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IRST-TIME ENTRANTS Precaice were the toast of Tuesday night’s Portmore Metropolitan/Petcom Cricket League presentation of awards. Apart from walking away with the Tony Becca Cup for winning the league, Elevation took the Charles Simpson Cup for win ning the mid-season final and Sharon Hay-Webster Cup for topping Group A. Brian Latore of Elevation also left Ken’s Wildflower Lounge off Port Henderson Road with two awards. Latore was adjudged the best all-rounder to go with his most runs award. The late Deancourt Wright of Elevation was the competition's only centurion, the club also pro duced the best wicketkeeper in Kenneth Harris, the most wicket in an innings with Kenny Issacs and MVP of the final. Dwight Williams Waterford took the runners-up trophy and the Ken Crooks Cup for winning Zone B. Norman Malcolm of Ports mouth also took two awards, the best bowling average and most wickets. Former national player Delroy Morgan of Hamilton Gardens was awarded for the best batting average prize. Barbara Clarke, executive chairperson at Petcom, said her company was pleased to be asso ciated with the competition. “Petcom will definitely be big ger and better next season,” she promised. MILO UNDER-15 LEAGUE In the Mile-sponsored Under- 15 League, champions Hamilton Gardens and Portsmouth domi nated. Hamilton Gardens took the Christine Cummings Cup for winning the league. However, it was Portsmouth who took the bulk of the individ ual awards with Mario Downer receiving five awards, which included the Under-115 players of the year. Downer took the best batting average, most runs, best all rounder, most runs in a match and the Under-15 player of the year awards. Andre Johnson of Hamilton had the best bowling average, Kimani Morgan of Hamilton Gardens was the MVP of the final, Delbert Gayle of Portsmouth had most wickets, while the best wicketkeeper was Odean Hartley, also of Portsmouth, Committee member of the league, Cummings, said they were satisfied with the progress made after one season with the Under- 15s. BLOSSOMED From this competition, one player, Jodi-Ann Brown, blos somed to make Jamaica's Under- 23 women’s cricket team which is presently in Trinidad and Tobago for the West Indies tour nament Kenneth Dodd, consumer mar keting manager - culinary and beverages, said Milo was pleased with the news. “I am happy to hear that after only one year, one player has move on to represent Jamaica,” Dodd said “Come 2006 we will be back, bigger and better,” he said. “The competition was well run and we are happy with the ven ture,” he said. ANTHONY MINOTT/FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER Lloyd Black (third right), captain of Elevation Sports Club, receives the Tony Becca Cup for winning the Petcom Portmore Metropolitan League from Tony Becca, former Senior Sports Editor of The Gleaner, during the Portmore Metropolitan Cricket League awards cere mony at Ken's Wildflower, Port Henderson Road on Tuesday night as teamates look on. Mario Downer (right), ‘Player of the Year’ for the Mile sponsored U-15 Portmore Metropolitan Cricket League, collects one of five awards he won on Tuesday night from Kenneth Dodd, consumer marketing manager of Nestlé Jamaica Ltd.
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Kingston Gleaner
Kingston, Kingston, JM
Sat, Dec 10, 2005
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