New­ly ap­point­ed Trinidad and To­ba­go Un­der-19 cap­tain Bren­dan Boodoo was named the Pre­mier Di­vi­sion One Play­er of the Year when the Sec­ondary Schools Crick­et League (SS­CL) held its an­nu­al awards cer­e­mo­ny at the Cou­va Point Lisas Cham­ber of Com­merce, Cam­den Road, Cou­va, on Tues­day.

The Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege San Fer­nan­do cap­tain scored 382 runs dur­ing the league com­pe­ti­tion while al­so claim­ing 10 wick­ets as the San Fer­nan­do-based team won both the league (50 overs) and In­ter­col (T20) ti­tles this sea­son, play­ing un­beat­en in both com­pe­ti­tions.

Af­ter col­lect­ing the award, Boodoo said, “Well, it’s a re­al­ly good feel­ing com­ing back and win­ning back the two ti­tles, the league and In­ter­col, that we lost against Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege Ch­agua­nas. It’s a re­al­ly good feel­ing to know that we were con­sis­tent enough to do it in 2023 and come back to do it in 2026.”

AS­JA Girls’ Col­lege, Char­lieville bat­ter Jan­nah Mo­hammed, who scored two triple-fig­ure scores (167 not out and 165 not out) in the Girls’ Open Di­vi­sion and added a fur­ther 132 runs in the Girls’ Hard-Ball Di­vi­sion, was named the Girls’ Play­er of the Year.

Mo­hammed was not on hand to re­ceive her award, which was re­ceived by her broth­er, Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege Ch­agua­nas cap­tain Za­kariyya Mo­hammed, on her be­half.

Trin­i­ty Col­lege East all-rounder Jo­han­son Ga­jad­har was the Pre­mier Di­vi­sion Two Play­er of the Year. The left-arm seam­er took 19 wick­ets and scored 220 runs, which in­clud­ed a cen­tu­ry, dur­ing the sea­son, which con­clud­ed in May.

Guest speak­er at Tues­day’s cer­e­mo­ny, vet­er­an sports jour­nal­ist Ruskin Mark, called on the SS­CL, par­tic­i­pat­ing schools and crick­et clubs to in­vest in play­er de­vel­op­ment.

Mark nar­rowed his fo­cus to de­vel­op­ment off the field to help the play­ers to be­come more well-round­ed ath­letes who can shine in oth­er as­pects.

“To­day, as you all are per­form­ing at a high lev­el, imag­ine that you make a hun­dred or you take five wick­ets and a re­porter or some­body is go­ing to come up with a mi­cro­phone in front of you. What are you go­ing to say? ‘Well, it was a-a-a (stam­mers de­lib­er­ate­ly); it was a good one. ‘It’s not good enough,’ Mark ad­vised be­fore adding, ‘What I’m call­ing on is that the league and the schools or who­ev­er, the clubs, re­al­ly in­vest in de­vel­op­ing these young­sters now.”

2026 SS­CL Ho­n­our Roll

Girls' Play­er of The Year: Jan­nah Mo­hammed

Boy's Play­er of The Year: Bren­dan Boodoo (Prem. Div. One)

Jo­han­son Ga­jad­har (Prem. Div. Two)

Forbes Per­saud School of The Year: Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege, San Fer­nan­do

Coach of The Year: Hol­lis­ter Pa­jotte (Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege, San Fer­nan­do)

Boys' Pre­mier­ship Di­vi­sion One (League)

1st - Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege San Fer­nan­do

2nd - Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege Ch­agua­nas

Most Runs:

Aa­di Ram­saran (Na­pari­ma Col­lege) - 452 runs (In­nings: 7; Av­er­age: 75.33)

Most Wick­ets:

Daron Dhan­raj (Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege, Ch­agua­nas) - 23 wick­ets (In­nings: 6; Av­er­age: 7.48)

Boys' T20 In­ter­col

1st - Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege Ch­agua­nas

2nd - Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege San Fer­nan­do

Cen­turies Scored:

Jo­han­son Ga­jad­har (Trin­i­ty Col­lege East) - 142 n.o. vs El Do­ra­do East Sec­ondary

De­clan Man­swell (El Do­ra­do East Sec­ondary) - 105 n.o. vs Trin­i­ty Col­lege East

Levi Ghan­ny (Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege San Fer­nan­do) - 106 vs Preysal Sec­ondary

Five-Wick­et Hauls:

Aiden Nanan (AS­JA Boys’ Col­lege San Fer­nan­do) - 5 for 12 vs Cara­pichaima East Sec­ondary

Zion Phillip (Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege San Fer­nan­do) - 5 for 7 vs Preysal Sec­ondary.

In­ter­col MVP: Levi Ghan­ny (Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege, San Fer­nan­do)

Boys' Pre­mier Di­vi­sion Two Over­all Win­ners

1st - AS­JA Boys’ Col­lege San Fer­nan­do

2nd - Fa­ti­ma Col­lege

North

1st - Fa­ti­ma Col­lege

2nd - Man­zanil­la Sec­ondary School

Most Runs:

Roshan Boodoo (Man­zanil­la Sec­ondary) - 255 runs (In­nings: 7; Av­er­age: 42.50)

Most Wick­ets:

Jo­han­son Ga­jad­har (Trin­i­ty Col­lege East) - 19 wick­ets (In­nings: 7; Av­er­age: 9.74)

South

1st - AS­JA Boys’ Col­lege, San Fer­nan­do

2nd - St. Bene­dict's Col­lege

Most Runs:

Ash­meed Mo­hammed (Princes Town West Sec­ondary) - 258 runs (In­nings: 7; Av­er­age: 36.86)

Most Wick­ets:

Rylee Gan­goo (AS­JA Boys’ San Fer­nan­do) – 19 wick­ets (In­nings: 6; Av­er­age: 7.35)

Je­si­ah Sookoo (St. Stephen’s Col­lege) – 17 wick­ets (In­nings: 7; Av­er­age: 9.71)

Girls' Open Di­vi­sion

Cen­turies Scored:

Am­ri­ta Ram­ta­hal (Bar­rack­pore East Sec­ondary) - 138 vs Man­zanil­la Sec­ondary

Bri­an­na Har­richa­ran (SAGHS) - 123 vs St George’s Col­lege

Ar­i­ana Mo­hammed (SAGHS) - 101 n.o vs Barataria North Sec­ondary.

Jan­nah Mo­hammed (AS­JA Girls’ Col­lege, Char­lieville) - 167 n.o vs Cunu­pia Sec­ondary & 165 n.o vs Cou­va East Sec­ondary

Azaria Mul­la (Cou­va East Sec­ondary) - 101 vs AS­JA Girls’ Char­lieville

Five-wick­et Hauls

Sama­ra Ram­nath (Saraswati Girls’ Hin­du Col­lege) 5 for 5 vs Holy Name Con­vent, P.o.S

Sarah Panchi (Holy Name Con­vent, P.o.S 5 for 13 vs Saraswati Girls’ Hin­du Col­lege

Most Runs:

Jan­nah Mo­hammed (ASHA Girls’ Col­lege, Char­lieville) - 381 runs.

Most Wick­ets:

Aleeyah Bo­cus (SAGHS) – 14 wick­ets.