Cricket Board of Control's Most Valuable Player for the second straight year.

Manders, whose main ambition going into the season was to help his club win the Premier Division title for the first time in their history, led the league with a batting average of 88.75 and was a consistent performer with his spin bowling, finishing with an average of 12.05.

In 10 innings he scored 355 runs, his highest knock being an undefeated 113.

Manders was also the second best bowler in limited overs play, finishing just behind winner Clarkie Trott of Bailey's Bay.

The honours for Most Promising Young Player went to Glen Smith of Bailey's Bay who had an average of 42.00 from 14 innings, scoring 420 runs with his highest innings being 109.

"I really don't care about winning the MVP, the main focus this season was for Western Stars to win the league title,'' said Manders at the BCBC's annual prize presentation at Warwick Workmen's Club. "I never thought I would win the award, but of course I'll take it.

"Going into the season the main thing was concentrating on the league more than anything else. I owe much of this success to the team for their support throughout the year.'' He regarded the century against Devonshire Rec. as being his best performance of the season, claiming "it came at a crucial time when they had just come off a successful tour of England and we needed to maintain our lead in the league.'' Manders said his key to maintaining a high level of excellence was "a lot of hours training three nights a week and the extra work to keep fit.'' MVP Arnald Manders receives his reward from Sports Minister Pamela Gordon.