Following the announcement of our very first vice-president this week, the club can confirm that the committee has now been confirmed in its entirety for the coming season. Roles were revised at the end-of-season meeting where as part of the agenda, current members presented the results of their seasonal objectives as well as their plans for the coming season.
During the meeting, it was confirmed that Karl Borg will remain the club’s president after unanimous voting. As stated previously, Antoine Farrugia will take on the role of Vice-President, while Nathan Farrugia was confirmed as General Secretary. The latter will also remain our designated COVID-19 officer as we persist in being fully focused on keeping our club safe during these times.
The club’s finances will remain the responsibility of our Chief Financial officer (CFO) Matthew Gauci after a successful three seasons, even considering hardships suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic which has seen our club lose most of its partners.
With the www.naxxarvictorians.com project in full swing, all media and communications across the club remain in the hands of communications officer Kurt Aquilina.
Mikhail Duca, who will be our designated scout this year, will also be occupying one of three non-specific member roles, together with club captain Christopher Cutajar who will represent the club’s players at committee meetings, and vice-captain Kyle Agius.
Health and Safety
Another item on this end-of-season meeting was protecting our players’ safety. Both in terms of COVID-19 and our general health, the committee has discussed ways to go ahead. The club will, at this point, request that all players are vaccinated and ahead of the start of preseason training on July 20, have available their vaccine certificate to assure the safety of each player.
Added to this, was the beginning of discussions with NGOs about a sports first aid course. This point of discussion arose following the Euro 2020 incident where Denmark player Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch against Finland. Further information about this project will be announced at a later stage.
Finally, the decision about this season’s kits has also been taken. This season, our players will be wearing the same red home kit and blue away kit. However, it has been discussed that a change might be in the plans as the club celebrates its fifth anniversary next season.