Malta SJA publishes final and complete result of the 64th edition of the Ghazliet Sportivi Nazzjonali

The Executive Committee of the Malta Sports Journalists Association (MSJA) is publishing the full results for all categories of the 64th edition of the Għażliet Sportivi Nazzjonali held on Saturday 2nd March at the Westin Dragonara Resort, St. Julian’s. The jury cast their votes few days before the winners were announced during the actual awards ceremony.

The jury for this year’s edition was composed of Clinton Buhagiar and Mario Bonnici (ONE Sport), Valhmor Camilleri (Times of Malta), Chris Falzon, Robert Busuttil and Joanna Camilleri (TVMSport), Charles Camenzuli (Media.Link Communications), Chris Cassar (The Malta Independent), Mario Saliba (Union Press), Sandro Micallef and Lorraine Cunningham representing the Malta Sports Journalists Association. In the case of the People’s Choice Award the final result was 100% by public SMS voting.

The MSJA Executive Committee takes this opportunity to thank the Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation, and all the sponsors, for yet another successful edition.

The points obtained for each voting category were as follows:

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR 2023
CLAYTON CASTALDI 137 points
MARLON ATTARD 84
JORDAN GUSMAN 61
TEDDY TEUMA 57
STEVEN MUSCAT 46

SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR 2023
TENISHIA THORNTON 119 points
HALEY BUGEJA 105
FRANCESCA CURMI 71
JANET RICHARD 52
SUE ABELA 38

YOUTH MAN ATHLETE OF THE YEAR‌ 2023
JAKE CASTALDI 127 points
STEVEN MUSCAT 113
KAI AZZOPARDI 57
RYLEE BORG 49
KAYDEN LAGANÀ 39

YOUTH WOMAN ATHLETE OF THE YEAR 2023
KIM CAMILLERI LAGANÀ 113 points
THYIS ANTONELLI 99
CAYLEE ATTARD 59
LIJANA SULTANA 59
PHILIPPA BUSUTTIL 55

COACH OF THE YEAR‌ 2023
MANUELA TESSE 148 points
JONATHAN VALLETTA 73
VINCE SALIBA 66
ZELJKO ARAS 50
RODERICK TANTI 48

OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR 2023
CHRISTABEL DAMATO 112 points
PHILIP GATT 95
VINCENT DEGIORGIO 82
JESMOND CARUANA 70
ALDRIN CASSAR 26

TEAM OF THE YEAR 2023
FOOTBALL WOMEN NATIONAL 146 points
POOL NATIONAL TEAM U18 MEN 86
BLACKBALL NATIONAL TEAM U18 MEN 62
WATER POLO NATIONAL TEAM U15 MEN 59
BASKETBALL NATIONAL TEAM U18 WOMEN 32

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2023
SOPHIE ST.JOHN 25%
CLAYTON CASTALDI 19%
TENISHIA THORNTON 15%
BRENT SPITERI 14%
MATTHIAS SPITERI 11%
GIANLUCA CHETCUTI 6%
RHONA XERRI 5%
MARIO BONELLO 4%
COLETTE SULTANA 1%

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