Jeremiah Fowler and Kyron Nicholas were named the Junior and Senior Players of the Year respectively at the Milo Harvard Club Football Clinic Graduation Ceremony yesterday.
Havana Ramdeen was voted top among the girls participating in the programme.
Venue was the legendary Harvard Sports Club on Serpentine Road in St Clair, where proud parents and guardians looked on and cheered lustily as the nation’s budding football stars filled the spotlight to be honoured.
It was a big day for the coaches, too. The emerging athletes in their care, who heeded their instructions best, demonstrating discipline, while working hard to improve their techniques on the field, ultimately ended the clinic with distinctions and were rewarded.
Twenty-two awards were presented during the ceremony where officials again underscored the power of sports to positively shape young minds and ultimately mould better citizens.
Harvard Club stalwart, Dwight Day, who was among the first group of coaches, is still actively honing young football talent. He said the clinic was formed in 1976 and was spawned from the well established cricket clinic which began in 1965.
“The clinic was expressly formed to teach the basics in terms of techniques, the rules and laws of the game to the kids and more importantly, to teach them fair play and how to interact with each other…try and make better citizens generally. It was probably the biggest clinic in T&T. I think it set the pattern for many other clinics to be formed,” he said.
Day added, “In fact, our numbers have waned because there are so many other clinics, so many other alternatives, I suspect that the total output of all these clinics has fuelled the national team.
“The one (national player) who is most noteworthy (from this club) was Shaka Hislop. As long as Harvard continues, the clinic would be part of the club. The Club had been around since 1943–72 years. I don’t think there are many clubs in T&T that are still active and can say that they are as long lived as Harvard Club.”
HONOUR ROLL
Group 1
Kaitlyn Jackman–Most Disciplined
Tarique Williams–Most Outstanding
Group 2
Dhaquan Jackman–Most Disciplined
Jeremiah Fowler–Most Outstanding
Jeremiah Fowler–Junior Player of the Year
Group 3 and 4
Scott Hoyte–Most Disciplined
Kai Willians–Most Improved
Osei Thompson–Most Outstanding
Group 5 and 6
Raphael Harricoo–Most Disciplined
Nicholas Andre Thompson–Most Improved
Daniel Marshall–Most Outstanding
Khaliq Grant–Special Award
Goalkeepers:
Justin King–Most Improved
Kurlan Henry–Most Outstanding
Girls Special Award-Havana Ramdeen
Group 7:
Kadir Sinnette–Most Improved
Competitive Under-14
Jaheem Moreno–Most Improved
Jonty Ramdeen–Most Disciplined
Keshorn Jacob–Most Outstanding
Under 16:
Savion Sinnette–Most Improved
Byron Thompson Jr –Most Disciplined
Kyron Nicholas–Most Outstanding
Kyron Nicholas–Senior Players of the Year
Special Award to Young Coach Neil Phillip
