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2008-Sep-20-1240hrs
Wednesday 16th July, 2008
Former Lecturer at Mausica Teachers College
Dr.Cliff Bertrand
2008-Sep-20-1240hrs
Wednesday 16th July, 2008
Former Lecturer at Mausica Teachers College
Dr.Cliff Bertrand
"Celebrating T&T national sporting hereos
Inductees at the eighth First Citizens Hall of Fame Induction ceremony pose with their medals at the Ballroom of the Crown Plaza, Wrightson Road, Port of Spain, on Thursday night. From left,
Dr Cliff Bertrand, Steve David, Mervyn Marquez, Dianna Kaufmann for Joey Kaufmann, Margaret Hoyte-Pollard, Beverly Bartholomew-Dyer for Sybil Allen-Donmartin, Joseph Lenny Guy, Mansingh Amarsingh, Neil Shaka Hislop, Fitzroy Hoyte, Oliver Camps, Leroy De Leon, Shay Semour, Ato Boldon and Bert Manhin.
Photos: Anthony Harris
By Clydeen McDonald
Compete for the pride of your country is a dream which plays on the mind of any athlete who aspires to be the best, whether it be in on the football field, on the table tennis board or on the track in athletics.
Last Thursday, the First Citizens Sports Foundation Hall of Fame held its 2008 Induction Ceremony at Crowne Plaza Hotel Ballroom, Wrightston Road, Port of Spain, for 15 individuals, who have had the honour of representing T&T in the way many could only dream of having done.
The 15 inductees whose sporting exploits and great service to T&T span over 50 years could only manage a smile or a tear as they were all one by one called to the stage to formally receive their awards from T&T President Dr George Maxwell Richards.
Here are the inductees:
Ato Boldon (Track and Field) A quadruple Olympic medallist, Boldon has also won four World Championship medals and at 34 is the youngest ever inductee to the First Citizens Sports Foundation Hall of Fame.
Bertram Manhin (Shooting) A legend on both local and international shooting ranges. Manhin has won the T&T pistol championship title in every year between 1963 and 1999. Bertram has also taken gold for T&T at the Central American and Caribbean Championships (CAC) in 1966 and took bronze at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada.
Cliff Bertrand (Track and Field) was a talented sprinter who helped T&T medal at several regional and international meets. His crowning moment came in the form of the 4x400 yard indoor world record at the Milrose Indoor Games, Madison Square Garden, in New York in 1961.
Fitroy Hoyte (Cycling) One of the most outstanding riders of the 1960s, Hoyte has represented T&T at the highest level of competition the world over and is the national record-holder in 500m, 1000m and 1500m. He can boast of victories over France’s Daniel Morelon, Luigi Roncaglia of Italy and Colombia’s Mario Vanegas.
Jeoy Kaufmann (Swimming) Born in British Guyana Kaufmann established himself as T&T premier swimmer in the 1950s and early 1960s making his mark on regional swimming, reigning as the West Indies Open Division Champion from 1960-63. Towards end of the 1960’s Kaufmann established the Blue Dolphins Swim Club which has produced the likes of Geoffrey Ferreira, T&T Lone representative at the 1968 Olympic Games and 2004 Olympic bronze medallist George Bovell III.
Joseph Lenny Guy (Basketball) was one of the top T&T players in the late 1960s and ‘70s, and coached T&T to a string of five straight Caricom Championships between 1986 and 1990.
Leroy De Leon (Football) was widely regarded as the best T&T player of his era, and perhaps of all time, for his mesmerising dribbling and surging runs. De Leon while playing for the Seattle Sounders in the Major Indoor Soccer League of the 1970s in the USA, he formed several seasons finished as one of the top ten scorers in the league.
Mansingh Amarsingh (Table Tennis) One of T&T’s most famous and talented table tennis players, with a career spanning over two decades. One of his most famous performances being a battle to overcome cramp and Guyanese George Brathwaite to win the regional title. At age 42 he represented T&T exceptionally in international competition.
Margaret Hoyte-Pollard (Hockey) was a shining light for T&T in the sport of hockey 1970s and 1980s. A sturdy defender Pollard captained T&T and the West Indies in international competitions in the 1970s.
Mervyn Marquez (Swimming) A founding member of the Trinidad Amateur Water Polo Association in 1949 at the age of 23, Marquez has served in various international bodies including the West Indies Olympic Committee in the late 1950s.
Neil Shaka Hislop (Football) Having played from some of the best clubs in the English Premiership and Championship Division such as Reading, Newcastle United and West Ham United, Hislop’s crowning moment was to represent T&T at the 2006 World Cup against Sweden where he was essential in earning T&T a respectable draw.
Oliver Camps (Football) has had a long and illustrious career serving as a administrator for over several decades. Under his leadership, T&T has won six Caribbean Cup titles, reached to the semifinal of the 2000 Concacaf Gold Cup and made its historic debut a the World Cup.
Shay Seymour (Football) has the great pride of being one of the T&T nationals to play in the English Football League when he debut for Bury in 1954. Seymour also enjoyed a long playing career with Frome Town, Street FC and Russian Dynamos. He was also one of the first players from the legendary Belmont club, the Colts.
Steve David (Football) At one time scored the most goals (16) in T&T’s World Cup qualifying history. David’s record, which was superseded only by current T&T forward Stern John, was achieved in only two campaigns and 12 matches, including T&T’s heartbreaking 1974 effort when he buried 12 goals.
