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Volume 4 December 2013

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So Near, but what a year

Ballina Team that faced Youghal in the Munster IHC Final in Mallow on Sunday 17th November 2013

On November 17th, Ballina’s Hurling year

came to a close in Mallow. While there was

dissapointment that a Munster championship did

not come to the parish, there was also great pride.

The year turned out to be a great for the

club. The North & County Intermediate Hurling

Championships were won for the first time. The

club also won its first County Minor Hurling

Championship adding to the North title.

An All-ireland came to the parish in June,

when the Under-14 camogie team won Division 4 of

the Feile.

At Juvenile level – Our under-12 hurlers &

under-14 footballers won north titles. In the

handball alley, many County, Provincial & All-Ireland

titles were won.

Intermediate

Since our last edition, the only game played

was the Munster Final in Mallow against Cork

Premier Intermediate Champions Youghal. This was

a close game through-out, Youghal scored a goal at

either end of the first half, while in between Ballina

dominated most of the half.

Half-time: Ballina 1-7, Youghal 2-6

Youghal started the second half stronger,

outscoring Ballina 3 points to 1. Ballina kept battling

and a goal midway through the second half, left the

bare minimum between the sides. However Youghal

regained control and went to record a 3-point

victory.

Well done to Youghal on their victory. Since

then they have won the All-Ireland Quarter Final

against Saint Gabriels of London in London. Best of

luck to Youghal in the All-Ireland semi-final in

January.

Well done to the Ballina Intermediate Panel

& Backroom team. From the start of the year, they

have represented themselves, their families, the

club and the county with skill, determination

sportsmanship & honour.

They have made many people very happy

and proud with their efforts over the year.

Congratulations to all of you. Continued on Page 2...

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What’s In the Review So Near, but what a year .......................................... 1

What’s In the Review ................................................ 2

2013 Club Officers .................................................... 2

Scoreboard of the Year ............................................. 3

A seasonal message from the Chairperson. ............. 4

Second Level Schools ................................................ 4

Ballina Camogie Club ................................................ 5

Picture Gallery from Mallow .................................... 5

Action Photo’s from Mini Game at half-time in

Mallow ...................................................................... 6

Ballina Handball Club ................................................ 6

Fundraising ............................................................... 7

Ballina people to the fore....Michael Fenton............ 8

Club AGM ................................................................ 10

Juvenile Club ........................................................... 11

2014 Events ............................................................ 12

Keep up to date ...................................................... 12

Blast from the Past: ................................................ 13

Christmas Gift Ideas ................................................ 14

From Page 1...

The club also received a huge amount of

goodwill & good luck message from club members

and other clubs. These were text’s, tweets,

facebook message etc & thanks to each of you.

Intermediate Hurling League & Under-21 Hurling

Championship

Dissapointly Ballina, were unable to field in

the Quarter Finals of these competitions against

Clonakenny (Co IHL QF) & Portroe (North Under-

21HC QF).

That means that the curtain has come

down on the year, but we still have to work hard to

make sure we build on the successes of 2013.

2013 Club Officers

2013 Adult Club Officers

Chairperson Sarah Devane

[email protected]

Secretary John Gleeson

[email protected]

Treasurer Caroline McKeogh

[email protected]

PRO Carmel Bradshaw

[email protected]

2013 Juvenile Club Officers

Chairman Eamonn Power

[email protected]

Secretary Eileen Breen

[email protected]

Treasurer Sharon Donnelly [email protected]

Thomas Collins & Donal Kent Compete with Youghal players

in the Munster Final.


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Scoreboard of the Year Date Competition Venue Ballina Score Opposition

Sun 17/02/13 Nth U21BFC Grp 1 Rd 1 Moneygall Ballina 1-08 V 5-10 Moneygall/Clonakenny Sat 23/02/13 Nth U21BFC Grp 1 Rd 2 Lorrha Ballina W/O V Scr Lorrha/Dorrha Sat 03/03/13 Co IHL Grp 2 Rd 1 Ballina Ballina 1-17 V 0-13 Ballinahinch Sat 09/03/13 Nth U21BFC Grp 1 P/O Ballina Ballina 4-11 V 2-06 Moneygall/Clonakenny

Wed 20/03/13 Co IHL Grp 2 Rd 2 Templetuohy Ballina 0-09 V 3-15 Moyne/Templetuohy Sat 23/03/13 Nth U21BFC S-final Ballina Ballina 0-04 V 1-07 Ballinahinch Gaels Sun 07/04/13 Co IHL Grp 2 Rd 3 Ballina Ballina W/O V Scr Ballybacon/Grange Fri 19/04/13 Nth JBHL Grp 1 Rd 2 Ballina Ballina 1-17 V 2-08 Kilruane MacDonaghs Sat 20/04/13 Nth MAFC Grp Rd 2 Ballina Ballina W/O V Scr Nenagh Éire Óg

Wed 24/04/13 Nth MAFC Grp Rd 3 Newport Ballina 2-06 V 2-09 Newport Gaels Sat 27/04/13 Co IHC Grp 3 Rd 1 Moneygall Ballina 0-13 V 0-12 Moyne/Templetuohy

