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U12 Ladies Semi Final

Friday 26th August 2016. Ballinrobe Ladies U12 were in a play-off for the semi-final of the league in Flanagan Park. Our girls lost out narrowly but this group of player gave everything they had and finished strongly despite being well behind going into the last quarter. These young ladies have continued to go from strength to strength with many of this panel having only started playing football this year. Well done to the girls and their coaches, they did the club proud. U12 Ballinrobe Ladies

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Vivioptal® Junior sponsor U8 Robe Rocket Jerseys

By Annette Conway, PRO Robe Rockets Robe Rockets are delighted to accept sponsorship of a set of jerseys by Vivioptal® Junior for our U8 team. Anthony Rainbow, Business Development Manager for Scope Healthcare aka former Kildare GAA player presented the jerseys to our U8 team at training last week. A big thank you to Vivioptal® Junior for selecting our Club. A sincere thank you to Elaine Treacy, Treacy’s Pharmacy, Main St, Ballinrobe. Elaine Treacy was instrumental in the decision by Vivioptal® Junior to select Robe Rockets and in her own words “it was just a conversation”, one to which Robe Rockets is grateful for. Pictured here at the presentation are Declan O’Loughlin, Chairperson Robe Rockets, Annette Conway, PRO Robe Rockets, Elaine Treacy, Treacy’s Pharmacy, Main St Ballinrobe and Anthony Rainbow, Business Development Manager for Scope Healthcare. Elaine Treacy, Treacey’s Pharmacy presenting Annette Conway, PRO Robe Rockets with Jersey Our U8 Team and Coaches with their new jerseys pictured here with Anthony Rainbow, Business Development Manager Scope Healthcare and Elaine Treacy, Treacy’s Pharmacy. Vivioptal® Junior is a scientifically developed advanced food supplement for active children that provide a carefully balanced, comprehensive range of 12 essential vitamins and 7 trace minerals. Vivioptal® Junior provides an ideal nutritional safeguard during a time when children have a high nutrient requirement in relation to body size, to support their rapid physical growth and development of bones, muscles, blood volume and the brain For further information on Vivioptal® Junior please click here.     

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Robe Rocket Summer update

By Annette Conway, PRO Robe Rockets As the Summer is passing by without the warm weather a quick update on our Robe Rockets. U10’s It’s been a busy few weeks for our U10’s who have played 4 rounds of the Go Games. The lads had away matches against Balla and Foxford in the last few weeks. The lads played very well against a talented Foxford side and continue to improve with each game they play. We welcome Aghamore to the Lough on Wednesday 13th July at 7pm. Our U10’s also played an exhibition match at half time at the Seniors Championship fixture against Castlebar Mitchels and showcased their talents.  Well done to the players and coaches. U8’S Our U8’s Boys and Girls have played two rounds of the Go Games against Breaffy and Kiltimagh and welcome Aghamore to the Lough on Saturday 16th July (provisional). Our U8’s are now training twice a week Wednesday 6.45pm to 7.45pm and Saturday 9.30am to 10.30am. A few photos from our match against Breaffy      U6’S Our U6 continue to train on Saturday mornings and are now practising their skills in their weekly training matches at the end of training. The Coaches are preparing them for their debut match in the coming weeks. Finally a reminder that Cúl Camp starts Monday July 18th to Friday 22nd July from 9.30am to 2.30pm

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U10’s First game this year

  By Ann Cannon, PRO Ballinrobe LGFA 15 of our U10 ladies took to the pitch in Cong against the Neale on Wed evening last.  This was the first match which combined our current U10 ladies with our newly joined members from our G4G campaign. They played really well together, gave it their all and did the club proud with their efforts.

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Well done Róisín!

  By Ann Cannon, PRO, Ballinrobe LGFA Our own Róisín Collins will be a ball girl when Leitrim take on Sligo in the TG4 Connacht Intermediate Championship Final this Sunday at 2:30pm in McHale Park Castlebar. Róisín has given so much to our girls & club since coming on board.  Helping with the start of our Pella League back in October, regular training sessions with both the U10’s and U12’s and most recently with our G4G campagin. She was invited by the LGFA Connacht, to take part on Sunday since she gave her time as a referee in an U11 Connacht Blitz at the end of May.

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U12 Ladies Vs Kilmoremoy

  By Ann Cannon, PRO Ballinrobe, LGFA Another great evenings football last Wed 15th June from our very talented U12 ladies who played Kilmoremoy (Kilmoremoy is the old name for an area that incorporates Ballina and Ardnaree, on either side of the River Moy). We had a great turnout with 26 players togging out. It was the first time playing for Ballinrobe for four players who had previously been involved with the Gaelic4Girls program. As with all our players they did the club proud. Thanks to Kilmoremoy who travelled a long way and played a great game. Our next U12 match is tomorrow Thurs 23th June 6:30pm Vs Knockmore in the COMMUNITY SCHOOL pitch, meet at the pitch at 6:10pm.  Please support the girls. A reminder to wear gum shields, but no jewellery, earrings or hair slides.  Also bring some form of a top for when not playing in the game as it gets quite windy up at the school pitch.   Ladies U12 training is moving to Mondays and Fridays from 6:30 to 7:30 pm in the Community School pitch. Ladies U10 training is on Wednesdays and Friday’s from 6:30 to 7:30 pm at Flanagan Park. Any player not wearing a gum shield will not be allowed to play in the practice matches at the end of training sessions. For safety reasons all players must be walked into the pitch and collected from there also.

