Edghill, Rose named Sports’ woman and man of the year

…GFF is best association

While then only 18 years old, Stanton Rose stepped up to the plate and led the Guyana National Basketball Team to their first ever CBC Championship win in 2018; and Chelsea Edghill’s consistency with the tennis paddle in all these years has finally paid off. These two sporting personalities have been announced as the Senior Sportsman and Woman of the Year 2018.

The National Sports Commission hosted their 2018 Sport Awards on Friday evening, May 17, at the Pegasus hotel, causing Guyana’s most prolific sportsmen and women to gather to see who among them would receive top honours. When the proverbial dust had finally settled, Stanton Rose emerged as the Senior Sportsman of the Year 2018, and Chelsea Edghill as the Senior Sportswoman of the Year 2018.
In that year, while then 18 years old, Stanton Rose was captain of the National Basketball Team which went on to win the Caribbean Basketball Confederation title for the first time ever in this country’s history. Rose is again captaining the National Team as they venture into the FIBA Americup 2021 Qualifiers. Junior Hercules, who coaches the team, has also been identified as the Best Male Coach of 2018.
“Sometimes the rewards that you get is seeing an athlete that you’ve worked with achieve and compete at their highest level. That’s the satisfaction that you gain as a coach when you see your athletes excel and go beyond,” Junior Hercules said about the paybacks of the job.
Chelsea Edghill has been making headlines for her prowess in the table tennis arena, and after receiving numerous Junior Sportswoman awards, Edghill has, for the first time ever, received the senior accolade. Not only did she cop gold in the Senior Caribbean Table Tennis Championships last year, but she also excelled in the College National Districts competition and bagged the second position in the College National Regional competition, in the United States where she was studying.
Shomari Wiltshire has a few different sport disciplines under his belt, but his sport of choice is squash, which he has been dominating for some time. The Queen’s College student has been a force to be reckoned with in 2018, copping the U15, U17, and U19 titles in one tournament. He has been hailed as the Junior Sportsman of the Year.
Priyanna Ramdhani has been rewarded for her Caribbean Regional Badminton Confederation (CAREBACO) gold, silver and bronze medals with the Junior Sportswoman of the Year award.
“The best part was when I got second in the Open Senior Championships (CAREBACO) which developed my ranking points, and I’m really proud of it,” Priyanna noted about her achievement.
Given their first-time qualification for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, among other stellar achievements such as hosting the 2019 FIFA Development Conference, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has been declared the Sports Association of the Year.
“I think we’ve clearly done a lot for 2018, and in 2019 I’ve reminded myself of the challenges before us; but I will also take time out to acknowledge some of the progress we’ve made. As a sports administrator, you sometimes feel like much of the work goes unnoticed, so it’s always heartening to have an experience where you get to celebrate the achievements of the fraternity,” GFF president Wayne Forde said.
While the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation was hailed as the Most Improved Association, lawn tennis’s Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan was recognised as the Female Coach of the Year.