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RJR Sports Foundation Sportsman & Sportswoman Awards Categories
Nicholas Walters receives his<br />Sportsman of the Year Award from<br />minister with responsibility for sport<br />Natalie Neita-Headley.
Sports
January 21, 2015

RJR Sports Foundation Sportsman & Sportswoman Awards Categories

The Chairman’s Award

Alicia Ashley – Presenter Gary Allen

Special Awards (Individual) (33 awards – 31 presentations)

Junior CASA Squash Championships

1. Alyssa Mullings – Girls U17 Caribbean Champion

Caribbean Squash Championship

2. Christopher Binnie – Caribbean Men’s Singles Champion

IAAF World Junior Championships (Athletics)

3. Michael O’Hara – Bronze Medal – 200 meters

4. Tyler Mason – Silver Medal – 110 meters Hurdles (Area Junior Record 13.06

seconds)

5. Jaheel Hyde – Gold Medal – 400 meters Hurdles (World Junior Leading time

49.29 seconds)

2nd Summer Youth Olympics (multi-sport)

6. Obrien Wasome – Silver medal – Long Jump

7. Natalliah Whyte – Gold medal – 200 metres

8. Martin Manley – Gold Medal – 400 metres

9. Jaheel Hyde – Gold Medal – 110 metres Hurdles (World Youth Best 12.96

seconds) First Junior under 13 seconds in the event.

XX Commonwealth Games – 2014, Glasgow, Scotland (multi-sport)

10. Christine Day (Athletics) – Bronze Medal – 400 metres

11. Janieve Russell (Athletics) – Bronze Medal – 400 metres Hurdles

12. Kerron Stewart (Athletics) – Bronze Medal – 100 metres

13. Nickel Ashmeade (Athletics) – Bronze Medal – 100 metres

14. Jason Livermore (Athletics) – Bronze Medal – 200 metres

15. Jason Morgan (Athletics) – Bronze Medal – Discus

16. Alia Atkinson (Swimming) – Bronze Medal 100 meters breaststroke

Alia Atkinson (Swimming) – Silver Medal – 50 meters Breaststroke

17. Veronica Campbell-Brown (Athletics) – Silver Medal – 100 metres

Novlene Williams Mills (Athletics) – Silver Medal – 400 metres

18. Warren Weir (Athletics) – Silver Medal – 200 metres

19. Stephenie McPherson (Athletics) – Gold Medal – 400 metres

20. Kaliese Spencer (Athletics) – Gold Medal – 400 metres Hurdles

21. Kimberly Williams (Athletics) – Gold Medal – Triple Jump

22. Kemar Bailey-Cole (Athletics) – Gold Medal – 100 metres

23. Rasheed Dwyer (Athletics) – Gold Medal – 200 metres

24. O’Dayne Richards (Athletics) – Gold Medal – Shot Put

25. Andrew Riley (Athletics) – Gold Medal – 110 metres Hurdles

IAAF World Indoor Championships (Athletics)

26. Kimberly Williams – Bronze Medal – Triple Jump

27. Kaliese Spencer – Silver Medal – 400 metres

28. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce – Gold Medal – 60 metres (6.98 seconds World

Leading time)

International Taekwon-Do World Cup (Martial Arts)

29. Donald D. Francis – Gold Medal – Microweight Sparring

International Sport Kickboxing Association (ISKA) Amateur World Championship (Martial Arts)

30. Kenneth Edwards – Gold Medal – Heavyweight Sparring

12th FINA World Swimming Championships

31. Alia Atkinson – Silver Medal & National Record – 50 metres Breaststroke

Alia Atkinson – Gold Medal & World Record – 100 metres Breaststroke

One trophy for both

Presentation to Guest Speaker

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Team Awards (Special awards – teams) 18 awards – 76 persons collecting)

