Bianca Shoemake (Hammer Throw - Athletics) and Nico Sciberras (Trap – Shooting) are the winners of the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award for May.

Hammer thrower Bianca Shoemake, aged 16, has achieved direct qualification for the European Athletics U18 Championships, which will be held in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, later in the summer after a fantastic performance at the Young Athletes Challenge Meeting, organised by Athletics Malta. Shoemake’s throw of 58.51 metres meant a national record in her age group.

Meanwhile, Nico Sciberras, aged 20, won the Silver medal in the Trap Men Junior Event at the European Championship Shotgun events which took place in Lonato del Garda, Italy. This was the first time ever that a Maltese Trap Junior Athlete managed to win a medal in a Continental Championship.

Robert Micallef, Chief Commercial Officer, presented the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award. The Malta Sports Journalists Association was represented by General Secretary Lorraine Cunningham and Administrator Stephen Azzopardi.

This award is a joint initiative of the Malta Sports Journalists Association and Atlas Insurance. The adjudicating panel of this award takes note of all the youths’ national and international achievements of the month under review, and at the same time, it invites local sport associations and federations to send in their nominations for consideration if they feel that any of their under-21 athletes have distinguished themselves during that month. All the monthly winners are eligible for the annual award.

Nominations for this award may be sent via email to info@maltasportsjournalists.com. The rules and regulations of this award can be viewed through the link https://www.maltasportsjournalists.com/atlas-youth-athlete-of-the-month-rules-and-regulations/

Bianca Shoemake (Hammer Throw - Atletika) u Nico Sciberras (Trap – Sparar) huma r-rebbieħa tal-unur tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar għal Mejju 2024.

L-atleta Bianca Shoemake, li għandha 16-il sena, kisbet kwalifikazzjoni diretta għall-Kampjonati Ewropej tal-Atletika ta’ taħt it-18-il sena fil-hammer throw wara prestazzjoni mill-aqwa fiċ-Challenge Meeting ta’ Athletics Malta, miftuħ għall-atleti żgħażagħ. Hija kisbet dan ir-riżultat wara tefa' ta’ 58.51 metri, li jfisser rekord nazzjonali fil-kategorija tagħha biex kisbet id-dritt li tikkompeti fil-Kampjonati Ewropej ta’ taħt it-18-il sena, li se jsiru f’Banska Bystrica fl-Islovakkja, fis-Sajf li ġej.

Min-naħa l-oħra Nico Sciberras, li għandu 20 sena, rebaħ il-midalja tal-fidda fit-Trap Men Junior Event fil-European Championship Shotgun Events li saru f’Lonato del Garda, fl-Italja. Din kienet l-ewwel darba li atleta Malti tat-Trap Junior irnexxielu jirbaħ midalja f’Kampjonat Kontinentali.

Il-preżentazzjoni tal-unuri tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ/a tax-Xahar saret minn Robert Micallef, Chief Commercial Officer ta' Atlas Insurance. F’isem l-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports kien hemm preżenti s-Segretarju Ġenerali Lorraine Cunningham u l-Amministratur Stephen Azzopardi.

Dan il-premju ta’ kull xahar jingħata b’inizjattiva konġunta bejn l-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports flimkien ma’ Atlas Insurance. Il-panel li jiġġudika r-rebbieħa ta’ dan il-premju jieħu nota tas-suċċessi miksuba lokalment u internazzjonalment matul dak ix-xahar u fl-istess ħin jistieden lill-assoċjazzjonijiet u federazzjonijiet sportivi sabiex jibagħtu n-nomini tagħhom. In-nominazzjonijiet iridu jkunu għal atleti ta’ taħt il-21 sena.

In-nominazzjonijiet għandhom jaslu b’email fuq info@maltasportsjournalists.com. Ir-regolamenti ta’ dan l-unur jinsabu f’dan il-link https://www.maltasportsjournalists.com/atlas-youth-athlete-of-the-month-rules-and-regulations/