Joseph, Fenton among top winners at National Sports Awards

West Indies cricketer Alzarri Joseph and track sensation Tyra Fenton were among the top winners on Sunday evening at the 33rd National Sports Awards.

Joseph walked away with the Senior Sportsman of the year award.

This is second straight year he has won and the fourth overall, winning in 2016, 2022, 2024 and now 2025.

He is tied for the most titles in the history of the event alongside former national sprinter Daniel ‘Bakka’ Bailey.

Joseph fended off top competition from arm-wrestler Daniel Antonio and rally racer, Nicolas Geleyns.

Joseph delivered an outstanding year in cricket, reaffirming his status as one of the Caribbean’s premier fast bowlers. Competing internationally, in Tests, One Day Internationals and T20 Internationals, he captured 31 wickets with best figures of 5/27 against Australia and 4/31 versus England, finishing the year ranked among the world’s top bowlers. Across global T20 leagues, Joseph surpassed the milestone of 200 career T20 wickets.

At home, he dominated the ABCA Two-day tournament, claiming 29 wickets in five matches and scoring 270 runs, including a record breaking 31-ball century.

Fenton on the other hand, claimed her third straight Junior Sportswoman of the year accolade.

Competing at national and regional levels, Fenton earned silver medals in the 100m and 200m and captured gold in the 400m at the National Championships, competing in the open category.

At the CARIFTA Games in Trinidad and Tobago, she claimed gold in the Girls U17 400m and bronze in the 200m, her performance earned her a place in the World Athletics U18 ranking with top positions across the OECS, CARIFTA, CAC, NACAC, Commonwealth and global lists.

Madison Macmillian from swimming and Stuti Kashyap of Table Tennis rounded off the top three finalists in the category.

Celebrations were in full swing for the sailing association as their nominee Shanoy Malone won the Junior Sportsman of the year title.

Malone, pushed ahead of some stiff competition as Matthew Miller of cricket and Alessandro Bazzoni of swimming were also named as finalists.

Malone recorded success across dinghy and keelboat competition at club, regional and international levels. He claimed multiple victories at the Antigua Yacht Club mini-regattas and placed fourth at the AYC Laser Open as the youngest competition in the class. Regionally, he dominated the Caribbean Dinghy Championship on home waters winning 13 of 15 races and captaining Antigua and Barbuda to another title.

He also secured first place at the NYA Junior Race Week in the US and finished second Mayan Wind Fest in Mexico, qualifying for the Junior Pan American Games.

Meanwhile Ambassador Melissa Seaforth emerged the Senior Sportswoman winner.

In 2025, Seaforth captured first place at the IFBB Bikini Fitness Pro Masters World Championships in Malta and secured additional podium finishes across Europe including victories and top three placements in Italy and the Czech Republic.

This is the first time that Seaforth has won the title, but it is the fourth consecutive win for the Antigua and Barbuda Amateur Bodybuilding and Weightlifting Federation.

Ambassador Kimberly Percival won the previous three times.

Other winners of the night included Coach of the year which went to Ted Daley from the Antigua and Barbuda Athletics Association and Official of the year which was won by Rawle Lee of the Antigua and Barbuda Amateur Volleyball Association.

The ABAVA was also named the Association of the year.

Domino’s Kaid Jarvis emerged as the Mind Sports of the year winner.

The awards were held at the AUA Conference Centre.