The first of the Mayo GAA Board draws take place tomorrow night (Wednesday) – so if you want to be in, purchase your ticket from any club officer before 3pm tomorrow. Top prizes right throughout the year and the proceeds from your ticket are shared between Mayo GAA board and Ballinrobe GAA club.
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By Annette Conway, PRO Robe Rockets Ballinrobe GAA club hosted an U10 Boys Blitz on Saturday with Carras, Mayo Gaels and Shrule/Glencorrib all participating. Over 100 boys competed in the blitz with two Ballinrobe teams competing in the Cup final. It was a wonderful sight to see so many children displaying their skills so enthusiastically on a warm afternoon. A big thank you to Des May, U10 Coach who organised and coordinated the blitz. We sincerely thank all who helped out on the day and to the players, coaches and parents of Carras, Mayo Gaels and Shrule/Glencorrib for coming. Special thanks to our U10 Robe Rocket players, parents and coaches. We hope you enjoyed the day!! Some photos from the day. Blitz Winners and their Coaches
Ballinrobe GAA club regrets to announce the death of a loyal and popular member of our club, Michael John Murphy, New Street, Ballinrobe, a former recipient of our Hall of Fame award. A native of Kilmaine, Michael John became actively involved in all aspects of the club’s operations when he moved to live in Ballinrobe. He was groundsman at Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe, for many years, and took great pride in ensuring that the club’s playing and off-field facilities were always of the highest standard. One of his major contributions to our club was his overseeing of the development of our new dressingrooms, and the Peter Browne Memorial Stand, in the mid 1980s. Additonally, Michael John was a strong supporter of the club’s fund-raising activities and was a reliable seller of a considerable number of tickets for our weekly draws. Local referees including Christy O’Haire (RIP), Martin Murphy, Sean Murphy and Padraic Costello were always able to count on Michael John when they needed an umpire for club and inter-county games. He would always bear a calm and unflustered demeanour regardless of the importance of the game or the closeness of the exchanges. Members of his family also lend their support to the club in a variety of ways. As a mark of respect to Michael John, tonight’s (Monday) 50:50 draw has been postponed until next Monday night, when it will be held in Luke Carney’s Bar. In a broader community context, Michael John was heavily involved in the building of An Sportlann (now Lakeside Sport & Fitness Club) in the early 1980s. The club will form a guard of honour to give a fitting send-off to a veteran club member who cared deeply about our fortunes. Funeral arrangements are as follows: Reposing at Cummin’s Funeral Home Ballinrobe on Tuesday evening from 5 o’clock with removal at 8 o’clock to St Mary’s Church, Ballinrobe. Funeral Mass on Wednesday at 1 o’clock with burial afterwards in the New Cemetery. House private. Michael John is predeceased by his wife Teresa and daughter Helen. He is survived by his sons Joseph, Michael, John, Gerard; daughters Ann, Marian, Bernadette, Angela, Therese; sons-in-law John Slone, Gabriel Heneghan, Michael Robinson, James Dooley, Tom Conlon, Miko Gibbons; daughters-in-law Carmel, Dolores, Maureen, Gillian; brother Patrick; sister Margaret; nephews; nieces; grandchildren; great-grandchildren; relatives; neighbours and a large circle of friends. We extend our deepest sympathy to his family and his wide circle of friends. May he rest in peace. Declan Corcoran, Chairman, Ballinrobe GAA Club
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Ballinrobe GAA is now registered for the Topaz Cash for Clubs 2017 and we are asking all Members of the Club, Parents, Players and Coaches to start collecting the Topaz “Cash for Clubs” tokens for us. We were very lucky to win €5000 last year and are looking to build on our success and raise much needed Cash for our Club. The programme offers clubs of all types and sizes from across the island of Ireland the chance to win up to €10,000. The first club drawn will win the top prize of €10,000, while 10 clubs thereafter will win €5,000, and a further 140 will collect €1,000. Check out our winners video from last year below. How it works: We are encouraging all Members of the Club, Parents, Players and Coaches to go that extra mile for our club by collecting ‘Cash for Clubs’ tokens or using a Play or Park game tag which are available in- store or through the Topaz Play or Park app. You’ll receive one token once you spend €30 or more on fuel purchases and once you have linked your game tag to the club; BALLINROBE GAA #2831- MAYO your tokens will be automatically allocated to us. Once a club has collected 2,000 tokens, they will be automatically entered into an ‘everyone-wins’ draw. Cards will be available next week at all training sessions. See link below https://www.playorpark.ie/cash-for-clubs/how-to-play#
