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Robe Rockets logo one step closer to take-off

  Yesterday was an important one in the history of Robe Rockets, the new wing of our club that caters exclusively for under ten footballers. As you know from this story HERE, Grace Bradley won the recent competition to design a logo for the Rockets. And part of her prize was to collaborate with a graphic designer to produce the final version of the logo. That collaboration between Grace and Luke from MW Design (more HERE) took place yesterday. With Grace’s guidance, and Luke’s excellent design skills, we are very happy with the logo produced – it’s lively, colourful, vibrant and young. And, most of all, it’s still a secret, and will remain so until the launch in the next few weeks, of which more anon. Here are Grace’s thoughts as the logo was being prepared, and further below are some photos. Also included are Luke, the designer; Grace’s father Michael; and Melissa and Denise from MW Design. [audio:http://ballinrobegaaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Grace1.mp3] A special word of thanks to MW Design, who could not have been more hospitable and professional yesterday. Stand by for news of the launch soon: Grace has been given carte blanche (well, within reason) to come up with ideas for the event.     

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Full-time audio report now available here: Ballinrobe 1-14, @ArdnareeSarsGAA 1-5 @radiomidwest

Final score: Ballinrobe 1-14,  Ardnaree Sarsfields 1-5 Full time audio report here: [audio:http://ballinrobegaaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/full-time-ardnaree.mp3] 3.26pm: David Killeen brings matters to a close with an outside-of-the-boot job. Don’t tell Second Captains or we won’t see Davy for weeks. Final score Ballinrobe 1-14, Ardnaree Sarsfields 1-5. 3.25pm: Eoin McCormack free. Ballinrobe 1-13, Ardnaree 1-5 3.20pm: Random thoughts as this game rambles to a close – Johnny O’Malley very happy here with how Everton are handling United today. Is it still 3-0? Everton are Mike Finno’s club too, aren’t they? He had his bedroom plastered with Amokachi pictures until he was nearly 30. Are Ros still beating Down? Micheal Keane, wherever you are on honeymoon, are you tuned? You can hear all about the great MK HERE 3.19pm: Stephen Burke gone of injured. James O’Malley, another man who has suffered a lot of injuries, comes on. Hopefully Stephen is not too bad. 3.12pm: Penalty for Ardnaree. Eoin McCormack takes it, Kenny saves – retake ordered, McCormack put its low to Kenny’s right for a goal. Ballinrobe 1-13, Ardnaree 1-4. 3.10pm: Donal Vaughan point, 1-3 to 0-4. Ballinrobe 1-13, 0-4. 3.08pm: Peter Walsh comes on for Felim Reilly. 3.06pm: Sean Burke powers through the middle for a point. Ballinrobe 1-12, Ardnaree 0-4. 3.07pm: UFO (i.e. sub whose name I haven’t got) point for Ardnaree. Ballinrobe 1-11, Ardnaree 0-4. 3.05pm: Cillian Walsh comes on for Walter Loftus. Ballinrobe 1-11, Ardnaree 0-3. 3.03pm: Sean Burke fisted point, pass from Felim Reilly, Ballinrobe 1-11, Ardnaree 0-3. 2.56pm: Darren McDonnell point. Ballinrobe 1-10, Ardnaree 0-3. 2.54pm: Second-half underway. Almost straightaway, Donal Vaughan point. Ballinrobe 1-9, Ardnaree 0-3. Half-time audio report: [audio:http://ballinrobegaaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Half-time-v-Ardnaree.mp3][/audio] 2.37pm: Half-time. We’ve changed url for this page too – the other one was a bit War & Peace. Ballinrobe 1-8, Ardnaree 0-3. 2.37: Black card for Chris Walshe, Ardnaree. Replaced by Cathal Noone. Ballinrobe 1-8, Ardnaree 0-3. 2.35pm: Donal Vaughan point. He’s having a huge impact on this game. Ballinrobe 1-8, Ardnaree 0-3. 2.23pm: It’s a goal for us. Bizarre in the end, but they all count. Stephen Burke popped a nice ball into Donal Vaughan, one-one-one with their full-back. Donal turned him and bore down on goal. Goalie comes out to meet Donal, he pops it right to one of our lads (Sean Burke, I think) to finish it to the net. However, a vigilant Ardnaree defender, sprinting back to mind the house, intervened but only to put the ball into his own net. Frustration for the defender after his hard work. A goal we probably deserved though. Donal will get the goal bonus in the pay packet this week. Ballinrobe 1-7, Ardnaree 0-3. 2.28pm: Kenny remains unerring. Another point from a free. Ballinrobe 0-7, Ardnaree 0-3. 2.25pm: Darren McDonnell tears up the field again to get on the end of a good movement, booms it over the bar. Reminiscent of the few ‘nice ones’ he got against Garrymore in the championship last year. Ballinrobe 0-6, Ardnaree 0-3. 2.22pm: Excellent Darren McDonnell point puts us two ahead again, good work by Donal Vaughan in the build-up. Ballinrobe 0-5, Ardnaree 0-3. 2.20pm: Ronan Doherty points from play, Ballinrobe 0-4, Ardnaree 0-3. 2.19pm: Eoin McCormack points free, Ballinrobe 0-4, Ardnaree 0-2. 2.16pm: Donal Vaughan gets our first point from play. Donal is wearing No. 14 but rotating between full-forward and midfield to telling effect. Ballinrobe 0-4, Ardnaree 0-1. 2.15pm: Chris Walshe judges the breeze beautifully to open Ardnaree’s account. Ballinrobe 0-3, Ardnaree 0-1. 2.14pm: Donal Vaughan fouled. Kenny O’Malley steps up to the free – 54 yards out and into the breeze. Another beautiful connection, hops on the crossbar and over. Ballinrobe 0-3, Ardnaree 0-0. 2.10pm: Donal Vaughan fouled, points the free himself. Ballinrobe 0-2, Ardnaree 0-2. 2.06pm: Kenneth O’Malley, free, almost on the 45 yard line. Excellent point against the breeze. Ballinrobe 0-1, Ardnaree 0-0. 2.03pm: Game on. There’s a breeze rising from the town end. We will be playing against it in the first half. We attack from the throw-in, wide from Joseph Burke. BALLINROBE: Kenneth O’Malley; David Murphy, Eugene O’Malley (captain), David O’Connor; Shane Biggins, David Killeen, Darren McDonnell; Walter Loftus, Joseph Burke; James Murphy, Sean Burke, Felim Reilly; Conor Keane, Donal Vaughan, Stephen Burke. ARDNAREE: Darren Cawley; Brendan Reilly, Pat Glacken, Conor Cawley; Michael Tighe, Brian Fitzpatrick, Martin Forbes; Rory Clarke, Ronan O’Malley; Noelie Beattie, Chris Walshe, Martin Rafter; Jamie Ford, Eoin McCormack, Ronan Doherty. Ref: Peter Geraghty, Swinford. 1.20pm: Throw-in today is 2pm – Mayo SFL Division 1B v Ardnaree Sarsfields, at Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe. So if you’re knocking around town, perhaps just getting up from a late breakfast or even the banners themselves, you might consider rambling up to see the game. We lost our first league game away to Ballaghaderreen. We will have live updates here during the afternoon. Liam Horan here at the wheel.    

