Basketball stars pick up their awards

Player of the Year: Merta Day

Friday, November 21, 2003

The Cayman Islands Basketball Association Annual Dinner and Awards Banquet was held at the Grand Old House in George Town on Friday, 14 November.

Guest speaker, Pastor Steve Blair said young people could achieve anything that they set their hearts on, provided that they kept focused on their goal.

He praised the work of the Basketball Association in helping them achieve their goals, calling upon the more senior basketball players to act as mentors and role models for the younger ones.

The Director of Youth and Sports, Dalton Watler, spoke about the importance of recognising the increasing prominence of women as sportspeople in the Cayman Islands.

Coach Victor O'Garro then presented the trophies for Players of the Year. The female Player of the Year award went to Merta Day, and the male Player of the Year award went to Andrew Wisdom.

In the Under 16 league, the male Player of the Year was Lloyd Samuels, and the female Player of the Year was Meisha Gordon.

The Most Promising Individual awards went to Philip Barnes and Sade Wood.

There were also special plaques for making a valuable contribution to basketball over the years, for Merta Day, Charmaine Robinson and Maxwell Seymour.

The Coach of the Year award went to Shawn Pitterson, and the Primary School Coach of the Year award went to Irvin Palascio

There were two awards for Referee of the Year, one went to Edward Ebanks, and the other to Ian Yearwood.

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