Claude Davis nominated for RJR Sports Foundation award

[Karl]

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=1 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><SPAN class=TopStory>Powell, Simpson head list for RJR Sports Foundation awards</SPAN>
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=144 align=left border=0><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description>Asafa Powell (left) and Sherone Simpson are expected to run away with the awards</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>Commonwealth Games gold medallists Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson head the list of ten male and ten female nominees for the 2006 RJR Sports Foundation Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year Award to be announced at the annual function at the Pegasus Hotel on Thursday, February 1.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Powell twice equalled his 100-metre world record and won gold in the event at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, while Simpson who ended the year at the world's top sprinter, also won gold in both the 100 and 200-metre events in Melbourne.<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=145 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=Description></SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P class=StoryText align=justify>The other male nominees are Usain Bolt, Omar Brown, Maurice Smith Maurice Wignall in athletics, footballer Claude Davis, cricketers Chris Gayle and Jerome Taylor, Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Games cycling champion O'neil Samuels and boxer Nicholas Walters.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Commonwealth Games medallists Veronica Campbell, Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Olivia McKoy, Kenia Sinclair, Trecia Smith and Novelene Williams join CAC Games cycling gold medallist Iona Wynter, and multiple CAC swimming medallist Alia Atkinson in the female category.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Fourteen category awards in athletics, badminton, cycling, cricket, football, squash, swimming, golf, rifle-shooting, horseracing, tennis, table tennis and boxing.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Twenty-two individual awards will be presented to sportspersons who performed well during the year, but were not nominated in the main categories.<P class=StoryText align=justify>"Anyone who medalled in any major competition last year will be recognised on the night of the award ceremony and will receive a special award," said chairman of the RJR Sports Foundation, Michael Hall.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The 2006 Chairman's Award winner will also be announced on the evening of the function for which Grenada Prime Minister, Dr Keith Mitchell, who is also chairman of Caricom's Cricket Sub-committee will be guest speaker.<P class=StoryText align=justify>Sports associations are usually asked to submit their choices for sportsman and sportswoman.<P class=StoryText align=justify>The RJR Foundation in a bid to involve other members of the sporting fraternity in the nomination process for the first time this year, asked sports editors from the various media houses to submit their choices as well. However, Observer sources say no one responded to the foundation's request.

[Karl]

RE: Claude Davis nominated for RJR Sports Foundation award

Should Luton Shelton also have been nominated?

...and, what a shame that votes were not received from the sports writers?

I wonder if they were informed - (request lost in the media houses in-house mailrooms?)- ...or, informedat the last minute?

[Mosiah]

RE: Claude Davis nominated for RJR Sports Foundation award

Karl (1/23/2007)Should Luton Shelton also have been nominated?

...and, what a shame that votes were not received from the sports writers?

I wonder if they were informed - (request lost in the media houses in-house mailrooms?)- ...or, informedat the last minute?

<DIV></DIV><DIV>How does Claude deserve a nomination over Ricardo Gardner?!? I thought he was nominated simply by playing in the EPL, (not the best reasons to nominate someone, but I would work with it) but isn't Bibi also in the EPL? And didn't he have a great season in the EPL? </DIV><DIV></DIV><DIV>Okay, I see. Claude had a great season in the Championship division, so, he is worthy of a nomination, but what about Bibi? A great season in a lower division is better than a great season in a higher one? Then Maestro would be nominated every year! </DIV><DIV></DIV><DIV>And if that's the reason why Claude is nominated, then why not Luton who had what I would consider an even better season with Helsingborg.</DIV>

[Gamma]

RE: Claude Davis nominated for RJR Sports Foundation award

wasn't bibi's season cut short by injuries? claude was signed by sheffield for a then record sum after playing a full season and successful season withpreston...maestro...maybe for that one pass to teofore bennet...shelton he too didn't have a full season but deserved a honourable mention....

[Scaly Spurs]

RE: Claude Davis nominated for RJR Sports Foundation award

Marlon King should have been nominated, me nuh care how threesome him waan have or how gyal himhave inna bungle.

He was the leading scorer for Watford when they were in D1 AND HIS ABSENCE IS THE MAIN REASON THEY R AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE !

[GaryD]

RE: Claude Davis nominated for RJR Sports Foundation award

That would border on sacrilege we need to remember who we are dealing with as well as his fall from grace.

Anyway...awesome.