By Billy Horan, Club PRO The Executive Committee of Ballinrobe GAA Club congratulated the junior team and management of the local Community School on winning the Connacht B championship title, at a meeting in TACU Family Resource Centre, last week.
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By Billy Horan, Club PRO Ballinrobe Community School withstood a spirited challenge from St Aloysius College, Athlone, to win the Connacht Colleges Junior B football championship final on a score line of 2-10 to 1-11 in at Mountbellew last week. An Oisin Hanlon goal helped to fashion a Ballinrobe interval lead of 1-6 to 0-5. Competitive exchanges marked the second-half and a Cathal Slattery goal was a crucial factor in gaining the title for Ballinrobe. Evan O’Brien, the captain, Cathal Slattery, who scored 1-2, Adam Barrett, Oran O’Malley, Tommy Conroy and Christopher Vahey were well to the fore for Ballinrobe. Team: James Kyne (Clonbur); Oisin Mullin (Kilmaine), Oran O’Malley (Ballinrobe), Christopher Vahey (Ballinrobe); Conor O’Malley (The Neale), Ryan O’Halloran (The Neale), Darren Munroe (Kilmaine); Evan O’Brien (Ballinrobe), Ross Philbin (Ballinrobe); Tommy Conroy (The Neale), Oisin Hanlon (Ballinrobe), Adam Barrett (Kilmaine); Cathal Slattery (Garrymore), Paddy Feerick (Clonbur), Rory Jennings (Ballinrobe). Sub: Eoin Sheridan (Ballinrobe).
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By Billy Horan, Club PRO Wasteful use of scoring opportunities did not deter Shrule-Glencorrib from defeating Ballinrobe by 0-13 to 0-9 in the opening round of Group 1 of the O’Mara Cup at Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe, on Sunday. The sides were level 0-6 apiece at the interval and while Ballinrobe did forge ahead by two points after the restart, sustained Shrule-Glencorrib pressure in the final quarter yielded a productive outcome. Shane Mellett, Colin Hoverty, Eoin Ronaldson, Shane Hennelly, Adrian Moran, Darren McTigue and Conor O’Dowd impressed for Shrule-Glencorrib. Best for Ballinrobe were David Killeen, David Murphy, Conor Keane, Darren McDonnell and Kevin Quinn. Scorers: Shrule-Glencorrib – E Ronaldson 0-5, G Hennelly 0-4, C Hoverty 0-2, S Mellett and S Mullin 0-1 each. Ballinrobe – D McDonnell 0-6, K Quinn 0-2, D Killeen 0-1.
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By Billy Horan, Club PRO Unbeaten Ballinrobe defeated Bohola Moy Davitts by 5-15 to 1-5 in the fourth round of the Division 3 of the Mayo minor football league at Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe, last week. The rampant victors led by 3-11 to 0-1 at the interval. Scorers for Ballinrobe: Tom Quinn 2-4, Evan O’Brien 1-3, Dean Shaughnessy 1-1, Rory Jennings 1-0, Ryan Hobson and Oisin Hanlon 0-2 each, Peter Butler, John Enda Flannelly and Kieran Finnerty 0-1 each. Scorers for Bohola Moy Davitts: Lochlan Maloney 1-2, Davog Doherty 0-2, Cillian O’Brien 0-1.
By Liam Horan, Webmaster A clean-up is planned at Flanagan Park this Saturday. All who use and enjoy the facilities are urged to come along to help out. Parents of players are also encouraged to roll up the sleeves. It will take place at 6pm. Many hands make light work.
