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GCB Annual Awards Romario Shepherd and Shemaine Campbell are male and female Cricketers of the Year
By Sean Devers – Tucber Park, Berbice fast bowling All-Rounder Romario Shepherd was adjudged Cricketer of Year beating his West Indies teammates Berbician left-handed batsman Shimron Hetmyer and Essequibo fast bowling All-Rounder Kemo Paul to the top spot for 2019 while Berbician batsman Shemaine Campbelle was named Female Cricketer of the Year when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) held its annual Awards Ceremony at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) pavilion on Wednesday night.
The Awardees and CGI officails at the Awards function on Wednesday night at the GCC pavilion.
The night began with GCB Secretary and CWI Director Anand Sanasie performing duties as Master of Ceremonies and Acting GCB President and Essequibo Cricket Board Head Fizul Bacchus reading the Administrative Report.
Minister of Social Cohesion with responsibility for Sports, Dr. George Norton congratulated the Awardees and stated it was an achievement that Guyana is dominating four-day cricket in the West Indies, adding that it was good see Guyanese doing well in the West Indies team.
President of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Cricket Association and Vice-President of CWI, Dr. Kishore Shallow delivered the feature address and told the gathering, which included several past and present West Indies players including West Indies Women’s Selector Travis Dowlin, that the CWI has adopted a policy of putting their players first and apologised to Shiv Chanderpaul for the way he was treated by the past administration.
The 36-year-old Shallow, who previously served as a CWI Director, replaced Dominican Emmanuel Nathan at the last CWI elections, noted it is always difficult playing India home but was pleased to see the fight this team has showed in the ODI series as it strives to get back to the hei
Dr. Kishore Shallow gives the feature address.
ghts of Clive Lloyd’s team.
Shallow praised the local franchise system and he felt that this was among the reasons Guyana is producing good young players and winning the four-day title for fifth consecutive time, this year whilst pondering on the good performances of Hetmyer, Paul, Shepherd and Nedd among others in the various West Indies teams.
Shallow founded the SVG Young Professional Association and has given service to various organisations in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Cricket Journalist of the Year, Brandon Corlette give the vote of thanks on behalf of the Awardees while GCB’s PRO Andy Ramnarine provided the closing remarks.
GCB Awards 2019
Shabika Gajnabi: Most Promising Female Cricketer of the Year
Romario Shepherd: Most Improve Male Cricketer of the Year
Ashmead Nedd: Junior Cricketer of the year
Raymon Reifer: Senior Regional Cricketer of the year
Mavindra Dindyal: Most Run in Regional Under-15
Isai Thorne: Most Wickets in Regional Under-15
Mavindra Dindyal: Most Valuable Player in Regional Under-15
Mathew Nandu: Most Run is Regional Under-17
Sheldon Charles: Most Wickets in Regional Under-17
Sheldon Charles: Most Valuable Player in Regional Under-17
Kelvon Anderson: Most Runs in Regional Under-19
Ashmead Nedd: Most Wickets in Regional Under-19
Kelvon Anderson: Most Valuable Player in Regional Under-19
Corporate Award
Hand-in-Hand, Dave West Indian Imports, SBF Petroleum
Special Service Award
Ms. Elizabeth Sunich, Everest Cricket Club
Grounds man – Deolall Rajkumar of the Enmore Community Centre ground: For his continued contribution to the development of cricket.
Coach – Rayon Griffith: For his outstanding service as a cricket coach for the year.
Print Media – Brandon Corlette: For his dedicated and outstanding service as a cricket reporter in the field of print media.
Premium Awards
Romario Shepherd: Cricket of the Year Male
Other nominees: Keemo Paul and Shimron Hetymer
Shemaine Campbelle: Cricketer of the Year Female
Other nominees: Sheneta Grimmond and Shabika Gajnabi
Lower Corentyne: Best Franchise Team of the year 2019
Other nominees: West Berbice and Essequibo
Georgetown Cricket Club: Club of the year 2019
Other nominees: Albion Community Centre Ground and Rose hall Youth and Sports Club.
Members of the 2019 the Guyana Jaguar Four Day Team and the Guyana Under-15 Team also received awards for winning their receptive tournaments.
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