The Swieqi Phoenix Volleyball U15 Team and Sophie St John (Gymnastics) are the winners of May’s Atlas Youth Athletes of the Month Award.

Swieqi Phoenix Volleyball U15 Team clinched their 10th consecutive title, maintaining an incredible unbeaten record over the past ten years.

Meanwhile, 14-year-old Sophie St John, one of the youngest members of Team Malta at this year’s Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) held in Andorra, delivered an outstanding performance, winning 3 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze medal in artistic gymnastics. She triumphed in the Women’s Vault, the Women’s Balance Beam, and the Women’s Team event. She also earned silver in the Women’s All-Around and bronze in the Floor Exercise.

The Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award was presented to the winners by Matthew von Brockdorff, Managing Director and CEO of Atlas Insurance. The Malta Sports Journalists Association was represented by President Clinton Buhagiar 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’ 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 [email protected]. The rules and regulations of the award can be viewed on the website www.maltasportsjournalists.com

Photo caption: From left: Swieqi Phoenix U15 Volleyball team, Matthew von Brockdorff (Atlas Insurance), Sophie St John.