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By Annette Conway, PRO Robe Rockets It’s been a busy few weeks for our Rockets and their Coaches. Our U6’s have now joined us for training in Flanagan Park, our U10’s played a challenge against Claremorris and last Friday we had a double header when our U8’s and U10’s played Balla in the first round of the Go Games. Well done to all involved. Our U6’s in action Some photos from our U8’s Boys and Girls first “Go Game” against Balla Our U10’s in action against Claremorris
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Matthew McCormack, Cloongowla, a member of our club’s U10 boys team, was our Junior Reporter for today’s Treanlaur Catering Mayo SFC clash with Ballina Stephenites at Flanagan Park. [audio:http://ballinrobegaaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Matthew2-report-ballina.mp3] He helped Tom Carney and his commentary team of Tom Maughan (Ballina Stephenites) and Liam Horan (Ballinrobe) with some stats and even gave his view at half-time. Somewhat presciently, he predicted a Ballina Stephenites comeback at that stage – and his prophecy proved all too accurate, alas as they rallied to beat us by two points in a closely-contested encounter. Matthew is interested in sports journalism and as you will discover when you listen to his match report here, he’s a dab hand at it. The young members of the club had a big part to play today – Eva Gallagher, also 9, and a member of the club’s U10 ladies football team, delivered a beautiful rendition of the national anthem. Matthew and Eva both showed big day temperament today. Well done to the two of them. You can listen to Tom Carney’s full commentary on the game HERE
By Annette Conway, PRO Robe Rockets Training day and times Flanagan Park 2017: U6’s Boys and Girls Saturday 9.30am to 10.30am U8’s Boys and Girls Saturday morning 9.30am to 10.45am U10’s Boys Tuesday and Friday evenings 6.45pm to 8pm Please note that Parents/Guardians will receive notification of matches/any changes to training by text message for all registered players. Please note that it is club policy to have children dropped off and picked up at the dressing rooms for outdoor training and matches, this is to ensure the safety of our players. Children are not PERMITTED to walk to car park on their own. Gum shields are mandatory for players in all age grades.
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By Annette Conway, PRO Robe Rockets We were delighted to welcome our own Oran O’Malley to our U6’s and U8’s Rockets training this morning along with the Paddy Drummond Cup, Connaught Senior League and Championship cups. Oran took time to answer lots and lots of questions from our Rockets and he advised them to practice lots and listen to their Coaches!!! Sean Grimes our U6 coach was brought back to 1999 as Sean was Captain of the last Ballinrobe Community School to win the All Ireland College final. A massive “Thank you” to Oran and once again congratulations to all involved in Ballinrobe Community School. We wish you all the very best with exams, Clubs and County involvement in 2017. For more photos check out https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1365677286808507.1073741832.237032396339674&type=3 U8 Robe Rockets with Oran O’Malley
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UPDATE, Thursday, March 30: We will have full commentary of the game here on Club Radio. Tune in here shortly before 2pm Saturday for coverage. Commentator Liam Horan – flanked by the trusty duo of Padraic Costello Snr (and the first) and Tom Carney. The game will be live on this link HERE – and will be archived there afterwards too. Please RT, share, email, SMS etc this page – lots of people who will want to follow the game but won’t be able to get there. See you in Croke Park on Saturday.
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By Annette Conway, PRO Robe Rockets After six thrilling weeks our U10 boys Pella Spring league concluded last Friday evening. The large crowd in attendance were treated to four highly competitive matches with very little to separate the teams. Congratulations to all players involved. U10 Boys Training returns outdoors this week and will take place on Tuesday and Friday evenings at 6.45pm to 8pm in Flanagan Park. Thanks to our Parents for ensuring the boys kept to their match schedules and who came out week on week to support the boys and to John F and staff at the Lakeside for hosting us once again. A special mention to each team coach who helped throughout the six weeks and as always Des May and Padraic Delaney, U10 Coaches for organising and running the league. A video and some photos from the night They came down eventually !!!
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