Team Awards

Caribbean Women’s Basketball Championship

1. Gold Medal – Jamaica – Sasha Dixon, Loreta Gordon, Simone

Jackson, Jennifer George, Shenneika Smith, Althea

Byfield, Ladonna Lamouth, Rashida Aikens, Nicole

Dias, Angelee Latouche, Christina Mitchell, Thova Gardner,

West Indies Women’s Cricket Championships – One Day and Twenty20

2. Jamaica Women – Champions of both the One Day and Twenty20

Competitions – Stafanie Taylor, Jodian Morgan. Vanessa Watts, Roshana Outar, Chinelle Hednry, Karla Cohen, Natasha McLean, Alecia Bookal, Chedean Nation, Taneka Sanford, Shereka Shelton, Rashada Williams, Nikeasha Gayle, Sherene Burnett

2014 CFU Caribbean Cup Football

3. Gold Medal – Jamaica – Andre Blake, Ryan Thompson, DuWayne Kerr, Alvas

Powell, Demar Phillips, Kemar Lawrence, Nicholy Finlayson, Hughan Gray, Nyron Nosworthy, Wes Morgan, Jermaine Taylor, Rodolph Austin, Je-Vaughn Watson, Romario Campbell, Joel Grant, Simon Dawkins, Joel McAnuff, Darren Mattocks, Michael Seaton, Deshorn Brown, Jamar Loza, Dane Richards, Craig Foster

IAAF World Junior Championships (Athletics)

4-7. Boys 4 X 100 meters Relay team – Bronze Medal – Raheem Robinson,

Michael O’Hara, Edward Clarke, and Jevaughn Minzie (Waseem Williams, Raheem Chambers)

8-11. Boys 4 X 400 meters Relay team – Bronze Medal – Twayne Crooks,

Martin Manley, Nathon Allen and Jaheel Hyde.

12-15. Girls 4 X 100 meters Relay team – Silver Medal – Sashalee Forbes,

Kedisha Dallas, Saqukine Cameron and Natalliah Whyte.

International Taekwon-Do World Cup

(Montego Bay, Jamaica, August 2014)

16-21. Jamaica Combined Martial Arts Team – Gold Medal – Team Sparring

Kenneth Edwards, Nicholas Dussard, Scott Wright, Adrian Moore, Ackeem

Lawrence, Daron Harrison.

XX Commonwealth Games – 2014, Glasgow, Scotland (multi-sport)

22. Senior Netball Team- Bronze Medal – Romelda Aiken, Shanice Beckford,

Stacian Facey, Thristina Harwood, Sasher-Gaye Henry, Malysha Kelly, Jhaniele Reid, Paula Thompson, Khadijah Williams, Vangelee Williams (Kasey Evering, Nicole Pinnock)

23-27. 4 x 100 metres Women’s Relay Team (Athletics) – Gold Medal

(Commonwealth Games Record 41.83 seconds ) – Kerron Stewart, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Schillonie Calvert, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Elaine Thompson)

28-33. 4 x 400 metres Women’s Relay Team (Athletics) – Gold Medal

(Commonwealth Games Record 3:23.82) – Christine Day, Novlene Williams-Mills, Anastasia Le-Roy, Stephenie McPherson (Janieve Russell, Shericka Williams)

34-39. 4 x 100 metres Men’s Relay Team (Athletics) – Gold Medal

(Commonwealth Games Record 37.58 seconds ) – Jason Livermore, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Nickel Ashmeade, Usain Bolt (Kimmari Roach, Julian Forte)

IAAF World Indoor Championships (Athletics)

40-45. 4 x 400 metres Relay Men – Bronze Medal (National Indoor Record

3:03.69) – Errol Nolan, Allodin Fothergill, Akheem Gauntlett, Edino Steele (Dane Hyatt, Jermaine Brown)

46-51. 4 X 400 metres Relay Women – Silver Medal (National Indoor Record

3:26.54) – Patricia Hall, Anneisha McLaughlin, Kaliese Spencer, Stephenie Ann McPherson (Verone Chambers, Natoya Goule)

IAAF World Relays (Athletics)

52-55. 4 x 200 metres Women – Bronze Medal (National Record 1:30.04) –

Simone Facey, Sheri-Ann Brooks, Anneisha McLaughlin, Shelly-Ann

Fraser-Pryce

56-60. 4 X 400 metres Women – Silver Medal (3:23.26) – Kaliese Spencer,

Novelene Williams- Mills, Anastasia Le-Roy, Sherika Jackson (Christine

Day)

