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The Malta Sports Journalists Association and Atlas Insurance will officially launch the public voting for the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Year Award 2022 between the 13th–25th January. The young athletes that have claimed the monthly award during 2022 are now eligible to compete for the prestigious yearly award with a combined vote by the panel of journalists and the public. The journalists’ vote will carry 60% of the total outcome whilst the popular public vote will carry the other 40% of the vote that has been launched on the official Facebook page of Atlas Insurance: www.facebook.com/atlasmalta/ The eligible athletes for the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Year Award 2022 are: Jeremy Zammit (Athletics - Long Jump)  – January Nicolai Bonello (Athletics - Pole Vault) – February Kai Azzopardi (Triathlon) – March Mireya Cassar (Athletics - Thrower) – April Luke Bonello (Table Tennis) – May Tenishia Thornton (Weightlifting) – June Matthew Galea Soler [...]

L-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports u Atlas Insurance se jniedu uffiċjalment il-votazzjoni tal-pubbliku għall-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ/a tas-Sena 2022 għal bejn it-13 u l- 25 ta’ Jannar. L_atleti żgħażagħ rebbieħa tal-premju tax-xahar matul is-sena 2022 huma elliġibli għal dan il-premju prestiġjuż annwali li huwa magħmul mill-voti tal-panel ta’ ġurnalisti flimkien mal-pubbliku. Il-voti tal-ġurnalisti se jkollhom 60% sehem tal-voti filwaqt li l-pubbliku għandu 40% meta jivvota mill-paġna uffiċjali ta’ Facebook ta’ Atlas Insurance: www.facebook.com/atlasmalta/ L-atleti eliġibli għall-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tas-Sena 2022 huma: Jeremy Zammit (Athletics - Long Jump) – Jannar Nicolai Bonello (Athletics - Pole Vault) – Frar Kai Azzopardi (Triathlon) – Marzu Mireya Cassar (Athletics - Thrower) – April Luke Bonello (Table Tennis) – Mejju Tenishia Thornton (Weightlifting) – Ġunju Matthew Galea Soler (Athletics - Runner) – Lulju Malta U/16 Men’s Water Polo National Team – Awwissu Lijana Sultana (Squash) – Settembru Chaylon and Jake Castaldi (Blackball) – Ottubru Nicholas Muscat (Bowling) – Novembru [...]

Nick Mercieca has been awarded the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award for the month of December 2022. Nick Mercieca is a paralympic rower representing Siggiewi Rowing Club. Together with Kurt Farrugia, he set a world record for the 500-meter event at the 2022 Malta National Indoor Rowing Championships. Nick Mercieca competed in the adaptive category Men 15-16 PR1 500 metre race, which he completed in 3 minutes 9.6 seconds. This was the first ever world record recorded for this event. This is the first time that World Records were set in Malta during the National Indoor Rowing Championships by either an abled body athlete or a para-athlete. During the month of December, Nick had two more world records, which are still under review by the World Para Athletics. Despite having spina bifida, which restricts him from using his legs, Nick Mercieca also trains calisthenics, weight training and karate. The trophy [...]

Nick Mercieca ngħata l-unur tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar għal Diċembru. Nick Mercieca flimkien ma’ Kurt Farrugia, iż-żewġ para qaddiefa tas-Siġġiewi Rowing Club, stabbilixxew rekords dinjija ġodda fl-Indoor Rowing għall-500m fil-kategoriji rispettivi tagħhom, waqt il-Kampjonati Nazzjonali ta’ Qdif Indoor ta’ Malta. Nick Mercieca kkompeta fil-kategorija tal-irġiel fl-età ta’ bejn il-15 u s-16-il sena PR1, fejn spiċċa l-500m fi 3 minuti 9.6 sekondi, l-ewwel rekord dinji li qatt ġie rreġistrat għal din it-tellieqa. Din hija l-ewwel darba li Rekords Dinjija ġew stabbiliti f’Malta waqt il-Kampjonati Nazzjonali tal-Qdif fuq ġewwa jew minn atleti Maltin. Fix-xahar ta’ Diċembru, Nick kiseb żewġ rekords dinjija oħra, li għadhom qed jiġu verifikati mill-World Para Athletics. Minkejja li għandu spina bifida, kundizzjoni li ma tħallihx juża riġlejh, Nick Mercieca jipprattika wkoll il-calisthenics, il-weight training u l-karate. It-trofew tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar għal Diċembru 2022 kif ukoll il-voucher ta’ abbiljament sportiv abbinat ma’ dan il-premju ġew ippreżentati lil [...]