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Shivnarine Chanderpaul named Guyana’s sportsperson of 2013

Women cricketer Shermaine Campbell was felicitated with the sportswoman of Guyana honour.

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Published: Feb 23, 2014, 04:52 PM (IST)
Edited: Feb 23, 2014, 04:54 PM (IST)

Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Shivnarine Chanderpaul is on the top ten Test run scorers list of all-time © Getty Images

 

Georgetown (Guyana): Feb 23, 2014

 

West Indies cricketers Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Shemaine Campbell have been named Guyana’s 2013 Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year by a National Sports Commission panel.

 

Chanderpaul, who was nominated by the Guyana Cricket Board and the Guyana Boxing Association, received seven of the 14 panelists’ votes while powerlifter Winston Stoby got five and quarter-miler Winston George got two, reports CMC.

 

Campbelle defeated hockey player Alysia Xavier 10-4 in a second round of voting.

 

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