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U21 game postponed as a mark of respect to the late Darragh Doherty

Our Mayo U21 C football championship game against Tourmakeady, scheduled for Tourmakeady tomorrow evening (Wednesday), has been postponed as a mark of respect to the late Darragh Doherty, Kilmaine. Darragh, a member of the Mayo team that won the 2013 All-Ireland minor title, was a close friend of a number of our players. Funeral ceremonies take place in Kilmaine over the next two days, as outlined HERE The U21 refixture will be announced in the coming days.

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The late Darragh Doherty, Kilmaine

Ballinrobe GAA Club extends its deepest sympathies to the family of Darragh Doherty, Ballyhenry, Kilmaine, the former All-Ireland winning minor footballer, who was tragically killed in a car accident between Kilmaine and Ballinrobe last night (Sunday). Darragh (19) was among the attendance at Saturday evening’s South Mayo Junior B final between his club Kilmaine and Shrule-Glencorrib in Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe. He was his usual jovial and friendly self as he mingled with spectators from both clubs and our own members. The Doherty family are hugely respected in GAA circles throughout Mayo and further afield. Darragh was a past-pupil of Ballinrobe Community School and was one of the star attackers in the Mayo team which won the 2013 All-Ireland minor football title. All of us who knew him were intensely proud of his performances, particularly in Croke Park, where his true footballing talents shone through. His death casts a deep shadow over this region. In extending our sympathy to the Doherty family, we also remember his colleagues in Kilmaine GAA Club. We are conscious that no words of ours can soften the sense of despair that hangs over Kilmaine tonight. Darragh was their hero, the man who gave them reason to walk tall out of Croke Park just two short years ago, just like another great Kilmaine minor scoring star, Michael John Mullin, did 28 years previously. The Kilmaine club statement is contained HERE. May he rest in peace.

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Upcoming fixtures for our club – from South Mayo GAA Board

Upcoming fixtures – from last night’s meeting of the South Mayo GAA Board: Tuesday, August 25: South Mayo U16 B championship, v Mayo Gaels, at Mayo Abbey, 7pm. Tuesday, September 1: Semi-final of same competition – Claremorris B or The Neale versus Ballinrobe or Mayo Gaels at Claremorris or Cong. Tuesday, September 8: Final of same competition, 6.30pm, venue to be finalised. Friday, September 4, South Mayo Minor A semi-final, 6.30pm: Claremorris v Ballinrobe at Claremorris. South Mayo Minor A & B finals in Ballinrobe on September 1. Friday, August 28: Brennan Cup semi-final, provisonally fixed for Friday, August 28, in Ballinrobe – Ballinrobe v Claremorris. U13 9-a-side blitz, September 5th and 12th, venues Garrymore and Glencorrib.

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Audio report now live, full-time Ballinrobe 2-10, @ballyhaunisgaa 3-13 U21 C FC

