Cheque­da De Boulet and Al­is­tair Es­pinoza of club Shut­tle­force walked away with the Se­nior Play­er of the Year awards at the T&T Bad­minton As­so­ci­a­tion's Prize­giv­ing Cer­e­mo­ny on Sat­ur­day at the Na­tion­al Rac­quet Cen­tre in Tacarigua.

Both play­ers were undis­put­ed cham­pi­ons in their re­spec­tive cat­e­gories at the So­lo Na­tion­al Se­niors, both win­ning triple crowns, but De Boulet ex­tend­ed her achieve­ments at the So­lo Ju­niors by se­cur­ing the sin­gles and mixed dou­bles.

The St Joseph's Con­vent (San Fer­nan­do) stu­dent en­joyed an al­most un­blem­ished record with suc­cess­es at the Caribbean Re­gion­al Bad­minton Con­fed­er­a­tion (CARE­BA­CO) Ju­nior In­ter­na­tion­al 2018 in Para­mari­bo, Suri­name, claim­ing three medals, be­fore tak­ing the top spot and sil­ver­ware at the Na­tion­al Ju­niors at the San­gre Grande Mul­ti-Pur­pose Com­plex.

T’shelle Barnes, the Un­der 11 fe­male prodi­gy was ad­judged the top play­er in her age brack­et while Travis Sinanan and Cath­line Ram­roop were each vot­ed top play­ers in the U-15s. Vance Juter­am, a bronze medal win­ner at the CARE­BA­CO and Kristy Diljohn were named the Un­der-17 Play­ers of The Year, and An­drew Bab­wah was the choice for the Un­der-11 male award.

How­ev­er, Shut­tle­force, the Va­len­cia-based club has ex­pressed con­cern over club FMT, the bad­minton as­so­ci­a­tion's pre­ferred choice for the Club of the Year award. Yes­ter­day, a top club of­fi­cial told Guardian Me­dia Sports that a let­ter ques­tion­ing the cri­te­ria used in de­ter­min­ing the club of the year award, was sent on Fri­day to TT­BA of­fi­cials and they are still await­ing a re­sponse.

In fact, Shut­tle­force had ini­tial­ly al­so chal­lenged the choice of Wen­dell Labastide, the club's as­sis­tant coach, for the coach of the year award, de­spite the work of its head coach Der­win Re­nales. This was how­ev­er changed at the last minute and Re­nales re­ceived the top coach's award.

2018 HO­N­OUR'S ROLL

U11 Male- An­drew Bab­wah: U-11 Fe­male - T’shelle Barnes: U-13 Male - James Bab­wah: U-13 Fe­male - San­na Guria: U-15 Male - Travis Sinanan: U-15 Fe­male - Cath­line Ram­roop, U-17 Male - Vance Juter­am: U-17 Fe­male - Kristy Diljohn: U-19 Male - Nathaniel Khillawan: U-19 Fe­male - Cheque­da De Boulet

OVER­ALL CAT­E­GORIES:

Se­nior Male - Al­is­tair Es­pinoza:

Se­nior Fe­male - Cheque­da De Boulet

Mas­ters - Ronald Clarke

An­dre Lewis

Most Im­proved Male - Nathaniel Khillawan

Most Im­proved Fe­male- Cath­line Ram­roop

Club of the Year- FMT

Coach of the Year- Der­wyn Re­nales

Ju­nior Play­er of the Year Male- An­drew Bab­wah

Ju­nior Play­er of the Year Fe­male- Cheque­da De Boulet

Se­nior Play­er of the Year Male- Al­is­tair Es­pinoza

Se­nior Play­er of the Year Fe­male- Cheque­da De Boulet