Sportsmen/women to be bestowed with NSC honours today
It is one day when there is no need for track pants, joggers and sneakers; it is the one day when Guyana’s top sportsmen and women come decked in elegant formal attire. It is the 2017 National Sports Commission (NSC) Awards, which will be held today from 06:45h at the Savannah Suite of the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, Georgetown.
Since the release of the list of nominees, heads have been scratched over possible winners, but no clues have been given who will walk away with the various accolades this evening.
It was a gala ceremony for the 2016 awards and an even bigger ceremony is expected today at the Savannah Suite of the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel
More so, the presence of triple jumper Troy Doris, Guyana’s 2018 Commonwealth gold medallist, has created a significant buzz around the gala ceremony.
The 2016 awards saw Doris and Guyana Jaguars and West Indies batsman Leon Johnson jointly winning the Senior Sportsman of the Year while national record holder in the 100 metres and 200 metres Brenessa Thompson was voted Senior Sportswoman of the Year.
The Junior Sportsperson Award went to Carifta gold medallist and jumper Chantoba Bright and 11-year-old table tennis player Kaysan Ninvalle respectively.
This year, the list of nominees includes:
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 Jr
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, Guyana Cricket Board, and Guyana Football Federation
Female Sports Personality: Natisha Mokutnauth, Elizabeth Sunich, Lavern Fraser-Thomas, and Allian Pompey
Male Sports Personality: Norman “Juice Man” Welch.
Male Coach of the Year: Esuan Crandon, Johnny Gravesande, Carl Ince, and 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, and Nzinga Maxwell
Sportsman of the Year (Person with Disability): Ganesh Singh, Calvin Thomas, Walter Grant-Stuart, and Leroy Phillips
Sportswoman (Person with disability): Faith King, Malika Crawford, Shontel Munroe, and Cassie Gill Sports Team of the Year: National U-19 Cricket Team, National Senior Female Football Team, and the Green Machine – the National Rugby Team.
Print Journalists: Akeem Greene (Guyana Times); Rajiv Bisnauth (Guyana Chronicle) and Calvin Chapman (Kaieteur News)
Online Journalists: Treiston Joseph (Newsroom); Avenash Ramzan (Newsroom) and Royston Alkins (The Xercise)
Television Journalists: Treiston Joseph (Newsroom); Akeem Greene (TVG) and Colwyn Abrams (HGPTV)
Photographers: Keno George (Stabroek News); Delano Williams (Guyana Chronicle) and Adrian Narine (Guyana Chronicle).