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Note below is from Breaffy GAA club – all of us in Ballinrobe send good wishes to the Garrett family and the Breaffy club at this dreadful time: Breaffy GAA are hosting a community mass and get together this Sunday evening at 7pm in the clubhouse in aid of the Garrett family. Ben is a former member of Breaffy GAA. All support and donations to support the search effort would be greatly appreciated. We would also appreciate if you could circulate this to all the co secretaries and if possible post on the Mayo facebook page/ share the Breaffy GAA status. Kind regards, Nuala Bourke
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Dear Club Member, As some of you will be aware, Ballinrobe Races have become our new Senior Team Sponsors in the past number of weeks. We attended the Racecourses’ official 2016 launch and at that, Our Club showcased the new Jerseys for the year; more on that evening can be found here; http://ballinrobegaaclub.com/historic-sponsorship-deal-announced-with-ballinrobe-races/ Along with this, the club wish to pass on our best wishes to the Ballinrobe Racecourse committee in anticipation of their first meeting of the year on Friday evening next, the 15th April. It is being called ‘Friday Fever’ and starts of the first of 10 meetings for the 2016 calendar in Ballinrobe. The racecourse have a number of special offers for the evening more details on this can be found here; http://ballinroberacecourse.ie/friday-fever-15th-april-2016/ We would ask all club members to make an effort to support this local entity, we are very lucky to have such a facility within our parish, and Manager John Flannelly along with his hardworking staff and committee have endeavoured over the years to ensure the racecourse is amongst the best in the country. We wish them all the best for Friday evening and the year ahead. Mise le meas, Donall Mac Cormaic, Runai
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In what is believed to be the first sponsorship of its kind in Ireland, Ballinrobe Races have been announced as the new sponsors of the Ballinrobe senior football team. The announcement was made at a special function held tonight (THURSDAY, 31 MARCH) to formally launch the 2016 season at the popular Mayo track. “Ballinrobe Races is a community-minded body, and this sponsorship is a great way for us to support another organisation who do great work for the area,” said John Flannelly, Manager, Ballinrobe Racecourse. “This is a natural tie-up for us. Both bodies are around a long time. The GAA club in Ballinrobe was formed almost 130 years ago, and our history goes back even further – there has been horse-racing in Ballinrobe for more than 230 years. Racing has taken place at our current venue since 1921. “These are two organisations with proud traditions and I am certain we will be good for each other. The reality is that many people who support horse-racing are also Gaelic football fans. “During high summer at Ballinrobe Races, you will over-hear countless conversations about Gaelic football, particularly if there’s a meeting the day after a Mayo-Galway Connacht championship game. Ballinrobe is a convenient border meeting point for supporters who want to reflect on the latest clash. “Legendary racing figures such as Jim Bolger and JP McManus are also GAA people through and through. The two sports are closely intertwined. “As far as we are aware, this is the first time a racecourse has sponsored a club football team.” The sponsorship will last for the next three years, and will feature the Ballinrobe Races name and logo on the jersey worn by the senior team in the Mayo senior football championship, Division 1B of the Mayo SFL, and a number of other adult tournaments and competitions. “Ballinrobe Races are an inspirational presence in our community. Over the past 20 years they have shown what can be achieved by vision and hard work – in 2012, they won the Racecourse of the Year award,” said Ballinrobe GAA club chairman Declan Corcoran. “In Ballinrobe GAA club, we, too, have our ambitions and our aspirations. We won a number of under age titles in south Mayo last year. “This sponsorship helps us to fund our activities, particularly at senior level. “Our club provides football at all ages for boys, and in recent years we have revived our ladies club, which is proving hugely popular. A Saturday morning in Flanagan Park sees close on 100 young people enjoying football, and we now plan to build on the great progress we have made in recent years.” Declan paid tribute to previous sponsors Vaughan Shoes, who sponsored the club for the best part of the past decade. “The Vaughan family have been – and continue to be – great supporters of the GAA in Ballinrobe, and, indeed, of many other community and sporting organisations,” said Declan. Ballinrobe Races will have ten meetings this year, including the historic first-ever Friday evening meeting on April 15h. Total prize fund this year will be a record €950,000. More on BallinrobeGAAClub.com.
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Please note that the Ballinrobe U18 team take on Shrule/Glencorrib this evening at 6.00pm in Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe. As this is a home game, the Club are hoping for some support for this young squad. They had a very good victory over Hollymount/Carramore last week, so we are hoping that their good form continues Please spread the word around. Donal McCormack, Runai.
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This week’s winner of our 50:50 jackpot was Carney’s Syndicate, c/o Luke Carney’s, who received €545. The €20 winners were Pake Coyne, Noel Sheridan and John Ruane. Next Monday night’s draw is in John O’Connor’s Bar at 10.30pm sharp.
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