The Youth Football Association hosted its Annual Presentation Night at the Palace Hotel in Sliema, where the winners of the various awards were presented with trophies and mementos for their achievements during the 2015 – 2016 Season. The various awards were presented by the Youth FA President, Fr. Hilary Tagliaferro, APS Bank Chief Officer Noel, McCarthy, MFA Officials Bjorn Vassallo, Ludovico Micallef and Alex Manfre and MFA Technical Director, Robert Gatt.
Among the awards presented, the most prestigious were: Hamrun (U17) and Pieta (U15) both winning the double (APS Bank League – Section A and the Knock-Out competition) in their respective age categories, the Most Promising Player award went to U17 - Markus Grima (St.Andrews) & U15 – Clyde Bouvet (Pieta) and the fair play winners Kalkara (U17) and Floriana (U15). As from this year, a new award was introduced as an appreciation to celebrate the sterling service given to the YFA by past members of the council, and the first recipients of the YFA Merit Award were Mr. Joe Cachia, Mr. Godfrey Pecorella and Mr. Frans Zammit for their dedication to grassroots football over the last decades. During his speech, the Youth FA President said that at the younger ages prominence should be given to educating these youths through sports, ensuring to assist them to improve their football skills through professional training and ultimately provide future players for their parent Clubs and the National Teams. Introducing an educational campaign, aimed at all those involved in youth football, to be rolled out throught the season, Fr. Hilary, together with Mario Cardona (Director – Global Security Services) launched the first project, a set of boards to be set up in all grounds hosting YFA matches with positive, educational and aspiring messages. Youth FA Honours 2015 - 2016 CompetitionWinnersRunners-up / Finalists APS Bank U17 Section AHamrunMostaYouth FA U17 Knock-OutHamrunSliema APS Bank U17 Section BSt. AndrewsSliema APS Bank U17 Section C1MelitaQormiAPS Bank U17 Section C2FguraZejtunAPS Bank U17 Section DBirzebbugiaGhaxaqAPS Bank U15 Section APietaSt. AndrewsYouth FA U15 Knock-OutPietaBirkirkaraAPS Bank U15 Section BVallettaMelitaAPS Bank U15 Section C1FlorianaPembrokeAPS Bank U15 Section C2MsidaMelliehaAPS Bank U15Section DZebbugZejtun SectionPromotedRelegated APS Bank U17 Section AxxxxxPaola Hibs - San GwannAPS Bank U17 Section BSt. Andrews - SliemaZabbar - SwieqiAPS Bank U17 Section C1Melita - QormiLuqa - CottoneraAPS Bank U17 Section C2Fgura - ZejtunMarsa - Sta. LuciaAPS Bank U17 Section DBirzebbugia - GhaxaqxxxxxAPS Bank U15 Section AxxxxxHamrun - BalzanAPS Bank U15 Section BValletta - MelitaBirzebbugia - LuqaAPS Bank U15 Section C1Floriana - PembrokeSirens - FguraAPS Bank U15 Section C2Msida - MelliehaXghajra - CottoneraAPS Bank U15Section DZebbug - Zejtunxxxxx Most Promising PlayerWinnersRunners-up Under 17Markus Grima (St. Andews)Andre Spiteri (P. Hibs)Under 15Clyde Bouvet (Pieta)Jamie Sixsmith (St. Andews) APS Bank PlayFair AwardWinners Under 17Kalkara Under 15Floriana YFA Merit AwardMr. Joe Cachia, Mr. Godfrey Pecorella & Mr. Frans Zammit