2014

The game all @mayogaa is talking about – our Stephen’s Day showdown

  Yes, it’s confirmed, the St Stephen’s Day will go ahead at 1pm on, well, St Stephen’s Day. As always, there are countless imponderables. Will it be Married versus Single? Over 25 versus Under 25? Country Lads versus Townies? The Crowd From The Side Above versus The Crowd From Down Below The Town? With so much to be revealed, who can afford to miss this showdown? They will all be there in all their glory: Hards from Rahard, Unknockable Hards from Knocklahard, Men a Steel from Carrowkeel, and countless others besides. All shall be clarified in its own good time – hopefully before 1pm on St Stephen’s Day.

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Peter and Keith are new Bord na nOg officers

The Bord na nOg agm on Saturday evening last was well attended by club members and Bord na nÓg coaches. All attendees were presented with a Bord na nÓg Annual Report, which provided information on the various under-age grades. Each coaching team set out their findings in the report for 2014, including issues such as attendance levels, games played, success levels and suggestions for improvement. Both John Sweeney, Chairman, and Tom Carney, Secretary, gave an individual report re: Bord na nóg, while both went through the Annual Report. John Sweeney gave a brief outline of the key actions and various components of the new Coaching Strategy. A number of issues were discussed with the people in attendance. Some bullet points of relevance: – Declan O`Loughlin was congratulated on his new appointment with the newly established Robe Rockets, – Declan O`Loughlin highlighted the success of the newly established under-age girls team, – A discussion took place regarding where in some cases children in other clubs were being told to stay at home for matches (as they would not make the first 15 and would not get a game). This was fundamentally criticised as it went against the core of Bord na nÓg, and Ballinrobe club advocates a fully inclusive approach, – Peter Staunton was appointed as Chairman of Bord na nÓg, Keith McTigue as Secretary, and Tom Carney as Assistant Secetary, – Michael Coyne praised all volunteers within the club and congratulated the club on the new coaching strategy.  

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Ballinrobe GAA Club Officers 2015

Patron: Canon Conal Eustace P.P. President: Tony Walkin (087) 9308 444 Chairman: Alan Flannery (087) 9636 486 Vice-Chairman: Declan Corcoran (087) 644 1362 Secretary: Donal McCormack (087) 661 1137 Assistant Secretary: Keith McTigue Treasurer: John Culhane (087) 694 9455 Assistant Treasurer: Liam Horan (087 9185 867)   PRO: Billy Horan (094) 95 41170, (086) 0577 286 Mayo GAA Board delegate: Adrian Flannery (087) 1738 137 Players’ Rep: David Killeen (087) 2307222 South Mayo GAA Board delegates: Johnny Buckley (087) 672 0308 and Billy Horan  (094) 95 41170, (086) 0577 286   Oifigeach na Gaeilge / Culture Officer: Billy Horan  (094) 95 41170, (086) 0577 286 Coaching Committee Chairman: Martin O’Connor (087 922 1412) A.S.A.P. Officer: Padraic Costello Snr (087 686 8099) Pitch Committee Chairperson: Sean Murphy (087) 270 6850 Lotto Officer: Michael Coyne (087) 632 4682 Children’s Officer: Filled at next meeting Club Designated Person: Alan Flannery Health & Safety Officer: David Flannery (087) 927 1020 Robe Rockets Co-ordinator: Declan O’Loughlin (087 206 3863) Equipment Officer: Gerry Murphy Ladies Football Officer: Emma Jennings   Bord na nOg Officers:  Chairperson: Peter Staunton Secretary: Keith McTigue, 086 106 7584   Flanagan Park enquiries: Donal McCormack (087) 661 1137, Sean Murphy (087) 270 6850

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Bord na nOg agm this Saturday

Bord na nOg AGM Saturday 13th December at 6pm in the Tacu Centre Ballinrobe. Agenda 1. Minutes from last year 2. Chairman’s Address 3. Secretary’s Report 4. Team Reports 5. Coaching Committe Report 6. Election of Officers 7. AOB Please can you let your teams know All parents welcome. Regards, Tom Carney, Secretary

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Pictures from Bord na nOg end-of-season party

The Lakeside Sports & Fitness Centre was the venue for our Bord na nOg end-of-season party on Saturday last. Pictures from a memorable afternoon are available HERE Guest of honour was our clubman Kenneth O’Malley, who plays with the Mayo senior football team. Kenneth proved a big hit with all our young players. Well done to all who organised the event and it won’t be long now before the wheels will start turning again for 2015. To parents and players: the pictures are high-resolution, so you can download and print if you wish.

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Listen here to Fergal Costello’s speech from our coaching plan launch

I think it is fair to say that anyone who attended our club Coaching Plan launch last night found Fergal Costello’s speech to be quite powerful. Not alone did Fergal summarise what he feels are pre-requisites for a club to be successful, but he also laid down some further challenges for our club. The fact that he had dissected our plan in great detail over the past week lent extra weight and credibility to his words. Anyone who knows Fergal knows he is an analytical and shrewd individual – and a man who led his club and county splendidly – and he certainly honoured the work of our coaching committee by assessing their work seriously. His full speech is HERE Actually, strictly speaking it’s not the full speech, the first 30 seconds or so are missing. Sound quality isn’t hectic either in places, so apologies for that.  You don’t need a Dropbox account to open it – just hit download on the top right hand side and it will download to your hard disk, and you can play it from there. The full plan is available HERE More on the launch and the plan HERE Pictures from the launch anon.      

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