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Busy All Ireland Weekend

Dear Club Members, It’s All Ireland Weekend and everyone around the County is beginning to feel the buzz. Ballinrobe GAA Club have a busy weekend starting this evening; Our U8 team is away to Moy Davitts this evening and our U10 team is away to Breaffy At 6.30pm this evening our Minors play Hollymount – Carramore in Hollymount in the County Minor Championship, best of luck to players and mentors And at 8.00pm our Senior team play Shrule – Glencorrib in Flanagan Park in Division 1 B of the Senior League this is a crucial encounter as the team battle for points in the league. Please make an effort to support all teams, where possible, as there is a lot of action going on in different venues, it is understandable that every game can’t be seen. All of the evenings action is followed by our 2nd Club Draw for All Ireland tickets. Venue – Inchs (Fitzpatricks, Main St) There is 2 All Ireland tickets that have to be given away tonight, tickets for the draw can still be got and will be available tonight at a cost of €5 each or 3 for €10. First draw will take place at approx. 11.00pm. FINALLY!! As All Ireland Sunday approaches, the hype continues to build. We firstly pass our Congratulations to Eoin Jennings, a member of our U8 Robe Rocket team, who will be an official flag bearer on All Ireland Football Final day. Eoin has the privilege of welcoming both teams onto the sacred ground of Croke Park this Sunday and we know he will do his family and Club proud. Eoin was selected as one of 6 lucky winners by All Ireland Football sponsors, AIB. Eoin is son of Colm and Emma Jennings, a family heavily involved in the Club. Enjoy your special day from us all. As we all know, Ballinrobe is strongly represented in the Mayo set-up that will go toe-to-toe with Dublin in the All-Ireland senior football final on Sunday week – we have four club members involved. Donal Vaughan is, once again, a member of the Mayo team, just as he has been consistently for the past number of years. Donal plays his club football with Ballinrobe, and is a successful local businessperson – Vaughan Shoes are also long-time supporters and sponsors of Ballinrobe GAA club. Stephen Rochford, the manager, is a native of Crossmolina, but he is living and married in Ballinrobe. Stephen first came to Ballinrobe to work in the local AIB Bank branch, and met and married local woman Laura Gill – she of singing and acting renown with Ballinrobe Musical Society and Ballinrobe Folk Choir. They have two children – Dara and the recent arrival Rory. Stephen was previously joint manager of the club team that won a Mayo U21 B title – as far as I can recall, Donal Vaughan was on that team too, n’est pas? Liam Horan, a former club secretary and our current vice-chairperson, is the media co-ordinator for the Mayo team. His brother Maurice, who starred with Ballinrobe for many years, and managed Limerick footballers for three years, is head of the video analysis & stats team. Maurice lives in Tralee, Co. Kerry. Their father Billy is our veteran club PRO, of course. We wish all four – and the entire Mayo operation – every success Safe travelling to all hitting the road, and we hope all Club Members enjoy the weekend. Ballinrobe GAA Club Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo www.BallinrobeGAAClub.com Twitter: @ballinrobegaa Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BallinrobeGAAFanPage

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Congrats Eoin Jennings

By Annette Conway, PRO Robe Rockets Congratulations to Eoin Jennings, a member of our U8 Robe Rocket team who will be an official flag bearer on All Ireland Football Final day. Eoin has the privilege of welcoming both teams onto the sacred ground of Croke Park this Sunday and we know he will do his family and Club proud. Eoin was selected as one of 6 lucky winners by All Ireland Football sponsors, AIB. Eoin is son of Colm and Emma Jennings, a family heavily involved in the Club. Enjoy your special day from us all.

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Family Fun Day Postponed

By Annette Conway, PRO Robe Rockets Unfortunately we have postponed Family Fun day as the pitch is not playable and promised bad weather for Sunday. Thank you to all who helped organised the event, offered to volunteer on the day and to bake. Thank you all for your understanding.  

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Family Fun Day 11th September

By Annette Conway, PRO Robe Rockets Mark Sunday 11th September in your diary ….. Ballinrobe GAA are having a Family Fun Day in the Community School pitch on Sunday 11th September from 1pm to 4pm. It will to be a fun filled day with our U6, U8, U10, U12 boys and girls teams showcasing their skills in matches against local teams. (Timetable to follow) Alongside this there will be a Coaches race, Mother and Fathers race, Tug of war, and many more fun activities. We are inviting all parents, grandparents, family, friends and Club members to come along, join in the fun and see our future stars in action.   

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Debut Day 2016

By Annette Conway, PRO Robe Rockets Well done to our youngest Robe Rockets, U6 boys and girls who played their first match in Club colours. Our U8’s lined out to cheer and clap our U6’s onto the pitch as they made their debut entrance. Alongside the U6’s match, our U8’s played Kiltimagh U8’s. There was over 65 Ballinrobe children playing in parallel in the Lough, demonstrating all the skills learnt at training to the players who played so well and thankfully the rain held off. As a special momentum, each U6 debutant received a medal to mark their debut match. Future Mayo GAA Senior Winners 2032!!!! Thanks to the Kiltimagh U6 and U8’s teams, Coaches and their families who made the journey. A special word of thanks as always to all who organised the day, U6 and U8 Coaches, Referees, Parents, all who helped with refreshments and worked really hard to have everything in place for our Robe Rockets. The future is bright with all these great players coming through. Video: U6 Debut Day entrance, supported by U8 Robe Rockets Photo: U6 Robe Rockets Team photo 2016  

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Robe Rocket U6 Debut day

By Annette Conway, PRO Robe Rockets In keeping with Robe Rockets tradition, our U6 boys and girls are having their Debut Match on Saturday 3rd September. As this is a very special day for our Club we extend a special invitation to come along and watch our future stars wear the maroon and yellow of Ballinrobe for the first time. This day marks the beginning of what will hopefully be a rewarding and exciting journey in the club colours for all our young players. Throw in is at 11am where our U6 will play alongside our U8’s against Kiltimagh in Flanagan Park. So bring your cameras to capture the memories and come down to cheer on our young footballers this Saturday morning.

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