  By Liam Horan, Webmaster Full-time audio report here: https://soundcloud.com/ballinrobegaaclub/fulltimehaunis To clarify: Ballyhaunis scorers – probably got some of them wrong in the run of play below – with thanks to Ballyhaunis mentor John Prenty – Morgan Lyons 1-4, Jason Coyne 1-3, Sean Gildea 1-0, Eamon Phillips 0-5, John Cunnane 0-1. Full time, audio report shortly, Ballinrobe 2-10, @ballyhaunisgaa 3-13 58, Sean Gildea goal, Ballinrobe 2-10, @ballyhaunisgaa 3-13 57, Morgan Lyons point, Ballinrobe 2-10, @ballyhaunisgaa 2-13 56, Morgan Lyons point, Ballinrobe 2-10, @ballyhaunisgaa 2-12 55, James Quinn point, Ballinrobe 2-10, @ballyhaunisgaa 2-11 55, long-threatening, comes to pass, Ballyhaunis goal, Ballinrobe 2-9, @ballyhaunisgaa 2-11 53, Jason Coyne point, free, Ballinrobe 2-9, @ballyhaunisgaa 1-11 48, great Connor Burke save, Ballinrobe 2-9, @ballyhaunisgaa 1-10 47, James Murphy point, Ballinrobe 2-9, @ballyhaunisgaa 1-10 46, Eamon Phillips point, Ballinrobe 2-8, @ballyhaunisgaa 1-10 45, Kevin Quinn point, Darren fouled, we needed that one, Ballinrobe 2-8, @ballyhaunisgaa 1-9 44, Morgan Lyons point, Ballinrobe 2-7, @ballyhaunisgaa 1-9 43, Ballyhaunis point (not sure of scorer), Ballinrobe 2-7, @ballyhaunisgaa 1-8 42, Jason Coyne point, Ballinrobe 2-7, @ballyhaunisgaa 1-7, we need to start playing 41 Jason Coyne point, Ballinrobe 2-7, @ballyhaunisgaa 1-6 40, Jason Coyne point, Ballinrobe 2-7, @ballyhaunisgaa 1-5 36, Morgan Lyons point, Ballinrobe 2-7, @ballyhaunisgaa 1-4 33, Darren McDonnell point, Ballinrobe 2-7, @ballyhaunisgaa 1-3 31, Morgan Lyons goal, Ballinrobe 2-6, @ballyhaunisgaa 1-3 Half-time report here: https://soundcloud.com/ballinrobegaaclub/half-time-report-v-ballyhaunis-mayo-u21-c-fc Half-time sub, the third of the Quinns, Tom, on for Diarmuid Doran, Ballinrobe 2-6, @ballyhaunisgaa 0-3 31, Diarmuid Doran point, half-volley type thing kinda style, Ballinrobe 2-6, @ballyhaunisgaa 0-3 31, Eamon Phillips point, Ballinrobe 2-5, @ballyhaunisgaa 0-3 30, Kevin Quinn hits the target, point, Ballinrobe 2-5, @ballyhaunisgaa 0-2 22, Darren McDonnell goal, good preparatory work by James Quinn, Ballinrobe 2-4, @ballyhaunisgaa 0-2 20, John Cunnane (I think) point, Ballinrobe 1-4, @ballyhaunisgaa 0-2 14, Kevin Quinn point, Ballinrobe 1-4, @ballyhaunisgaa 0-1 12, James Quinn point, Ballinrobe 1-3, @ballyhaunisgaa 0-1 11, Peter Butler gone off injured, Dean Shaughnessy on, Ballinrobe 1-2, @ballyhaunisgaa 0-1 5, Jason Coyne, point, free, Ballinrobe 1-2, @ballyhaunisgaa 0-1 4, Kevin Quinn goal, beautiful pass from Jonathan Lawrence, Ballinrobe 1-2, @ballyhaunisgaa 0-0 3, Peter Finnerty, 30-yard run, Ballinrobe 0-2, @ballyhaunisgaa 0-0 1 Kevin Quinn, point, play, Ballinrobe 0-1, @ballyhaunisgaa 0-0 Teams – please note, it’s a 13-a-side competition. BALLINROBE: Connor Burke; Joseph Burke, Peter Butler; Shane O’Connor, Patrick Daly, Stephen Walsh; Darren McDonnell, James Murphy; James Quinn, Peter Finnerty, Diarmuid Doran; Jonathan Lawrence, Kevin Quinn. Subs: Dean Shaughnessy for Peter Butler, inj., 11; Tom Quinn for Diarmuid Doran; BALLYHAUNIS: Adrian Phillips; Jimmy Cribbin, Shane Healy; Brian O’Neill, Patrick Kiely, John Cunnane; Stephen Nolan, Calum Gardiner; Cian Henry, Morgan Lyons, Damien Egan; Jason Coyne, Eamon Phillips. Ref: Garryowen McMahon. You might want to save this page to your favourites this evening. Updates will be published here from our Mayo U21 C football championship clash with Ballyhaunis in Flanagan Park, at 7.30. Just refresh the page every few minutes. Tweets will be automatically generated from this page – if you  are following via Twitter, make sure to click on the link as it will bring you through to this page, where full updates will be published. Audio reports from half-time and full-time will appear on this page and also here: www.soundcloud.com/ballinrobegaaclub Most of all, of course, if you are locally based, try to come along and support the team in this crucial game.   U21 championship Ballinrobe play Ballyhaunis in the first round of the MD Roofing Services Mayo U21 C football championship on Wednesday, August 19, at Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe, at 7.30pm. Come out to support the team.

