MANY congratulations to all the team at Downpatrick racecourse which, for the second successive occasion, was named as ‘Sports Venue of the Year’ at the Northern Ireland Hospitality Awards night on Monday.

The racecourse was represented in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Belfast by Richard Lyttle (manager), Ruth Morrison (sales and operations executive) and Phillip McLean (marketing executive) who were delighted to see off the challenge posed by Down Royal racecourse and six other sporting venues for the title.