Denbar spins his way to Police Sportsman of the Year 2022

Police Constable (PC) Kenneth Denbar picked up his second major award in just under two weeks when he copped the Police Sportsman of the Year 2022 award at the annual police awards and dinner. He had earlier that month received the accolade of Regional Cricketer of the Year from the St Vincent and the Grenadines Cricket Association.

Denbar is an off-spinner whose professional cricketing career started with the Windward Island Volcanoes Franchise as a contracted player in July 2019.

After a long break from playing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Denbar was selected to play in the Cricket West Indies Regional Super-50 Tournament in Antigua and Barbuda in 2021.

On his debut against the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, he finished with figures of 6.3 overs, 1 maiden, 34 runs 1 wicket. The sub-regional selectors were impressed with his performance in that tournament and he was selected to play in the West Indies Regional 4-Day Championship in 2022 in Trinidad and Tobago.

Against the Guyana Harpy Eagles at the Queen’s Park Oval, Denbar picked up his maiden 5-wicket haul and achieved his personal best bowling figures at the same time, finishing with match figures of 44 overs, 4 maidens,116 runs, 9 wickets.

He finished the tournament as the leading wicket-taker for the Windward Island Volcanoes, and the tournament’s fifth place for most wickets overall.

In October 2022, he was selected to represent the Windward Islands Volcanoes in the Regional Super-50 Tournament which was played in Trinidad and Tobago. Once again, he excelled and finished with another personal best bowling figures of 2 for 46 off his 10 overs.

At its annual awards on December 21, 2022, the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Cricket Association (SVGCA) recognized Kenneth Denbar’s outstanding performances in regional cricket in 2022, naming him the Regional Cricketer of the Year.

And, on Friday December 30, 2022, the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVGPF) recognized his achievements presenting PC 178 Kenneth Denbar with the Police Sportsman of the Year 2022 award.

Denbar who is currently attached to the Fire Department enlisted in the RSVGPF on September 1, 2014.