CORK’S ROCKBÁN CLUB RECEIVES TEXACO SUPPORT FOR SPORT FUNDING

CORK’S ROCKBÁN CLUB RECEIVES TEXACO SUPPORT FOR SPORT FUNDING

Donncha O'Callaghan
Texaco Ambassador for Sport Ambassador

Cork’s Rockbán Ladies Football and Camogie Club is to receive EUR5,000 funding under this year’s Texaco Support for Sport initiative hosted and organised by Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited, the company that markets fuel in Ireland under the Texaco brand.

Under the scheme – similar to that which proved successful last year when the Cork county award was presented to Riverstown Amateur Boxing Club, Glanmire – a fund of EUR130,000 is made available by Valero for distribution in equal amounts of EUR5,000 to a successful applicant in each county.

The EUR5,000 award made to it under the Texaco Support for Sport initiative will help the club to cater for its

Overseeing the judging process was Texaco Support for Sport ambassador, former Irish rugby international and well-known broadcaster, Donncha O’Callaghan. Commenting, he described Rockbán as ‘a growing club with a great passion for football and camogie’.

Pointing to what he termed “the invaluable contribution” that sports clubs make to the heart of community life in Ireland, James Twohig, Director of Ireland Operations, Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited, congratulated Rockbán saying, “Special to us, and the purpose for which our Texaco Support for Sport initiative was introduced, is the opportunity it presents to ease the financial pressure on members by providing new and additional funding so often required to help clubs achieve their objectives and play a pivotal and positive role in their communities”.

Founded in 1997, the Rockbán Club is a dual ladies Gaelic football and camogie club located in Whitechurch on the north side of Cork city, incorporating the villages of Whitechurch, Carraig Na Bhfear and Rathpeacon. In the short time since it was founded, the club has seen its membership swell to over 300, currently fielding teams ranging in age from Under-6 up to adult level.

The €5,000 award made to it under the Texaco Support for Sport initiative will help the club toi cater for its rapid growth in membership by funding the purchase of new goals, ball catcher nets, fencing and other necessary equipment for its new pitch.