RESULTS AND SCORERS Information compiled by Saviour Vella

The Annual 2013 29 RESULTS AND SCORERS Information compiled by Saviour Vella SAT. 02.03.2013 Melita Ground PEMBROKE ATH. vs MELLIEÓA 1-0 SUN. 17.03.2013 Rabat Ground MELLIEÓA vs NAXXAR L 3-2 Scorers: Vella Jack; Cutajar Ryan; Agius Julian SUN. 24.03.2013 Rabat Ground MELLIEÓA vs QORMI 0-3 SUN. 07.04.2013 M arr Ground MSIDA ST. JOS vs MELLIEÓA 0-0 SUN. 28.04.2013 Mellie a Ground MELLIEHA vs ST. ANDREWS 0-5 SUN. 05.05.2013 Mellie a Ground MELLIEÓA vs FLORIANA 2-6 Scorers: Sliti Ala Edine, Farrugia Jacob SUN 19.05.13 - St. Lucia Ground TARXIEN vs MELLIEÓA 2-1 Scorer: Cutajar Jonathan Under 17 Squad: Abela Matthew, Agius Julian, Borg Christian, Borg Neil, Camilleri Luke, Caruana Joseph, Cutajar Jonathan, Cutajar Ryan, Debono Jean Pierre, Farrugia Jacob, Galea Dean, Gambin Daniel, Messina Maximilian, Sant Thomas, Sliti Ala Edine, Vella Jack, Vella Jamie, Vella William. Coach: Bartolo Brian. Assistant Coach: Cassar Kevin. SUN. 12.05.2013 - Mellie a Ground MELLIEÓA vs ÛEBBUÌ R 7-1 Scorers: Cutajar Ryan 4, Cutajar Jonathan, Camilleri Luke, Sant Thomas

30 MELLIEÓA S.C. FOOTBALL NURSERY MOST DEDICATED PLAYER MOST DEDICATED PLAYER UNDER 13 SEASON 2011-2012 AGIUS DANIEL MOST DEDICATED PLAYER UNDER 15 SEASON 2011 2012 CAMILLERI LUKE MOST DEDICATED PLAYER UNDER 17 SEASON 2011-2012 BARTOLO MARK

The Annual 2013 31 BEST PLAYER BEST PLAYER UNDER 13 SEASON 2011-2012 MICALLEF MICHAEL BEST PLAYER UNDER 15 SEASON 2011-2012 VELLA WILLIAM BEST PLAYER UNDER 17 SEASON 2011-2012 CUTAJAR JONATHAN

32 MELLIEÓA S.C. FOOTBALL NURSERY Nhar is-sibt it-30 ta Marzu 2013, it-tim i tal-u/11 immexxi mill-kowç Aldo Vella, a sehem fil-joelan Vella Memorial organizzat mill-im arr Football Nursery. It-tim tag na rnexxielu jirba dan it-tournament g as-seba sena konsekuttiva. Fdan it-tournament adu sehem ukoll it-timijiet tal-im arr, ta Ûebbu Rangers, tal-imtarfa, ta Óal G arg ur u ta -Ûurrieq.

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34 MELLIEÓA S.C. FOOTBALL NURSERY Opening Hours Mon - Sat: 6.15-19.00 Sun: 7.00-12.00

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The Annual 2013 39 TRANSERV GARAGE 24 Hours Mini Bus & Taxi Service Nid D`Amour Triq il-gargir Mellieha MLH 05 - Malta Tel / Fax: 2152 3000, 21520702 Mob: 9949 9197, 9982 1737 Email: transervgarage@gmail.com

40 MELLIEÓA S.C. FOOTBALL NURSERY SOCCER SKILLS FESTI CATEGORY UNDER 6 1 ST PLACE Sammut Lydon 2 nd PLACE Vella Warren 3 rd PLACE Micallef Hayden CATEGORY UNDER 7 1 ST PLACE Pace Rio 2 nd PLACE Mizzi Giles 3 rd PLACE Sciberras Zach Farrugia Aiden

