March 2015

Grace Bradley wins ‘design the Robe Rockets logo’ competition

  Grace Bradley, Cahir, Ballinrobe, has won the competition to design the new Robe Rockets logo. See her winning entry below, plus pictures of Grace, her father Michael (one of our coaches), Robe Rockets chairperson Declan O’Loughlin and club chairperson Alan Flannery. The announcement was made at this morning’s weekly Robe Rockets football practice in Lakeside Sports & Fitness Centre. Grace’s prize is a €50 Vaughan’s Shoes voucher, sponsored by Ballinrobe GAA club. She will also liaise with a graphic designer who will work on converting her design for use as the logo of Robe Rockets ad infinitum. The full launch of the logo will take place once Grace and the designer have completed their work. You can read all about Robe Rockets HERE Some audiobooms on Grace’s win are HERE too – including an interview with Grace herself. All other entries are available HERE – well done to everyone who entered. The judge, a local artist, was very impressed with the quality of the work.

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Good luck to handballers in All-Ireland final

Three members of Ballinrobe Handball Club – John O’Malley, Frank Macken and Jimmy Sheridan – are representing Mayo in the All-Ireland handball finals. They will compete in the Emerald Masters Doubles and Golden Masters Doubles sections. Jimmy’s partner is Peter Burke, Newport Handball Club. The finals will take place in Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath, on Sunday next, March 21st, from 2pm, and the club wishes them every success. The club have already won five Connacht titles this year.

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Are you getting the texts and phonecalls?

Parents/guardians, are you receiving our text messages and emails? If you have heard about messages going to others that are not coming to you, please let us know and we will sort it out. At the start of the year, there are a lot of moving parts so inevitably some people get slotted into the wrong lists, or not at all. For Robe Rockets:  liamhoran09@gmail.com For Bord na nOg: keith.mctigue@gmail.com

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Easter Sports Camp

Lakeside Easter Sports camp will take place on March 31st at 9.30am in Lakeside Sports & Fitness Centre . It will include Football, Hurling, Basketball, Rugby, Tennis and Squash. Plenty of fun and games to be had. This event is sponsored by Ballinrobe Credit Union.

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