2015

Coaching workshop changed to 6.30pm this evening

  Update: This has now been changed to 6.30pm. From Mayo GAA:Mayo coaching and games are holding divisional practical workshops for the upcoming divisional club u-12 skill testing, you and your u-12 coaching team are invited to attend the south mayo workshop next Friday September 18th at 7pm sharp in Ballinrobe gaa pitch, wear gear for outdoor session, regards billy mc nicholas, Mayo games manager.

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U21s play Tourmakeady on Sunday

Our U21 team travel to Tourmakeady on Sunday to play the local side in the third round of the Mayo U21 C championship. Throw-in is at 11am. The team have won one game (versus Garrymore) and lost one (Ballyhaunis), and another win would put them in a strong position for a place in the knock-out stages of the competition.

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Captain Evan O’Brien dedicates victory to Martin Flannery, photos & audios live, Ballinrobe 2-13, @Holly_CarraGaa 3-5

    Audio report HERE – includes reference to team captain Evan O’Brien dedicating the victory to the late Martin Flannery. Full-time, Ballinrobe 2-13, @Holly_CarraGaa 3-5 64, Liam Burke, point, Ballinrobe 2-13, @Holly_CarraGaa 3-5 57, Evan O’Brien, free, Ballinrobe 2-12, @Holly_CarraGaa 3-5 53, Hollymount-Carramore goal, rebound after David Lynagh save, Ballinrobe 2-11, @Holly_CarraGaa 3-5 52, Liam Burke point, Ballinrobe 2-11, @Holly_CarraGaa 2-5 50, another long-range Evan O’Brien free, Ballinrobe 2-10, @Holly_CarraGaa 2-5 50, Hollymount-Carramore man sent off, two yellows, Ballinrobe 2-9, @Holly_CarraGaa 2-5 49, Evan O’Brien, beautifully struck 45, Ballinrobe 2-9, @Holly_CarraGaa 2-5 42, Tiernan Harris, point, Ballinrobe 2-8, @Holly_CarraGaa 2-5 36, Evan O’Brien, free, Ballinrobe 2-8, @Holly_CarraGaa 2-4 31, Kieran Finnerty, superb point from right wing, Ballinrobe 2-7, @Holly_CarraGaa 2-4 Half-time audio report HERE 30, Hollymount-Carramore point, Ballinrobe 2-6, @Holly_CarraGaa 2-4 26, Nathan Moran, goal, Ballinrobe 2-6, @Holly_CarraGaa 2-3 25, Nathan Moran, point, Ballinrobe 2-6, Hollymount-Carramore 1-3 16, Evan O’Brien, free, Ballinrobe 2-6, @Holly_CarraGaa 1-2 13, Oisin Hanlon, goal, Evan O’Brien free came off the upright and Oisin collected before finishing to the net, well taken like the earlier Liam Burke one, Ballinrobe 2-5, @Holly_CarraGaa 1-2 11, Evan O’Brien, free, Ballinrobe 1-5, @Holly_CarraGaa 1-2 10 mins, Liam Burke goal – well finished – Evan O’Brien free went across goal where Liam collected it, Ballinrobe 1-4, Hollymount-Carramore 1-2 8 mins, Liam Burke point, Ballinrobe 0-4, @Holly_CarraGaa 1-2 Prior to this, we had two points from Evan O’Brien (frees) and one from Oisin Hanlon (play). BALLINROBE: David Lynagh; Christopher Vahey, Oran O’Malley; Evan Reaney, Padraig Og Horan, Evan Gannon; Evan O’Brien, Ross Philbin; Kieran Finnerty, Liam Burke, Eoin Langan; Oisin Hanlon, Rory Jennings. Subs: Eoin Sheridan, Michael Flanagan. Team management: Fergal O’Malley, Liam Burke, David Colleran, Norman O’Brien. HOLLYMOUNT-CARRAMORE: Gary Moran; Jason Kelly, Alan McCormack; Shane Kelly, David Hession, Conor McHugh; Nathan Moran, Dylan Jennings; Alan Kelly, Thomas Morris, Jamie Walsh; Tiernan Harris, Phelim Browne. Ref: Mark Tuffy, Shrule-Glencorrib.  

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SOUTH MAYO U16 FINAL THIS EVENING. BALLINROBE v HOLLYMOUNT/CARRAMORE

Ballinrobe v Hollymount/Carramore Please note that the Ballinrobe U16 team take on Hollymount/Carramore this evening at 6.30pm in Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe. As this is a home game, the Club are hoping for big support for this young squad. They have had an excellent year, losing out in the County Final to Ballaghadreen and this evening is their last game of the year, and hopefully a successful one. Please spread the word around the town, and encourage everyone to attend to Cheer of the team and their coaches who have worked so hard all year with them Donal McCormack, Runai.

