April 2016

Connacht win for Ballinrobe Community School

By Billy Horan, Club PRO Ballinrobe Community School withstood a spirited challenge from St Aloysius College, Athlone, to win the Connacht Colleges Junior B football championship final on a score line of 2-10 to 1-11 in at Mountbellew last week. An Oisin Hanlon goal helped to fashion a Ballinrobe interval lead of 1-6 to 0-5. Competitive exchanges marked the second-half and a Cathal Slattery goal was a crucial factor in gaining the title for Ballinrobe. Evan O’Brien, the captain, Cathal Slattery, who scored 1-2, Adam Barrett, Oran O’Malley, Tommy Conroy and Christopher Vahey were well to the fore for Ballinrobe. Team: James Kyne (Clonbur); Oisin Mullin (Kilmaine), Oran O’Malley (Ballinrobe), Christopher Vahey (Ballinrobe); Conor O’Malley (The Neale), Ryan O’Halloran (The Neale), Darren Munroe (Kilmaine); Evan O’Brien (Ballinrobe), Ross Philbin (Ballinrobe); Tommy Conroy (The Neale), Oisin Hanlon (Ballinrobe), Adam Barrett (Kilmaine); Cathal Slattery (Garrymore), Paddy Feerick (Clonbur), Rory Jennings (Ballinrobe). Sub: Eoin Sheridan (Ballinrobe).

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Defeat for seniors

By Billy Horan, Club PRO Wasteful use of scoring opportunities did not deter Shrule-Glencorrib from defeating Ballinrobe by 0-13 to 0-9 in the opening round of Group 1 of the O’Mara Cup at Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe, on Sunday. The sides were level 0-6 apiece at the interval and while Ballinrobe did forge ahead by two points after the restart, sustained Shrule-Glencorrib pressure in the final quarter yielded a productive outcome. Shane Mellett, Colin Hoverty, Eoin Ronaldson, Shane Hennelly, Adrian Moran, Darren McTigue and Conor O’Dowd impressed for Shrule-Glencorrib. Best for Ballinrobe were David Killeen, David Murphy, Conor Keane, Darren McDonnell and Kevin Quinn. Scorers: Shrule-Glencorrib – E Ronaldson 0-5, G Hennelly 0-4, C Hoverty 0-2, S Mellett and S Mullin 0-1 each. Ballinrobe – D McDonnell 0-6, K Quinn 0-2, D Killeen 0-1.

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Minors win

By Billy Horan, Club PRO Unbeaten Ballinrobe defeated Bohola Moy Davitts by 5-15 to 1-5 in the fourth round of the Division 3 of the Mayo minor football league at Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe, last week. The rampant victors led by 3-11 to 0-1 at the interval. Scorers for Ballinrobe: Tom Quinn 2-4, Evan O’Brien 1-3, Dean Shaughnessy 1-1, Rory Jennings 1-0, Ryan Hobson and Oisin Hanlon 0-2 each, Peter Butler, John Enda Flannelly and Kieran Finnerty 0-1 each. Scorers for Bohola Moy Davitts: Lochlan Maloney 1-2, Davog Doherty 0-2, Cillian O’Brien 0-1.

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U12: Grading League Group 3 Matches 3 and 4

By Ann Cannon, PRO, Ladies Football Our U12 ladies had a very busy week last week playing on in Ballinrobe on Wednesday and again on Friday in Kiltimagh. We had great numbers at both games.  Even though results are not going our way all our players continue to learn and improve with each game they play. Training is at the normal time this evening – Wednesday 20th April at 6-7 Match Friday in Ballinrobe Vs Hollymount at 6pm in Flanagan Park, meet at 5:40pm.  Please be on time. It is the policy of Ballinrobe GAA Club to have all children dropped off and picked up at the dressing rooms for both outdoor training and matches.  This is to ensure the safety of all our players. Children are not permitted to walk to car park on their own. As always, gumshields are mandatory.  Also, players cannot wear jewellery or hair slides. Please note that all training and match details are on the calendar at the bottom of the homepage on http://www.ballinrobegaaclub.com/

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Gaelic4Girls Hits Ballinrobe by Storm

    Gaelic4Girls Hits Ballinrobe by Storm!   Gaelic4Girls has hit Ballinrobe by storm, with 40 girls from Ballinrobe and the surrounding areas descending onto Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe to be treated to 60mins of great fun and coaching in Ladies Gaelic Football last Friday evening. This programme continues for another 7 weeks every Friday from 18:30 in Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe. It is fantastic to see so many enthusiastic girls, who have little Gaelic Football experience enjoying themselves.   It is open to girls aged 8-12yrs ( inclusive by 25th July 2016) who are not part of a Ladies Gaelic Football Club and who are interested in learning the skills of the game. All girls from Ballinrobe and the surrounding areas are encouraged to attend and learn the skills of Ladies Gaelic Football from enthusiastic coaches. You are all welcome to attend even if you missed week one. The girls will be taught the basic skills of Gaelic football on a fun basis and will get to demonstrate their new skills at a fun mini-blitz. All girls will be presented with a Gaelic4Girls t-shirt and certificate. A major bonus from the programme is that all participants will get the chance to participate in a Mini Blitz with another Gaelic4Girls site after the county blitz. The cost for the entire programme is only €8. Anybody who would like more details on this programme is asked to contact Aidrienne Gleeson on (086) 126 0136. Reminder to all girls attending, wear enough layers, under armour if you have them, it’s easy to peel of the layers, but if weather continues like last Friday would be good idea even to have a hat on your head to keep the bitter cold out.  Everybody to bring a bottle of water and wear the mandatory gum shields. Reminder to all parents and Guardians please sign in your daughters on the registration sheet each evening on arrival and girls have to be collected from the pitch and will not be allowed leave on their own not even to walk down the length of the car park, you need to come back to the registration point to collect the girls each evening for security purposes. Photos to follow.  

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Good wishes to Garrett family and Breaffy GAA at this dreadful time

Note below is from Breaffy GAA club – all of us in Ballinrobe send good wishes to the Garrett family and the Breaffy club at this dreadful time: Breaffy GAA are hosting a community mass and get together this Sunday evening at 7pm in the clubhouse in aid of the Garrett family. Ben is a former member of Breaffy GAA. All support and donations to support the search effort would be greatly appreciated. We would also appreciate if you could circulate this to all the co secretaries and if possible post on the Mayo facebook page/ share the Breaffy GAA status. Kind regards, Nuala Bourke

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Robe Rockets Church gate collection

By Annette Conway, PRO Robe Rockets Robe Rockets wish to sincerely thank all those who gave so generously to our recent Church gate collection at Easter. Over €952 was raised and this will help towards the cost of equipment and running costs for our underage teams this year. A special word of thanks to all those who helped out with the collection over the weekend, it is appreciated.

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