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We will open our Breaffy House Mayo SFL Division 1A campaign away to Ballintubber on Sunday, March 31st, at 2pm. Our Division 1F team will be at home to Aghamore at 5pm on the previous evening, Saturday, March 30th. Full details of the fixtures are available HERE. Given that fixtures can change for a variety of reasons, we will not add them to our Club Google Calendar (see bottom of this page) until they are confirmed nearer the time. For now, the county board have asked clubs to treat this fixtures as provisional.  

A night out for all involved with the Academy will take place in Costello’s Bar  at 10pm, Ballinrobe, on Saturday, January 19th. Registration Night for Ballinrobe GAA club – adult and Bord na nOg – will take place on two consecutive Wednesdays, January 23rd and 30th, in the Maple Youth Centre, Bowgate Street, Ballinrobe, from 7-9pm. The annual Presentation Night will take place on Friday, February 1st, in Ballinrobe Community School, at 7pm. The Skills Academy will restart on Saturday, February 9th, at 9.30am in Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe – for children of all ages, but particularly up to U12s.

Hard luck  to our Ballad Group who were eclipsed in the Mayo Scór na nÓg finals in Breaffy yesterday. The team members were Aoife Culhane, Sibéal Finnerty, Sorcha Hobson, Aoife Delargy and Nicole Denning. A special word of thanks to Ms Triona Canny and Ms Dymphna Culhane, who prepared the group.

At Monday night’s meeting of the Executive Committee of Ballinrobe GAA club, best wishes were extended to club player Alan Murphy and his new bride Lorraine Gibbons who were wed on December 30. Alan is a member of the Mayo senior squad and was also selected on the 2012 Mayo News Club Stars team.

At Monday night’s meeting of the Executive Committee of Ballinrobe GAA club, Kevin Murphy was appointed assistant secretary of the club. The position had been left vacant at the agm as it was felt the club should identify somebody with a range of skills appropriate to the role. Kevin fits the bill and was delighted to accept the role. Kevin has played at all levels with the club and continues to line out in the club colours. He is a native of Cahir, Ballinrobe, and is an Ulster Bank employee in Galway city.

Congratulations to our Ballad Group who won the South Mayo Scór na nÓg final in Hollymount on Thursday night last. The team members were Aoife Culhane, Sibéal Finnerty, Sorcha Hobson, Aoife Delargy and Nicole Denning. They will now represent the club and south Mayo in the county finals. Date and venue to be confirmed. They have also been invited to audition for a TG4 show. Dara Deane, Sibéal Finnerty and Aoife Culhane represented Ballinrobe in the Question Time, and the versatile Sibéal also competed in the Solo Singing. A special word of thanks to Ms Triona Canny and Ms Dymphna Culhane, who prepared our competitors.

The club will host a game on St Stephen’s Day – U25s versus O25s, followed by a showing of the match video at a special function in Art’s Bar. The game will have a 1.30pm throw-in. All players are requested to attend. Keith McTigue and David Killeen are the chief organisers. David Killeen will player-manage the O25s, and Tom Carney will manage the U25s. Padraic Costello Snr (and, in his time, Intermediate, Junior and Junior B, player and manager) will referee the match, which causes the video team a bit of a problem given that he is our resident match analyst. We may have to wire him up. Come along to enjoy a great occasion and social event.