Is-Segretarju Parlamentari għaż-Żgħażagħ, Sport u Għaqdiet tal-Volontarjat Clifton Grima ħabbar investiment ta’ €5.2 miljun f’faċilitajiet sportivi li se jikkonsistu f’ċentru tat-tennis f’Pembroke u ċentru għall-isquash u l-weightlifting fil-Marsa Sports Grounds.

Is-Segretarju Parlamentari qal li dawn il-proġetti huma parti mill-viżjoni li se tipprepara lil pajjiżna biex tkun tista’ tospita l-Logħob tal-Pajjiżi ż-Żgħar tal-Ewropa fl-2023.

Is-Segretarju Parlamentari Clifton Grima kompla jgħid li biex bħala pajjiż inkomplu niksbu suċċessi f’diversi settur, hemm bżonn li jibqgħu sostnuti t-tkabbir u l-investiment li diġà saru fl-atleti Maltin permezz ta’ dawn it-tipi ta’ proġetti li jgħollu l-livell tal-infrastruttura sportiva f’pajjiżna. Dan kollu jidħol fil-qafas tal-iStrateġija Nazzjonali għall-Isport ta’ pajjiżna, żied is-Segretarju Parlamentari Grima.

Il-proġett taċ-Ċentru tat-Tennis, b’investiment ta’ €2.2 miljun f’Pembroke, se jkun maqsum f’żewġ fażijiet. L-ewwel fażi se tara l-bini ta’ sitt tenniscourts li se jinkludu xogħlijiet ta’ tħaffir, tal-elettriku, asfaltar tal-art, fencing mal-madwar u parkeġġ għall-karozzi. It-tieni fażi se tara l-kostruzzjoni ta’ tennis house li se tinkludi uffiċini, boardroom, physio room, gym, lounge, restaurant, bar u store.

Il-proġett taċ- ċentru għall-isquash u l-weightlifting, b’investiment ta’ €3 miljun fil-Marsa Sports Ground, hu pjanat fuq żewġ sulari. Fis-sular ta’ isfel se ssir reception, sitt courts tal-isquash tas-singles, żewġ courts tal-isquash għad-doubles, weightlifting training area, cafeteria u store kif ukoll żewġ fitness centres. Fit-tieni sular se jsiru żewġ netball courts.

Iċ-Chairman ta’ SportMalta Luciano Busuttil qal li dawn il-proġetti qed isiru kollha b’sinerġija mal-għaqdiet biex kull proġett li jitlesta jkun tal-ogħla livell. B’hekk mhux biss il-players lokali jkollhom fejn jitħarrġu u jikkompetu iżda anke biex atleti barranin jiġu u jużaw dawn iċ-ċentri.

Il-Kap Eżekuttiv ta’ SportMalta Mark Cutajar qal li SportMalta ppreżentat rapport lill-gvern tal-faċilitajiet kollha li l-Kumitat Olimpiku Malti se jkollu bżonn biex Malta tkun tista’ tospita l-Logħob tal-Pajjiżi ż-Żgħar tal-Ewropa fl-2023. Mark Cutajar semma li tnejn mill-proġetti qed jiġu varati llum u li fiż-żmien li ġej se jitkompla x-xogħol fuq ix-shooting range ta’ Kandja fejn se titlesta t-tieni fażi, se jitkompla x-xogħol fuq it-tieni fażi tal-kumpless tal-basketball f’Ta’ Qali u li se jsir rinovar tal-faċilitajiet anċillari fil-kumpless tal-Kottonera.

We are proud to announce that The #BeActive campaign in Malta was set as the best example from all other countries during this year’s European Week of Sport. Once again we would like to thank all participants, coaches, staff, helpers, partners and anyone who collaborated with us for such a huge success.

Here’s an article from the official European Week of Sport website: https://ec.europa.eu/sport/week/4th-european-week-sport-was-success_en

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The 4th full partner meeting of the ONSIDE project took place in Bucharest, Romania, on 26th/27th March 2019. The meeting was hosted by the Romanian Football Federation and delegates learned about the role and activity of the federation in developing referees.

Patrick Vajda updated the group on the formation of the International Federation for Sport Officials (IFSO) which has been established in The City of The Hague in the Netherlands. Three partners of the ONSIDE project are founding members of the federation: AFCAM, SOUK and NOC*NSF.  Recruitment of new members is now a priority for the federation and the ONSIDE partners agreed to support this task through promotion to their networks. There will be a close link between IFSO and the ONSIDE project including joint events and promotion of project outputs.

The ‎focus of day 1 of the meeting was to validate the Occupational Map and Occupational Descriptor for sport officiating in Europe. These documents describe the landscape of sport officiating and the key structures and organisations within it. They also describe the role of the sport official and key issues related to recruitment and retention.

At the close of Day 1 delegates visited a Romanian restaurant in the old town of Bucharest and enjoyed traditional food and dancing.

