Anthony Borg (Swimming) and Alex Degabriele (Tennis) are the winners of the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award for July.
Anthony Borg, aged 17, accomplished an amazing feat themed Swim Round Gozo swimming 37 kilometres just under 12 hours. Anthony is the youngest swimmer ever to compete this long-distance swim.
Meanwhile, Alex Degabriele, aged 20, won the International Tennis Federation (ITF) 15K Doubles title on the Men’s Pro Circuit in Monastir, Tunisia teaming up with Youness Lalami Laaroussi from Morocco. Alex and Youness had a fantastic week of tennis overcoming many tough high ranked opponents and showing a huge resilience to clinch this prestigious title eventually. Alex was touring the ITF Pro Circuit during his season break from Wilmington University in North Carolina, USA.
Matthew von Brockdorff, Managing Director and CEO of Atlas Insurance, and Robert Micallef, Chief Commercial Officer, presented Anthony Borg with the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award. Administrator Stephen Azzopardi represented the Malta Sports Journalists Association. Alex Degabriele’s presentation will be made later this year when he returns to Malta.
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’ national and international achievements of the month under review, and at the same time, it invites local sports 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 this award can be viewed through the link .
