The following athletes have been nominated to contest the Maltese Olympic Committee’s Sports Awards for this year.

The ceremony is being held next Sunday at the Grand Hotel Excelsior in Floriana, starting at 8pm. It is being broadcast live on Melita Sports and later repeated on One TV, Net TV and Education 22.

ATHLETICS



MEN RELAY TEAM 4 x 100M – Mario Bonello, Rachid Chouhal, Karl Farrugia and Nicolai Portelli - Silver medallist in the 4x100m relay event at the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe held in Cyprus.

MEN RELAY TEAM 4 x 400M – Mario Bonello, Mario Debono, Nicolai Portelli and James D'Alfonso – Bronze medallists in the 4x400m relay event at the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe held in Cyprus.

Giselle Camilleri – Bronze medallist in the 5,000m event at the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe held in Cyprus.

James D’Alfonso – Silver medallist in the 400m event and part of the 4x400m relay team at the XIII Games of Small States of Europe held in Cyprus.

Nicolai Portelli – Silver medallist in the 200m event during the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe held in Cyprus. Formed part of the relay team where they won Silver and Bronze respectively.

Carol Walsh – Bronze Medallist in the 10,000m event at the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe held in Cyprus.

BASKETBALL



WOMEN’S TEAM – Caroline Fenech (Captain), Kaila Agius, Rebecca Brincat Thoreson, Joselle Cardona, Maria Desira, Loretta Ellul, Cristina Grima, Josephine Grima, Kirsten Micallef, Leanne Sciberras, Amanda Sciortino and Ashley Vella.

The team won the Gold Medal during the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe in Cyprus winning all matches in programme.

BOCCI



David Farrugia – Obtained a creditable fourth place during the XVI Mediterranean Games held in Pescara, Italy.

CANOE



Nicola Borg Costanzi – Placed second in the 1000m and third in the 500m events in an international regatta held in Limassol Cyprus in October.

Christopher Camilleri – managed to qualify for the Final B in XVI Mediterranean Games held in Pescara obtaining national records in both the 500m and 1000m events.

GYMNASTICS



GYMNASTICS TEAM – Kirsty Caruana, Nicole Pace and Adreanna Zammit – Bronze Medallists as a team in the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe. The first ever medal won by Malta in a team event in Gymnastics.

Kirsty Caruana – Bronze Medal in the individual floor event at the Games of the Small States of Europe. She became the first ever medal winner in an individual women event in Gymnastics.

JUDO



Marcon Bezzina – Bronze Medallist in her category at the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe.

Joanna Camilleri – Bronze Medallist in her category at the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe.

Brent Law – Bronze Medallist in his category at the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe.

Kriss Law – Bronze Medallist in his category at the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe.

NETBALL



U/17 WOMEN NATIONAL TEAM – Francesca Farrugia (Captain), Karinzia Buttigieg, Martina Cauchi, Elisia Scicluna, Gwenda Attard, Roberta Sant, Marija Cremona, Corinne Lagana and Christlene Galea

This team won the Under 17 2nd Division European League where six countries participated.

POWER BOATS



Aaron Ciantar – Together with Angelo Tedeschi and Viktor Shemchuk, on 43 Seagull Chaurdron he won the SuperSport Class of the 2009 Powerboat P1 World Championship.

RUGBY



WOMEN 7’S NATIONAL TEAM – Esther Azzopardi, Beverie Sultana, Claire Casha, Charmaine Gauci, Marion Azzopardi, Colette Abela, Charlene Vassallo, Amanda Cassar, Victoria Aquilina and Dorianne Borg – Finished in the third place out of 11 countries during the European Championships.

SAILING



ARTIE CREW – MIDDLESEA RACE 2009

Lee Satariano as skipper, Ivan Mallia, Jerome Mainamare, Peter Valentino, Matthew Gusman, Tom Ripard and Kurt Casapinta.

Skipper Lee Satariano and his crew placed third in the IRC Class 4 and fourth in the ORC Class 4. Artie was the best placed Maltese boat out of 73 boats.

Maya Podesta – Silver medallist in the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe held in Cyprus 2009.

