Ricardo Maikoo of Unique Sports and Cultural Club was named Cricketer of the Year at the North East Zonal Cricket Council Awards held on Saturday at the Guaico Secondary School, Sangre Grande.
Since the resurgence of the legendary club three years ago, Maikoo has been a candidate for the award at the end of each season. This time, he got to take the trophy home.
Adding to his delight was the fact that his group captured Club of the Year Award.
Unique Sports and Cultural Club was also declared the top Reserve Team and was unbeatable in the Sunday League, Senior Division (reserve team) and Senior Division tournaments. In the T20 championships the cub finished second.
Maikoo also secured the award for batsman and bowler of the season, before being called to receive the Best All Rounder in the senior division having scored 416 runs and taken 31 wickets.
He repeated this performance in the division one. There, he scored 129 runs and took 21 wickets.
Spinner Ronald D'Andrade was given a special award for registering the best bowling figure of the season: 2.5-2-0-4.
In the senior division (reserve team) Unique 's Sanjiv Cody Singh scored the most runs�172 (5 innings average 43) and took the most wickets �15 (27.4-4-43-15), while his brother Rajiv Alex Singh took the most wickets during the T20 Competition �15 (28-0-151-15).
Cheryl-Ann Maikoo-D'Andrade, treasurer of Unique Sports and Cultural Club said that the resurgence of the club was gratifying when one reflects on how it was four years ago.
"It's a great feeling knowing where we started three years ago. Even though it's an old club, almost 55 years in existence, Ronney Lochan, the president and I picked it up from where it was and re-energised it. He reached out to me three years ago, to bring back the club which was at its lowest point.
"The first year we started, we won out the first division and we moved up to the senior division. We won almost most everything except Club of the Year. Last year, we placed second in standings. Cunaripo was first and they moved up to Championship Division," she said."
Honour Roll
Club of the Year
Unique Sports and Cultural Club
Cricketer of the Year
Ricardo Maikoo
Umpire of the Year
Fabian Rampersad
Administrator of the Year
Balraj Kistow
Statistician of the Year
Sandy Alexander
Honorees:
Alva Richards
Morgan Sam
Most Valuable Players
Andy Mahase U-13
Tishan Ramroop U-15
Amrit Kistow U-17
Darion Ramdenny U-19
Primary School Cricketers of the Year
Andy Mahase (Male) Cunaripo Presbyterian School
Sonja Soodeen (Female) Cunaripo Presbyterian School
Secondary School Cricketers of the Year
Keron Persaud (Male), Manzanilla High School
Shanice Fortune (Female) Swaha Hindu College
National Team Selectees
Keron Persaud U-17
Amrit Kistow U-17
Youth Cricketer of the Year
Darion Ramdenny
Rookie of the Year
Rondel Barnwell, All Stars Sports and Cultural Club
114 runs; 7 wickets
Senior Division (Reserve Team)
1 Unique Sports and Cultural Club
2 All Stars Sports and Cultural Club
Sunday League
1 Unique Sports and Cultural Club
1 Guaico Tamana Sports and Cultural Club
T20
1 Guaico Tamana Sports and Cultural Club
Division One
1 Guaico Tamana Sports and Cultural Club
2 Juniors Sports Club
3 Just Bring It Sports Club
Senior Division
1 Unique Sports and Cultural Club
2 Montgomery Sports Club
3 Youth Sport Club
Special Awards
Best Bowling�Ronald D'Andrade, Unique Sports and Cultural Club
Courts National T20�Wesley Thomas, Unique Sports and Cultural Club
Female Cricketers of the Year
Ariel Gomez
Alicia Villafana
Melissa Sandy
Male Cricketers of the Year
Peter Cedeno, Youth Sports Club;
Ricardo Maikoo, Unique Sports and Cultural Club;
Rajiv Alex Singh, Unique Sports and Cultural Club;
Brendon De la Rosa, Dreadnought;
Amrish Rampersad, Youth Sports Club
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