Ballybrack FC
The club has 300 members with teams from 4 - 5 years of age and upwards. A weekly feature of their activities is a Friday night ‘soccer blitz’ for 10 - 14 year olds devised as part of the club’s strategy to provide a positive outlet for young people in the area. The bursary will be used to fund the re-roofing of their clubhouse so that they bring the facility back into full operation.
Enquiries: Peter O’Hanlon 086-0703302

Drimnagh Amateur Boxing and Physical Culture Club
With increased facilities for five-aside soccer and basketball, membership of the famed boxing section is closed until new changing, shower and toilet facilities become available. The Texaco bursary will help to fund these and allow the club to enrol new boxing talent.
Enquiries: Austin Carruth 01-4730981

Killester Basketball Club
With over 500 youth and adult members, the club has an ambitious programme aimed at providing training for coaches, referees and table officials together with instruction in first aid and the development of plans for 6 -11 year olds. Their bursary will be used to fund the purchase of portable basketball stands and other items of playing equipment.
Enquiries: Ken Clarke 087-2049414

Tallaght Martial Arts
A club which enjoyed success - 3 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze at the European junior championships in Croatia this year - is anxious to cater for people with disabilities. The Bursary will help obtain adapted training and safety equipment, mats, head guards, focus pads, kick shields, etc., which will enable it to put this programme in place.
Enquiries: Caradh O'Donovan 087-2622660

Walkinstown Association Special Olympics Club
Formed in 2006, the members participate in soccer, table tennis, bocce, equestrian, bowling and swimming, with pitch and putt and badminton coming on stream. The Bursary will fund table tennis tables and soccer kit, replacing second hand donations which have served their purpose.
Enquiries: Lorraine McNicholas 01-4650388

Church of Ireland Hockey Club, Cork
This old established club has 280 under-15 girls learning to play hockey. The Bursary will be used to purchase goal keeping gear, which is essential for safety reasons and to improve the players' skills.
Enquiries: Nicky Stokes 086-6066215

Courceys Athletic Club  
Based at Garrettstown, Ballinspittle, Co Cork, the club has a tradition in long jumping, with former club member Tim Harrington the current All-Ireland junior long and triple jump champion. The Bursary will be used to build a long jump run-up and pit.
Enquiries: Fiona Coghlan 021-4778798

Ennis Swimming and Lifesaving Club
The club has 257 members in training and almost 120 children on a waiting list. The Bursary will supply extra pool hours so that these children will no longer be denied the opportunity to develop their swimming skills.
Enquiries: Caitriona McMahon 087-2045222

Maree Basketball Club, Oranmore
With the club expanding - 276 players last season - it is having trouble covering all teams with coaches. With the Bursary a qualified coach instructor will be hired to bring the club's aspiring coaches up to the mark.
Enquiries: Mary O'Hagan 087-8036060

Iomanaíochta Bearna-Na Forbacha
Although failing to win a game in their first three years, the club has gone from success to success since. The Bursary will help fund the installation of a roof and lighting at the club's ball alley so that hurling and camogie members can avail of the facility in all weather conditions throughout the year.
Enquiries: Tim Folan 087-9447997

Castleconnell Boat Club
Pioneering work in the area of inclusion has been done by the club through adaptive rowing programmes. In the past two years, over 80 people with disabilities have been helped in this way. The Bursary will help provide five adapted indoor rowing machines, doubling the number of adaptive rowers the club can accommodate.
Enquiries: Joe Cunningham 087-6662135

Green Giants Basketball Club
Based at Limerick Institute of Technology, this club, which was set up last year, is providing an avenue of integration for young asylum seekers into the local community. Currently there are over 500 asylum seekers mainly in the 14-35 age bracket, with no meaningful outlet for their time. This Bursary will help these naturally talented players fulfil their potential.
Enquiries: Eugene Crimmins 086-3822668

Celbridge Paddlers Canoe Club
With over 120 members ranging in age from 10 to over 60, the club has been in existence since 1982. As a consequence, the Bursary will help replace the plastic general purpose kayaks, some of which are not repairable to the club's safety standards.
Enquiries: Tim Hartnett 087-6897522

