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MIA Olympic Special – What’s On
Friday, 21st December on E22 at 9pm , Sunday, 23rd December on E22 at 10am (RPT) and on TVM at 525pm, and Monday, 24th December on E22 at 2.30pm (RPT) will feature the following:
Featured Event – MOC Awards / Hall of Fame
The MOC Sports Awards
The MOC Sports Awards are about acknowledging practicing athletes’ feats for outstanding sporting achievements in the international arena for a given period. Athletes manage to succeed through total dedication and sacrifice, and it is this dedication and success that is being recognised by the MOC. The MOC Sports Awards covers the full array of sports and this initiative will include other popular sporting disciplines not necessarily practiced during the GSSE.
All athletes are nominated through their association/federation and the MOC; those athletes who it is felt have truly commended an outstanding sporting achievement will be recognised with a token of appreciation with specially designed trophies catergorised Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze accordingly.
Sport has a powerful role to play; through our athletes’ attempts, successes and dedication they inspire and show our society how important practicing sport is. To celebrate our athletes’ achievements and to truly acknowledge their dedication, the Malta Olympic Committee acknowledged our athletes at a gala Sports Awards Presentation Night, which was on the 12th December , 2007.
The Hall of Fame
It has long been felt the need to pay tribute and to honour those who have served and contributed with excellence towards Malta's sporting endeavors. Finally in the offing, the Olympic Hall of Fame will act as a showcase of athletes, coaches, officials and administrators who have, through their participation and service promoted and fostered the principles of Olympic ideals at various levels whilst respecting the Olympic charter.
In line with other such Halls abroad, the Hall of Fame in Malta will serve to preserve Maltese sporting history and be a point of reference. Acting as a motivating mechanism it will be a driving force for the pubic to emulate local sporting heroes and encourage locals to participate in sports in its different facets, whether on the sporting field or administration. No doubt it will be an ideal inspirational force for those involved in sports to aspire to and hope that one day they too would be so honoured for their outstanding achievements, thus creating the right channels for greater attainment.
The Hall will be managed by a Board of Trustees constituted of former Presidents of the MOC as well as the active MOC board of management and, led by a Chancellor, will be responsible for the management of the Hall's affairs. Eligibility for election will not be merely restricted to those who would have battled it out on the competitive arenas but will equally honour officials, coaches and administrators alike.
Schedule available every week on www.nocmalta.org and on the Malta Independent newspaper every Tuesday. Produced in collaboration with E22.
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