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Welfare Award Recipient Sarah Hensman with her greyhound pup Paudie.
THERE were Kerry winners on Sunday evening as Rásaíocht Con Éireann / Greyhound Racing Ireland hosted the 2020 National Greyhound Racing Awards, honouring the stars in Greyhound Racing from last year.
In line with the current restrictions on gatherings in place, this year’s event was hosted virtually and streamed live to both a national and international audience.
Hosted by Ian Fortune and held virtually, the event honoured greyhounds in seven different award categories.
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Liam Dowling’s Ballymac Kingdom won the Stayer of the Year Award, Ballymac Ariel won Future Star of the Year and Coolavanny Pet won Brood Bitch of the Year.
Three human awards were also presented to Hall of Fame recipient Jimmy Barry Murphy, Special Merit Award recipient Brenda Powderly and the Welfare Award winner, Sarah Hensman.
Essex native Sarah Hensman is based in Ballyduff and has been involved in the rehoming of retired greyhounds in Ireland since 2010, all on a voluntary basis.
Sarah assists with the preparation of greyhounds for rehoming and organises the transportation of the greyhounds to their new homes.
She also works directly with organisations outside of Ireland who then source homes for ex-racing greyhounds and has helped to rehome over 200 greyhounds in 2020 alone.