Day 2 saw the first steps towards developing a competence framework for sport officiating in Europe. The group drafted a “Key Purpose”, or working definition of sport officiating:

Enable participants to compete through the impartial application of rules/ laws within the spirit of the sport

This was the first task in the development of occupational standards defining the generic skills and knowledge related to all sport officials in Europe. Further group work saw delegates develop key areas of competence including application of rules and regulations, health and safety, administration and working with others.

The production of a new competency framework will be a valuable output for the whole area of sport officiating in Europe. The partners now look forward to the next meeting in Malta in September 2019.

‎Janie Frampton, CEO of Sport Officials UK said “it is amazing what can be achieved when we look beyond the confines of our specific sports and work together to develop sport officiating as a whole – the ONSIDE project is a perfect example of that”.

Ivan Slavchev, Associate Professor at National Sports Academy “Vassil Levski” (Bulgaria) said “The 7 step model provides a clear structure for the project and we are making great progress towards valuable resources for the sector”.

Il-Ministru għall-Enerġija u l-Immaniġġjar tal-Ilma Joe Mizzi u s-Segretarju Parlamentari għaż-Żgħażagħ, Sport u Għaqdiet tal-Volontarjat Clifton Grima nedew skema b’investiment ta’ €500,000 bil-għan li tgħin lill-għaqdiet sportivi biex jinvestu f’Enerġija Alternattiva.

Il-Ministru għall-Enerġija u l-Immaniġġjar tal-Ilma Joe Mizzi qal li l-investimenti li saru u li qegħdin isiru, qed iservu sabiex jiżguraw li l-konsumatur ikun ipprovdut b’enerġija sostenibbli, sigura u affordabbli. Spjega li din l-iskema toffri għajnuna finanzjarja, b’valur massimu ta’ €50,000 biex organizzazzjonijiet sportivi jiġu mħeġġa jagħmlu investimenti li forsi jkunu ilhom fil-pjanijiet tagħhom, iżda minħabba raġunijiet finanzjarji, qatt ma jkunu saru

Is-Segretarju Parlamentari għaż-Żgħażagħ, Sport u Għaqdiet tal-Volontarjat Clifton Grima saħaq kif din l-iskema, li hi waħda mill-wegħdi elettorali tal-Gvern, se tkompli tagħti assistenza lill-għaqdiet sportivi biex jirrikorru għall-enerġija alternattiva fejn apparti se jħallu aktar flus fi ħdan dawn l-għaqdiet stess se jkunu qed jikkontribwixxu għal rizorsi naturali li m’ghandomx impatt fuq l-ambjent.

Din l-iskema se tkun amministrata minn SportMalta. Mark Cutajar Kap Ezekuttiv ta` SportMalta qal li din hija weghda ohra elettorali li saret realta.  Huwa semma li l-ghan ta` SportMalta huwa sabiex jghin lil Ghaqdiet ikunu aktar sostenibbli.  Huwa semma li fl-2019 barra record f’assistenzi SportMalta qed tneddi diversi skemi ohra fosthom ghajnuna ghal Ghawdxin li b’hekk ikunu qed nkopru l-ispejjez kollha ta` l-ivjaggar minn Ghawdex ghal Malta kif ukoll fi zmien li gej ser nohorgu skema ohra dwar hlasijiet ghal permessi fi zvilupp ta` facilitajiet sportivi.

The first Volleyball Festival for Primary Year 6 students was held on Wednesday 20th March.

SBC Zurrieq Primary, MRC Mellieha Primary and Sacred Heart Junior School participated in this event.

40 students divided in 12 teams enjoyed the 3v3 games and other fun games held throughout the morning.

A great atmosphere during the Dance Festival for Secondary Schools held this morning at the Cottonera Sports complex. The festival was organised by the Sport Promotion Unit within SportMalta together with the Secretariat for Catholic Education. More than 250 students coming from 13 schools participated in a Workshop and then in the Showcase.

The participating schools were MRC Wardija School, SMC Cospicua MS, SMC Cospicua Learning Support Centre, STC Mriehel Sec, MRC Naxxar MS, STMC Tarxien MS, SNC Rabat MS, St Joseph School Paola, St Joseph School Blata l-Bajda, St Joseph School Sliema, St Albert the Great College, St Francis School Sliema and Our Lady Immaculate School Hamrun.

SportMalta and Bank of Valletta support young Athletes

26 athletes will benefit from the second edition of the Youth Development Scheme organised by SportMalta in collaboration with Bank of Valletta.

The Youth Development Scheme provides financial assistance to young athletes who wish to participate in international competitions and training camps beyond our shores. Co-funded by SportMalta and BOV, the scheme targets athletes who have not yet attained 18 years of age.

SportMalta received well 50 applications for the scheme. A panel of experts evaluated each application and short-listed 26 athletes to benefit from the scheme.

The selected athletes were announced during a press conference held at the BOV Centre in Santa Venera and was addressed by Dr Clifton Grima, Parliamentary Secretary for Youth, Sport and Voluntary Organisations, Mark Cutajar, CEO at SportMalta and Charles Azzopardi, Executive PR and Marketing at Bank of Valletta.

