Local sports clubs receive Texaco 'Support for Sport' funding

One Westmeath club and one Roscommon club have been announced as two of the twenty-five Irish sports clubs to benefit from an €125,000 funding initiative.

The Texaco Support for Sport initiative is in its fourth year, and the scheme is hosted and organised by Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited, the company that markets fuel in Ireland under the Texaco brand, with judging overseen by former Irish rugby international and well-known broadcaster, Donncha O’Callaghan.

Athlone Tennis Club in Westmeath and Pádraig Pearses GAA Club in Roscommon were both chosen to be the recipients of the €5000 funding.

Congratulating the winners, and praising the work of club officials and volunteers, James Twohig, Director of Ireland Operations, Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited, acknowledged “the invaluable contribution” that sports clubs make to the heart of community life in Ireland.

“The purpose of our Texaco Support for Sport initiative is to help ease financial pressure on sports clubs throughout the country and, since its inception, we are proud to have distributed over €500,000 to a variety of more than 100 Irish sports clubs to help them continue to play a pivotal role within their communities,” Mr. Twohig added.

An invitation to enter the 2025 Texaco Support for Sport initiative will issue again in the Autumn, with entries open to all clubs, including those whose application may have been unsuccessful previously.