On Friday, March 21st the Collectivite of Saint Martin held its sports award evening to honor its athletes and various persons for their performance in the sports year 2012-2013. Calvin Bryan, the coach and founder of the Speedy Plus Club was proud as, Leona Marlin-Romeo was nominated the manager/leader of the year for Track and Field. Sofi Carti received the award for Trainer of the year in Track and Field.
Derisha Jeffers topped the evening and exemplified what being the best really is by winning the 2013 Athlete of the year, and the Best athlete in Track and Field. Derisha Jeffers is the champion de France 100m, 4×100 Champion de France , 4×100 Champion de France Espoir and the 4×100 champion de France Elite. The Speedy Plus member Tiffany Shepherd was also nominated as her performance did not go unnoticed as Champion de France Junior 200m. The Speedy Plus Club continues to produce top athletes and promotes excellence in sports athletics. Speedy Plus is open and willing to train all from both Dutch and French Saint Martin. Sint Maarten/Saint Martin has talent and this talent should be exposed locally, regionally and internationally.