61-64. 4 X 100 metres Women – Silver Medal (Championship Record 42.29

seconds) – Carrie Russell, Kerron Stewart, Schillonie Calvert, Samantha

Henry-Robinson

65-70. 4 x 100 metres Men – Gold Medal – Nesta Carter, Nickel Ashmeade,

Julian Forte, Yohan Blake (Kemar Bailey-Cole, Andrew Fisher)

71-76. 4 x 200 metres Men – Gold Medal (1:18.63 World Record) – Nickel

Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown & Yohan Blake (Rasheed

Dwyer & Jason Livermore

ISSA Schoolboy and Schoolgirl of the Year Awards (6)

Female Awardee Male Awardee

Athletics 1. Britnie Dixon (Vere Technical 2. Jaheel Hyde

High) (Wolmer’s Boys)

Football 3. Khadija Shaw (St Jago High) 4. Junior Flemmings

(Jamaica College)

Cricket 5. Ramone Francis

(Eltham High)

Netball 6. Shanice Beckford (The Queen’s High)

CATEGORY AWARDS (47 awards)

Female Male

Athletics 1.Kaliese Spencer 2. O’Dayne Richards

Badminton 3.Geordine Henry 4. Samuel Ricketts

Basketball 5. Sasha Dixon 6. Weyinmi Rose

Bobsleigh 7. Winston Watts

Boxing 8. Alicia Ashley 9. Nicholas Walters

Mind Games

Bridge 10.Elizabeth Williams 11.Walter Brown

==========================================================

Chess 12. Deborah Richards-Porter 13. Damion Davey

Cricket 14. Stafanie Taylor 15. Andre Russell

Cycling 16. Marloe Rodman

Fencing 17. Tia Simms-Lymn

Football 18. Shakera Duncan 19. Rudolph Austin

Golf 20. Wesley Brown

Gymnastics 21. Toni-Ann Williams 22. Jamin Melbourne-Levy

===============================================================

Hockey 23. Kameisha Erskine 24. Giovanni Green

Motor Sports 25. Kyle Gregg

Netball 26. Shanice Beckford

Para-Sports 27. Shane Hudson

Rugby League 28. Nathan Campbell

Rugby Union 29. Lisa Fraser 30. Tyronie Rowe

Shooting (Pistol) 31. Lesgar Murdock

Squash 32. Alyssa Mullings 33. Christopher Binnie

Surfing 34. Elim Beckford 35. Elishama Beckford

==============================================================

Sailing 36. Peter Harper

Swimming 37. Alia Atkinson 38. Nico Campbell

Table Tennis 39. Shanique Clare 40. Kane Watson

Taekwondo 41. Craig Brown

Tennis 42. Phadria Kepple 43. Damion Johnson

Triathlon 44. Elisabeth Mondon 45. Jassette Bromfield

Volleyball 46. Sashalee Wallen 47. Rojey Hutchinson

Certificates of Merit (6)

1. Gillian Binnie

2. Simone Edwards

3. Keith Lattimore

4. Hugh Perry

5. Clofyeld “Patsy” Thomas

6. Dr Dean Weatherly

The Sagicor Iconic Award

Donald Quarrie

People’s Choice “Performance of the Year”

Alia Atkinson

Nominee Medals 13 – 12 to be presented)

1. Alia Atkinson

2. Veronica Campbell-Brown

3. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

4. Stephenie McPherson

5. Kaliese Spencer

6. Stafanie Taylor

7. Kimberly Williams

Novlene Williams-

8. Kemar Bailey-Cole

9. Rasheed Dwyer

10. O’Dayne Richards

11. Andrew Riley

12. Nicholas “Axeman” Walters

RUNNER-UP Sportswoman of The Year

Kaliese Spencer

RUNNER-UP Sportsman of The Year

O’Dayne Richards

SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

Alia Atkinson

SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR

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