First Citizens Sports Foundation Sports Awards 2025 and 2026 Hall of Fame Induction

Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year

National Sporting Organisations (NSOs) of sport are invited annually to submit their nominations for Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year in the youth and senior categories. The NSOs are responsible for establishing their criteria for shortlisting and selecting from their pool of athletes four outstanding athletes (one each – male and female youth, male and female senior).

Successful athletes in the categories identified above must:

• Be a national of Trinidad and Tobago
• Have been outstanding in their sport at local, regional, and/or international levels
• Have exceptional performances at national and/or overseas competitions that can be considered outstanding among other national athletes
• Produce results that are easily verifiable
• Have attained these achievements between January to December of the year under review
• A youth nominee must not turn 20 years on or before December 31of the year under review and must have actively competed in the youth category in his or her respective sport during the year of review.

The Foundation reserves the right to add a nominee to the pool of nominees if it determines that a deserving athlete has been overlooked.

The Foundation also reserves the right not to consider a nominee who may have impacted the sport negatively, including breaches of anti-doping, match-fixing, and other disciplinary matters that may bring the sport into disrepute.

Lystra D. Lewis Memorial Award

 Named after a national sporting icon who achieved international recognition for her administrative competence and promotion of netball beyond national and regional boundaries.

• This award is presented to the most outstanding Trinidad and Tobago team for the year under review.

First Citizens Sports Foundation Hall of Fame

Throughout several decades, Trinidad and Tobago’s athletes have provided amazing performances locally and internationally, bringing pride to themselves, their sporting disciplines and their country.

In 1984, the Sports Foundation launched the Trinidad & Tobago Sports Hall of Fame, to honour and celebrate our most distinguished sportsmen and sportswomen. The Foundation maintains the firm belief that the recognition of the performances of these fantastic athletes, who have made a major contribution to the advancement of sport in Trinidad and Tobago, is critical as both a social and cultural boon for the nation.  

Criteria for Induction

The public is invited to submit nominations for induction, in addition to nominations received from the National Sporting Organizations. These nominations must be accompanied by supporting documentation of performance or involvement in sport, for consideration. Once the nomination forms have been received, they are reviewed by the Sports Foundation committee, who then create a short list and make their final selections.

Induction into the Sports Hall of Fame may be from the following categories:

• Athletes
• Administrators/Sport Officials
• Coaches/Trainers
• Match/Event Officals

Successful inductees must have the following criteria:

• Be a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago
• Consistently represented Trinidad and Tobago with distinction and excellence in local and international sport
• If an All-Rounder, must have represented Trinidad and Tobago in at least two sport disciplines
• With the exception of Sports Administrators, must have retired from representing Trinidad and Tobago in sport for a period ag at least three years after last representing T&T at a senior level. However, in the case of posthumous inductions, the case of the three-year stipulation is not required and a deceased athlete can be inducted immediately
• Administrators and Coaches can be considered while still in office and must have made significant contributions to the development of sport
• Coaches and Trainers must have worked, and Match/Event Officials must have officiated, over a number of years at international level
• The Foundation reserves the right to not consider the nominee who has acted in such a manner as to bring their sport, team, club or country into disrepute