Right-handed batsman Jesse Roland, 26, is Glenora Sports Club's Cricketer of the Year for 2014. At Friday's awards ceremony and dinner held at the President's Box at the Queen's Park Oval on Tragarete Road in Port-of-Spain, he walked away with ten awards for his outstanding performances at the close of the season.
Aaron Francois, Iqwe Craig, Stefon Bissoon and Christopher Sargeant were also nominated for the overall award, but it was Roland's consistency that gave him the edge.
Having scored the most first team runs of 219 in 40 over competition with half centuries against Sweet Revenge with 68 and 81 in the match up against Ebony, were among the performances that set him apart.
Meanwhile, his teammate Bissoon had the honour of recording the highest first team individual score of 132 against Ranga. He was named the Most Improved Player and also copped the Best Fielder award.
Christopher Sargeant was honoured for taking 44 wickets. He also had the best strike rate of 13.11 runs per wicket.
The reserve team had its list of achievers, too.
Reveal Ramnarine, was named Cricketer of the Year (Reserve Team), while Zia Baksh emerged as the Most Disciplined Player. The award for the Most Promising Batsman went to Isaiah Ali. Darius Gopaul was the Most Promising Bowler.
It was the first time he had the honour of taking the spotlight to receive this award and he declared the feeling as "great!" Scoring a century (125 runs) against Ebony, as well as, his 125 not out against Harvard were among his most memorable moments on the field last season. A year before he was 121 not out against Harvard Club.
"It feels awesome. It feels really good breaking the last score of 121."
Virat Kohli was his favourite international cricketer. "How he bats. How he plays shots," Roland said.
Cricket, however, was not Roland's primary sport, but his only sport. He started playing since age five and declared that he loved the game.
"Cricket is everything for me. I love hitting sixes."
He declared that he was proud of his club and team-mates.
What set Glenora Sports Club apart from the rest, he said, was the quality of its management systems which redounded to the benefit of the players and their eventual top performance.
Glenora stalwart Myron James shared Roland's view of the club. The former cricketer lauded the youths that have made the club their own with results that made him proud.
James was no older than 14 when he entered the club.
Saluting the continued legacy of Glenora Sport Club, James credited Winston Sobers for keeping the outfit energised.
"It takes a lot out of you to get things running. I think Mr Sobers deserves a round of applause," he said.
HONOUR ROLL
Cricketer of the Year: Jesse Roland
Five Cricketers of the Year First Team: Jesse Roland, Stefon Bissoon, Christopher Sargeant, Igwe Craig, Aaron Francois
Toyota T20 Competition
Most runs: Keston Lewis - 97
Most wickets: Seve Fraser - 6
Highest Individual Score: Keston Lewis - 58 vs Wonderers
40 Over Competition
First Team � Most runs: Jesse Roland - 219
Most wickets: Abdool Razzack - 10
Half Centuries
Aaron Francois - 72 vs Invincible
Kelvin John - 52 vs Santa Cruz
Jesse Roland - 81 vs Ebony
Jesse Roland - 68 vs Sweet Revenge
Highest Individual score: Jesse Roland - 81
Most economical bowler: Kelvin John - 4.47 runs per over
Reserve Team Limited Overs
Most Runs: Ian Ramsey - 106
Most Wickets: Rikash Boodram - 7
Half Centuries
Mikaell Mohammed - 60 vs Defence Force
League Competition
Reserve Team
Most runs: Imam Baksh - 108 runs
Most wickets: Reval Ramnarine - 14 wickets
Half Centuries
Roopdeen Sookdeo - 52 vs Ranga
Matthew Patrick - 62 vs Ranga
Lancelot McCarty - 52 vs Invincible
Imam Baksh - 85 vs Santa Cruz
Imtiaz Haniff - 64 vs Ranga
Five wickets hauls: Reval Ramnarine - 7/63 vs Ebony
First Team
Most runs: Jesse Roland - 409 runs
Most wickets: Christopher Sargeant - 44 wickets
Half Centuries
Jesse Roland - 57 vs Ranga
Jesse Roland - 55 vs Sweet Revenge
Keston Lewis - 86 vs Ebony
Keston Lewis - 76 vs North Coast
Aaron Francois - 51 vs Ebony
Centuries
Jesse Roland - 125 vs Ebony
Stefon Bissoon - 132 vs Ranga
Igwe Craig - 104 vs INVINCIBLE
Five Wicket Hauls
Christopher Sargeant
5/46 vs Santa Cruz
7/33 vs Santa Cruz
5/35 vs Invincible
5/27 vs Ebony
5/39 vs North Coast
Best strike rate: Christopher Sargeant -13.11 runs PER WICKET
Reserve Team
Most promising batsman: Isaiah Ali
Most promising bowler: Darius Gopaul
Most disciplined: Zia Baksh
Cricketer of the Year (Reserve Team) - Reval Ramnarine
First Team
Highest Individual score
Stefon Bissoon - 132 vs RANGA
Most promising player: Stefon Bissoon
Best fielder: Stefon Bissoon
