2004 TEXACO SPORTSTARS ANNOUNCED IRELAND’S RYDER CUP GOLFERS IN STAR STUDDED LINE-UP OF TEXACO AWARD WINNERS
The three Irish members of this year’s victorious Ryder Cup team - Darren Clarke, Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley - are included in this year’s Texaco Sportstars Awards’ recipients. Chosen from a shortlist of twenty-two sports, the full line-up Texaco Award winners for 2004 comprises:
Two additional awards will be presented to the Texaco Hall of Fame and Special Achievement Award winners both of whose names will be announced shortly.
Of the twelve stars chosen to receive awards, all but three are winners for the very first time. Previous winners are golfer Darren Clarke, who won his first Texaco Award last year; Pádraig Harrington who has now won his fifth Texaco Award having previously been honoured in 1996, 1999, 2001 and 2002; and bowler Margaret Johnston, a winner in 1988 and 1992. Commenting, Texaco Country Chairman Paul Martin said ‘this year’s winners are a reflection of the prominent positions which Irish sports men and women hold, both in domestic and international arenas, and of the high levels of success which they achieve in all forms of competition’.
Chosen by Sports Editors representing national print and broadcast media across Ireland, the 47th Texaco Sportstars Awards will be presented by An Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern TD at an awards ceremony which takes place in Dublin later this month.
