De­fence Force for­wards De­vorn Jorsling and Richard Roy each se­cured keys to a new Toy­ota Yaris af­ter they were re­vealed as the re­spec­tive Dig­i­cel TT Pro League play­ers of the year for the 2011 and 2012 sea­sons, when the league held an awards func­tion for the past two sea­sons at Cap­i­tal Plaza, Port-of-Spain, on Mon­day night.

Jorsling was the man of the night, re­ceiv­ing a to­tal four per­son­al ac­co­lades: Play­er of the Year and Most Out­stand­ing For­ward for 2011 and the Gold­en Boot for 2011 and 2012.

Roy, mean­while, picked up the Play­er of the Year, Most Out­stand­ing For­ward and joint Gold­en Boot win­ner for the 2012 sea­son.

"It was crit­i­cal that we de­cid­ed to en­sure that all the var­i­ous as­pects of the run­ning of the league were paid and that we were able to en­sure that com­pe­ti­tion was run­ning suc­cess­ful­ly," said TT Pro League CEO Dex­ter Skeene for the be­lat­ed awards func­tion.

"So the time is right at present, and we saw it fit that we have a cel­e­bra­tion for both years be­cause it is im­por­tant to cel­e­brate not on­ly life, but our achieve­ments," said Skeene.

De­fence Force, cham­pi­on of the Dig­i­cel Pro League Cham­pi­onship in 2011 and favourite for this year's ti­tle, was named Team of the Year for 2011 and its coach, Ross Rus­sell, Coach of the Year.

And, for the 2012 sea­son, reign­ing Caribbean Club Cham­pi­ons Cale­do­nia AIA de­serv­ing­ly grabbed Team of the Year. The Lu­cozade Sport Goal Shield and First Cit­i­zens Cup win­ners had the FA Tro­phy and Caribbean ti­tle to boast while its coach at the time and present T&T co-head coach Ja­maal Shabazz re­ceived the Coach of the Year award.

But over­shad­ow­ing the flashy tro­phies dis­trib­uted on Mon­day night were two Toy­ota Yaris ve­hi­cles, one grey and one white, on dis­play at the en­trance of the ball­room.

"As a foot­baller, when you can set goals and achieve them it's a great feel­ing," said Jorsling af­ter the of­fi­cial pre­sen­ta­tion of the cars were made to team­mate Roy and him­self.

The T&T in­ter­na­tion­al added: "It's al­so a great achieve­ment for foot­ball in the coun­try that a play­er can re­ceive a car and I'm grate­ful for the work of the peo­ple like Mr Skeene and the oth­er peo­ple in the back­room for get­ting spon­sors on board to do­nate a prize like this."

How­ev­er, Jorsling and Roy weren't the first to ever re­ceive ve­hi­cles from Play­er of the Year sup­port­ing spon­sor Toy­ota T&T Lim­it­ed. For­mer MVPs Mar­vin Oliv­er, Trent Noel and Ker­ry Bap­tiste al­so re­ceived Toy­ota cars in the past.

"When I look back at some of the achieve­ments in my ca­reer, I must say that I did an okay job from play­ing in the sa­van­nah in Mor­vant to achiev­ing Play­er of the Year in the top league in the Caribbean and win­ning a ve­hi­cle."

"It's a great feel­ing," said Jorsling.

But, what mo­ti­vates the con­sis­tent­ly sharp for­ward?

"I use sim­ple things as mo­ti­va­tion," said the 29-year-old. "I saw that no oth­er play­er has ever won the gold­en boot more than once in the Pro League. I won it in 2010-2011 then had a stint in the US (with Or­lan­do City). I came back and my mo­ti­va­tion fac­tor was to be the top goalscor­er in Trinidad again."

Af­ter wrap­ping up a sea­son with the Unit­ed Soc­cer League (USL Pro) club, Or­lan­do City, in 2011, Jorsling joined home-town club Cale­do­nia on a short stint in which he joined Roy as joint top scor­er and helped the Mor­vant-Laven­tille club win two knock­out ti­tles along with qual­i­fy­ing for the CFU Club Cham­pi­onship, be­fore re­turn­ing to the De­fence Force.

Now, Jorsling, who al­so won the Gold­en Boot in 2008, is in the run­ning to win an­oth­er Most Goals award with 19 league goals al­ready this sea­son and chased by North East Stars for­ward Cor­nell Glen (16 goals).

"You just have to re­main hum­ble and fo­cused," shared Jorsling. "You can't get cocky. This is just a car and there are big­ger things you can achieve. This be­ing the year of the (Con­ca­caf) Gold Cup I just have to keep work­ing hard."

Roy mean­time, said win­ning the Play­er of the Year for 2012 "didn't come as a shock."

The 25-year-old said, "I know I per­formed well (last sea­son) and I was con­fi­dent that I was get­ting the car this af­ter­noon."

Jorsling praised Roy say­ing, "Richard Roy and my­self are good friends off the field, and in the team we have what is called friend­ly ri­val­ry. I think my stint in the US was a bless­ing in dis­guise for him, and he got to flour­ish know­ing he was the main guy and didn't need to be un­der my wing again. I was proud to see that he led the line last sea­son for De­fence Force and achieved what he had to. I hope that he can now re­main fo­cused."

For­mer League play­ers An­gus Eve, Dean Pacheco and St Lu­cian Earl Jean were among spe­cial awardees hav­ing served as play­ers and now as coach­es, while Rudolph 'Rudy' Roberts re­ceived a Ser­vant of Sport Award and Long Ser­vice Awards went to Paul Reg­is and Frank Sealy.