St Peter's Athletic Club
Based at Dromiskin, near Dundalk, the club has a fine record in technical events. To build on that the Bursary will help provide starting blocks, training hurdles, a high jump landing area, an indoor shot circle, javelin balls, measuring tapes, speed hurdles and medicine balls.
Enquiries: Thomas McGrane 087-2483092

Trim Arch Club
Founded 11 years ago and previously known as the Trim Special Sports Club, this voluntary group assists young people with special needs to develop their social skills, self esteem and confidence through sporting activities such as basketball, bowling, football, tennis and dance. Their bursary will be used to purchase sports equipment and to fund an activity weekend.
Enquiries: Carol Mongey 086-0866285

Garrymore GAA Club, Claremorris
The club is based in an area without church, pub or town, yet it continues to provide excellent talent to the county minor team, including two on the panel that reached this year's All-Ireland final. The Bursary will be used to provide coaching equipment and gear for the continuing development of the club's young players.
Enquiries: Enda McGearty 087-1374533

Curragh Nomads Gymnastics Club
From Geashill, Co. Offaly, the club's name reflects the fact that, while its activities are centred around the Curragh, the members travel from Offaly, Laois and Kildare to train together. Due to a lack of equipment, the club's gymnasts have only been able to participate in four out of a possible six disciplines at level four, and yet were awarded seven medals. The Bursary will help purchase rings and essential support apparatus to allow competitors to progress to a more advanced competition level.
Enquiries:  Pauline Price 087-2419194
 
Four Corners Boxing Club, Roscommon
The club's name refers to the multicultural and integrated nature of its ethos, with membership embracing the traveller and settled communities, and non-nationals from Chechnya, Brazil and Britain. The Bursary will be used to purchase training equipment as the present equipment is lacking both in quality and quantity for the members' requirements.
Enquiries: Brian Mongan 087-7517966

Clonmel Town FC
Formed in 1963, the club is one of the most successful junior and schoolboy clubs in Ireland, winning the FAI Junior Cup in 1994 and the Munster Junior Cup on three occasions - 1968, 1986 and 2006. Weekly, the club fields over 360 young players in various team competitions.  Their bursary will be used to underpin their development, promote the game amongst young players in the town, fund the purchase of new equipment and assist with travel costs.
Enquiries: Stephen Napier 087-2507226

Crossabeg/Ballymurn Ladies Gaelic Football, Wexford
Founded in 2003, the club is expanding every year and currently has the most registered members in Co Wexford, approaching 200. The Bursary will enable the club to acquire new sets of jerseys as the present sets are six years old. It will also help to hire a coach to help develop the players' skills.
Enquiries: Peadar O'Connor 087-6686596

Cliftonville Cricket Club
Having lost its ground at the height of the Troubles, the club has led a nomadic existence, but has now settled in a Belfast City Council ground at Mallusk. The Bursary will help provide a practice net on wheels and a bright, visible and functional scoreboard, both of which are essential to the development of the game.
Enquiries: Crawford McCully 00-44-28-90760593

St Brigid GAC
Based at Cloughmills, Ballymena, St. Brigid’s is a small, rural hurling club which opened its own pitch three years ago. At present they lack electricity in their changing rooms. The Bursary would be used to purchase a generator and thus maximise the use of their facilities, providing youth facilities during the winter months.
Enquiries: Majella Magill 00-44-78-66443877

Pan-Disability Lisburn Badminton Club
Founded in 2007 and believed to be the only pan-disability club of its kind in Ireland, the club exists to provide the means whereby people with physical, sensory and learning disabilities can develop their skills through badminton. Since they were founded, they have had players present at every four-nations disabled badminton event - a proud achievement which the club intends to continue by using their bursary to fund the travel costs involved.
Enquiries: Terry Conroy 00-44-77-89682446

Portadown Amateur Swimming Club
Two years ago, the club had six coaches, but now it has 23 coaches and 160 members. Naturally to support the new structure, the club needs to hire more pool time at the Cascades Leisure Complex from Craigavon Borough Council. The Bursary will assist in this and also in child protection training for coaches.
Enquiries: Elizabeth Branagh 00-44-77-64678764

City of Derry Rugby Club Juniors
While Limerick, a city of comparable size, has six senior clubs, Derry has just the one and they have been promoting the game under trying circumstances for the past 40 years. Recognising that youth is the future of the club, the Bursary will go towards upskilling coaches at all levels, maintaining a bus service for youth players and delivering structured development programmes in all schools for students and staff.
Enquiries: Bevan Lynch 00-44-75-4627732

