Twelve girls who form part of the U12 National Synchronised Swimming Team have achieved excellent results over the weekend in an international competition, known as ‘Little Frogs at Slavia’, which was held in Bratislava, Slovakia on the 4^th of November 2017. This year’s edition of the competition consisted of more than 150 athletes from 7 countries: Hungary, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Romania, Poland and Malta.

The girls competed on an individual basis in three categories according to their age. Girls aged 8 and younger competed in Frogs I, 10 years old and younger in Frogs II and 12 years old and younger in the category called Frogs III.

Ema Cassar placed 1st in the Frogs I category, achieving the first ever gold medal for Malta in this age group. Patricia Borg placed fourth in the Frogs II category, while her team mates Zea Montford and Emma Calleja reached places eight and nine respectively.

The Maltese girls who competed in the Frogs III category also did very well, the majority of which ranked within the first 20 out of 54 competing athletes. Davida Bonnano, who will also perform in the U13 squad at the end of November, ranked best in 7th place, only one point behind to 3^rd place.

All twelve Maltese girls later performed their combination routine, which is a 4-minute dance to music. Since the girls are so young, the routine was not judged, however received much appraise from all judges, coaches and audience present.

The U12 National Team was selected in May 2017 through a local competition, where the athletes competed against each other and the top 12 were selected to train together for up to 8 hours per week in preparation for the competition in Bratislava. Their sessions consisted of numerous hours in the pool with synchronised swimming coaches Anja Kuehn, Hannah Preca Trapani and Biljana Zivotic, as well as gymnastics and swimming classes with respective specialised coaches.

The Maltese team was made up of Thea Blake, Tara Bonnici Peresso, Tereza Cassar, Nicole Felice Tomic, Emily Ruggier, Maya Tonna and Sophie Zammit, besides Cassar, Borg, Montford, Calleja and Bonnano.

Synchronised swimming has been introduced as a competitive sport in Malta in 2010 by Saho Harada, a Japanese Olympic medallist who dreamt to inspire young Maltese athletes to take up this sport. Her dream was the foundation for today’s Synchronized Swimming Academy, which is under the wing of Sport Malta. Classes are held daily at the Tal-Qroqq National Pool Complex for both recreational and competitive swimmers.

For more information on synchronised swimming, kindly contact us on synchromalta@gmail.com

After months of preparation SportMalta’s programme #OnTheMove finally kicked of with a bang. Over 5000 students are taking part in a number of different sport and physical activities.

Remember that you can still book for your place as applications remain open throughout the whole year. Book Now!

These are some photos from the first sessions.

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Intlaħaq ftehim bejn l-Assoċjazzjoni Sportiva Hibernians u l-Malta Futsal Association, liema ftehim intlaħaq bl-intervent tas-Segretarju Parlamentari għar-Riċerka, Innovazzjoni, Żgħażagħ u Sport Chris Agius.

Il-kuntratt ta’ tliet snin li kellha l-Assoċjazzjoni Maltija tal-Futsal mal-istess Assoċjazzjoni Sportiva Hibernians skada fi tmiem l-aħħar staġun u ż-żewġ partijiet ma kienux qablu sabiex l-istess kuntratt jerġa’ jiġġedded.  Kien għalhekk li l-Assoċjazzjoni Maltija tal-Futsal, anke bl-għajnuna tas-Segretarju Parlamentari Agius u SportMalta, pruvaw isibu faċilità alternattiva, liema tentattivi ma nltaħqux, bl-unika alternattiva jibqa’ l-padiljun tal-Hibernians f’Kordin.

B’rieda tajba mill-partijiet kollha ġie mfassal kuntratt ġdid, bi klawżoli ġodda, u ntlaħaq ftehim bl-istess timijiet ta’ Hibernians ikollhom ifittxu faċilitajiet alternattivi għat-taħriġ tal-basketball.  Il-kuntratt attwali jorbot liż-żewġ partijiet għal tliet snin.  Tajjeb wieħed isemmi li l-logħob tal-istaġun 2016/17 ser jkun fil-padiljun ta’ Kordin u fil-Kulleġġ De La Salle fil-Birgu imbagħad il-kampjonat 2017/18 ser jintlagħab kollu fil-Padiljun Sportiv ta’ Kordin.

