The team formed by the Malta Football Association’s staff won this edition of the Traditional Boxing Day Football Tournament organised by the Malta Sports Journalists Association. For this year’s edition, the quadrangular tournament was made up of a team composed by the Malta Sports Journalists Association, a team from the Malta Football Referees Association, a team formed by the Malta Football Association’s staff and, for the first time ever, a team composed by the Parliament Members.

Present during the tournament H.E. President of Malta Dr George Vella where he shared his thoughts with those present and thanked them for the donations in aid of L-Istrina. Also present the Opposition Leader and Leader of the Nationalist Party Dr Bernard Grech.

The tournament was very balanced and was decided in the last match won by MFA 1-0 against the Malta Sports Journalists Association. The other results are as follows:

MPs 0-3 MFA

Malta SJA 0-0 MFRA

MPs 0-3 Malta SJA

MFRA 1-1 MFA

Malta SJA 0-1 MFA

MFRA 9-0 MPs

At the end of the tournament, the presentation was done by the Honorary President Charles Camenzuli, who played in the first edition in 1975,  to MFA's Staff Captain Rodney Pisani.

The total collected sum which will be presented during L-Istrina was of €1,075.

It-tim tal-istaff tal-Malta Football Association (MFA) rebaħ l-edizzjoni ta' din is-sena tat-tournament tradizzjonali ta’ Boxing Day. Dan it-tournament għal darb'oħra organizzat mill-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports (GħĠS), din is-sena kien ferm bilanċjat, fejn ġie deċiż fl-aħħar logħba, meta l-MFA għelbu lill-GħĠS bl-iskor ta' 1-0.

Għall-ewwel darba kemm ilu jsir dan it-tournament, kien hemm il-parteċipazzjoni tat-tim magħmul mill-Membri Parlamentari. Bħas-snin l-imgħoddija kien hemm it-tim li jirrapreżenta lill-media, tim li jirrapreżenta lir-referis organizzat mill-Malta Football Referees Association u tim magħmul mill-istaff tal-Malta Football Association (MFA).

Preżenti wkoll għal parti sostanzjali mit-tournament kien hemm l-E.T. il-President ta’ Malta Dr George Vella, illi kellem lil dawk preżenti u rringrazzjahom għas-somma li bħal dejjem tinġabar wara tmiem dan it-tournament. Flimkien mal-Membri Parlamentari kien hemm preżenti l-Kap tal-Oppożizzjoni u tal-Partit Nazzjonalista Dr Bernard Grech.

Ir-riżultati kollha kienu dawn:

MPs 0-3 MFA

Malta SJA 0-0 MFRA

MPs 0-3 Malta SJA

MFRA 1-1 MFA

Malta SJA 0-1 MFA

MFRA 9-0 MPs

Fi tmiem it-tournament saret il-preżentazzjoni mill-President Onorarju Charles Camenzuli, li kien lagħab ukoll fl-ewwel edizzjoni tal-logħba  tradizzjonali li kienet saret fl-1975, lill-captain tal-istaff tal-MFA Rodney Pisani.

Is-somma totali miġbura kienet ta’ €1,075 li se tkun ippreżentata waqt l-Istrina.