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Lijana Sultana has been awarded the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award for the month of September 2022. The Maltese squash player achieved a superb result in Australia after claiming the Australian National Championships Under 17 Girls title. The Australian Junior Championships event is the top junior national competition in Australia. Almost 200 junior athletes travelled from across all states and territories all over Australia to compete in their respective age groups. To get to these championships held in Perth, Western Australia, Lijana took a 6-hour flight from Brisbane (where she is based), right on the other side of Australia. This is the second major junior title for Sultana since she moved to Australia last January where she is continuing with her squash development program at the Bradley Hindle Art of Squash Academy. In April she won the Australian Junior Open, another platinum event in Squash Australia's calendar. As [...]

Lijana Sultana ngħatat l-unur tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħa tax-Xahar għal Settembru. Il-plejer Maltija tal-isquash kisbet riżultat mill-aqwa meta fl-Awstralja rebħet il-Kampjonati Nazzjonali Awstraljani tat-tfajliet ta' taħt is-17-il sena. L-Australian Junior Championships huwa l-ogħla avveniment fejn jidħlu kompetizzjonijiet nazzjonali għaż-żgħażagħ fl-Awstralja.  Madwar 200 atleta minn diversi stati u territorji minn madwar l-Awstralja kollha, ħadu sehem fil-kategoriji tal-etajiet rispettivi tagħhom. Sabiex waslet f'Perth, fil-Punent tal-Awstralja, fejn ġew organizzati dawn il-kampjonati, Lijana kellha tieħu titjira interna ta' 6 sigħat minn Brisbane (fejn hija allokata), li jiġi fuq ix-xaqliba l-oħra tal-Awstralja. Għal Sultana dan huwa t-tieni titlu maġġuri minn kemm ilha qiegħda l-Awstralja Jannar li għadda, fejn qed tkompli titħarreġ fil-Bradley Hindle Art of Squash Academy. F'April rebħet l-Australian Junior Open, avveniment ieħor platinum fil-kalendarju tal-isquash fl-Awstralja. Il-preżentazzjoni uffiċjali tat-trofew tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħa tax-Xahar u l-vawċer ta’ abbiljament sportiv abbinat ma’ dan il-premju ser jingħataw aktar ’il quddiem peress li Lijana tinsab barra mill-pajjiż. [...]