Doris and Johnson share 2016 Sportsman of the Year Award;Thompson is Sportswoman
The winners displaying their awards (Adrian Narine photo)
The winners displaying their awards (Adrian Narine photo)

OLYMPIC men’s triple jump finalist, Troy Doris, and Guyana Jaguars’ skipper,Leon Johnson, were on Friday night jointly awarded the 2016 Sportsman of the Year Award at the National

Guyana Chronicle Tamica Garnett (right) receiving her Sports Journalist of the Year (Print) award from NSC Chairman,Ivan Persaud (Adrian Narine photo)

Sports Award gala in the Savannah Suite of the Pegasus Hotel.
Olympian Brenessa Thompson, who last year broke both the 100m and 200m records, was named Sportswoman of the Year.Doris and Thompson, who both reside overseas, received their awards in absentia.

The ceremony, organised by the National Sports Commission (NSC)which is headed by Director of Sports, Christopher Jones, was greatly commended for being a significant upgrade from past hostings.
In the junior category, Linden’s Chantoba Bright, a CARIFTA Games gold medalist and South American Youth Championships bronze medalist, won the Junior Sportswoman of the Year Award.Caribbean pre-cadet table tennis gold medalist, 11-year-old Kaysan Ninvalle became the youngest Junior Sportsman of the Year.

Doris came on the scene with a bang last year, when he received widespread publicity after setting the national record at 17.18m, ranking seventh in the world. He went on to represent Guyana at the Rio Olympics and finished seventh in the finals, the first Guyanese to make an Olympics finals in over a decade.
Guyana Jaguars four-day cricket skipper,Leon Johnson was top scorer when Guyana won their ninth Regional First-Class title in 2016. The 29-year-old also played for the West Indies against Pakistan in the Test series in the United Arab Emirates.
Following his award, Johnson said it was something he has been dreaming of achieving for some time now.

“I was happy to win this award. When I won the Junior Sportsman of the Year in 2006, and I went to the awards, and I looked at the board and there was a lot of big names as you would call it, and I said to myself, one day I would like to be up there as Senior Sportsman of the Year;so I was happy that it happened to me for 2016,”
A total of 21 categories were put forth for this year awards ceremony, however the Female Person with Disabilities category had no nominee, while no winner was announced for the Male Sports Official of the Year.
The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) was the Sports Association of the Year, while the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association was awarded the Most Improved Sports Association of the Year.

Guyana Chronicle’s Tamica Garnett won Sports Journalist of the Year (Print),while Newroom’s Treiston Joseph won Sports Journalist of the Year in the inaugural online category. NCN’s Travis Seymour won the Sports Journalist of the Year (Non-Print).

Full list of awardees are as follows
Senior Sportsman of the Year: (Joint) Troy Doris and Leon Johnson
Senior Sportswoman of the Year: Brenessa Thompson
Junior Sportsman of the Year: Kaysan Ninvalle
Junior Sportswoman of the Year: Chantoba Bright
Most Improved Association: Guyana Boxing Association
Sport Association of the Year: Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation
Female Sports Personality of the Year: Lavern Fraser-Thomas
Male Sports Personality of the Year: Kevon Bess
Male Coach of the Year: Sebert Blake
Female Coach of the Year: Ann Gordon
Female Sport Official of the Year: Leona Kyte
Sportsman of the Year (PWD):Kevin Douglas
Sport Journalist of the Year (Print): Tamica Garnett
Sport Journalist of the Year (Non-Print): Travis Seymour
Sport Journalist of the Year (Online): Treiston Joseph
Sport Photographer of the Year: Esan Griffith
Sport Team of the Year: Under-16 CBC Basketball Boys
Corporate Sponsor of the Year (Large): Digicel
Corporate Sponsor of the Year (Small): P&P Insurance

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