Ladies football

Ladies U10/U12 first Pella night Results

Ballinrobe Ladies played their first Pella games ever on Wednesday night 04th November in Lakeside Sports & Fitness Club, Station Road, Ballinrobe. 32 ladies in all took part.  As promised all the games were fast and furious with plenty of skill and scores on the night. Table below shows the players and the scores on the night: Team A Team B Team C Team D Team E Team F Holly Duddy Sophie O’ Brien Erin Ferrick Aoife O’ Neill Maja Dubaj Grace Cannon Moya O’Connell Sarah Finnegan Claire Langan Orna Donnelly Helen Treacy Laura Conroy Sarah Conway Lara Philbin Grace Bradley Ailbhe O’ Loughlin Rhiana Killeen Rachel Treacy Aoibhinn Barrett Sinead O’ Sullivan Ellie Duddy Rosalind Smith Grace Jennings Aleesha Cahill Sophie Sheridan Lucy Biggins Lily Smith Zuzanna Siedlecka Rebecca Conway Rebecca Mellett-Connolly Maria Macken Amy Gleeson   Results: Team E V’s Team F 1:2 Team C V’s Team D 5:5 Team A V’s Team B 8:8   More games to follow next Wednesday starting at 5:15 again.  Teams and times will be posted on the Web site by Monday evening next.

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U10/U12 Ladies Pella starting this Wednesday

U10/U12 Ladies Pella is starting this Wednesday July 4th in Lakeside Sport & Fitness Club, Station Road, Ballinrobe. Pella is an indoor version of Gaelic Football which can be played as a five a side game, in an indoor arena or on an all weather pitch.  It allows us to develop our skills indoors during the Winter and the game has many similar rules to the outside game with some extra rules ( as shown below ) to facilitate this indoor sport. Having seen the boys playing last Friday evening in the Gym I can guarantee you will enjoy it as both a player and a spectator.  The games themselves are 10minutes aside( timetable shown below) and for those 10minutes the ball travels up and down the court very fast. PLEASE NOTE: All Players MUST wear Gum Shields.  Players would be advised to bring a drink with them on the night. Players should arrive 10 minutes before their scheduled game as shown in timetable below. Matches will be 10 minutes aside with a half time break.  Allowing for delays, players should be available for collection  30 minutes after kick-off time. €8 to be paid on Wednesday.

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U12 Ladies Take Part in Their First Blitz Ever

By Declan O’ Loughlin, Chairperson, Ballinrobe Ladies: The Ballinrobe ladies took part in our first U12 blitz last Saturday in Claremorris. It was very late notice and thanks to the Mayo LGFA and our hosts Claremorris for the invitation. Thanks to the U10 girls who attended and enabled us to field a team. We had 12 players line out for the first game against Louisburgh and 13 for second game against Claremorris. Our girls did magnificently against physically much stronger opposition and as always out girls showed great determination and courage and never gave up. Our second half against Claremorris showed just what these girls are made of. It was great experience and players and coaches learn more each game we play. ( Photos Below)

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U10 Ladies Play Claremorris

By Aidrienne Gleeson, PRO, Ballinrobe Ladies: Our U10  Ladies played Claremorris on Friday evening last, October 2nd at Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe. We fielded two u10 teams and played  two games of  four by 10min quarters.  Neither game disappointed. Both games showed our ladies have grown with both their skills and fitness through out the year. The fact that we had two separate U10 games on the night meant our ladies all got a good run on the pitch. Both teams proved they capabilities on the night and were fit for Claremorris. ( Photo of Ballinrobe U10 Ladies below):      

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Ladies Training with Cora Staunton

Our Ladies Night training with Cora Staunton written by Aidrienne Gleeson Our U8, U10  and U12 ladies had the honour of the presence of  Cora Staunton on Wednesday 23rd September.  Not only did Cora, “the Legend”,  come join us, Cora actually took the Training session with the girls. The girls who turned out in force, 45 in all, thoroughly  enjoyed the training session with Cora ( evidenced in photos attached). Cora managed the 45 for the hour and them before she left the pitch did some Autograph signing for the girls. We the coaches and girls thank Cora for attending and taking the training.  We have already started following in her steps by attending Croke Park, Sunday 27th September,  and we hope to continue  following in her steps as our teams grow stronger. We look forward to Cora returning to our club for another session in very near future.        

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Our Croke Park day – September 27th, 2015.

