NSC 2014 Sports personalities to be named today
Flashback:
The national ruggers pose with the NACRA 7s trophy..

Kristian Jeffrey-the youngest Caribben motor-racing champion
Flashback: The national ruggers pose with the NACRA 7s trophy.. Kristian Jeffrey-the youngest Caribben motor-racing champion

THE National Sports Commission’s sportsman and sportswoman, junior and senior are to be named later today. That’s after a panel meets to decide on who’s more deserving of it.From 10.00hrs, the panel, comprising NSC officers, stakeholders in sports and sports journalists will deliberate over achievements in 2014 and vote for the top sport personalities.

For the coveted Senior Sportsman-of-the-Year award, speed racer Kristian Jeffrey leads the nominees, while 2013 and multiple winner of the female award; squash player Nicolette Fernandes finds herself in the running as well.
Jeffrey’s nomination for the award is largely due to his being the youngest Caribbean motor-racing champion and the first Guyanese to win the crown.
Of the 18 associations that submitted names for his category; he has three nods, but he also comes against national rugby captain Ryan Gonsalves who has two nominations. Gonsalves was at the helm of the Sevens and 15s teams that won the North American titles – Guyana being the only country to lay claim to both titles.
Three-time Central American and Caribbean bodybuilding flyweight champion Devon Davis and former Mr Guyana is also in the senior category with two nominations.
On the female side multiple winner Nicolette Fernandes, bodybuilding/fitness and track and field athlete Alisha Fortune, basketball player Jenille Ifill, female football referee Mauress Skeete, Guyana and West Indies fast bowler Tremayne Smartt and middle-distance athlete Cassie George are the nominees. George has also been nominated in the Junior Sportswoman division.
The Wiltshire girls Larissa & Akeila are also in line for the Junior Sportswoman-of-the-Year title; the former leading the nominations with two picks. Badminton player Priyanna Ramdhani and tennis player Nicola Ramdyhan round off the nominees in this category.
South American youth 400m record holder Jason Yaw is out-front with four nominations for the Junior Sportsman-of-the-Year award. The seven other nominees have one vote each.
The Guyana Rugby Football Union, its players and officials have been nominated in six of the 14 categories.
The GRFU’s senior team has been nominated for Sports Team-of-the-Year with five votes from various associations. The seniors are multiple winners of the NACRA 7s title and have for the first time won the NACRA 15s – Guyana being the only country to lay claim to both titles.
Together with this nomination – National coach Theodore Henry has been nominated for the Sports Male Coach. He has the nod of four associations. There are three other nominees in this category.
The GRFU has been nominated as the Sports Association-of-the-Year. Five associations have recognised their efforts.
They have also been nominated as the Most Improved Association for 2014. Two bodies have chosen them.
The union’s president Peter Green also finds himself on the list of nominees for the Male Sports Official-of-the-Year, but he’s tied up there with Deputy Permanent Secretary within the Ministry of Sport and Boxing Association president Steve Ninvalle.
Calvin Thomas is the only athlete nominated for the Special Award for Persons with Disabilities.
When the panel meets it will also vote on the Male & Female Sports Officials and Sport Journalists in the Print & Non-Print divisions as well as Photographer.
The presentation of awards will be done in March.

 

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