We are days away from the annual Brown Pelican Sports Awards (BPSA) and the official top three nominees of each award category have been unveiled. The BPSA vetting committee, which consists of members of St. Maarten Sports and Olympic Federation, reviewed all the entries submitted by the local sports organizations and narrowed it down to the top three. Without further ado, the BPSA nominees are as follows:
Best Sponsor Sporting Innovations
CC1 KNVB World Coaches
N.V. GEBE St. Maarten Kids Mountain Bike Club
Domino’s Pizza Kalaboom Fitness
Best Sport Organization Best Sporting School
St. Maarten Soccer Association Milton Peters College
St. Maarten Martial Arts Federation Leonard Conner Primary School
Sint Maarten Yacht Club Sailing School (there is no 3rd nomination applicable for this category)
International Ambassador Sport Icon
Dean Hodge Mark Maidwell
Burton Theodora Elmora Aventurin
Ben Jelic Garth Steyn
Best Overall Team Best Coach
King Yen Tae-Kwon-do School Master Theo Liu
St. Maarten National Sr. Volleyball Men’s Team Akeem Lewis
St. Maarten National Kickboxing Team Byron Isebia
Male Athlete of the Year Female Athlete of the Year
Mark Maidwell Tivona Trotman
Ivan Bell Maudienne Profas
Omar Marsham Jeanel Landifort
Young Sport Ambassador (winner chosen via online public voting)
Ki-Mani Olivacce
Sharmar Thomas
Vashti Williams
Additionally, this year’s ceremony will pay homage to our local legends who have contributed greatly to the development of boxing on the island. Boxing legends that will be recognized are Jacinth “Jas” Bryan-Labega, Winston “Village Kid” Roumou, Blair Forde, Daniel “Chopotin” Thewet and Ivan “Fancy Boy” Lake.
Organized by the Department of Sports in collaboration with the National Sports Institute and Sint Maarten Sports and Olympic Federation, the aim of Brown Pelican Sports Awards is to bring awareness to the various persons and organizations within the community who have contributed positively to sports and who have excelled within the sporting arena.
Under the slogan #SPORTSMATTER, this year’s awards ceremony will honour our resilient athletes on the island. The organizing committee is encouraging the general public to come out in honour and appreciation of our local athletes and sporting organizations on Sunday, November 18, at the Princess Port De Plaisance tent. Cocktail reception starts at 4:30pm with the Awards Ceremony beginning promptly at 5:00pm.
Tickets are US $10 and all proceeds go directly to National Sports Institute for the repairing and rebuilding of our local sports facilities. Tickets are available at both Van Dorp locations (Madame Estate and Simpson Bay) and at National Sports Institute at the Raoul Illidge Sports Complex in Cay Hill.