‘Following the success of the first edition of the Scheme, and the positive improvement registered by its beneficiaries, it is indeed a pleasure to announce an even bigger scheme this year,’ said Charles Azzopardi. ‘The Bank and SportMalta decided to increase the budget for this scheme and help all short-listed athletes instead of further filtering of athletes to fit the pre-set budgets. We firmly believe in our young athletes and we are sure that experiencing competition on an international level will boost their abilities and also their confidence to compete on an international scale.’

SportMalta Chief Executive Officer, Mr Mark Cutajar, stated that the scheme’s popularity has increased since its introduction in collaboration with BOV. In fact, applications have almost tripled when compared with the amount of applications received for the first edition of the Scheme. The increased interest in the scheme shows that more youths are acknowledging the importance of competing and training in international events in order to improve performances. In the upcoming years, this scheme will hopefully help our young athletes peak for international events, in particular the GSSE which shall be held in Malta in 2023.

Dr Clifton Grima thanked SportMalta and Bank of Valletta for this collaboration, a direct investment in our future athletes. “This scheme is very welcome assistance in the presparation for the Games of the Small States of Europe that will be hosted by Malta in 2023. This is the second edition of the scheme and will continue to help government to raise the level of our sport offering in line with the National Sports Strategy.”

List of Athletes: 20032019 Youth Development Scheme Beneficiary Athletes Announced (ENG) FINAL[7746]

The Malta Snooker Academy is situated at Maria Assunta Secondary School in Hamrun.

This Facility has two halls with 7 full size Snooker Tables and 4 Pool Tables.

Hall accommodate over 35 spectators.

Snooker Hall is utilised as an Academy for the Malta Billiards and Snooker Association.

Facility can also be used for International Tournaments.

Contact Person- carlo.b.stivala@sportmalta.org.mt

Opening Days- Tuesday and Thursday between 09.00-17.00 at 4eur hourly rate.

Grazzi ghal SportMalta, diversi Assocjazzjoniet, Klabbs u Atleti regghu bbenifikaw min ghajnuniet finanzjarji. Dawn l organizzazjonijiet jibbenifikaw min dawn il- fondi wara li jkunu applikaw ghal diversi skemi li l- Istess SportMalta toffri.

Ammont ta’ €270.000 gew mghoddija’ l fuq min 40 Klabb Sportiv ghal skemi differenti fosthom l- Investiment ghal-Facilita, l- Iskema ghal Taghmir Tekniku, l Iskema ghal Participazzjoni Internazzjonali u ghal Elite Athlete Development.

SportMalta wkoll ha tkun qed talloka l-ammont ta’ €90,000 lil komunita’ tal-Motorsport bi ftehim mal-Malta Motorsport Federation li ha tkun qed taghddi lil SportMalta r rakomandazzjonijiet ghall- benefaturi. Dawn il- fondi ma jinkludux l -assistenzi li diga’ gew mweghda minn ftehim ma’ certi Organizzazjonijiet Sportivi, bhal ftehim li SportMalta ghamlet fl-2017 mal- Kumitat Olimpiku Malti li l- ispiza totali ghal kull sena tlahhaq ghal €705,000.

Ghal din is-sena wkoll SportMalta b’ kolloborazzjoni mal- Bank of Valletta, nediet l iskema tal -Youth Development Scheme u anke dik tal-Flexi Training. B’ dan kollu l-Atleti maghzula ha jkunu jistghu jibbenifikaw min dawn l-iskemi matul is-sena kollha. Skema ohra li daqt tigi mnedija hi dik biex l- Organizzazjonijiet ikunu aktar efficjenti ghal energija b’ kollobarazzjoni mal- Agenzija ghal Energija u l-Ilma.

SportMalta wkoll tfakkar lil Organizzazjonijiet registrati maghha li kull min ha jkun qed jospita xi Event internazzjonali din is sena biex japplika ghal l-Iskema Sport Tourism. L-Applikazjonijiet ghal din l- iskema ghandhom jaslu fl- Ufficini ta’ SportMalta, mhux aktar tard mill-31 ta Marzu 2019.

Prezenti ghal din ic-cerimonja kien hemm is-Segretarju Parlamentari ghal-isport Clifton Grima li tkellem dwar l-istragetija li ser tigi imneddija fi xhur li gejjien li tagjhti iktar finanzi lill-Isport u fl-istess hin taghmel iktar pressjoni fuq l-Assocjazzjonijiet li issa jridu isarfu il-flus f’rizultati.

Ic-cermen ta` SportMalta Luciano Busuttil tkellem dwar it-trasparenza u kontabilita fl-iskemi ta’ l-entita filwaqt li l-Kap Ezekuttiv Mark Cutajar ta` rendikont ta` dak kollhu li gie moghti fl-2018 u anke il-pjan finanzjarju ghal 2019.  Spjega li fil-gimghat li gejjien ser ikun hemm iktar atleti elite u zghazagh li ser jibenefikaw minn iktar fondi ta` l-assitenza.