Kilkenny Hockey Club, County winners in the recent Texaco Support for Sport initiative, received €5,000 to be used to buy sports equipment for new starters, both adults and children.
One of almost 400 clubs countrywide to make application under the scheme, the club hosts mixed social hockey every summer and encourages everyone of any experience or age to go out and get active.
The club fields three senior women’s teams and two senior men’s teams supported by 337 underage members.
A cheque was presented by Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited, the company that markets fuel in Ireland under the Texaco brand.
ENTRIES FOR 2021 START THIS AUTUMN
Under its Texaco Support for Sport initiative, launched last September, a fund of €130,000 was set aside for allocation in equal amounts of €5,000 to successful applicants chosen on a county-by-county basis.
Overseeing the adjudication process was Texaco Support for Sport ambassador, former Irish rugby international and broadcaster, Donncha O’Callaghan.
Entries to the Texaco Support for Sport 2021 initiative will open this Autumn.
The presentation to Kilkenny Hockey Club members Paula Farrell, Sarah Richardson, Eric Comerford, Liam Richardson, Eddie Dore and Robert Morris was made a private ceremony at the Texaco Service Station in Talbot’s Inch.
Pictured with them were Texaco Dealer, John de Loughry (left) and Valero Area Sales Manager, Niall O’Rourke