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Funeral arrangements announced for the late Martin Flannery

UPDATE, Saturday, Sept 12, 4.50pm: This week’s Lotto draw, scheduled to take place on Monday night, has been postponed as a mark of respect to Martin Flannery. It will now take place on Monday week, September 21, in John O’Haire’s pub. Every Saturday night, a team representing the club sells Lotto tickets in pubs around Ballinrobe – that has been postponed tonight. UPDATE, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2.10pm: Funeral arrangements for the late Martin Flannery have been announced. Full details HERE. The club will form a guard of honour tomorrow evening, Sunday, when Martin’s remains are removed from the funeral home to the family home shortly after 7o’c. Our guard of honour will start at the funeral home and accompany Martin around the town, down Bridge Street and down Creagh Road to a point just beyond where he grew up on Creagh Road. We will also form a guard of honour on Monday after 12noon Mass from St Mary’s Church, Ballinrobe, to the New Cemetery. All club members and supporters are invited to take part and, if possible, to wear club gear.   FRIDAY, Sept 11, 11pm: Ballinrobe GAA club regrets to announce the sudden death today of a former chairman of the club Martin Flannery (66). Martin was father of the club’s current chairman Alan, while his two younger sons, Adrian and David, and daughter-in-law Eimear Grimes, are all members of the club’s executive committee. His death has cast a pall of gloom over Ballinrobe where he was an intensely popular and respected individual. A native of Creagh Road, Ballinrobe, Martin was a lifelong member of the club, and served in a number of capacities, including as chairman and manager of the senior, junior and various under-age football teams. His wide-ranging contribution also saw him take a particular interest in the development of our facilities at Flanagan Park, and he was rightly proud of the many enhancements at the venue, including the construction of the Peter Brown Memorial Stand and match-standard floodlighting. In recent years, he was honoured with a Hall of Fame award, and was a former winner of the Club Person of the Year accolade. A source of immense personal pride was a Mayo minor hurling championship he won with Ballinrobe in the mid-1960s. As a young man, he worked for a number of years in the UK, before returning home to spend most of his working life as an employee of MJ Conroy & Sons Ltd construction company, before retiring last November. His work regularly took him into a number of the large pharmaceutical and medical device plants in this region where he enjoyed friendly discussion and banter about many topics, most notably Gaelic football, with acquaintances from all over the west. The love of Gaelic games Martin instilled in his family has yielded rich dividends for our club, with Alan, Adrian and David all wearing the colours for many years. The Flannery name was involved in successes at all levels, including the Mayo intermediate championship victories of 2000 and 2002, in which Adrian played a leading role. Alan was full-back on the Ballinrobe Community School team that won the 1990 All-Ireland senior B colleges title, with Adrian a young substitute on the squad. Alan and Adrian played at representative level for Athlone RTC (now IT Athlone) and Galway RTC (now GMIT) respectively. The next generation of young Flannerys has started to don the maroon and yellow of the club with Alan’s sons Adam, Sean and Mark all heavily involved in our under-age structure. Indeed, Martin attended the launch last winter of our 2015 – 2020 coaching plan where the emphasis is firmly on under-age development, an approach that he readily endorsed. His brothers Pat, Enda and Johnny are all strong supporters of Ballinrobe GAA club, with Johnny playing on the club intermediate and senior teams in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Martin was a reliable man to lend a hand to any club endeavour, be it a construction project at Flanagan Park, a church gate collection or taking up ‘the gate’ at home matches. Indeed, he was always available to assist with church gate collections for other local organisations, apart from our club. A number of club events have been postponed this weekend as a mark of respect, including under-age and adult training sessions and the Mayo SFL Division 1B game against Tuar Mhic Eadaigh. Some of Martin’s greatest work was done in Cloonliffen National School where he regularly coached the school team. He coached many fine footballers from the school, some of whom went on to represent Mayo at inter-county level, including senior, while others starred in many great Ballinrobe successes. In Kilkeeran and Rahard, he was known as a particularly generous and warm neighbour who helped out in any way he could. Martin’s wife Eileen, formerly Walsh, is a native of Kilvendoney, Robeen, and the club extends its deepest sympathy to Eileen; sons Alan, Adrian and David; daughters-in-law Hilary, Eimear and Adrian’s partner Sinead O’Kelly; grandchildren Adam, Sean, Mark and Daniel; brothers Pat, Enda and Johnny; nephews, nieces, extended family and a wide circle of friends. The club will give Martin a fitting send-off to recognise a man who made a very significant contribution to the sporting and community life of Ballinrobe. Funeral arrangements will be added here. May he rest in peace. Declan Corcoran, Vice-Chairman, Ballinrobe GAA Club  

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The late Seamus Langan

The club extends sympathy to the Langan family, Main Street, on the death of Seamus, who passed away last night. As a mark of respect, tomorrow night’s (Friday) senior and U21 training session is postponed. Seamus was a former club player, and members of his family also played for the club. His sons Richard and Barry are actively involved in coaching at various levels within the club. Funeral details are HERE May he rest in peace.

