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Connacht GAA bursary

Connacht GAA, in support of the National Student Bursary Scheme, will award bursaries of €750 to students attending Higher Education colleges as part of its ongoing commitment to Player Welfare. The scheme, which is now in its seventh year, will be open to members of the Association who are attending a full-time Higher Education course and who are active participants in their Higher Education club.  Students who hold other GAA-related or a college scholarship/bursary will not be eligible to apply. Connacht GAA welcomes applications from those students in our province, (Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon & Sligo), regardless whether their attendance is at a college inside or outside of Connacht”. Each bursary granted will be for €750 and payment will be made annually in two instalments of €375. Further information and application forms for this year’s scheme are currently available to download from www.connachtgaa.ie or HERE Senior Intercounty players who were on their County’s Senior Panel in 2013 should apply for Bursaries via the Gaelic Players Association; further information at www.gaelicplayers.com.     Connacht GAA Centre, Cloonacurry, Bekan, Claremorris Co. Mayo www.connachtgaa.ie Phone: 094)9630335 Email: reception.connacht@gaa.ie     The closing date for application will be October 11th, 2013.  Applications received after the closing date will not be eligible for consideration.

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In Rennes, they talk of Mayo…

From Our Man in Rennes, Niall Murphy: “Exciting week! I hope all is well. Rennes GAA is going very well. We just played in our first Euro tournament of the year and we put in some good performances. We beat Frankfurt (only Irish players) which we are very proud of. Lost by a point to Lyon and got beaten by Brussels who are the best team in Europe (they went on to win the tournament). “Next Euro tournament for us is the weekend of the 19th/20th of October in Athlone for the Euro finals which involves all the clubs around Europe. “Anyway the players are all excited about the Mayo v Dublin match. We will be watching it all together in ‘The Wesport Inn’ in Rennes city centre. “Have a look at the photo, the only Mayo man in the photo is the one with the Kerry jersey! His father is from Kerry. Allez the green and red!” Who can forget the Rennes visit to Ballinrobe earlier this year – but just in case you did forget it, details are HERE. Actually, one of their number, Caimin Browne, was in Ballinrobe last week – his father Richard hails from the Neale and now lives in Kilkenny. Caimin spent a year in Rennes and teamed up with the lads. He’s back in Ireland now. And we better get Niall (and Harry) Murphy home soon too. Niall has a 30th birthday in the offing, a little bird called Ken tells me.

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Good luck to the rugby club

We wish every success to Ballinrobe rugby club who today return to their spiritual home the Green. The club has been playing their home games in the race course for many years and we’re sure it will be an emotional return to their old stomping ground today. Their opponents are Gort and a large crowd is expected. Many of our players also play rugby at various levels and two years ago we teamed up with the rugby club and Ballinrobe Town FC for a very successful Mayor of Ballinrobe fundraiser which was won by the rugby club’s Peter McHugh. Enjoy the day one and all.

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All Ireland ticket winners

The draw for two All Ireland tickets has just taken place here in Costello’s. Lucky winners: Seanie Lydon, Tourmakeady (stand) Brian Golden, Rahard, Ballinrobe (terrace) Beanie hats and club tops to a few others, as follows, please don’t be disappointed: Beanies – Ella Finnerty, Ballinrobe (daughter of Celine and her lesser-known husband, Mike, who apparently does a bit of broadcasting); Michelle Finlay, Creagh Road; Breda Keane, Carrowkeel; David Flannery, husband of Eimear Grimes, Glebe St; Siobhan Heaps, Roxborough South (daughter of Bernadette McCormack and husband Peter, cousin of our emerging stars James and Matthew McCormack). Ballinrobe tops: Darina Kneafsey, Cross; Stella Owens (mother of Conor and Shane), Ballinrobe. Next Friday night we give away two more in Inch’s. Buy your tickets during the week. All tickets purchased for tonight’s draw are entered for next Friday night’s draw. Tickets a fiver, three for a tenner. Support Ballinrobe. Support Mayo. Thanks for your support.

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Congrats to Clare Island

Breaking news this evening – our good friends on Clare Island have won the All-Island All-Ireland title for the third year in a row. They beat Inis Boffin in this evening’s final on Inis Oirr. We know they will celebrate the win with great gusto tonight. We had a marvellous weekend on the island last year – DETAILS OF THAT FAMOUS TRIP HERE and PICTURES CAN BE VIEWED HERE They came in to play us in a challenge game recently – READ ABOUT THAT VISIT HERE We hope they will visit us for a celebration night at some point over the winter. Hopefully we will have more cups soon to put on the table that night too…  

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All-Ireland tickets raffle

UPDATE: Don’t forget tonight’s draw (Saturday, Sept. 14) in Costello’s Bar, at 11pm.   Ballinrobe GAA club and Mayo GAA board are raffling four All-Ireland football final tickets. Full details are available below, plus tickets are also available in a number of local shops. We are looking for volunteers to help out selling tickets at the following times: Wednesday, September 4, various times: People needed to sell at Ballinrobe Livestock Mart Saturday, September 7, 10am-2pm: People needed for Ballinrobe Country Market (the Library), Corrib Oil, Cummins’ and Tesco. Please contact treasurer John Culhane (087 694 9455) if you can help out. Please make a special effort to assist. If you can just do an hour, that will help.  

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Mayo TV preview programme

From Mayo TV: A chara I hope all is well and that the ticket chase isn’t giving you too many headaches! IRISHTV and MAYOTV would like to invite your club members along to a special pre-match LIVE TV broadcast in the Welcome Inn Castlebar on Sept 20th, free of charge. There will be expert analysis, live music, celebrity guests including Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh and Jack O’Connor and other Mayo favourites, and of course prize give-aways including precious tickets for the All Ireland Final. I have attached a poster with further details. The event is FREE to attend but places are very limited so if any of your club members would like to come along to the live TV show they need to RSVP to edel@irishtv.ie or 098-56582 by September 17th. I appreciate it if you could let club members know about the show. Mayo4Sam! Warm regards Edel Golden About IRISHTV

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