Commercial Rowing Club, Islandbridge, Dublin 8
Bayside Gymnastics Club, Kilbarrack, Dublin 5
Jobstown Celtic Football Club, Tallaght, Dublin 24
Ballon-Rathoe Athletic Club & Community Games, Ballon, Co Carlow          
Ballingarry-Granagh Community Games, Ballingarry, Co. Limerick
Kilmacsimon Swimming & Rowing Club, Co. Cork
Kiltimagh Special Olympics Network, Kiltimagh, Co Mayo
St. Killian's Athletic Club, Kitestown, Crossabeg, Co. Wexford
Pearse Og Hurling Club, Carlingford, Co. Louth
Donegal Community Games, Correnagh, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal

Abbeylara Handball Sports & Social Club, Abbeylara, Co Longford
The club has recently completed work on an indoor handball, sports and social centre.  All age groups are included as well as facilities for girls. Bursary will help to defray costs for stepping platforms, comfort mats, racquets of all types, table tennis table etc.
Enquiries:  Anna O’Reilly (086-3509829)

Asgard Swimming Club, Ashford, Co Wicklow
Founded in 1999, the club has over 100 members ranging in age from 7 to 20 years.  Bursary will be spent on fins, boards, backstroke starter board, bench for stroke correction and a fifty metre training session in the National Aquatic Centre, Dublin.
Enquiries:  Sandra Nolan (0404-40758/087-2490044)

Craughwell Athletic Club, Craughwell, Co Galway
The club is one of the biggest in Connaught with over 200 juvenile members and is run on a voluntary basis by parents and local people.  Bursary will be used to upgrade all track and field facilities.
Enquiries: Michael Tobin (087-6591879)

Darndale Junior Football Club, Darndale, Dublin 17
The club was formed in 1988 and has grown at a phenomenal rate.  Over 200 children participate here. Situated in an area where drug and alcohol abuse is present, the club's mentors see football as a serious method of encouraging a healthy pursuit of sport amongst young people from an early age. Bursary will help pay for insurance, transport and training gear.
Enquiries: Gordon Moore (01-8479505/086-8207373)

Iona Women's Superleague Basketball Club, Cork City
The club is competing at a high level across the country and hopes to expand even more. Bursary will help with transport, gear and general administration fees.
Enquiries:  Mary White (086-8462688/086-3398780)

Manulla Football Club, Castlebar, Co Mayo
This is a major soccer club catering for players in the Castlebar area.  They have achieved a lot of success due to hard work and a dedicated support group.  Bursary will be used to purchase gym equipment e.g. treadmills, weights, steppers etc.
Enquiries:  John Durkan (094-9365325/087-2799213)

Mervue United AFC, Mervue, Co Galway
The club was founded in 1960 and caters for 26 teams, male and female.  Bursary will help cover costs for ground and building improvement.
Enquiries: Declan McDonnell (091-764783/086-2435022) 

Mount Sion GAA Club, Waterford
This very famous club was founded in 1932 to cater for young children in Waterford city.  It has grown to cater for all age groups up to senior level. Bursary will be used to help fund the construction of a hurling ball alley.
Enquiries:  Sean O’Dwyer (051-873847/087-2528009)

Navan O'Mahony's Ladies Football Club, Navan, Co Meath
This well-known Meath club is now promoting Ladies Football for all age groups. Bursary will be spent on jerseys, footballs, fitness frames, weights etc.
Enquiries: Philip Dowdall (046-9021966/086-3032557)

Neilstown Boxing Club, Neilstown, Dublin 22
The club provides an important outlet for young boys in an area where the temptation to engage in anti-social behaviour exists. To counter this, members of the committee have worked tirelessly over many years to improve the facilities for young boys, some of whom may have been turned away from membership of other clubs.  Bursary will be spent on the purchase of exercise bikes, rowing machines, weights etc.
Enquiries: Tammy Tallon (01-4570363/4573859/085-7111739)

