THE MALE and Female Personalities will be announced today as the 2011 First Citizens Sports Foundation Youth Awards takes place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Port-of-Spain.
The ceremony will begin at 6 pm with Sports Minister Anil Roberts expected to feature in the second Youth Awards.
The first Youth Awards last year were held as part of the overall Sports Awards at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), with swimmers Christian Homer and Cherelle Thompson emerging victorious.
There are 36 nominees for the respective Male and Female awards, including Commonwealth Youth Games bronze medallist Hezekiel Romeo (track and field), Pan Am Jr gold medallist Quincy Alexander (cycling) and Monifa Sealy who was instrumental in Trinidad and Tobago women’s team success at the Caribbean Golf Championships in Trinidad.
Other contenders include national youth team women footballer Khadidra Debesette, gymnast Thema Williams, paralympic swimmer Shanntol Ince, swimmers Kimberlee John-Williams and Joshua Romany, and tennis player Breana Stampfli.
Nominees: Hezekiel Romeo (track and field); Reba Fleary, Leon Cassie (badminton); Della-Marie Walcott, Joshua Johnson (chess); Jovan Ali (cricket); Jody Greenidge, Quincy Alexander (cycling); Sandhya Moll (equestrian); Khadidra Debesette (football); Monifa Sealy, Andrei Collins (golf); Thema Williams (gymnastics); Shaquille Edwards (hockey); Sherise Jones, Marc Victor (judo); Simone Gordon, Joash Webb (karate); Bridget Singh, Kristian Boodoosingh (karting); Kalifa Mc Collin (netball); Shanntol Ince (paralympic - swimming); Timothy Sookraj (power-lifting); Abigail Afoo (sailing); Kimberlee John-Williams, Joshua Romany (swimming); Brittany Faith Joseph, Aaron Wilson (table-tennis); Jovan Persad, Jason Tannis (taekwondo); Breana Marie Stampfli, Elan Murray Mendes (tennis); Chelsea Mohammed, Aleem Mohammed (triathlon); Channon Thompson, Brandon Legall (volleyball).
Source: www.newsday.co.tt