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Array of pix from South Mayo U14 B final win

  August 19: We have just added pictures HERE – thanks to photographers Kathrina Henehan and Sean O’Connell (might take a few minutes to sync all of them – you should eventually see 18 pictures in total).   Monday, August 17th, here’s report by Billy Horan, Club PRO A palmed goal in injury-time by full-forward Cian O’Connell was the decisive score in Ballinrobe’s defeat of fancied Carra by 4-5 to 3-7 in the South Mayo U14 B football championship final at Hollymount on Friday evening. It was a thrilling encounter and Ballinrobe, in front by 2-4 to 1-3 at the interval, were taxed to the limit to contain a spirited opposition rally in the second-half. Scorers: Ballinrobe – Cian O’Connell 2-0, Seamus Langan 2-0, Dylan Sweeney 0-3; Carras – Kyle Munroe 1-3, Thomas Higgins 1-2, Liam Og Horkan 1-0, Cormac Keane, Enda Hession 0-1 each. Ballinrobe: L Jennings; P Finlay, C Cusack, E Burke; E Duffy, E Gilrane, J Burke; J Heneghan, C O’Brien; S Langan, J Flanagan, D Sweeney; B Hynes, C O’Connell, D Sweeney. Sub: S Boshell. Carras: B Slattery; D Acton, T Stephens, C Ryan; T Higgins, B Feighery, N Burke; L Og Horkan, K Munroe; C Keane, S Macken, E Heraty; C Keaveney, C Kelleghan, B O’Toole Subs: E Hession, M McDonagh. Ref: John E Burke, Hollymount-Carramore.   By Liam Horan, Webmaster Our U14s were locked in a Titanic battle with Carras in the South Mayo U14 B final this evening in Hollymount – and, thankfully, we came out winners. We led all the way through but, powered by substitute Enda Hession, Carras rallied in the second-half. Agonisingly, they took the lead in the dying minutes but we surged upfield again and another excellent Ballinrobe move ended with full-forward Cian O’Connell palming the ball to the net. It was a neat piece of work by Cian – had he caught it, he might have been bottled up, but he had the presence of mind, and the skill, to guide it over the goalkeeper’s head without catching it. Joy was unconfined in the Ballinrobe ranks and up on the terracing. Carras came back to score another point but when referee John E Burke sounded the final whistle, we were a point ahead. This team has persisted all season despite taking some beatings. They are a young team – most of them are there again next year – and we have high hopes for them. You couldn’t but notice their teamwork and high skill level this evening. This victory gives them the reward they so richly deserve for all their efforts all season. Management say they are a joy to work with and the enthusiasm they show will surely stand to them. Onwards and upwards. Ewan Duffy, captain, accepted the cup from South Mayo GAA chairman Ger McHugh. Well done to the management team of Pat Kennedy, John Burke, John Sweeney and Alan Flannery (who was unable to be present this evening – abroad on work). Goalkeeper Luke Jennings not only saved a penalty, but he made a breathtaking double save in the second-half when the drama was reaching its peak. A full report will be provided here by club PRO Billy Horan in due course, with team list, scorers and the lot. It was a timely boost for the club after the U16s defeat in the Mayo D final at the hands of Ballaghaderreen on Tuesday night. Like Carras tonight, they rallied in the second-half but just couldn’t bridge the gap. Hopefully these two final appearances this week signal the start of a brighter future after some years when we have not been all that successful at under-age level.

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U16 county final defeat

By Billy Horan, Club PRO Ballaghaderreen, comfortably positioned at half-time, 4-5 to 0-5, defeated Ballinrobe by 4-13 to 3-10 in the JJ Burke Renault D Mayo U16 D football championship final at Elverys McHale Park, Castlebar, last week. Ballaghaderreen: K Callaghan 4-0, D Darcy 0-4, D Dillon 0-3, A Phillips, C Tansey 0-2 each, G Forrest, A Morrisroe 0-1 each. Ballinrobe: E O’Brien 1-6, L Burke 2-0, R Philbin, JV Cummins, D Jennings, R Jennings 0-1 each.

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Correction – we don’t host O’Mara Cup final

Update: This game is being played in Hollymount, not in Ballinrobe. By Liam Horan, Webmaster Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe, is the venue this Sunday afternoon for the O’Mara Cup final between Hollymount-Carramore and Garrymore (1pm). Referee is Garryowen McMahon. There could be a tidy (as opposed to untidy, I guess?) crowd at this game so stewarding will be necessary. Alan Flannery is our usual co-ordinator of stewarding and I can’t see anything changing for this game so let Alan know if you’re available.

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U6s to play Castlebar Mitchels

By Liam Horan, PRO, Robe Rockets David Conway, secretary, Robe Rockets, has lined up a game for our enthusiastic U6s. They play no less a club than Castlebar Mitchels at 6.30pm on Thursday in Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe. Ergo, U6 training on Wednesday will not take place – we expect all our U6s to be in bed early Wednesday night in anticipation of Thursday’s match. Come along and support the youngsters.

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