Palmerstown Wildcats Special Olympics Basketball Club, Palmerstown, Dublin 20
This club caters for Special Olympic athletes from the Palmerstown, Lucan and Clondalkin areas.  The club is run on a voluntary basis and provides all year round training facilities for their athletes. Bursary will be spent on sports kits and equipment.
Enquiries:  Lorraine Bracken (087-9515793/086-6082684)

Piltown Camogie Club, Piltown, Co Kilkenny
The club has expanded rapidly since its foundation in 2000 and now caters for over 120 members.  A dedicated team of trainers has improved players' potential and they have reached All-Ireland success in the under-16 category. Bursary will cover costs for indoor equipment, a portable goal set, jerseys etc.
Enquiries: Kate Foley (051-643743/087-9451394) 

Sallypark Odhran's Football Club, Nenagh, Co Tipperary
The club was formed in 2003 and has over 80 members.  Fund raising is their only means of raising finances for the club. Bursary will pay for new floodlights, lighting fixtures, electric wiring, footballs etc.
Enquiries: Frankie Carter (087-2450011/067-26983) 

Shoot 'n' Stars Special Olympics, Mullingar, Co Westmeath
The club is run on a voluntary basis to support special needs people who cannot find assistance elsewhere. Bursary will provide for gym hire, pool time, polo shirts and travel.
Enquiries:  Bernadette Corroon (044-9342869/087-2662497/044-9342191)

St James' Gaels GAA Club, Crumlin, Dublin 12
A long established club situated in the Crumlin/Drimnagh area of Dublin city which has experienced a huge rise in Ladies Gaelic Football participation. Bursary will be used to encourage young girls to compete in the Dublin leagues and to fund the purchase of jerseys, tracksuits, footballs etc.
Enquiries: Cheryl Dunne (01-4559687/087-1257145)

St. Michael's Rowing Club, Limerick
The club has a membership of 140, including juvenile and senior members.  St Michael's has been hugely successful and boasts World Champion Sam Lynch (Texaco Sportstars winner) as well as other big names in rowing.  Finance is a constant challenge to the club. Bursary will be spent on ergometers, windtec sculls, sculling blades etc.
Enquiries: Una Hogan/David Hogan (061-328545/087-7689988)

St. Paul's Athletic Club, Kilrane, Co Wexford
St. Paul's caters for athletes of all ages in South East Wexford.  They have achieved success at county, national and international level. Bursary will pay for hurdles, a storage trolley and electronic assessment equipment.
Enquiries: Peter Connick (053-9131438/087-2937183) 

St Senan's RFC, Shannon, Co Clare
The club catchment area covers Cratloe, Bunratty, Sixmilebridge, Newmarket-on-Fergus and Shannon.  They are developing two new playing fields and dressing rooms. Bursary will be used exclusively to purchase a tractor for the club.
Enquiries: Michael Callanan (087-6370042/061-430476/061 - 362535) 

Tralee Rugby Club, Tralee, Co Kerry
The club caters for a large membership including under age groups.  Bursary will be used mainly for transporting young players to venues in Cork/Limerick.
Enquiries: Richard White (066-7121257/087-2379989)

West Muskerry Athletic Club, Macroom, Co Cork
This athletic club caters for people of all ages in the Macroom area.  The club is growing all the time and bursary is needed to upgrade all facilities at the clubhouse.
Enquiries: Collette O’Riordan (026-41278/026-41614/086-3517204)

Banbridge Special Olympics Club
The club depends on grants and donations to exist. Bursary will be spend on tracksuits, rain-jackets etc.
Enquiries: Cardyn Ross (028-38832922/028-40627522)

Enniskillen Rugby Football Club, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh
This club hosts one of the largest youth squads in Ulster.  Bursary will be used to screen all participants under the 'CRY' initiative (Cardiac Risk in the Young).
Enquiries: Alan Laird (028-66327416/028-66388714)

Ligoniel Amateur Boxing Club, Belfast
Based in an area of high unemployment, the club provides an outlet for young boys who might otherwise be at risk. Their bursary will be used to pay for much needed equipment, such as head-guards, punch-bags etc.
Enquiries: E O’Neil (028-90729610/028-90719634) 

Moyola Park Football Club, Magherafelt, Co Londonderry
This is a cross-community, multi-cultural venture located in a somewhat socially disadvantaged area. The club is engaging with over 100 children across all sections of the Magherafelt district.  Bursary will be used to provide valuable social support and a focus for its young members.
Enquiries: Gregory Stewart (028-79643759/0791-2629743)

