Sita — rose among cricket thorns

Adesh Deonarine of Clarke Rochard Primary School, Penal copped the Scotiabank Primary Schools “Cricketer of the Year” award at the 2003 prize-giving ceremony at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain yesterday. Deonarine played a major hand in helping Clarke Rochard Govern-ment win the St Patrick Zone title. Also selected as one of the “Five Cricketers of the Year” was female player Sita Juwaheer of Petit Valley Primary. The lone female among the top five, Juwaheer scored 111 runs during the season to catch the eyes of the public.  The others making the grade were Nadeem Mohammed of Diego Martin RC, Anthony Wilkinson of Marac Primary and Ramcharan Madho of Rochard Douglas Primary. The winning team in the Championship Division was Montrose Government, while Marac Baptiste Primary came in second.

President of the Primary Schools Cricket league Vincent Graham addressed the youngsters yesterday. ”Great things are happening in the league at the moment and you must be very happy with the privilege given to you. After 47 years of existence this league can celebrate a Championship Division’ now and this represents growth in the league. School’s supervisor Averil Sampson explained that for overall development they must lead a balanced lifestyle with sports an integral part. Colin Hosein, manager of Scotiabank at Price Plaza, Chaguanas  gave the assurance that his company will continue to support the series next season as it is vital to the development of cricket in the region. Secretary of the Secondary Schools Cricket league, Forbes Persaud said that the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and all the territorial Boards should look to develop the game at the school level in order to turn out good cricketers for the West Indies.

HONOUR ROLL
Cricketer of the Year: Adesh Deonarine Five Cricketers of the Year: Nadeen Mohammed, Adesh Deonarine, Sita Jawaheer, Anthony Wilkinson and Ramcharan Madho. Championship winners: Montrose Government.
Championship runners-up: Marac Baptist.
District winners (Girls): Port-of-Spain — Petit Valley; St. George East — Arima West Government; North Eastern — St Francois; Caroni — Chaguanas Government; Victoria — Bonne Aventure Government; South East — Cushe Government; St. Patrick — Rancho Quemado.
District winners (Boys): POS and Environs — Diego Martin Boys RC; St. George East — Barataria Anglican; North Eastern — Cumana Seventh Day Adventist; Caroni — Charlieville ASJA; Victoria — Rochard Douglas Presbyterian; South East — Guayaguayare RC;  St. Patrick — Clarke Rochard Government.
Players of the Match: Sita Jawaheer (2), Vannessa Frances, Natalie Fonrose, Naisha Charles and Sharlene Piango.
Players of the Match: Terry Edwards, Shirvan Badree, Stephen Katwaroo, Nadeem Mohammed and Andres Siewsanker.