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Many thanks to Declan Burke, Ryder’s Chemist

By Annette Conway, PRO Robe Rockets A big thank you to Declan Burke, Ryder’s Chemist, Main St, Ballinrobe who generously sponsored First Aid kits for our U6, U8 and U10 Robe Rocket teams. It is greatly appreciated. Pictured above is Declan Burke, Ryder’s Chemist presenting the First Aid kits to Robe Rocket Committee Members David Conway, Secretary, Declan O’Loughlin, Chairperson, Des May and some of our U6, U8 and U10 Robe Rockets. Our Newsletter has now been circulated via email to all Parents/Guardians and contains information on the Clubs training tops which will be available to order in the coming weeks.

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Ballinrobe GAA club update

BALLINROBE GAA CLUB UPDATE May 13th, 2016 ON THE NEWS SECTION OF OUR SITE: http://www.ballinrobegaaclub.com/category/news/ · Seniors play first championship game of the year v Ballina this Sunday at home. We are looking for a big home support, including our rockets! More here; http://ballinrobegaaclub.com/rockets-lets-get-behind-the-seniors-sunday/ and more on the live streaming for those who might want to tune in from far afield here; http://ballinrobegaaclub.com/ballina/ · Good attendance at injury prevention seminar. Physiotherapist Sinead Keane ran an injury prevention seminar in conjunction with Ballinrobe GAA club on Saturday last. There was a good turnout of senior players and coaches from across all the age groups. · Underage academy is outdoors for all teams CONGRATS TO BALLINROBE COMMUNITY SCHOOL · Community School First Years this week won the Connacht College C final in the Centre of Excellence, Bekan We are very proud of our club players who featured: Jason Butler, Gary Mellott, Jack woods, Johnny Heneghan, Eoin Gilrane, Adam Flannery, Conor O Brien and Dylan Sweeney Well done also to Coaches Andy Walsh and Martin Gavin, Andy is a coach of our U8 Rockets also It is very heartening for our club – and other local clubs – to see the Community School capture a number of titles of late. Well done to all involved. 50/50 !! · Congrats to Alex Galvin – €610 winner in our 50:50 draw This week’s winner of our 50:50 jackpot was Alex Galvin, Clonbur Road, who received €610. The €20 winners were Shane Watson, Monica Niland and Tom Watson. Next Monday night’s draw is in Biggins’ Corner Bar at 11o’c sharp. Our jackpots are rising each week, so if you’re not in you can’t win, tickets available from all usual outlets and will be on sale in Flanagan Park at the Rockets academy on Saturday and Ballina game on Sunday. GAELIC 4 GIRLS · Gaelic4Girls Hits Ballinrobe by Storm! Gaelic4Girls has hit Ballinrobe by storm, with 40 girls from Ballinrobe and the surrounding areas descending onto Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe to be treated to 60mins of great fun and coaching in Ladies Gaelic Football last Friday evening. This programme continues for another 7 weeks every Friday from 18:30 in Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe. It is fantastic to see so many enthusiastic girls, who have little Gaelic Football experience enjoying themselves. It is open to girls aged 8-12yrs ( inclusive by 25th July 2016) who are not part of a Ladies Gaelic Football Club and who are interested in learning the skills of the game. All girls from Ballinrobe and the surrounding areas are encouraged to attend and learn the skills of Ladies Gaelic Football from enthusiastic coaches. You are all welcome to attend even if you missed week one. The girls will be taught the basic skills of Gaelic football on a fun basis and will get to demonstrate their new skills at a fun mini-blitz. All girls will be presented with a Gaelic4Girls t-shirt and certificate. A major bonus from the programme is that all participants will get the chance to participate in a Mini Blitz with another Gaelic4Girls site after the county blitz. The cost for the entire programme is only €8. Anybody who would like more details on this programme is asked to contact Aidrienne Gleeson on (086) 1260136. Reminder to all girls attending, wear enough layers, under armor if you have them, it’s easy to peel of the layers, but if weather continues like last Friday would be good idea even to have a hat on your head to keep the bitter cold out. Everybody to bring a bottle of water and wear the mandatory gum shields. Reminder to all parents and Guardians please sign in your daughters on the registration sheet each evening on arrival and girls have to be collected from the pitch and will not be allowed leave on their own not even to walk down the length of the car park, you need to come back to the registration point to collect the girls each evening for security purposes. CALENDAR The most up-to-date club calendar is available at the bottom of our club website home page www.ballinrobegaaclub. You don’t need any special software to view this calendar. This is where we publicise all our games, both home and away for all ages, and for those looking into what’s going on around the club each week, just have a look in here! RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW CLUB SPONSOR In what is believed to be the first sponsorship of its kind in Ireland, Ballinrobe Races have recently been announced as the new sponsors of the Ballinrobe senior football team. The announcement was made at a special function held on Thursday 31st March last to formally launch the 2016 season at our local popular track, more on this including statements on the evening and photos can be found here; http://ballinrobegaaclub.com/historic-sponsorship-deal-announced-with-ballinrobe-races/ Donal McCormack, Runai

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U6 First outdoor training session 2016

By Annette Conway, PRO Robe Rockets A big welcome to our U6’s, the Clubs youngest members who had their first outdoor training session in Flanagan Park this morning. The threat of rain did not dampen the enthusiasm of the boys and girls and they spend the next hour under the supervision of Dónal, the two Sean’s and Micheál who put them through their paces. Over the last 12 weeks the Coaches and children have been developing their skills indoors in the Lakeside on Saturday mornings. Today was the first opportunity for most of the children to train in Flanagan Park. Thanks again to all parents who cooperated with the drop off and collection of children outside the dressing rooms this morning. See you all again next week. New players are always welcome to join. Weekly Training times U10 Boys Friday, 7pm  to 8pm in Flanagan Park U6 Boys and Girls Saturday, 9.30am to 10.30am in Flanagan Park U8 Boys and Girls Saturday, 9.30am to 10.30am in Flanagan Park   U6’s  Skills Practice U6’s Stars of the Future    

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