In a release on Friday, the National Sports Commission (NSC) has announced the hosting of its Annual Awards ceremony on Tuesday, May 22, from 06:45h at the Savannah Suite of the Le Meridien Pegasus hotel in Kingston, Georgetown.
“This will see over 57 individuals, including sportsmen and sportswomen as well as sport administrators and journalists, being awarded for their outstanding performance in 2017, be it locally, regionally or internationally”, the released stated.
Flashback! The 2016 winners pose with their accolades
The release further listed the various nominees for awards. Senior Sportswoman of the Year: Marazana Fiedtkou and Taylor Fernandes; Junior Sportswoman of the Year: Chantoba Bright and Natrena Hooper; Senior Sportsman of the Year: Calvin Ming and Winston George; Junior Sportsman of the Year: Keevin Allicock, Compton Caesar, Daniel Williams, Baskhar Yadram, Raymond Perez and Leon Seaton Jnr.
Association of the Year: Athletics Association of Guyana, and the Hockey Federation; Most Improved Sports Association/Federation of the Year: Hockey Federation, Guyana Boxing Association, Demerara Volleyball Association, The Guyana Cricket Board, The Guyana Football Federation; Female Sports Personality: Natisha Mokutnauth, Elizabeth Sunich, Lavern Fraser-Thomas, Allian Pompey; Male Sports Personality: Norman ‘Juice man’ Welch.
Male Coach of the Year: Esuan Crandon, Johnny Gravesande, Carl Ince, Phillip Fernandes; Female Coach of the Year: Candacy McKenzie and Sherry Abrams; Male Sports Official: Phillip Fernandes, Devin Hooper and Garfield Wiltshire; Female Sports Official: Dion Cush-Barnwell, Lavern Fraser-Thomas, Nzinga Maxwell.
Sportsman of the Year (Person with Disability): Ganesh Singh, Calvin Thomas, Walter Grant-Stuart and Leroy Phillips; Sportswoman (Persona with disability):Faith King , Malika Crawford, Shontel Munroe, Cassie Gill; Sports Team of the Year: National U-19 Cricket Team, National Senior Female Football Team, Green Machine – National Rugby Team.
Print Journalists: Akeem Greene (Guyana Times), Rajiv Bisnauth (Guyana Chronicle) and Calvin Chapman (Kaieteur News); Online Journalist: Treiston Joseph (Newsroom), Avenash Ramzan (Newsroom), Royston Alkins (The Xercise ); Television Journalist: Treiston Joseph (Newsroom), Akeem Greene (TVG) and Colwyn Abrams – (HGPTV); Photographers: Keno George (Stabroek News), Delano Williams (Guyana Chronicle) and Adrian Narine (Guyana Chronicle).
