Neil Incorvaja (Table Tennis) and Malta’s Men U19 Water Polo Team are the winners of the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award for March.

Neil Incorvaja, aged 14, is the Under 15 Individual Champion and winner of the Under 15 and Under 19 Doubles Championships, along with Matthew Zammit and Anthea Cutajar, respectively. The Junior National Championships were organised between the 18th and 25th March at the University of Malta Sports Pavilion.

Meanwhile, Malta’s Men U19 Water Polo Team qualified for the European U19 Championships, which will be held in Burgas, Bulgaria, next September. The Maltese youths won the qualifying group after winning all games against Slovakia 15-7, Poland 11-4, and Bulgaria 16-10.

Neil Incorvaja and  Malta’s Men U19 Water Polo Team were officially presented with the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award by Robert Micallef, Chief Commercial Officer. The Malta Sports Journalists Association was represented by its 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/

Neil Incorvaja (Table Tennis) u t-Tim Nazzjonali tal-Water Polo tal-irġiel ta’ taħt id-19-il sena huma r-rebbieħa tal-unur tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ  tax-Xahar għal Marzu 2024.

Neil Incorvaja, li għandu 14-il sena, rebaħ il-kampjonat individwali fil-kategorija ta’ taħt il-15-il sena, il-kategorija tad-doubles tal-istess età flimkien ma’ Matthew Zammit u l-kategorija tad-doubles ta’ taħt id-19-il sena flimkien ma’ Anthea Cutajar. Il-Junior National Championships saru bejn it-18 u l-25 ta’ Marzu fil-Padiljun Sportiv tal-Università ta’ Malta.

Min-naħa l-oħra t-Tim Nazzjonali tal-Water Polo tal-Irġiel ta’ taħt id-19-il sena kiseb l-ewwel post fil-grupp ta’ kwalifikazzjoni għall-Kampjonat Ewropew li se jsir f’Burgas, il-Bulgarija f’Settembru li ġej.  Iż-żgħażagħ Maltin rebħu l-logħbiet kollha meta għelbu lis-Slovakkja 15-7, lill-Polonja 11-4 u lill-Bulgarija 16-10.

Il-preżentazzjoni tal-unuri tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħ tax-Xahar għal Marzu 2024 ġew ippreżentati lil Neil Incorvaja u lit-Tim Nazzjonali tal-Water Polo ta’ taħt id-19-il sena minn Robert Micallef, Chief Commercial Officer ta’ Atlas Insurance. F’isem l-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports kien hemm preżenti 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/