Ladies football

Invite to all to support first match for reformed ladies football club

By Aidrienne Gleeson, PRO Exciting times for our Ladies Football club in Ballinrobe as they face their first match ever. U10/U12 Ballinrobe ladies will play the Neale this Saturday 30th May in Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe at 11 o’clock. We invite you all, young and old, to come out and support our ladies in their home ground. You may have a little one who is interested in football, bring them out to see the game to support their friends.  They may even want to join us in the future. Our ladies train Saturday mornings from 9:30 to 10:30.    Wednesday evening trainings are soon to begin, date to be confirmed.

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Ladies footballers go through their paces #joinuseachSaturday

Our ladies footballers had their usual Saturday morning training this morning at 9.30. Go HERE to see some pix and videos. These are high-res pix if families wish to download and print. Pix being added here throughout today, so might be no harm to come back again. Girls, if you’re interested in football, come along and join us each Saturday morning. Plenty of detail here on the website – go to the Ladies Football link in the menu above or on the right-hand side of the home page.

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Coach Education Workshop 27th May 2015

Coach Education Workshop 27th May 2015 Venue – TACU, Main Street, Ballinrobe 8.00pm – Sign In 8.15pm – Introduction   8.25pm – Ballinrobe GAA Coaching Journal Presented by Martin O’Connor   8.45pm – Code of Conduct for Coaches Presented by Gerry O’Malley   9.05pm – How to Plan and Execute a Great Training Session Presented by Norman O’Brien   9.25pm – Incident Reporting Procedure Presented by Martin O’Connor   9.45pm – Finish

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Ballinrobe Ladies Football club reformed

By Aidrienne Gleeson, Ladies football PRO Ballinrobe Ladies Football club has been reformed after an absence of approximately a decade – and Declan O’Loughlin has been elected as chairperson. The annual general meeting to form the club took place on Tuesday night last in the TACU Centre, Ballinrobe, and was addressed by Ballinrobe GAA club chairperson Alan Flannery. The ladies club will operate as part of the overall GAA club. The following officers were elected: Chairperson Declan O’Loughlin; Vice do Nicola Macken; Secretary Mary Langan; Assistant do Noreen Jennings; Treasurer Emma Jennings; Children’s Officer  Eimear Grimes; Club Development Officer Elaine Treacy; PRO Aidrienne Gleeson. The club, which currently has over 40 girls coming to weekly training sessions, will continue to train on Saturday mornings from 9.30 to 10.30 at Flanagan Park. We welcome new members on a weekly basis. If you have girls under the age of 12 why not come out on a Saturday morning and see if theywould like playing football. There is no pressure to join the club straight away, come two or three times to see if your little one is interested and then sign up.   It is not necessary to buy football boots: just come out and play in your old runners and get the boots later.  There is no need to buy the club gear either as this is provided to players when playing a match. We do require gum shields to be worn for your own protection. This is now compulsory for everybody playing on a football pitch. Parents, if you are interested in getting involved with your children on the pitch, you could join our coaching volunteers.  Even if you have never played football before you would be paired up with an experienced coach to learn the ropes. Debut Day is currently being planned for our girls.  This will be their first match this year against another club.  Refreshments and treats will be provided that morning.  Further update will be posted in the coming weeks.

