Yesterday morning the finalists for this year's edition of the SportMalta Awards l-Għażliet Sportivi Nazzjonali were announced during a certificate ceremony at the Maritime Museum Vittoriosa. Five finalists in each category except in the Team of the Year where these are six as two teams received the same number of votes from the sport journalists.
All semi finalists from the eight categories received a certificate in the presence of the Parliamentary Secretary for Youth, Sport and Voluntary Organisations Hon Clifton Grima, SportMalta Chairman Dr Lucjano Busuttil and Malta Sports Journalists Association President Sandro Micallef.
FINALISTS FEMALE YOUTH OF THE YEAR
MYA AZZOPARDI - SWIMMING
SARAH CHOUHAL - ATHLETICS
FRANCESCA CURMI - TENNIS
HELENE PELLICANO - TENNIS
TENISHIA THORNTON - WEIGHTLIFTING
FINALISTS MALE YOUTH OF THE YEAR
KAYDEN LAGANA - TEN PIN BOWLING
JAKE MUSCAT - WATERPOLO
NICO SCIBERRAS - SHOOTING
RICHARD SCHULTHEIS - SAILING
JEREMY ZAMMIT - ATHLETICS
FINALISTS OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR
JULIAN BAJADA - PARALYMPIC SPORT
TERRY CAMILLERI - SNOOKER
JOE CARUANA CURRAN - WATERPOLO
BERNARD VASSALLO - BASKETBALL
JOHN ZAMMIT - CYCLING
FINALISTS COACH OF THE YEAR
JESMOND CARUANA - WEIGHTLIFTING
EDWARD CARUANA DINGLI - PARALYMPIC SPORT
GABRIEL DOBRE - FUTSAL
KARL IZZO - WATERPOLO
NOEL MERCIECA - KICKBOXING
FINALISTS TEAM OF THE YEAR
FUTSAL - LUXOL TEAM
SAILING - ELUSIVE 2
MOTORSPORT - MR WHIPPY RACING TEAM
SNOOKER - EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM TONY DRAGO and DUNCAN BEZZINA
TEN PIN BOWLING - WOMEN'S MEDITERRANEAN CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM SUE ABELA and SARA XUEREB
WATERPOLO - MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM
FINALISTS PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
CLAIRE AZZOPARDI - ATHLETICS
ANTONIO FLORES - PARALYMPIC SPORT
RODNEY GATT - HORSE RACING
TENISHIA THORNTON - WEIGHTLIFTING
JAKE VELLA - TRIATHLON
FINALISTS SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR
SUE ABELA - TEN PIN BOWLING
MYA AZZOPARDI - SWIMMING
ELEANOR BEZZINA - TARGET SHOOTING
LISA MARIE BEZZINA - ATHLETICS
YAZMIN ZAMMIT STEVENS - WEIGHTLIFTING
FINALISTS SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR
KEITH AZZOPARDI - KICKBOXING
GIANLUCA CHETCUTI - SHOOTING
RODNET GATT - HORSE RACING
JORDAN GUSMAN - ATHLETICS
SCOTT MUSCAT - POOL
The Final Awards night is on Saturday 22nd February 2020 and will be transmitted live on TVM2 from 8:00 pm onwards.