ROBE ROCKETS

Invitation to Ballinrobe ladies football debut day

Ballinrobe’s reformed Ladies Football club, together with the rest of the club’s Robe Rockets, are having a Debut Day and want to send you a special invite to celebrate this exciting day. The venue is Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe, on Saturday, June 13th.  Match times are available HERE. We are inviting brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, grandparents and friends to come along to support our young footballers on the day. We have a special invitation for all players who played for the last U16 Ballinrobe ladies football team, 2004/2005.   We would like you to dig out old photos and give them to Mary Langan, Secretary, (087) 234 7438 or send in by email to maryinmayo@yahoo.com.  Any photos sent in will be returned. We ask that you turn up on the day to meet our new players, give them advice tell them stories of your experience of being part of the ladies football team. Help us celebrate the day which is being held to encourage our new players. Refreshments and treats, including teas and coffee, will be available on this fun Debut Day.

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More pix from today’s ladies football game v The Neale

UPDATE, Monday, June 1, from Aidrienne Gleeson, PRO + more videos HERE Our U12/U10 ladies played the Neale in a challenge match last Saturday, May 30th, in Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe. Ballinrobe, with a panel of 21 on the day, gave an impressive first-day team display with plenty of scores throughout the match from both sides. The match was played over four 12-minute quarters and all panel members played a minimum of one quarter. Captained by Holly Duddy the panel also included Sophie O’Brien, Ailbhe O’ Loughlin, Ella Murphy, Grace Bradley, Maria Macken, Aoibhinn Barrett, Sarah Finnegan, Lara Philbin, Sophie Sheridan, Erin Collier, Claire Langan, Alayna Murphy, Rebecca Mellett-Connolly, Lily Smyth, Laura Finley, Aleesha Cahill, Rosie Smyth, Amy Gleeson, Grace Cannon and Grace Jennings. The ladies are on the field again June 13th together with the rest of the Robe Rockets for the club’s big Debut Day.   UPDATE, 8pm: Ballinrobe GAA Club chairperson Alan Flannery wishes the girls team every success – follow link below to find this video. UPDATE, 1pm: Pictures and videos from the game are available HERE – more to follow over the next few days. The Neale won the match but our girls played very well for their first game, and what was very encouraging was the way in which our players’ skills held up – when they get accustomed to playing as a team on such a large pitch, they will be a very fine side indeed. Go to our Facebook page for updates and photos from our historic ladies football match v The Neale, now underway in Flanagan Park. We are playing really well against a fine The Neale team. First game for our reformed ladies football club.

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More videos added from Ballinrobe v Claremorris U6 and U8 matches

UPDATE, May 30: More videos added to the link below (may take a few minutes to sync – when completed, there should be five videos in total). Our U6s and U8s played Claremorris in Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe, on Saturday last (May 23). Pictures and videos are available HERE A special word of thanks from the U6 and U8 coaches to all those who helped out on Saturday: taking care of teams, refereeing matches and assisting with general organisation on the day. Honourable mention too for the large group of parents and supporters who cheered on our Robe Rockets.

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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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