The Annual 2013 41 IVAL - 2 SATURDAY 21 ST APRIL 2012 CATEGORY UNDER 8 1 ST PLACE Conti Matthias 2 nd PLACE Cilia Craig CATEGORY UNDER 9 1 ST PLACE Borg Julian 2 nd PLACE Vella Daniel 3 rd PLACE Cutajar Isaac

42 MELLIEÓA S.C. FOOTBALL NURSERY SOCCER SKILLS FESTI CATEGORY UNDER 10 1 ST PLACE Vella Matteo 2 nd PLACE Vella Matthias 3 rd PLACE Vella Thomas CATEGORY UNDER 11 1 ST PLACE Cutajar Andre 3 rd PLACE Borg Jean

The Annual 2013 43 IVAL - 2 SATURDAY 21 ST APRIL 2012 CATEGORY UNDER 12 1 ST PLACE Sammut Stevie 2 nd PLACE Said Malcolm 3 rd PLACE Conti Miriana CATEGORY UNDER 13 1 ST PLACE Micallef Michael 2 nd PLACE Vella Mattei 3 rd PLACE Pace Paul

44 MELLIEÓA S.C. FOOTBALL NURSERY Shamrock, 10 Triq il-modd, Mellie a MLH1825 mob: 9947 1687 tel/fax: 2152 0795 email: anthonytfenech@gmail.com Sea View Bar Enjoy the view Tea, Coffee & Snacks Triq is-santwarju - Mellie a (behind Church) Call: 2152 4008 / 7960 4944 Triq in-na al, Mellie a Tel: +356 2152 5711 Mob: +356 9945 3519 Email: jeffreu@jeffreysgarage.com Web: www.jeffreysgarage.com EVERGREEN GROCER FREE DELIVERIES For fresh delicatessen, Mgarr fresh bread and discounted items

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46 MELLIEÓA S.C. FOOTBALL NURSERY JONATHAN ABELA MEMORIAL UNDER 12 FOOTBALL FESTIVAL 2013

The Annual 2013 47 Din kienet l-g axar edizzjoni tal-jonathan Abela Memorial. Kien fl-2004 meta iet organizzata l-ewwel edizzjoni ta dan il-memorial. Il- sieb ewlieni huwa li tibqa tg ix fostna l-pre enza ta Jonathan. G al min ma jafx, Jonathan Abela kien ag ug ta sittax-il sena li kien jifforma parti min-nursery tal-mellie a, meta l-mulej g o bu jsejja lu dejh. Jonathan kien ag ug attiv, e emplari u ta ispirazzjoni g al s abu kollha fit-tim li kien jifforma parti minnu. Meta tlifna lil Jonathan, in-nursery tilfet wie ed minna, g alhekk assejna li l-memorja ta Jonathan g andha tibqa tg ix mag na kull in u kull mument. Din is-sena g o obna nilqg u fostna t-timijiet tan- Naxxar, San Ìwann, Valletta, Ûebbu u Mosta, flimkien mal-mellie a, kollha fil-kategorija Under 12. Ringrazzjament speçjali jmur lis-sur Ray Galea u lill- enituri ta Jonathan, li sa mill-ewwel edizzjoni ta dan il-festival, g enu sabiex dan ikun jista jikseb is-suççess mixtieq.

