Irish rugby legend congratulates local athletics club on major award
Reeside Athletics Club Chairperson, Laura Clyne (back, centre left), and fellow club members, are presented with their Texaco Support for Sport initiative cheque worth €5,000 by Texaco dealer, James Walsh (back, centre) and Valero Area Sales Manager, Michael Honan (back, fourth left). The presentation was made at the Texaco Service Station, Lower Castle Road, Roscommon Town.
Irish rugby legend, Donncha O’Callaghan, has congratulated Reeside Athletics Club on becoming the winner of this year’s Texaco Support for Sport initiative award for County Roscommon.
The club, which draws its members from the Knockcroghery, Lecarrow and Kiltoom areas, was presented with a cheque for €5,000 — money that will be used to fund a new shed to safely store training equipment.
“As adjudicator — and from my knowledge of sport gained at junior, senior and international level — the most reassuring aspect of the Texaco Support for Sport initiative is that it gives clubs rare access to funds which are not linked to popularity, membership size or success.
“Congratulations Reeside Athletics Club — a fantastic club with a great sense of community spirit and togetherness. Keep up the good work and well done all,” said O’Callaghan.
Now in its fifth year, the Texaco Support for Sport initiative — organised by Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited, the company that markets fuel in Ireland under the Texaco brand — sees a fund of €130,000 set aside annually for allocation in equal amounts of €5,000 to successful applicants chosen on a county-by-county basis.
Previous Roscommon winners were Tremane GAA Club (2021), Boyle GAA Club (2022), Boyle Camogie Club (2023), and Pádraig Pearses GAA Club (2024).