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Robe Rockets Newsletter

Dave Conway, secretary andf the Robe Rockets, circulated a newsletter to parents of all Rockets members during the week – the contents are below. Dear Parent/Guardian, Hope you are all enjoying the lovely weather during the Easter Holidays. Just a quick mail to update you on some changes for Robe Rockets. Robe Rockets is going from strength to strength, it is a positive sign for the future of our club and our recent participation in the St Patrick’s Day parade earned us “an Honourable Mention award". COLLECTION / DROP OFF We have on average 88 children from age 5 to 10 years attending training on a weekly basis. With this in mind and to ensure the safety of all children attending we are making changes in relation to the dropping off and collection of children for training with immediate effect from this Saturday 11th April 2015. All children MUST BE; – dropped off by a Parent/Adult to the designated area outside the dressing rooms to register attendance. – Collected by a Parent/Adult from the designated area outside the dressing rooms from their Coach after training. PLEASE NOTE NO CHILD will be allowed to enter OR exit the pitch from other than the designated area. We actively encourage your cooperation with this matter and to promote this rule with your child/children ahead of training this weekend. This will be enforced strictly; NO EXCEPTIONS and all other exits will be off limits. TRAINING TIMES All training will start at 9.30am. The end times have been staggered to avoid congestion at collection time. PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN FINISHING TIMES FOR TRAINING: – U6 and U8 Girls and Boys training time will finish at 10.30am – U10 Girls and Boys training will NOW finish at 10.40am COACHES CONTACT DETAILS List of Coaches and contact number for your records: – U6 Boys David Conway 086 8598144; Alan Flannery 087 9636486; Donal McCormack 087 6611137 – U8 Boys Padraic Delaney 086 2205478; Colm Jennings 087 991 3684 – U10 Boys Des May 087 6899444; John Gilrane 087 6996135 – U8 Girls Pat Gallagher; Elaine Macken; Declan O Loughlin 087 2063863 – U10 Girls Mick Bradley 087 2654807; Aidrienne Gleeson 086 1260136 MOUTH GUARDS Please ensure that your son/daughter brings their mouth guard to all training sessions, this is compulsory. CODE OF CONDUCT Code of Conduct for players and Parents/Guardians. This will follow in separate email. LADIES OFFICER Emma Jennings has been appointed ladies officer and will lead moves to establish a ladies football club in Ballinrobe. She will work closely with the club executive over the coming months to explore the best ways of setting up the club. CLUB DESIGNATED OFFICER Alan Flannery is the Club Designated Person; he is responsible for dealing with any concerns about the protection of children in the Club. This is part of child protection within our club. Thanks in advance for your co-operation this will ensure the continued enjoyment and safety of our Robe Rockets. Yours in Football Declan O’Loughlin David Conway Chairman Secretary Robe Rockets Robe Rockets

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Emma is our new ladies football officer

Emma Jennings, a former footballer with Ballinrobe, and also a former club treasurer, has been appointed the club’s ladies football officer. Emma will lead moves to establish a ladies football club in Ballinrobe. She will work closely with the club executive over the coming months to explore the best ways of setting up the club. Girls up to the age of 12 are currently training in Flanagan Park every Saturday morning at 9.30am. New players are always welcome.

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Ballinrobe GAA Club Officers 2015

Patron: Canon Conal Eustace P.P. President: Tony Walkin (087) 9308 444 Chairman: Alan Flannery (087) 9636 486 Vice-Chairman: Declan Corcoran (087) 644 1362 Secretary: Donal McCormack (087) 661 1137 Assistant Secretary: Keith McTigue Treasurer: John Culhane (087) 694 9455 Assistant Treasurer: Liam Horan (087 9185 867)   PRO: Billy Horan (094) 95 41170, (086) 0577 286 Mayo GAA Board delegate: Adrian Flannery (087) 1738 137 Players’ Rep: David Killeen (087) 2307222 South Mayo GAA Board delegates: Johnny Buckley (087) 672 0308 and Billy Horan  (094) 95 41170, (086) 0577 286   Oifigeach na Gaeilge / Culture Officer: Billy Horan  (094) 95 41170, (086) 0577 286 Coaching Committee Chairman: Martin O’Connor (087 922 1412) A.S.A.P. Officer: Padraic Costello Snr (087 686 8099) Pitch Committee Chairperson: Sean Murphy (087) 270 6850 Lotto Officer: Michael Coyne (087) 632 4682 Children’s Officer: Filled at next meeting Club Designated Person: Alan Flannery Health & Safety Officer: David Flannery (087) 927 1020 Robe Rockets Co-ordinator: Declan O’Loughlin (087 206 3863) Equipment Officer: Gerry Murphy Ladies Football Officer: Emma Jennings   Bord na nOg Officers:  Chairperson: Peter Staunton Secretary: Keith McTigue, 086 106 7584   Flanagan Park enquiries: Donal McCormack (087) 661 1137, Sean Murphy (087) 270 6850

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