NSC Sports Awards 2014 Guyana Ruggers nominated in six categories, Jeffrey leads Sportsman nominations
Flashback: Guyana’s National 7s Rugby Team
Flashback: Guyana’s National 7s Rugby Team

THE Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), its players and officials have been nominated in six of the 14 categories for the National Sports Commission’s 2014 awards.The winners are to be decided upon and announced when the NSC committee, comprising media houses and other stakeholders in sports, meet at the Cliff Anderson on February 20.

NSC Sportsman-of-the-Year 2014 nominee Kristian Jeffrey
NSC Sportsman-of-the-Year 2014 nominee Kristian Jeffrey

For the coveted 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.
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. They are 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 nominations in this category. National captain Ryan Gonsalves has two nominations for the Sportsman-of-the-Year award.
Three-time Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding flyweight champion Devon Davis also has two nominations in this class, but having one more nod over both these athletes is motor-racer Kristian Jeffrey; the youngest Caribbean motor-racing champion and the first Guyanese to win the crown.
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.

NSC Junior Sportsman-of-the-Year 2014 nominee Jason Yaw
NSC Junior Sportsman-of-the-Year 2014 nominee Jason Yaw

The Sportswoman-of-the-Year category has 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 Tremayn Smartt and middle distance athlete Cassie George. George has also been nominated in the Junior Sportswoman division.
The Wiltshire girls, Larissa and Akeila, are also in line for the Junior Sportswoman-of-the-Year title; the former leading nominations with two picks. Badminton player Priyanna Ramdhani and tennis player Nicola Ramdyhan round off the nominees in the 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 to their names.
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 Sports Journalists in the Print & Non-Print divisions as well as Photographer.

(By Leeron Brumell)

 

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