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A ‘get behind the lads’ day

Today (Saturday, July 19th) is a real ‘get behind the lads’ day. We can’t qualify for the quarter-finals for the Mayo SFC, but we can avoid a relegation battle. That’s why we need as many supporters as possible for our clash with Kiltane at 7o’c in Bangor Erris. Kiltane always get a good crowd at home: so let’s make a special effort to rally our troops to make the journey. We wish the team every luck. Broadband permitting, we will have Twitter, Facebook and Audioboo updates from the game. You can access all of these directly from the relevant platforms, or elsewhere on our home page. You will need to refresh this page to allow updates to flow in. And good luck to our under-are players who have their Saturday morning Skills Academy at 9.30am. New participants are always welcome, and after a record crowd at the Cúl Camp during the week, we are expecting a few new faces this morning. They’ll be made to feel at home. The U8s are away to Davitts this morning, another big outing.

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Cup Camp pix and interviews

Interviews with Mayo footballers Kevin McLoughlin and Adam Gallagher…plus Cul Camp co-ordinator Martin Costello… …and pix of participants with the Nestor Cup, Kevin and Adam. All from today’s Cul Camp at Flanagan Park, Ballinrobe. Interviews HERE Pix HERE Last year 110 children took part. That was a record until then – this year, the figure has increased by a whopping 30. That bodes well for the future of GAA in this area – and Martin Costello, Camp Co-ordinator, spoke about noticing improved skills among the local contingent again this year. The camp continues for the rest of the week. The pix are high-resolution if you wish to download and print.

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Updates from yesterday’s action

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014: Update at 4.25pm: Finally got around to the report on an epic U21 encounter last night – HERE Update at 8am: With all the panic, I didn’t give the U16 result until now – Carras 8-10, Ballinrobe 3-8. The reason for neglecting it was that the U21 Brennan Cup match in Hollymount consumed all my attention from 8pm until almost 10pm. Poor broadband coverage (wait until I see Pat Rabbitte again, and he a former south Mayo footballer himself) meant our scoreboard updates diminished from about half-time on, and, to put the tin hat on it, the phone battery almost expired. Despite a truly monumental effort by Ballinrobe, we lost to Hollymount-Carramore by 5-11 to 3-14. It was a real sickener – would have been a great game to win, a real boost to the club. We led for about 57 minutes of normal time, and led, too, during extra-time. It was just wasn’t to be, but it was a magnificent encounter. Our players played some brilliant football at times, and sustained teh effort for the entire 80 minutes. Congrats to Hollymount-Carramore, they stuck at it even though they trailed us for most of the evening. I will have an Audioboo report at some point today.   TUESDAY, JULY 8, 2014: 7.34pm: Half-time in the U16 game v Carras, in Flanagan Park – Carras 5-4, Ballinrobe 2-3. We hope to have Twitter, Facebook and Audioboo updates from our U21 Brennan Cup game v Hollymount-Carramore, which starts in Hollymount at 8pm. Updates from Hollymount will be broadband service permitting, and if it’s anything like the broadband service I’m getting in my front room this evening, it could prove a silent evening. Still time to get out to Holly’ for the match, and be back for when Brazil-Germany heats up. The Twitter, Audioboo and Facebook updates all feed into the site, just below this news section. You will need to refresh this page to allow updates to flow in.

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Congrats to Ballinrobe Town AFC @radiomidwest @audioboosports @ballinrobetown @ballinroberfc

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.

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