Johnson honoured with “Golden Arrow of Achievement”

Guyana Jaguars skipper, the left-handed Windies player Leon Johnson, was awarded with one of the most prestigious awards in Guyanese history. Johnson, 31, has been awarded the Golden Arrow of Achievement from His Excellency President David Granger.

The Golden Arrow of Achievement (A.A.) is the fourth highest award in the Order of Service of Guyana. It may be awarded also to “any citizen of Guyana who has performed an outstanding and specific act of service or achievement of an exceptional nature, or is given for long and dedicated service of a consistently high standard in responsible offices, local government services, social and voluntary services, industry or trade unions, or in any other area of public service.”
It may also be awarded to institutions, organisations, corporations or a group of people under similar conditions to the Cacique’s Crown of Honour.
Johnson not only has given his all towards cricket, but he has also given back to cricket, as in 2018 he hosted a one day clinic. Johnson was awarded on the 49th Republic Anniversary of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana on February 23, 2019 at Durban Park. Johnson has thus far led the Jaguars to four West Indies Professional Cricket League (PCL) Regional Four-day Titles in the last four years, and the Jaguars may lift the title once again as they are currently toppers of the points table.
Johnson made his first class debut when he was called up to the national side in the 2003-04 season. With a first class batting average of 32.62, Johnson was by no means an ordinary player. In the 2007-08 domestic season, he scored for Guyana 427 runs from 6 matches at an average of 42.70 in the Carib Beer Series.
He fell six runs short of his maiden first-class century on March 7, 2008 when he edged a wide delivery from off-spinner Shirley Clarke against Combined Campuses and Colleges. The innings was his highest score of the season.
Johnson currently has 5 hundreds and 36 fifties in his career, as he has been performing exceptionally in the ongoing West Indies Regional Four Day Tournament.
The promising signs were enough for the West Indies selectors to choose him for the ODI tri-series in Canada later that year. He impressed with a half-century in his second match. He later earned a call-up to the Test squad to New Zealand.