From Eimear Grimes, our Child Protection Officer: Hi I just want to remind every-one about The Code of ethics course tomorrow evening, Wednesday 26th March, at 7pm upstairs in O Malley’s. If you are attending or know some-one attending can you send me on names please, so I can forward these on. Thanks Eimear eimsgrimes
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The effort to form a ladies football team in Ballinrobe will continue apace on Saturday, March 22nd, when a training session will be held at Lakeside Sports & Fitness Centre, for girls under the age of 12. This follows a recent meeting at which the possibility of establishing a club was discussed. This indoor session will introduce girls to the skills of ladies football and it is hoped it will be the precursor to a club being formed in the near future. To take part, simply turn up at 9.30am on March 22. Parents are asked to assist on the day. More information at www.ballinrobegaaclub.com.
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Congratulations to Ballinrobe Town AFC who last night won the €1500 prize for being the best team in the highly-successful Mission: Slimpossible! They pipped Ballinrobe RFC in a tight finish. We finished third – but everyone was a winner last night as all three clubs recorded outstanding weight losses. John Walsh, Ballinrobe RFC, was named as King of Mission: Slimpossible! Our very own Tom Carney was in the final three for that accolade, along with Tony Walsh (Ballinrobe Town AFC). Another one of our very own – Martina McCormack – was named as Queen of Mission: Slimpossible! The two other finalists in that were Helen O’Neill and Valerie Gibbons (both Ballinrobe Town AFC). Thanks very much to Paula O’Hara and Tina McCormack from Motivation Weight Management for their support throughout the event. Thanks also to Lake District Sports & Fitness Centre who hosted many of the training events, and to Quality Street for entertaining the huge crowd last night. Plans are afoot to retain some of the training events each week. More details anon. You can listen to Audioboos from last night HERE Visit Motivation Weight Management site HERE More anon.
Here are links to Audioboos from last night’s Mission: Slimpossible! REPORT 5, the McCormack Hour REPORT 4, More Vinny Cummins, John Culhane, Paddy McTigue, Linda Stafford, Hilary Flannery, Damien O’Kelly REPORT 3, interview with Keith McTigue REPORT 2, build-up REPORT 1, build-up Motivation Weight Management website HERE
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Before & After pix from Mission: Slimpossible! are now available. See them HERE And they’re also on Facebook HERE Plus see you tomorrow night (Friday) at the final night in aid of the Friends of Grace charity in the Valkenburg. Visit Motivation Weight Management website HERE
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UPDATE, Sunday, March 9: Listen to the interview below. [audio:http://ballinrobegaaclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/slimpossible_09_03_14.mp3] Mission: Slimpossible! will feature on Mid West Radio this Sunday. At about 4pm, Peter McHugh (Mayor of Ballinrobe) and Ronan O’Dea (Chairman, Ballinrobe Town AFC) will be guests of Angelina McHugh’s on the sports show. Both men are participating in Mission: Slimpossible! which comes to a climax on Friday night next, March 14th, in the Valkenburg (for which tickets are selling extremely fast, by the way). To all our participants, we say ‘have a good and restrained weekend’ – we need every point we can get at Tuesday night’s final weigh-in. Motivation Weight Management website HERE
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Online, there are now a number of ways you can support our team in Mission: Slimpossible! You can support individuals HERE Or you can make a general donation to the club HERE Motivation Weight Management website is HERE
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A number of our Slimpossibles are now raising funds for the club online: you can support them here: Elaine O’Brien Keith McTigue Brian Golden Alan Flannery John Culhane Linda Stafford Vincent Cummins Tom Carney Liam Horan As more people add their pages on iFundraise site, we will list them here. You can also make a general donation to the club if you can’t decide which one of the above you want to support individually. This should be handy for ensuring that civil war doesn’t break out in families, and so on. We’re all for peace. General donation HERE Visit Motivation Weight Management website HERE
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Ladies football meeting A meeting with a view to reforming a ladies football club in Ballinrobe will take place on Thursday, March 6th, at 8pm in Maple Youth Centre, Bowgate Street. For now, the focus will be on girls under the age of 12, but if the project is successful, it is hoped to extend it to older age groups in the years ahead. Anyone interested in this initiative is invited to attend the meeting, which starts at 8pm. If you are unable to attend, but would like to be kept informed of developments, please email secretary.ballinrobe.mayo. A representative from Mayo ladies football county board will attend the meeting to outline the stages involved in establishing a club. NoticeReFirstMeeting.docx
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The Valkenburg has been confirmed for the final night of Mission: Slimpossible! on Friday, March 14th. Mission: Slimpossible! is the weight loss competition between Ballinrobe RFC, Ballinrobe Town AFC and Ballinrobe GAA club. A total of 60 people – 20 from each club – have been taking part in the novel campaign since early January. The event will start at 9pm. Music by Quality Street followed by disco. With a huge crowd anticipated, a closed circuit tv system will beam pictures to the upstairs area of the Valkenburg. All proceeds from that night will go to the Friends of Grace Charity. On the night, the following will be announced: Winning club (this will remain a secret until the final night). King of Mission: Slimpossible! Queen of Mission: Slimpossible! (both of these prizes are awarded on the basis of who lost the most body fat percentage). ‘After’ and winning pictures will be taken by photographer Elizabeth Toher, and the key ones will be available for circulation to the media. On the night, each team is assembling in a local public house before going to the Valk. The GAA team will meet in O’Malley’s Bar at 8pm. Participants, friends, club members and families are invited to join the group in O’Malley’s. To learn more about how Mission: Slimpossible! operates, please visit HERE. Every person got a target appropriate to their weight in January. Pictures from the event are available HERE. Motivation Weight Management website HERE
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