Our U12’s played in Croke Park as part of the Littlewoods Ireland Go Games and Connacht GAA. during the Easter mid term. An enjoyable day was had by all Players, Coaches and Parents. Please check out the GAA Go Games twitter feedhttps://twitter.com/GoGamesGAA/status/1118141160860602369 that showcases a very sweet goal for the Robe. Well done boys!!
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It’s been a busy start to the 2019 Season both on and off the pitch. All Teams are now back and most are in action in the first rounds of their respective leagues with the Go Games starting for the younger Club players in mid-April. Club registration will close on 31st March 2019. 50:50 Club Draw Our Club 50:50 Draw is now on line and can be played by using the following link https://ballinrobegaaclub.com/club5050/ and pay with either a credit card or payal account. Our 50 50 Draw this provides us with a weekly source of income to help with the running costs of our growing Club. Presentation to outgoing 50 50 Committee In January a presentation was held to thank our outgoing 50:50 Committee for their commitment and loyal service for over 20 years to the Club’s 50:50 Draw and previous Club lotto. Many thanks Martin Murphy, Seamus Macken, Dermot Keane, John Farragher, Mike Coyne and Michael Keane. Pella Goals Pella goals have been installed at the Astro pitch in the Town Park in February and have been fully utilized by our U10 and U12 Boys and Ladies Teams at the start of the season. Money raised from the shop at the U10/U12 Street League back in October contributed towards the costs. Well done to all involved. National Club Draw The National Club Draw took place in Croke Park in March. Unfortunately there were no Club winners however all money raised has gone a long way to help us at the start of the Season with football, bibs and markers. Many thanks to all those who purchased National Club Draw tickets for the full list of winners please see https://www.gaa.ie/news/2019-national-club-draw-winners/ Operation Transformation Walk Well done to all who participated in the weekly transformations walks at the start of the year and a special mention to Declan O’Loughlin who lead out on this successful initiative. Level 1 Coaching Award Congratulations to our Club Coaches who completed their Level 1 Football Coaching award this month and continue our vision of ensuring highest standard of Coaching is available to all Players. U13 and U14 Presentation Our 2018 winning U13 South A Mayo Blitz and U14 South Mayo A Championship Teams were presented with their medals by Matthew Burke, Connacht Rugby and former Club Player at a recent presentation. U16 South Mayo Team Congrats to Adam Flannery Gillan Jennings and Gary Mellott-Connolly from our Under 16 team part of the victorious South Mayo team All Ireland Winners Congratulations to Evan O Brien and Liam Burke who were victorious in the All Ireland Fresher Final with NUIG. Robe Rockets Our Robe Rockets represented the Club at the St Patrick Day parade and won €500 from Supervalu after Helen O’Shea tagged our photo from the parade. Well done Rockets. Congrats to our U10 Boys who participated in the Spring Pella which took place on the Astro pitch in February. The Shield and Martin Flannery Cup were presented to the winning Teams last Friday by Adrian Flannery. U10 Spring Pella Winners of Martin Flannery Cup U10 Spring Pella Shield Winners U16 Ladies Our U16 Ladies were victorious in their first League match at this grade since 2006 this week. Club Officers 2019 Following our Club AGM in December 2018 the following Club Officers have been appointed for 2019. Patron: Fr Michael Gormley President: Billy Horan Chairman: Declan Corcoran Vice Chairman: John Flannelly Secretary: Annette Conway Asst. Secretary: John Gilrane Treasurer: Gerry Donnelly Asst. Treasurer: Paul Mc Elarney Social Media Officer: Patrick Donnellan County Board Delegate: Donal Mc Cormack Player Rep: Stephen Burke Child Protection Officer: Tom Carney Coaching Officer: Colm Jennings Pitch Officer: Davey Walsh Irish Language and Culture Officer: Liam Horan Robe Rockets Chairman: David Conway Bord Na nOg Chairman: Kevin Gilrane Bord Na nOg Secretary: Irene Langan Ladies Club Officer: Siobhan O’Malley ASAP Officer: Padraic Costello South Board Delegates: Billy Horan / Johnny Buckley Health & Safety Officer: John Sweeney Insurance Officer: Gerry O’Malley Croke Park here we come Lastly exciting times ahead for our U12 Boys who have been selected to play in this year’s Connacht Go Games in Croke Park on Tuesday 16th April.
