GLANMIRE LADIES BASKETBALL CLUB RECEIVES COUNTY AWARD UNDER TEXACO SUPPORT FOR SPORT INITIATIVE

GLANMIRE LADIES BASKETBALL CLUB RECEIVES COUNTY AWARD UNDER TEXACO SUPPORT FOR SPORT INITIATIVE 

The presentation to Glanmire Ladies Basketball Club members was made at the Texaco Service Station, Glanmire. Pictured with them is Valero Area Sales Manager, D.J. Fleming (centre left).

 

Glanmire Ladies Basketball Club has been chosen winners of the Cork County award in this year’s Texaco Support for Sport initiative. EUR5,000 has been presented to the Club to fund new equipment and team kits and invest in coach education.

 

Founded in 1984, Glanmire Ladies Basketball Club provides a competitive and recreational outlet for over 300 members aged from 4 to 58. Many of its members have gone on to represent Cork, Munster and Ireland.  The club also runs a social inclusion programme for boys and girls aged 7 to 16 and a ‘mother & others’ social basketball team.

 

Now in its fourth 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 EUR130,000 set aside annually for allocation in equal amounts of EUR5,000 to successful applicants chosen on a county-by-county basis.  Previous Cork winners were Riverstown Amateur Boxing Club, Glanmire (2021), Rockbán Ladies Football and Camogie Club (2022) and Bandon Ravens Basketball Club (2023).

 

Congratulating the winners on 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 praised the unstinting work of club officials and volunteers, stating that “since its inception, in excess of €500,000 has been distributed to a variety of more than 100 sports clubs under the Texaco Support for Sport initiative”.

 

Overseeing the judging process was Texaco Support for Sport ambassador, former Irish rugby international and well-known broadcaster, Donncha O’Callaghan. Commenting, he said, “As adjudicator, the most heartening aspect of the Texaco Support for Sport initiative is the benefit it brings to Irish sports clubs by providing rare access to funds which are not linked to the popularity, membership size or success of any given club.”

 

Describing the Cork club as one ‘steeped in its County’s proud sporting history’, he went on to add: “Its success is built on the foundation of investing time, energy and funds into the underage system while also providing opportunities for everyone, from social to elite level, to enjoy the sport of basketball. Glanmire Ladies Basketball Club is a very worthy winner, well done to all.”

 

Entries for the 2025 Texaco Support for Sport initiative will open in the Autumn for all clubs, including those whose application may have been unsuccessful previously.