Ballinrobe GAA Club is holding a Registration Night embracing all age groups in the Community School on Friday, February 10, from 7 to 10pm. This registration night is for players in robe rockets, bord na nog, u21, senior and Ladies teams and also for all our much valued non playing supporters of the club. Please attend on the night.
Registration night – February 10 Read More »
By Billy Horan, Club PRO Paul Kane is to manage Ballinrobe senior football team again this year. Mark Walkin has replaced Eamon Hamrogue, Hollymount, as his selector, and Declan Corcoran, chairman, speaking at a meeting of the club’s executive last week, thanked Eamon for his much-appreciated contribution.
Paul will manage our senior team again in 2017 Read More »
Ballinrobe Bord na nOg has announced the following football management teams for 2017: U12 – Kevin Gilrane, Mike Jennings, Sean Flannelly, Johnny Coyne; U14 – Alan Flannery, Pat Kennedy, Adrian Flannery; U16 – Tom Carney, John Fitzpatrick; U18 – Peter Staunton, Kevin Murphy, David Colleran. Other names may be added later. The U12s will resume activities with a Pella League in February. U14s and U16s will begin training on the astro-turf pitch. Tributes were paid to Declan O’Loughlin who has retired as chairperson of the Robe Rockets.
Under-age team appointments for 2017 are announced Read More »
By Liam Horan, Webmaster A great week (and season) for Ballinrobe Community School continued yesterday when the school’s rising stars won the Connacht Juvenile B championship. They defeated ‘The Bish’ (St Joseph’s, Galway) by 3-14 to 3-7 in a thrilling final at Headford. We are particularly proud of the Ballinrobe players in the squad, but, equally, we know the unique atmosphere that permeates a successful school team when players from a variety of clubs pool together. Well done to team manager Martin Gavin, a member of the Mountbellew-Moylough club in Galway, who guided the team to victory. We are lucky locally to have enjoyed many great Ballinrobe Community School successes down the years, and it is clear that we are now in a very promising era. This triumph is also a vindication of all the great work being done in local clubs, not least in our own club where many of these players cut their teeth in our Skills Academy (now known as the Robe Rockets) and at Bord na nOg level. Thanks to Alan Flannery for providing this picture after the great deed was done.
Great week (and season) continues for school with Connacht juvenile victory Read More »
By Billy Horan, Club PRO Well done to Ballinrobe Community School on capturing the Connacht Post-primary School’s Senior B league football title at Belclare on Wednesday. An impressive performance fashioned a 3-9 to 0-9 win over Presentation College, Athenry. The side was captained by Ballinrobe player Evan O’Brien. The team’s focus will now be on the championship with a semi-final placing already achieved. We hope to have the names of all the players and management in the pic clarified asap.
Congratulations to school side on winning Connacht Senior B league Read More »
Dear Club Members, This coming Saturday, 14th January, Ballinrobe GAA is club is getting together to get our facilities ready for another busy calendar. With the great numbers we now possess it is essential that the clubs facilities are provided in the best possible condition. What is going to happen this weekend, is that on Saturday morning at 10.00am, all club members, mentors, players and parents are being asked to be at Flanagan Park at 10.00am whereby everyone is to get together and carry out a general tidy up around the pitch and surrounding areas including the dressing rooms, stores, kitchen area and bathrooms. The equipment cages will also be tidied up, with some being moved out and each teams equipment and gear being sorted out in advance of the year commencing. So please make an effort to come out this Saturday at 10.00am and help start the year off on the right foot, all are welcome so bring any help you can find along the way.
SOS We need your help for pitch clean up on Saturday Read More »
It is with regret that we record the death after a long illness of Sean Donnelly, Knockgloss, Ballinrobe. Sean’s sons, grandsons and grand-daughters are all heavily involved in the club and the family has always been supportive of Ballinrobe and Mayo teams. Sean was a very popular local man. Funeral details are here http://www.midwestradio.ie/index.php/death-notices/36848-sean-donnelly-knockgloss-ballinrobe May he rest in peace.
The late Sean Donnelly, RIP Read More »
By Annette Conway, PRO Robe Rockets On behalf of us all in Robe Rockets we would like to sincerely thank the Parents, Coaches, Sponsors,Committee members, volunteers and most importantly our Robe Rocket players for their efforts and support throughout the year. We wish all those who graduate from Robe Rockets to our U10 Ladies and U12’s ,Bord Na nÓg all the best as they continue with their footballing careers in the Club. We would like to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and prosperous New Year. We know Santa will be good to all our Robe Rockets and look forward to a year full of fun and football in 2017.
Players from aged 10 to God knows what will take part in our St Stephen’s Day games this year. At 11.30am, our rising U12 and U14 stars will take to the field. Try to get up to Flanagan Park early to see them display their considerable talents. And at 12.30pm, old-timers (i.e. anyone over 21) will take on our current U21 team, the Mayo C champions who, rumour has it, have been bigging it up around town since their county final victory. Kevin Quinn has been sponsored new wheels. Ronan O’Reilly has been to Roundy to get “The ROR Roar” cut into his left temple. Another un-named player has got 9 new tats to mark the county final victory. Time to bring them down to size? Can you afford to miss this? See you there. It might even be streamed on Club Radio: http://ballinrobegaaclub.com/category/audios/ Who’s reffing it? Will we even need a ref?
Tog one, tog all: St Stephen’s Day games will warm, or thin, the blood Read More »
After the recent series of County Cup games, two Ballinrobe players – Evan O’Brien and Oran O’Malley – have been named in the Mayo minor squad for 2017. Evan and Oran both shone in the County Cup games that culminated in south Mayo losing narrowly to East Mayo in the final – 1-9 to 0-11 – at Mulvey Park, Castlebar. However, despite the disappointment of the defeat, there was good news for Oran and Evan, two of our most promising and committed young players, when they were included in the squad. We wish them the very best of luck and know they will represent our club with distinction. Both figured prominently in our recent Mayo U21 C championship final victory over Kilmeena. You can relive that game, including full commentary, after-match interviews and photos http://ballinrobegaaclub.com/u21final/
Evan and Oran named on Mayo minor squad for 2017 Read More »
