The National Sports Award, ceremony to reward the best athletes, coaches and teams for the year 2009 was held at the Grand Baie International Conference Centre on Sunday 06 December 2009 at 18h30 in the presence of Dr. The Hon Rama Krishna Sithanen, GCSK, Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Economic Empowerment , Hon. Satyaprakash Ritoo, Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr. Dhiraj Singh Khamajeet, Chairman of the Mauritius Sports Council and sponsors and guests from the sports community in Mauritius.