Thomas Zammit Tabona – Gold Medal in the Optimist Class in the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe held in Cyprus 2009.

SHOOTING



Jason J. Aquilina and Nicholas Carabott – The Trap Team made up of Jason J. Aquilina and Nicholas Carabott took part in the European Commonwealth Championships held in the Isle of Man. They managed to win a Bronze Medal in the Team Event where seven countries took part.

Darren Vella and Clive Farrugia – Skeet – Won the Gold Medal in the team event during the European Commonwealth Championships.

Nazzareno Attard – Silver medallist in the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe held in Cyprus in 2009.

William Chetcuti – Besides winning the Gold Medal at the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe held in Cyprus 2009 in the Double Trap Event, William’s greatest success was the Silver Medal won at the XVI Mediterranean Games held in Pescara Italy.

Clive Farrugia – Skeet – Silver medallist in the European Commonwealth Championships and Bronze Medallist in the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe held in Cyprus in 2009.

William Vella – Silver medallist in the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe held in Cyprus in 2009.

SQUASH



MEN’S TEAM – Brad Hindle Deguara, Michael Fiteni, Bernard Bugeja, Stephen Schranz, Stephen Rizzo, Mark Lupi, James Bonello Ghio.

Winners of the Team event – Gold Medal in the European Small Nations Squash Tournament.

WOMEN’S TEAM – Annabelle Olivieri Munroe, Theresa Brousson, Johanna Rizzo and Colette Sultana

Winners of the Team event - Gold Medal in the European Nations Challenge Cup where seven countries participated.

TABLE FOOTBALL



Massimo Cremona – Currently ranked No. 9 in the World. He was the finalist in an international event in the UK out of 46 competitors.

Melanie Fenech – Being the only female athlete in Table Football in Malta, Melanie participated in the World Cup held in Rotterdam where she placed third winning the Bronze medal. During the World Cup 48 players from 12 nations took part.

Mark Gauci – Currently ranked No. 7 in the world, he was the semi-finalist and finalist in various international competitions.

TABLE-TENNIS



Simon Gerada – Winner of the Bronze medal in the singles event in the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe.

TENPIN BOWLING



Sue Abela – Finished first in the singles event, first in the Masters event and third in all events at the Mediterranean Championships. She was crowned as Mediterranean Champion. She placed third in the Women’s Category and 14th overall in the Paphos International Open. Finished third in the European Masters out of 60 bowlers.

Brian Farrugia – Finished third in the Masters event at the Mediterranean Championships.

Mark Spiteri – In November 2008, participated in the Sofia International Open held in Bulgaria where he placed 13th out of 171 bowlers and at the Paphos International Open held in Cyprus where he finished second out of 148 bowlers from 10 countries.

TENNIS



Matthew Asciak – semi-finalist in the singles event at the Kampala, Uganda F1 international event obtaining ATP ranking points for Malta after a number of years.

Kimberley Cassar and Elaine Genovese – they took part in the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe in 2009 where they won a Bronze medal in the doubles event.

TRIATHLON



DERMOT GALEA – took part in the Triathlon championships for Small States of Europe and finished in fourth place out of 32 competitors from five nations. Participated in the Marazion Middle Distance Triathlon in the UK, where he finished third overall from 100 athletes. Took part in the Ironman International Triathlon competition in Austria where, in his age group, he placed 99th overall out of 2,100 competitors.

KEITH GALEA – Winner of the Wychaven English Nationals where 217 athletes participated. In the Triathlon championships for Small States of Europe he placed fifth out of 32 athletes from five nations. Achieved creditable results in the Hoeks Triathlon Lommel in Belgium, Hardwick Sprint Triathlon and the Milton Keynes Triathlon, both in the UK.

DANICA SPITERI – Silver medallist in the Triathlon championships for Small States of Europe.

MICHELLE WOOD – Won the Silver medal in the Triathlon championships of the Small States of Europe where seven athletes from five nations took part. She also took part in the European Triathlon championships held in Holten, Netherlands where, in her age group, she finished 12th out of 21 competitors.