Ho­n­our roll

2010-2011 Se­nior Awards

Dig­i­cel Pro League Cham­pi­ons � De­fence Force

First Run­ner-Up � Cale­do­nia AIA

Sec­ond Run­ner-Up � San Juan Jabloteh

Play­er of the Year � De­vorn Jorsling (De­fence Force)

Lead­ing Goal Scor­er � De­vorn Jorsling (De­fence Force)

Coach of the Year � Ross Rus­sell (De­fence Force)

Team of the Year� De­fence Force

Most Out­stand­ing Goal­keep­er � Cleon John (San Juan Jabloteh)

Most Out­stand­ing De­fend­er � Corneal Thomas (Ma Pau SC)

Most Out­stand­ing Mid­field­er � Trent Noel (Joe Pub­lic)

Most Out­stand­ing For­ward � De­vorn Jorsling (De­fence Force)

Lu­cozade Sport Goal Shield � North East Stars

First Cit­i­zens Cup � Joe Pub­lic

Toy­ota Clas­sic � Ma Pau SC

Dig­i­cel Pro Bowl � Joe Pub­lic

Most Dis­ci­plined Team � St Ann's Rangers

Ref­er­ee of the Year � Neil Brizan

As­sis­tant Ref­er­ee of the Year � Dion Neil

Match Com­mis­sion­er of the Year � Nor­ris Fer­gu­son

Team Ad­min­is­tra­tor of the Year � Ray­mond Mc Lean

2011-2012 Se­nior Awards

League Cham­pi­ons � W Con­nec­tion

First Run­ner-Up � T&TEC FC

Sec­ond Run­ner-Up � Cale­do­nia AIA

Play­er of the Year � Richard Roy (De­fence Force)

Lead­ing Goal Scor­er � Richard Roy (De­fence Force) - De­vorn Jorsling (Cale­do­nia AIA)

Coach of the Year � Ja­maal Shabazz (Cale­do­nia AIA)

Team of the Year � Cale­do­nia AIA

Most Out­stand­ing Goal­keep­er � Jan Michael Williams (W Con­nec­tion)

Most Out­stand­ing De­fend­er � Nu­ru Ab­dul­lah Muham­mad (Cale­do­nia AIA)

Most Out­stand­ing Mid­field­er � Ataullah Guer­ra (Cale­do­nia AIA)

Most Out­stand­ing For­ward � Richard Roy (De­fence Force)

Lu­cozade Sport Goal Shield � Cale­do­nia AIA

First Cit­i­zens Cup � Cale­do­nia AIA

Toy­ota Clas­sic � W Con­nec­tion

Dig­i­cel Pro Bowl � De­fence Force

Most Dis­ci­plined Team � W Con­nec­tion

Ref­er­ee of the Year � Neil Brizan

As­sis­tant Ref­er­ee of the Year � Cindy Mo­hammed

Match Com­mis­sion­er of the Year � Boris Punch

Team Ad­min­is­tra­tor of the Year � Ray­mond Mc Lean

2011 Youth Di­vi­sion Awards

U-13 Di­vi­sion

League Cham­pi­on � W Con­nec­tion

First Run­ner-Up � San Juan Jabloteh

Sec­ond Run­ner-Up � Joe Pub­lic

Most Valu­able Play­er � Jesse Joseph (Joe Pub­lic)

Lead­ing Goal Scor­er � Isa­iah Hud­son (W Con­nec­tion), Jesse Joseph (Joe Pub­lic)

Un­der-15 Di­vi­sion

League Cham­pi­on � W Con­nec­tion

First Run­ner-Up � San Juan Jabloteh

Sec­ond Run­ner-Up � St Ann's Rangers

Most Valu­able Play­er� Yafeu Rougi­er (W Con­nec­tion)

Lead­ing Goal Scor­er � Yafeu Rougi­er (W Con­nec­tion)

Un­der-17 Di­vi­sion

League Cham­pi­on � Joe Pub­lic

First Run­ner-Up � San Juan Jabloteh

Sec­ond Run­ner-Up � W Con­nec­tion

Most Valu­able Play­er � Keron Matthews (De­fence Force)

Lead­ing Goal Scor­er � Arvin n Youth Match Com­mis­sion­er of the Year � Shari Be­har­ry

Team Ad­min­is­tra­tor of the Year Award � De­bie-Ann Lon­don (W Con­nec­tion)

2012 Youth Di­vi­sion Awards

U-14 Di­vi­sion

League Cham­pi­on � San Juan Jabloteh

First Run­ner-Up � W Con­nec­tion

Sec­ond Run­ner-Up � St Ann's Rangers

Most Valu­able Play­er � Re­nal­do Fran­cois (San Juan Jabloteh)

Lead­ing Goal Scor­er� Ju­dah St Louis (W Con­nec­tion)

U-16 Di­vi­sion

League Cham­pi­on � St Ann's Rangers

First Run­ner-Up � W Con­nec­tion

Sec­ond Run­ner-Up � San Juan Jabloteh

Most Valu­able Play­er � Akeem Gar­cia

Lead­ing Goal Scor­er � Akeem Gar­cia

U-18 Di­vi­sion

League Cham­pi­on � W Con­nec­tion

First Run­ner-Up � North East Stars

Sec­ond Run­ner-Up � T&TEC FC

Most Valu­able Play­er � Neil Ben­jamin (W Con­nec­tion)

Lead­ing Goal Scor­er � Akeem Roach (W Con­nec­tion)

Youth Match Com­mis­sion­er of the Year Award � Cassie Moore

Team Ad­min­is­tra­tor of the Year Award � De­bie-Ann Lon­don