48 MELLIEÓA S.C. FOOTBALL NURSERY Where Friends Meet and New Friendships Are Made

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The Annual 2013 51 Friendship Friendship is a feeling of love and a ection of one person for another. This feeling of love must be reciprocated. Otherwise friendship cannot be possible. Friendship does not exist where tastes, feelings and sentiments are not similar. The famous essayist Bacon has warned against the friendship between a very rich person and a very poor person. Economic disparity damages friendship. Thus friendship is a feeling of a ection between two likeminded persons of uniform status. It is said that a friend in need is a friend indeed. There may be many friends at the time of prosperity. But most of them desert at the time of adversity. We can examine the sincerity of a friend during our time of hardship and trouble. Only a sincere and faithful friend remains with us at the time of our trouble. All others leave us. It is very painful when our friends turn traitors. Money is an enemy of friendship. Everybody has an attraction for money. When lending or borrowing of money is done between two friends, there is great risk. Friendship may be affected. So it is wise for true friends to avoid monetary transaction. Vanity is another element which breaks friendship. Everybody has self-respect. When a person tries to criticise his friend, their friendship is a ected. So friendship must be treated very delicately. Very often some hypocrites pretend to be friends. They are more dangerous than avowed enemies. By telling soft words they bring enormous ruin to us. A true friend never exploits. He rather surrenders. But at present, the meaning of friendship has changed. There are many fair-weathered friends. They terminate their friendly tie as soon as their interests are ful lled. It is very di cult to nd a true friend today. It is better to establish true friendship with either a dog or a cat. Both these beasts will remain faithful to their human friends. In these circumstances friendship between two persons is short-lived. Good friends exercise good in uence. They always help their friends, in distress and inspire them to walk on the right path. But evil friends ruin us completely. One needs to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their e orts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins. Chris Borg

52 MELLIEÓA S.C. FOOTBALL NURSERY TARÌA TARÌA Alfred Bartolo Wa da mill-inizjattivi validi li adu l-clubs tal-football fis-snin tmeninijiet kienet bla dubju l-introduzzjoni tannurseries. Il- sieb prinçipali wara din l-inizjattiva kien li l-club itella players minn tieg u flok jixtri players lesti ming and clubs o ra u hekk jonqsu l-ispejje. Fil-bidu kienet issir enfasi fuq it-tfal ta bejn it-tlettax u s-sittax-il sena i da meta n-nurseries bdew jorganizzaw irwie om a jar l-età tat-tfal bdiet nie la sa mal-lum tinsab fil-livell ta ames snin. Barra minnhekk l-m.f.a., illum qed tesi i li kull club irid ikollu n-nursery tieg u biex ittih liçenzja li biha jista jopera. Kienet deçizjoni g aqlija afna li kull club ikollu n-nursery tieg u g ax hekk tat lit-tfal kollha tal-lokal l-opportunità li jie du sehem u jipprattikaw l-isport favorit tag hom. Mill-banda l-o ra qieg ed isir monitora bi ejjed millawtoritajiet kompetenti biex jaraw jekk dak li jkun qieg ed isir ikunx qieg ed jag mel id lit-tfal? Jekk dan ma jsirx wisq nib a li l-iskop li g alih twaqqfu n-nurseries ma jkunx qieg ed jintla aq. Bl-introduzzjoni tat-tfal i - g ar l-iskop ma baqax biss training tal-football i da sar ukoll impenn soçjali fejn il-coaches huma obbligati li jg inu t-tfal afdati lilhom fil-bini tal-karattru tag hom, fid-dixxiplina, fit-t aris tar-regolamenti kif ukoll fl-im iba ta bejniethom. Wie ed irid i omm quddiem g ajnejh li t-tfal tan-nursery mhix skwadra tal-football li tittrenja ta t coach wie ed li tipprepara ru ha g al-log ob kompetittiv i da numru ta gruppi ta tfal ta t coaches bideat u metodi differenti. B alma l-ewwel tar a hija l-ba i li fuqha jinbnew it-tar iet l-o ra hekk ukoll il-ba i tan-nursery hija l-i g ar grupp. Jekk l-ewwel tar a tkun mibnija fuq pedament sod il-kumplament tat-tara ikun sod. Fl-etajiet i - g ar ma rridux