Our Final Club Registration Night will take place tomorrow (Tuesday) at 7pm in the Maple Youth Centre. Thanks for all your continued support, hope to see you there.
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2019 Club Registration Night is Friday 8th Feb at 7pm at St. Josephs primary school.
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January 2019 will see Ballinrobe GAA in the second year of our healthy club project. As part of this project we aim to get us all a little more active in 2019. In conjunction with @Ballinrobesportshub this program will start on the Saturday 12th January @11am with a walk in “the green”. We will be holding two walks per week after that for five weeks. Walking is a fantastic way to keep active and maintain a healthy heart as it is fun, flexible and free. We had a great turnout last year and these walks are not limited to club members so please spread the word, the more the merrier!
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Attention for all our Players in second level, the Mayo Career Fair 2019 takes place in GMIT Mayo on Saturday 12th January from 11am to 3pm. This event is for Senior cycle and pre-senior cycle students and their families. The Mayo Career Fair aims to give key information to students on their options available to them upon completing their second level. Admission to the event is free of charge. The event will feature over 40 stands from Third level and Post Leaving Certificate Colleges, Apprenticeship providers, employers and career service providers. It is being organised in an innovative joint venture between South Mayo Gaa; the Mayo Local Community Development Committee Education and Train Work Group and the Mayo, Sligo Leitrim Education and training board. Sli Nua Careers.
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As the end of the year draws near Ballinrobe GAA would like to wish all our players, coaches, supporters, parents and sponsors a very Merry Christmas and a Peaceful New Year. During the Festive season we have some social events taking place and invite you all to come along. Our first event is on St Stephen’s Day when North Ballinrobe takes on South Ballinrobe in the battle of the Town in Flanagan Park at 12pm. Tea and sandwiches served after the match and join us after for a few sociables in Biggins Bar. On New Year’s Eve we invite you to join us for a Club night in Flannery’s Bar and Bistro from 9.30pm to ring in 2019. Drinks, finger food, music and lots of laughs promised. Hope to see you all there. Finally many, many thanks to each and every one for all their dedication, support and commitment throughout 2018. We look forward to 2019. Nollaig Shona Duit.
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Our Club Season concluded last Sunday with our annual Robe Rockets Presentation 🏐🚀🏐. Evan O’Brien was our Guest of Honour and was a big hit with the Rockets. Evan presented each Robe Rocket with a Certificate of Achievement and all received a Selection box and Club water bottle. Well done to all our Robe Rockets on another great year. Thanks to our Coaches for all their hard work and dedication throughout 2018. Enjoy the break and we look forward to seeing you all in 2019 If you would like a copy of your child’s photo with Evan please email ballinroberoberockets@gmail.com. U6 Robe Rockets 2018 pictured with their Coaches and Evan O’Brien U8 Robe Rockets 2018 pictured with their Coaches and Evan O’Brien U8 Robe Rockets 2018 U10 Robe Rockets 2018 pictured with Evan O’Brien and their Coaches
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Last night the ‘Martin Flannery Cup’ was presented for the first time to the winners of the U10 Boys Winter Pella League. We would like to thank the Flannery Family for allowing us the privilege to honour a great Club Man. Well done to all our U10 Boys who took part in our Pella Winter League. Over the last 5 weeks we have been treated to wonderful displays of skill, determination, great Team work and all played in good spirits. Our Cup and Shield Finals last night were highly entertaining with only a point separating the Teams in the Shield Final. Congrats to Team A and Ollie Heneghan, Coach who won the Martin Flannery Cup and and Team C and Andy Walsh, Coach who won the Shield. Thanks to all our Coaches for all their encouragement and effort in preparing their teams for Pella. We look forward to 2019 #Thefutureisbright. The Flannery Family and U10 Martin Flannery Cup Winners U10 Winter Pella Shield Winners
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Our Robe Rocket U8 and U10’s are now half way through their Pella Winter League 🏐🚀🏐. Its all to play for this Friday for our U10’s as they play the last match in Pool stage to see who makes the Cup and Shield Semi Finals. Well done to all involved Pella Games Ltd.#starsofthefuture #thewinterwontstopus U10 Boys Pella Winter Teams 2018 U8 Girls and Boys Pella Winter Teams 2018
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