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Full-time, audio report now live, Ballinrobe 4-16, @GarrymoreGAA 1-7, Mayo U21 C Championship

Full-time audio report: https://soundcloud.com/ballinrobegaaclub/full-time-report-v-garrymore-mayo-u21-c-championship Full-time, allinrobe 4-16, @GarrymoreGAA 1-7 60, James Frizzel, point, Ballinrobe 4-16, @GarrymoreGAA 1-7 58 Damien Joyce, goal, Ballinrobe 4-16, @GarrymoreGAA 1-6 51, Peter Finnerty, point, play, Ballinrobe 3-16, @GarrymoreGAA 1-6 47, James Quinn, point, play, Ballinrobe 3-15, @GarrymoreGAA 1-6 46, Colm O’Neill, point, play, Ballinrobe 3-14, @GarrymoreGAA 1-6 41, Darren Quinn, point, play, Ballinrobe 3-14, @GarrymoreGAA 1-5 37, Colm O’Neill, goal, Ballinrobe 3-14, @GarrymoreGAA 1-4 35, Kevin Quinn, play, Ballinrobe 3-14, @GarrymoreGAA 0-4 33, Kevin Quinn, free, Ballinrobe 3-13, @GarrymoreGAA 0-4 Half-time report: https://soundcloud.com/ballinrobegaaclub/half-time-u21-v-garrymoregaa  Half-time: Ballinrobe 3-12, Garrymore 0-4 32, James Murphy, point, Ballinrobe 3-12, @GarrymoreGAA 0-4 31, James Quinn, point, Ballinrobe 3-11, @GarrymoreGAA 0-4 30, Peter Finnerty, point, Ballinrobe 3-10, @GarrymoreGAA 0-4 25, James Murphy, point, Ballinrobe 3-9, @GarrymoreGAA 0-4 24, Peter Finnerty goal, Ballinrobe 3-8, @GarrymoreGAA 0-4 21, Peter Finnerty, point, Ballinrobe 2-8, @GarrymoreGAA 0-4 18, Darren Quinn, point, free, Ballinrobe 2-7, @GarrymoreGAA 0-4 16 Colm O’Neill, point, Ballinrobe 2-7, @GarrymoreGAA 0-3 14 James Murphy, goal, Ballinrobe 2-7, @GarrymoreGAA 0-2 12 David Mellett point, play, Ballinrobe 1-7, @GarrymoreGAA 0-2 10 Darren McDonnell, free, Ballinrobe 1-7, @GarrymoreGAA 0-1 8 Kevin Quinn goal, Ballinrobe 1-6, Garrymore 0-1 8 Stephen Walsh, play, Ballinrobe 0-6, Garrymore 0-1 7 Darren McDonnell, play, Ballinrobe 0-5, Garrymore 0-1 6 James Murphy, play, Ballinrobe 0-4, Garrymore 0-1 5 Kevin Quinn, play, Ballinrobe, 0-3, Garrymore 0-1 4 Darren McDonnell, free, Ballinrobe 0-2, Garrymore 0-1 3 Darren McDonnell, free, Ballinrobe 0-1, Garrymore 0-1 1 Ronan Quinn, point for Garrymore, Ballinrobe 0-0, Garrymore 0-1   BALLINROBE: Connor Burke; Peter Butler, Joseph Burke; Sean Og Collins, Patrick Daly, Ronan O’Reilly; James Murphy, Darren McDonnell; Damien Joyce, James Quinn (captain), Stephen Walsh; Kevin Quinn, Peter Finnerty. Suns: Jonathan Lawrence for Kevin Quinn; Gerard Lynagh for Stephen Walsh. GARRYMORE: Martin McHale; Eamon Monaghan, Niall Monaghan; Keelan McTigue, Alan Cummins, MJ McTigue; Darren Quinn, Colm O’Neill; Ian Commons, Ronan Quinn, James Frizzel; Gary Golden, David Mellett. Ref: Kevin Connelly, Hollymount-Carramore.  

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