L-ewwel impenn għal dan l-istaġun tal-Assoċjazzjoni Maltija tal-Futsal tkun is-Super Cup bejn Valletta u Luxol li tintlagħab fil-11 ta’ Novembru.

Intant il-Gvern huwa impenjat sabiex fiż-żmien li ġej anke l-Futsal ikollu l-faċilità tiegħu.

Id-distrett tal-Marsa rebaħ ir-regatta ta’ Jum il-Vitorja wara li għeleb il-kompetizzjoni mid-distrett tal-Isla, bl-aħħar tellieqa tkun dik deċiziva.  Il-Marsa spiċċaw il-ħames tiġrijiet b ‘total ta’ 64 punt, bl-Isla jispiċċaw b’46 punt.  Fit-tielet post spiċċa d-distrett ta’ Bormla bi 28 punt.  Warajhom Marsamxett b’16-il punt, il-Birgu b’14-il punt u id-distrett ta’ Birżebbuga b’4 punti.

Id-distrett tal-Marsa spiċċa fl-ewwel post fi tliet itlielaq dik tad-dgħajjes A tal-midalji, u iż-żewgt itlielaq tad-dgħajjes C tal-pass kemm b’żewħ qaddiefa u anke b’4 qaddiefa.  Intant ma għamlu l-ebda pjazzament fiż-żewgt itlielaq tal-frejgatini u tal-kajjikki.

Id-distrett ta’ Bormla rebaħ kategorija B tar-regatta li saret illum.  Huma temmew il-ħames tigrijiet b’total ta’ 60 punt, erbgħa punti biss fuq id-distrett tal-Marsa li spiċċaw fit-tieni post b’56 punt.  Bid-distrett tal-Isla spiċċa fit-tielet post b’44 punt.  Il-Kalkara temmew din il-kategorija bi 8 punti filwaqt li l-Birgu spiċċaw b’total ta’ 4 punti.

Bormla dahlu l-ewwel fl-ewwel tigrija dik tad-dghajjes C tal-pass b’zewg qaddiefa u dghajjes A tal-midalji.  Filwaqt li spiccaw fit-tieni post fl-ahhar tigrija tad-dghajjes B tal-pass b’4 qaddiefa u it-tielet fit-tellieqa tal-kajjikki.  Bl-uniku tellieqa li ma jiehdu l ebda punt tkun dik tal frejgatini.

REGATTA 31 TA’ MARZU

Bormla huma r-rebbieħa tax-shield fil-Kategorija Open filwaqt li Birżebbuġa jirbħu il-Kategorija ‘B’

Il-mistieden ta’ SportMalta Awards Ghazliet Sportivi Nazzjonali Simone Farina kien il-mistieden tal-unur waqt laqgha mal-kowces tat-timijiet Nazzjonali tal-MFA.  Waqt din il-laqgha Farina tkellem dwar l-istorja tieghu filwaqt li ddiskuta l-match fixing ma’ dawk prezenti.

Indirizzaw lil dawk prezenti s-Segretarju Parlamentari Chris Agius li spjega kif il-Gvern u anke SportMalta qeghdin jaghtu sostenn shih lit-Task Force kontra l-korruzjoni li nediet sena ilu l-istess MFA.  l-Kap Ezekuttiv ta’ SportMalta Mark Cutajar spjega kif intghazel Farina biex ikun il-mistiedem tal-unur ghal din l-attivita’ nazzjonali.

Kelliema ohra kienu l-vici president tal-MFA Chris Bonett u l-integrity officer Franz Tabone.  B’dan tal-ahhar jaghti prezentazzjoni ddettaljata dwar dak li aed taghmel l-assocjazzjoni u dak li qed jinbuttaw kemm il-UEFA u anke l-FIFA.

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