAM – 51 points
BASKETBALL NATIONAL SENIOR MEN’S TEAM – 45 points
WATER POLO NATIONAL SENIOR MEN’S TEAM – 41 points
WATER POLO NATIONAL U/16 BOYS’ TEAM – 18 points

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
TENISHIA THORNTON – 22.65%
ANTHONY FARRUGIA – 21.45%
FABIO SPITERI – 21.15%
LIJANA SULTANA – 13.45%
SENIOR FEMALE NATIONAL TEAM VOLLEYBALL – 10.85%
TARA VELLA CLARK – 10.45%

The jury for this year’s edition was composed of Clinton Buhagiar (ONE Sport), Valhmor Camilleri (Times of Malta), Chris Falzon and Joanna Camilleri (TVMSport), Charles Camenzuli (NET Media), Keane Cutajar (Malta Daily), Jesmond Moore (Union Press) and Sandro Micallef representing the votes of the Executive Committee of MSJA. In the case of the People’s Choice Award the jury’s vote accounted to 40% of the final result with 40% by public emails and 20% Federations/Associations preferences.

The MSJA Executive Committee takes this opportunity to thank SportMalta, the Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation, and all the sponsors, for yet another successful edition.