Sybil Allen-Donmartin (Track and Field) Known as the “Flying Housewife”, broke several regional track records in the 100m and 200m events in her 12 year track and field career. She also won bronze for T&T at the 1962 CAC Games in Jamaica."
Inductees at the eighth First Citizens Hall of Fame Induction ceremony pose with their medals at the Ballroom of the Crown Plaza, Wrightson Road, Port of Spain, on Thursday night. From left,
Dr Cliff Bertrand, Steve David, Mervyn Marquez, Dianna Kaufmann for Joey Kaufmann, Margaret Hoyte-Pollard, Beverly Bartholomew-Dyer for Sybil Allen-Donmartin, Joseph Lenny Guy, Mansingh Amarsingh, Neil Shaka Hislop, Fitzroy Hoyte, Oliver Camps, Leroy De Leon, Shay Semour, Ato Boldon and Bert Manhin.
Photos: Anthony Harris
By Clydeen McDonald
Compete for the pride of your country is a dream which plays on the mind of any athlete who aspires to be the best, whether it be in on the football field, on the table tennis board or on the track in athletics.
Last Thursday, the First Citizens Sports Foundation Hall of Fame held its 2008 Induction Ceremony at Crowne Plaza Hotel Ballroom, Wrightston Road, Port of Spain, for 15 individuals, who have had the honour of representing T&T in the way many could only dream of having done.
The 15 inductees whose sporting exploits and great service to T&T span over 50 years could only manage a smile or a tear as they were all one by one called to the stage to formally receive their awards from T&T President Dr George Maxwell Richards.
Here are the inductees:
Ato Boldon (Track and Field) A quadruple Olympic medallist, Boldon has also won four World Championship medals and at 34 is the youngest ever inductee to the First Citizens Sports Foundation Hall of Fame.
Bertram Manhin (Shooting) A legend on both local and international shooting ranges. Manhin has won the T&T pistol championship title in every year between 1963 and 1999. Bertram has also taken gold for T&T at the Central American and Caribbean Championships (CAC) in 1966 and took bronze at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada.
Cliff Bertrand (Track and Field) was a talented sprinter who helped T&T medal at several regional and international meets. His crowning moment came in the form of the 4x400 yard indoor world record at the Milrose Indoor Games, Madison Square Garden, in New York in 1961.
Fitroy Hoyte (Cycling) One of the most outstanding riders of the 1960s, Hoyte has represented T&T at the highest level of competition the world over and is the national record-holder in 500m, 1000m and 1500m. He can boast of victories over France’s Daniel Morelon, Luigi Roncaglia of Italy and Colombia’s Mario Vanegas.
Jeoy Kaufmann (Swimming) Born in British Guyana Kaufmann established himself as T&T premier swimmer in the 1950s and early 1960s making his mark on regional swimming, reigning as the West Indies Open Division Champion from 1960-63. Towards end of the 1960’s Kaufmann established the Blue Dolphins Swim Club which has produced the likes of Geoffrey Ferreira, T&T Lone representative at the 1968 Olympic Games and 2004 Olympic bronze medallist George Bovell III.
Joseph Lenny Guy (Basketball) was one of the top T&T players in the late 1960s and ‘70s, and coached T&T to a string of five straight Caricom Championships between 1986 and 1990.
Leroy De Leon (Football) was widely regarded as the best T&T player of his era, and perhaps of all time, for his mesmerising dribbling and surging runs. De Leon while playing for the Seattle Sounders in the Major Indoor Soccer League of the 1970s in the USA, he formed several seasons finished as one of the top ten scorers in the league.
Mansingh Amarsingh (Table Tennis) One of T&T’s most famous and talented table tennis players, with a career spanning over two decades. One of his most famous performances being a battle to overcome cramp and Guyanese George Brathwaite to win the regional title. At age 42 he represented T&T exceptionally in international competition.
Margaret Hoyte-Pollard (Hockey) was a shining light for T&T in the sport of hockey 1970s and 1980s. A sturdy defender Pollard captained T&T and the West Indies in international competitions in the 1970s.
Mervyn Marquez (Swimming) A founding member of the Trinidad Amateur Water Polo Association in 1949 at the age of 23, Marquez has served in various international bodies including the West Indies Olympic Committee in the late 1950s.
Neil Shaka Hislop (Football) Having played from some of the best clubs in the English Premiership and Championship Division such as Reading, Newcastle United and West Ham United, Hislop’s crowning moment was to represent T&T at the 2006 World Cup against Sweden where he was essential in earning T&T a respectable draw.
Oliver Camps (Football) has had a long and illustrious career serving as a administrator for over several decades. Under his leadership, T&T has won six Caribbean Cup titles, reached to the semifinal of the 2000 Concacaf Gold Cup and made its historic debut a the World Cup.
Shay Seymour (Football) has the great pride of being one of the T&T nationals to play in the English Football League when he debut for Bury in 1954. Seymour also enjoyed a long playing career with Frome Town, Street FC and Russian Dynamos. He was also one of the first players from the legendary Belmont club, the Colts.
Steve David (Football) At one time scored the most goals (16) in T&T’s World Cup qualifying history. David’s record, which was superseded only by current T&T forward Stern John, was achieved in only two campaigns and 12 matches, including T&T’s heartbreaking 1974 effort when he buried 12 goals.
Sybil Allen-Donmartin (Track and Field) Known as the “Flying Housewife”, broke several regional track records in the 100m and 200m events in her 12 year track and field career. She also won bronze for T&T at the 1962 CAC Games in Jamaica."
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