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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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The Rockets go skywards

Today is the first day of our new Robe Rockets section at Lakeside Sports Centre. Plenty of excitement, trepidation and the odd tear – and that’s only the parents. For many young people, this is their first time going to a club practice session. Hopefully it will be the first of many. Great turn-out of coaches and parents/guardians willing to help out. We will be indoors for the next few weeks before taking to Flanagan Park for the rest of the year. See pix and video HERE – sorry about the upside down ones. More being added throughout this morning. Listen HERE to club chairperson Alan Flannery welcoming young  players, coaches and parents/guardians to the Rockets.  

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Radio interview re coaching plan launch

FRIDAY, NOV 28, UPDATE 2: The club plan will be live on the site here at 8.30pm tonight. Check onto the home page.   FRIDAY, NOV. 28, UPDATE: Club secretary Donal McCormack was interviewed by Angelina McHugh on Mid West Radio today. Listen here: [audio:http://ballinrobegaaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Donal-McCormack-28-11-14.mp3]   THURSDAY, NOV. 27, UPDATE: Listen to audioboom about our launch HERE Fergal Costello, a former captain of the Mayo and Ballinrobe senior football teams, is to launch Ballinrobe GAA club’s Coaching Plan (2015 to 2020) on Friday night next, November 28th. All club members, young and old, and GAA supporters are invited to the launch in St Joseph’s Primary School, Ballinrobe, at 8pm. “The young members can come out for the launch, see our plans for the future of their club, and still be at home for the Late Late Toy Show at 9.30,” noted club chairman Alan Flannery. Four sub-committees and a steering committee have been working on the preparation of this plan over the last few months. The plan will contain over 30 recommendations that the club aims to fulfil over the next five years. “In this plan, we hope to set about improving football in our club at all levels. There has been huge enthusiasm within the club and I know that club members will not be found wanting in terms of carrying out the wide-ranging actions now proposed”, added Alan. “We are particularly pleased that Fergal Costello will be launching the plan. Fergal was a great servant of Ballinrobe and Mayo GAA and is universally respected within GAA circles. He enjoyed great success with Ballinrobe at school and club level, and Mayo at inter-county level. Even though he now lives in Kildare, he retains a huge interest in the affairs of Ballinrobe GAA club. Light refreshments will be served at the launch. More on www.BallinrobeGAAClub.com.

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Updates from @KiltaneGAA v Ballinrobe, Mayo SFC today, @radiomidwest

Pix from Kiltane: Broadband permitting, we will have Twitter, Facebook and Audioboo updates from this evening’s Mayo SFC clash in Bangor Erris, 7o.c. You can access all of these directly from the relevant platforms at the links below – or simply refresh the home page of this site and you will see the latest feeds flowing in there. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ballinrobegaa   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BallinrobeGAAFanPage Audioboo: http://ballinrobegaaclub.com/audioboos/

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A ‘get behind the lads’ day

Today (Saturday, July 19th) is a real ‘get behind the lads’ day. We can’t qualify for the quarter-finals for the Mayo SFC, but we can avoid a relegation battle. That’s why we need as many supporters as possible for our clash with Kiltane at 7o’c in Bangor Erris. Kiltane always get a good crowd at home: so let’s make a special effort to rally our troops to make the journey. We wish the team every luck. Broadband permitting, we will have Twitter, Facebook and Audioboo updates from the game. You can access all of these directly from the relevant platforms, or elsewhere on our home page. You will need to refresh this page to allow updates to flow in. And good luck to our under-are players who have their Saturday morning Skills Academy at 9.30am. New participants are always welcome, and after a record crowd at the Cúl Camp during the week, we are expecting a few new faces this morning. They’ll be made to feel at home. The U8s are away to Davitts this morning, another big outing.

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