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  The IV WESTIN Malta Football Awards

The fourth edition of the Westin Malta Football Awards will be held next Saturday 16th July 2005. The Westin Dragonara Resort will once again host this event that will be held during a Gala Entertainment Evening. The event is also being screened live on Net TV.

The mentor behind this activity is media.link young sports journalist Sandro Micallef. The idea behind this event originated way back during the Summer of 2000 when Sandro had discussed the idea of organizing an awards ceremony on a national level with his colleagues Robert Cutajar and John Busuttil. Both of them at that time had encouraged Sandro to go for it !!!! ….. And here we are now all waiting for this year's edition of the Westin Malta Football Awards an event which is awaited for by the majority of the local football stakeholders.

The main aim of the Malta Football Awards is to give personal recognition to players and officials who might not have been in the limelight all throughout the previous season of the Premier Football League. When one looks at other top soccer European Countries such as the English Premier League, the Italian Serie A, the German Bundesliga etc. they all organize similar awards at the end of every season. The most common awards in these countries are the best team, best coach and best referee of the season.

During this year's edition of the Westin Malta Football Awards some new categories will again be included. Last year's edition saw the introduction of a particular category being the Award for the best Female Footballer. The introduction of this award was unanimously welcomed by not only the female footballers but also from the general public.

The following is the full list of the categories together with the results of last year's edition (3rd edition):

Best Maltese Player: Stefan Giglio (Sliema)
Best Foreign Player: Andre` Rocha` Da Silva (Floriana)
Best Striker: Danilo Doncic (Sliema)
Best Goalkeeper: Saviour Darmanin (Pieta`)
Best Defender: Jeffrey Cetchuti (Sliema)
Best Midfielder: Stefan Giglio (Sliema)
Best Coach: Edward Aquilina (Sliema)
Most Promising Youngster: Andre` Scembri (Pieta`)
Best Goal of the Season: Ivan Woods (Pieta`)
Special Career Awards: Nicky Saliba and Salvino Schembri

Since now the editions of the Westin Malta Football Awards were a success and the feedback was extraordinary. It is the organizer's main aim this year to consolidate what they managed to produce in the first three editions and do better for the fourth one coming up this July. During this year's edition a total number of 12 categories will be contested by various players / officials followed by the presentation of each individual award from well-known past and present sports journalists.

All the categories for this year's edition are the following:
Best Maltese player
Best Foreign player
Most promising youngster
Best Goalkeeper
Best Striker
Best Defender
Best Midfielder
Best Coach
Best Goal of the season
Best Female footballer
Special Career Awards

New Categories to be introduced this year:

Best Futsal (5-a-side player)
Best Gozo League Player

Who is entitled to vote?

The voting system for this year's edition will see the number of journalists voting increasing from 25 to 30 thus giving the opportunity to all journalists who reported the football games being also protagonists in these awards by expressing their preferences through their votes. In order to maximize the chances of winning to all protagonists, also invited to cast their votes in these respective 12 categories were the respective10 Premier League Club officials (the majority being the Presidents), 10 Premier League Coaches and 10 Premier team Captains.

Limited number of tickets for the night

The event, which will be televised on Net TV will be hosted by John Busuttil and Antonella Vassallo. This duo will be anchoring the show, which will include entertainment by some of the best local talent. Several Media, TV, and football personalities will amongst the guests during this Gala night. A limited number of tickets at LM5 each are available for the show; these can be purchased by calling the ticket hotline 99498947 or email info@eventsservices.net. The Malta Football Awards are recognized by the Malta Football Association and supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Employment. This year the Awards are being organised by Events Services, organisers of Events, Media and Marketing Consultants.