Our U8, U10 and U12 ladies went on an amazing bus trip and some of our U10s were even lucky enough to play a match on the day of the TG4 Ladies Gaelic All-Ireland finals day in Croke Park on Sunday, September  27th, 2015. Over 40 of our ladies, together with various family members and coaches, headed off from Ballinrobe at the early hour of 7.30 on two buses & 6 cars to reach the grounds of Croke Park before the Ladies Junior Football final began at 11:45.  The Junior ladies final score was Louth 4-12 V’s Scotland 0-2.  Louth, who were beaten finalist in 2010 and 2012, got it third time lucky. The highlight of this encounter, however for Ballinrobe was the half time game.  Twelve of our ladies, accompanied by Michael Bradley and Aidrienne Gleeson, proudly ran out on to Croke Park pitch behind the iconic Artane Band to play a ten-minute match v’s Grattan (Longford).  The game was fantastic with fast movement of the ball up and down the field by the two teams.  Our girls displayed the best of skills and used the full pitch.  It was a game to be proud off. The shouts of the other eighty Ballinrobe contingency was heard all over Croke Park during the exciting match. Shortly after the match team and supporters headed off to the Croke Park restaurant and ate in style together.  The staff in the restaurant, together with all the staff at Croke Park, including those associated with the LGFA,  treated us so well on the day. It was a credit to all involved. After the bellies were full, and I mean full, we headed back to the stands and watched the Intermediate match.  The final score was Waterford 3-14 V’s Kildare 0-10. Between the Ladies Intermediate match and the  Ladies Senior final a group of us headed of to the Museum. The Museum is a well worth visit, and children and adults alike enjoyed the experience especially the interactive activities available within the Museum. Then we all settled down to watch the Ladies Senior Football Final. The game did not disappoint us. Cork claimed the five-in-row scoring a two point victory over Dublin in front of a bumper 31,083 attendance. It was a tight encounter with final score, Cork 0-12 V’s Dublin 0-10. We headed home shortly after  this game taking some photos on the way.    Arriving in Ballinrobe around 10:30 we all headed home with tired  heads and a great memory forever of  our Ballinrobe Ladies big day out in Croke Park.  (Photos of the day attached) ~  

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Hi-ho, hi-ho, it’s off to @CrokePark we go for @sporttg4 @ladiesfootball All-Ireland Finals @gaabeo

THE DAY HAS DAWNED: Sunday, September 27, and like a tidal wave spreading across the country, our buses (yes, plural, it seems half the town is going) are en route to Croke Park. Stand by for an endless supply of shout-outs (or should that be shouts-out?); celebrity selfies; famous background selfies; and – hopefully – sightings on the telly box. More anon… UPDATE, September 1, 2015: Our submission was successful – Croke Park here we come, Sunday, September 27. News has just broken in last hour so we are still waiting on further details. The full list of clubs is Carryduff, Down; Corofin, Galway; Ballinrobe, Mayo; Blessington, Wicklow; Na Fianna, Dublin; Grattan, Longford. Our submission is here: Dear Ladies Gaelic Football Association, We note with interest your call-to-arms HERE that will result in some clubs like ours playing or officiating during the TG4 Ladies Gaelic All-Ireland finals day in Croke Park on Sunday, September 27th, 2015. Well, this is one occasion when we really do want the right result. Why us? We are one of the youngest clubs in Ireland – but though we are young, we are very serious about having fun playing football. We were formed in May 2015, as THIS REPORT shows. Ballinrobe GAA Club had prioritised ladies football  in the COACHING PLAN launched last year. We invited young and old to our FIRST MATCH – and we TOLD THE WORLD about it afterwards. Actually, we are a newly-reformed club, if you get our drift. There was a club in Ballinrobe up to about ten years ago – the local Community School won loads of All-Ireland junior and senior titles too – but we are the leaders of the new revolution. And we love it! We train every Wednesday evening and Saturday morning. Our numbers are growing every week. Last year, when we trialled it, we had only ten girls regularly playing: now we have 50! Just this week, three new players came along. The more the merrier is what we say. The younger ones train with the boys. This is called the Robe Rockets section. Read about these speedy Rockets HERE The older ones go it alone. We are fully integrated into Ballinrobe GAA Club – ni neart go cur le chéile, we say. Together we can do great things. We play because we love football. We enjoy being with our friends. Flanagan Park on a Wednesday and a Saturday is where we are at our happiest. You can see all we have done HERE in our own section on the Ballinrobe GAA Club website. Already we have taken a TRIP OUTSIDE MAYO, held a pizza evening, and brought our brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, grandmothers, grandfathers, uncles, aunts and countless more besides to see us play on DEBUT DAY. We promote our club extensively in the local media and on Twitter and Facebook. We take photos of everything and know that we are compiling a history of our club, training by training, game by game, photo by photo, article by article. So, we think we’ve been good all year. You know who has been naughty and who has been nice – and we’ve been nice. We watch all the ladies football games on TG4 (mo bhrón, mo bhrón, Maigh Eo lost to Kerry last weekend – so it’s more important than ever that we get to represent our great county on All-Ireland final day.) We are not even one year old yet: we could be the youngest ever to play in Croke Park. Claire says: let’s do this. Holly says: bring it on. Ailbhe says: go Robe! Sarah says: It’s our time. Amy says: who’s going to stop us? Here are Laura and Aleesha – they, too, hope to be in Croke Park on All-Ireland final day. [audio:http://ballinrobegaaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/LauraAleesha.mp3] So, that’s us, go ‘Robe, Croke Park here we come.

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