Rasharkin Gaelic Athletic Association, Ballymena, Co Antrim
The club was formed in 1943 and has 420 members.  Costs are high and the Bursary will help to pay for coaching, equipment, travel and medical care.
Enquiries: Michael Hasson (028-29571413/0770-8375820)

Commercial Rowing Club, Islandbridge, Dublin 8
High profile, successful club, both nationally & internationally, with membership across all ages (200 members in total, 100 of these under 18). Probably the most successful boat club in Ireland, winning seven championships in 2007. Swelling membership means the need for extra rowing equipment.  Bursary to be used to purchase ergometers/rowing machines which would allow training when days are too short and conditions too inclement to do water work.

Bayside Gymnastics Club, Kilbarrack, Dublin 5
Community driven club catering for able & disabled membership. Only fully integrated gymnastic club, catering for able-bodied children and young adults as well as those with physical, learning, sensory or trauma related disabilities. Bursary to be used to train new coaches and purchase equipment & resource material.

Jobstown Celtic Football Club, Tallaght, Dublin 24
Club caters for children from the disadvantaged area of Tallaght. As little financial support is available from the parents of the children, the club is entirely dependent on sponsorship. Bursary to be used to start new teams, upgrade training facilities, train new coaches and cover transport costs to/from matches.

Ballon-Rathoe Athletic Club & Community Games, Ballon, Co Carlow          
Major community sports cum athletics club. Winner of Best Area of Participation in the Community Games for the past three years. Bursary to be used to purchase high jump mat and steel container, which would offer storage & toilet facilities and possibly even indoor training facilities.

Ballingarry-Granagh Community Games, Ballingarry, Co. Limerick
Small community-based voluntary organisation that caters for all age groups and all sports, especially children aged 6 to 17 years. Aim to provide children with opportunities to develop in a safe environment through experiencing a wide range of sporting and cultural activities. Bursary to be used to purchase equipment and cover transport costs.

Kilmacsimon Swimming & Rowing Club, Co. Cork
Small rural swimming/rowing club catering for 80 members under 18 years with interesting development plans. 2007 was best sporting year to date. To encourage and motivate members, better equipment and facilities are needed.  Bursary to be used to make entrance to recently purchased site, level the site and purchase and install two large storage containers.

Kiltimagh Special Olympics Network, Kiltimagh, Co Mayo
Club has built first purpose built bocce court in Ireland. Member recently won World title at Special Olympics. Three club members went to China to the World Games where Gary Diamond won a gold medal in bocce.  Bursary will be used to finance second court.

St. Killian's Athletic Club, Kitestown, Crossabeg, Co. Wexford           
Newly formed athletics club in a fast growing area with extensive plans for under age coaching. Has 118 registered members. Bursary to be used to purchase essential equipment.

Pearse Og Hurling Club, Carlingford, Co. Louth
Located in a non-hurling area, the club operates in a small county dominated by football clubs where it is difficult to maintain support for hurling. Bursary to be used to finance new equipment and transport costs.

Donegal Community Games, Correnagh, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
Club offers 50 different types of sports. It encourages and helps children to become active in sport and culture. Organises about 50 different types of sports at area and county level in which over 2,000 children were involved in 2007. Bursary to be used to finance county tracksuits, fund coaching courses and subsidise transport costs. Full county will benefit from bursary.

Ballymena & Antrim Athletic Club, Ballymena, Co. Antrim
High profile athletics club with 200 members that acts as an extended family and a vital part of a divided community. Bursary will provide financial help to potential young stars for a specific need in their development.

Andersonstown Basketball Club, Belfast
New club founded in June 2006 with interesting ambitions who need equipment badly. Had hoped to enter 2/3 teams in Ulster League basketball and ended up with 11 teams entered. Three members recently made selection to the Ulster Squad.  Provides outlet which is fun, safe and where kids can meet new friends.  Bursary to be used for equipment and to broaden coaching base.

Pearse Og Gaelic Football Club, Armagh
Club based in West Armagh with reputation for developing people, not just athletes. Majority of membership from one of the most disadvantaged areas in Northern Ireland. Bursary to be used to finance additional equipment.