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Britton, Yaw should lead nominations for Junior Sportsman award
Table Tennis Champion, Shemar Britton and quarter-miler, Jason Yaw should lead nominations for the National Sports Commission (NSC) Junior
Jason Yaw
Shemar Britton
Sportsman of the Year Award after dominant seasons that elevated their chances for the award last year.
Apart from his dominant season last year locally, the 15-year-old Britton, who burst on the scene in 2013 after toppling some more seasoned senior players, led Guyana to victory in the Hinterland Table Tennis Championships and Developmental Engagement involving Guyana, French Guiana and Surname last year.
Britton was then flown to Shanghai, China where he took part in the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Road to Nanjing Training Programme that was held in June, at the Shanghai Sport Training Base.
The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) is expected to submit a detailed local, regional and international fact sheet for Britton as their nominee for Junior Sportsman of the Year. The Queen’s College student also competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
Meanwhile, Jason Yaw should be the closest rival for Britton in the Junior Sportsman contest on the heels of his Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Junior Championships bronze medal in Mexico in July and his South American gold medal in November.
Yaw also competed at the 2014 CARIFTA Games, but it was his record-breaking gold medal in 46.79 seconds in the 400m at the South American Youth Championship in Cali, Columbia last November that will really secure his nomination.
The two top junior male athletes will clash in an expected straight battle for the Junior Sportsman of the Year Award.
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