The presentation to Bhulf Tón C.L.G. club members was made at the Texaco Service Station, Wilkinstown, Navan. Pictured with them were Texaco dealers, Brendan and Eimear Doughty (centre right), with Valero Area Sales Manager, Sinéad Fox (fourth left).

Oristown club receives exciting Meath County Award

Published: Thu 18 Sep 2025, 12:23 PM

Bhulf Tón C.L.G., in Oristown, have been chosen as the winners of the Meath County Award in this year’s Texaco Support for Sport initiative. €5,000 has been presented to the Club to upgrade its skills wall by adding improved lighting and overhead netting.

For 50 years, Bhulf Tón C.L.G. has prided itself on being a home for generations of Gaelic football and hurling players, volunteers, and families. Always evolving to meet the needs of its members, two years ago, it became the first in its community to provide a camogie team for girls, and now, securing a future for camogie is its next goal.

Now in its fifth year, the Texaco Support for Sport initiative, organised by Valero Energy Ltd, 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 Meath winners were Longwood GAA Club (2021), Kentstown’s Knockharley Cricket Club (2022), Alpha Dive Sub-Aqua Club (2023) and Trim Tennis Club (2024).

Congratulating the county winners on the immense contribution that they make to the heart of community life in Ireland, James Twohig, Director of Ireland Operations, Valero Energy, was particularly praiseworthy of the unstinting work of club officials and volunteers, and noted that “since its inception, we are proud to have distributed almost €650,000 to a variety of more than 125 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.

He said: “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.”

Pictured with Bhulf Tón C.L.G. are Texaco dealers, Brendan and Eimear Doughty (middle row, centre right and second right), with Valero Area Sales Manager, Sinéad Fox (middle row, second left).

Describing the Meath club as ‘a most deserving recipient’, he went on to add:

“Congratulations to all at Bhulf Tón C.L.G. I’m delighted the Texaco funding will develop the skills wall to allow players to improve at the sport they love. This will not only help current members but future proof the Club for its growing numbers.”

Entries for the 2026 Texaco Support for Sport initiative will open again in the New Year for all clubs, including those whose application may have been unsuccessful previously.

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