The Annual 2013 53 in arsu lejn it-talent biss i da lejn kemm it-tfal qeg din jie du gost u kemm ji u g at-ta ri bil- erqa u blentu ja mu. Jekk il-coach jirnexxilu j omm il-grupp afdat lilu kuntent u fer an bdak li jkun qieg ed isir, dak huwa sinjal li x-xog ol tieg u qieg ed i alli l-frott. Meta jsir dan, il-grupp aktarx jikber g ax it-tfal i ibu t-tfal u l- enituri jbierku l-flus li jkunu allsu meta jaraw l-uliedhom kuntenti. Meta t-tfal jibdew telg in it-tara, tajjeb li ssir attenzjoni li coach ikompli jibni fejn alla ta qablu l-ista un preçedenti biex ma jkunx hemm skossi. Min ma jitlax it-tara wa da wa da jitfixkel jista, jekk ma jaqax ukoll. Kemm hu sabi u ta sodisfazzjon tara t-tfal kollha jipparteçipaw u jifir u kollha flimkien. Meta t-tfal kienu jilag bu fit-toroq, li llum ma g adux possibbli, la kien hemm punti u l-anqas tazzi u xorta kienu jie du gost u xorta kienu jitg allmu. Jekk issa li saru afna investimenti u ntu aw afna ri orsi ma jo ro x ir-ri ultat mixtieq, hemm xi aga li mhix tiffunzjona sewwa. Wa da mill-problemi li niltaqg u mag ha fil-youth Football (17-19) hija li afna g a ag jieqfu jilag bu l-football meta jispiççaw min-nursery. Wara li jkunu telg u t-tara kollu, meta jsibu ru hom fil-bera tal-pjan, jitfixklu u afna minnhom jag zlu li jieqfu. Ir-ra unijiet huma diversi i da wa da li niltaqg u mag ha spiss hija li meta jsibu rwie hom li jridu jfendu g al rashom jaqtg u qalbhom. Filwaqt li fin-nursery ikunu indukrati sew bcoaches u amministraturi, ma jsibux dak l-ambjent mixtieq u li jkun jg odd g alihom fejn afna drabi ma jkollhomx coach g alihom u jittrenjaw mas-senior team. Ikun hawn li afna minnhom jaqbdu triq o ra li forsi tkun iktar ta fejda g alihom. Jekk sena wara sena naraw quddiem g ajnejna xqieg ed ji ri, fejn afna g a ag btalent jiddeçiedu li ma jkomplux jilag bu u a na ma nippruvawx nifhmu xinhi r-raguni u nag mlu l-almu tag na biex intejbu s-sitwazzjoni, allura afna mix-xog ol li jkun sar matul is-snin jisfuma fix-xejn. Forsi wa da mis-soluzzjonijiet validi hija li l-youths jibqg u ja dmu fi dan in-nursery biex ma jkunx hemm skossi ejda. G andu jkun hemm monitora mis-senior coach u mill-amministrazzjoni tal-club. Bkoordinament bejn ilhead coach tan-nursery u dak tas-senior team jaraw u ji nu l-progress u l-i vilupp li jkun qieg ed isir fi - g azag. Qabel ma wie ed jintroduçi lil dawn i - g azag fis-senior team ma jridx i ares biss lejn it-talent i da wkoll lejn il-karattru li ma tmurx issir iktar sara milli id. Soluzzjoni o ra tista tkun li filwaqt li l-minors jibqg u mal-club tin atar persuna, li tkun segwiet l-i vilupp tat-tfal matul is-snin, li tag ti parir lis-senior coach wara li tkun ikkonsultat sew mal-coach tag hom kif ukoll mal-head coach. L-introduzzjoni tag hom g andha ssir gradwalment, bil-mertu u mhux meta ma jkunx hemm players bi ejjed. Jekk i - g a ag ikunu ppreparati minn qabel, l-introduzzjoni tag hom tkun iktar po ittiva u tag mel id lilhom kif ukoll lill-club. Min jixrob afna fdaqqa jisker u min jibla l-ikel fdaqqa jifga. G alhekk trid issir attenzjoni kbira waqt l-i vilupp tat-tfal. Hu importanti afna li t-tfal jitilg u t-tara wa da wa da biex iç-çans li jitfixklu jkun minimu alli dak ixxog ol kollu, dak is-sagrificcju u dak l-investiment kbir li jkun sar, i alli l-frott mixtieq.

54 MELLIEÓA S.C. FOOTBALL NURSERY F o o t b a l l is f u n football is only part of your child`s life Only offer positive comments Offer to help at the club Talk with the coach Be patient with your child Always praise and encourage your child to improve Lead by example Let the coaches coach, let the children play Instill the need for commitment Show support and respect for all Fair play should be encouraged Understand what your child wants from football Not only is football for childen, it`s also for you

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