What is the Brown Pelican Sports Award?
The Brown Pelican Sports Award is an annual award ceremony organised by the Department of Sport, in collaboration with the National Sport Institute (NSI) and the St. Maarten Sports and Olympic Federation with the aim to celebrate the talents, successes and achievements of our athletes. It also recognises sport heroes and heroines, as well as the people, organizations, businesses and projects that make sports happen in the community of St. Maarten.
Each year at the ceremony, the award presented reflects a sport of choice – and the persons who were instrumental in developing that sport (i.e., athletes, sporting officials, etc.) get recognized as Legends. This year, the evening will reflect the sport of basketball, and the Department will honour and acknowledge our local Basketball Legends on their outstanding contribution to the sport.
Nomination for the Brown Pelican
Each year, the Department of Sport, in collaboration with the St. Maarten Sports and Olympic Federation puts forward various categories for which athletes, coaches, and sport officials of all sports, as well as businesses and/or projects that have contributed to the development of sports can be nominated. These are then formally presented to the national federations and they are asked to submit names with a substantiation of who they think should be considered for an award. This is a two-week nomination period which gives all national federations the time to submit the names of their chosen athlete, coaches, sports official, business, etc.
A committee consisting of members of the St. Maarten Sport & Olympic Federation then reviews the submissions and substantiations and determines the finalists and the winner. This determination considers a nominee’s performance and participation in sporting events/tournaments; the results thereof and the level of the tournament, i.e., International Olympic Committee event, International Federation event, Pan American Sports event, Central Caribbean Sports event, Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees event, National Federation event, and Organized/unorganized sport. These tournaments are national, regional and international. In an effort to highlight the nominees, the Department places the list of nominees in the newspaper and on social media for all to see.
Final nominees for BPSA 2022
On October 31, the Department of Sport was pleased to announce and congratulate the final nominees for the 6th Annual Brown Pelican Sports Award, celebrating the very best of 2022 as nominated by the National Sport Federations and voted for by the Selection Committee. The department also thanks and congratulates ALL St. Maarten athletes, coaches, and organizations for all their accomplishments and for continuously supporting the development of sport on St. Maarten. “To us, they are all winners!”
Here’s the list of the final nominees:
Best male athlete of the year – U13
Rio Stomp – Sailing from The Sint Maarten Yacht Club
Te'mar Thomas – Basketball from PSA
Carlos Brison – Athletics from Dynamic Sporting Club
Best male athlete of the year – U18
Ishrael Charles – Football from St. Maarten Football Federation (SXMFF)
Kenvenson Malivert – Basketball from PSA
Nathan Edward – Cricket St. Maarten
Best male athlete of the year – Adult
Keacy Carty – Cricket St. Maarten
Burnargis Browne – Body Building from Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation (SXMBBFF)
Denzel Richardson – Baseball from the Dutch Kingdom Team
Rajheem Meulens – Volleyball St. Maarten
Best female athlete of the year – U13
Feline Oosterhof – Sailing from The Sint Maarten Yacht Club
Chardea Richardson – Athletics from Dynamics Sporting Club
Tyler Timothy – Netball St. Maarten
Best female athlete of the year – U18
Jordan Pieterse – Sailing from The Sint Maarten Yacht Club
Leann Ford – Netball St. Maarten
Natalie Johnson – Volleyball St. Maarten
Best female athlete of the year – U18
Maudienne Profas – Bodybuilding from Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation (SXMBBFF)
Daricia Arrindell – Football from St. Maarten Football Federation (SXMFF)
Tatiana Illis – Aquatics from Carib Swim Team
Susan Piscione Maidwell – Cycling from the Friendly Island Triathlon Association
Best male coach
Parsram Singh – Cricket St. Maarten
Guidarie Burton – Football from St. Maarten Football Federation (SXMFF)
Abdule Wattley – Athletics from Dynamics Sporting Club
Best female coach
Yvonne Mukhi-Illis – Boxing from the National Boxing Federation
Rawlisha Busby – Football from St. Maarten Football Federation (SXMFF)
Mellica Timothy – Netball St. Maarten
Best overall team
Men’s National Football Team
Dynamics athletics team
Men’s National Senior Volleyball team
Best sport organization
St. Maarten Football Federation
St. Maarten Netball Association
St. Maarten Volleyball Association
Best sponsor
Cost U Less
Pineapple Pete
NAGICO Insurances
2022 Basketball Legends
Don Hughes
Milton Bobby Ottley
Edwin Hodge
Joseph Marty Williams
Joseph Holaman
Joanice David “Dukie” Richardson
Cedric Lambert
Kervin Gumbs
David Brooks
Lorenzo Richardson
The Department of Sport warmly extends an invitation to the general public to join us for the 6th Annual Brown Pelican Sports Awards on Sunday, November 13, at the Aleeze Convention Center and Event Hall at 4:30pm. The evening begins with a welcome cocktail reception followed by the awards ceremony at 5:00pm. Tickets can be purchased for $10 at all Van Dorp locations and the NSI office at the Raoul Illidge Sport Complex.
