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From RTE to Mayo GAA: Many thanks for your help with this, as mentioned on the phone we’re doing our new nightly 2FM show Game On live from the Promenade Suite of the Salthill Hotel in Galway next Thursday (16th).We’re going to have some Galway and Mayo legends (Names TBC) to chat about the history between the counties and look ahead to the opening game of the Connacht Championship. We’re going to have a few other bits and pieces lined up as well but the show will be mainly GAA based. We’re looking to invite a couple of fans 20/25 from each county along to add to the atmosphere on the evening. We’re going to be live on 2FM from 7pm to 8pm on the night so people are more than welcome to pop along from 6:15-6:30pm onwards If they need any details or want to make contact with us the email address for the show isgameon@rte.ie All the best, Damien

Our Michael Walsh Cup game v Knockmore, scheduled to take place tomorrow evening (Saturday) has been postponed and will be played at a later date.

Tickets for the upcoming Connacht Senior Football Championship Clash between Galway and Mayo will be on sale to the general public this coming Friday 10th May between 7.00p.m. – 9.00p.m. from the office of  MacHale Park in Castlebar.

Here’s the latest edition of INTO THE WEST, the magazine of the Connacht GAA Council.  

Our County Cup semi-final versus Breaffy takes place this Sunday at 12noon – but in Ballindine, and not Claremorris as previously advertised. Initially, the game was scheduled for 2.30pm, but has been changed to facilitate those attending the wedding of our former defender Paul Finnerty and his Breaffy wife-to-be Louise Conway, so it’s a real Ballinrobe-Breaffy day. Referee is John Walker. We are in the County Cup semi-final by virtue of our O’Mara Cup final win. Breaffy won the Kelly Cup in west Mayo.  

John Bradley is one of the chief organisers of a Table Quiz in aid of Special Olympics on Thursday week, May 9, in Costello’s Bar, Abbey Street, Ballinrobe. John and his quiz cohorts are great supporters of our quizzes, our weekly Lotto, and, indeed, our club teams. So we are urging  club members to turn out in large numbers to support their quiz.  

At tonight’s Executive Committee meeting, votes of congratulations were passed to Willie Culkeen, on his appointment as Principal of Ballinrobe Community School, and Maurice Horan, on his success in managing Limerick to the National Football League Division Four title. Best wishes were also extended to Paul Finnerty and Louise Conway, who get married next weekend.

And, yes, we do mean NOW! Quality Street are down to the last few hours (just over 2 1/2 hours) in their battle to get to the next round of the Red Bull Bedroom Jam 2013. There’s a very strong club connection here. Martin Farragher and Michael Ansbro both play with the club and have done so for many years. Ailise Burke comes from a very strong GAA family – her father Billy is a former Mayo intermediate football championship winner with the club, and has been actively involved in the club all his life. Let’s play our part now to help them over the line. They’re currently leading but many’s a game was lost in the closing minutes. Let’s make sure we do our bit to push them home – just go to the link below and give them 5 stars, Like the song, Tweet it, and add a comment under the video: http://www.redbullbedroomjam.ie/2013-band/quality-street/ It is important to add that link to all your Tweets, Facebook comments etc.

Kilmeena GAA club kindly sent us a great number of pictures from our recent Mayo U14 league clash with them. You can access them HERE, scrolling to the bottom of the page, and click on the link to get all the photos. There are 89 photos there in total. I am onto Kilmeena to find out the photographer’s name so we can credit them here. And thanks to our coaching officer Gerry O’Malley, who made contact with Kilmeena on this.