Wed 01/05/13 Nth MAFC Grp Rd 1 Dolla Ballina 2-13 V 2-06 Inane Rovers Sat 04/05/13 Co IHC Grp 3 Rd 2 Dolla Ballina 3-15 V 0-15 Drom/Inch

Mon 06/05/13 Nth JBHL Grp 1 Rd 3 Templederry Ballina 0-08 V 2-17 Templederry Kenyons THU 16/05/13 NTH MAFC FINAL PORTROE BALLINA 2-03 V 2-09 NEWPORT GAELS Sun 19/05/13 Nth JBHL Grp 1 Rd 4 Ballina Ballina 2-10 V 0-14 Portroe Thu 23/05/13 Nth JBHL Grp 1 Rd 1 Shallee Ballina 3-13 V 1-13 Ballinahinch Sun 02/06/13 Nth JBHL Grp 1 Rd 5 Toomevara Ballina 2-16 V 2-16 Toomevara Fri 21/06/13 Co IHC Grp 3 Rd 3 Tipperary Town Ballina W/O V Scr Saint Mary’s Clonmel

Thu 27/06/13 Nth MBHC Grp 1 Rd 1 Dolla Ballina 0-12 V 1-13 Silvermines Sat 29/06/13 Nth JBHC Grp 2 Rd 3 Kilcolman Ballina 3-16 V 2-09 Newport Tue 09/07/13 Co IHL Grp 2 Rd 5 Bansha Ballina W/O V Scr Galtee Rovers/Saint Pecaun Thu 11/07/13 Nth MBHC Grp 1 Rd 2 Ballina Ballina 2-16 V 0-09 Portroe Sat 13/07/13 Nth JBHC Grp 2 Rd 1 Portroe Ballina 4-22 V 1-09 Nenagh Éire Óg Thu 18/07/13 Nth MBHC Grp 1 Rd 4 Borrisokane Ballina 0-21 V 1-12 Borrisokane Sat 20/07/13 Co IHC Grp 3 Rd 5 Drombane Ballina W/O V Scr Father Sheehys Sat 03/08/13 Nth JBHC Grp 2 Rd 2 Newport Ballina W/O V Scr Ballinahinch Tue 06/08/13 Nth MBHC Grp 1 Rd 5 Ballina Ballina 1-12 V 1-09 Burgess Sat 10/08/13 Nth IHC S-final Dolla Ballina 4-19 V 4-16 Ballinahinch

Mon 19/08/13 Nth MBHC Q Final Puckane Ballina 2-18 V 2-14 Lorrha/Dorrha SUN 25/08/13 NTH IHC FINAL NENAGH BALLINA 1-20 V 1-11 SHANNON ROVERS Tue 03/09/13 Nth MBHC S-final Puckane Ballina 2-14 V 0-06 Shannon Rovers Gaels SUN 15/09/13 NTH MBHC FINAL DOLLA BALLINA 1-16 V 0-15 BURGESS Sat 21/09/13 Nth JBHC Grp 2 Rd 5 Kilcolman Ballina 2-06 V 0-12 Portroe Sun 22/09/13 Co IHC Q Final The Ragg Ballina 2-21 V 2-12 Clonakenny Sat 28/09/13 Co IHC S-final Drombane Ballina 0-19 V 2-11 Lattin/Cullen Gaels Sun 06/10/13 Co MBHC S-final Gortnahoe Ballina 1-16 V 0-09 Ballybacon/Grange Sat 12/10/13 Nth JBHC S-final Nenagh Ballina 3-18 V 2-16 (AET) Silvermines Sun 13/10/13 CO IHC FINAL SEMPLE STADIUM BALLINA 3-12 V 0-20 MOYNE/TEMPLETUOHY Sun 20/10/13 CO MBHC FINAL SEMPLE STADIUM BALLINA 3-12 V 3-10 SEAN TREACYS/EMLY Sun 27/10/13 Munster IHC Q Final Bruff Ballina 1-12 V 0-14 Dromin/Athlacca (Limerick) Sat 02/11/13 NTH JBHC FINAL NEWPORT BALLINA 1-10 V 0-16 TEMPLEDERRY KENYONS Sun 03/11/13 Munster IHC S-final Nenagh Ballina 3-19 V 0-15 Saint Brendans (Kerry) Sun 10/11/13 Nth U21BHC Rd 1 Portroe Ballina 0-04 V 7-21 Ballinahinch Gaels Sun 17/11/13 MUNSTER IHC FINAL MALLOW BALLINA 2-10 V 2-13 YOUGHAL (CORK) Sat 23/11/13 Nth U21BHC Q Final Puckane Ballina Scr V W/O Portroe Sun 24/11/13 Co IHL Q Final Ballina Scr V W/O Clonaenny


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A seasonal message from the Chairperson.

In what has been a truly memorable year for Ballina I would just like to congratulate all Ballina players for their commitment to the Club over the past year at every level both juvenile, camogie and adult. The club is in a very healthy position and does I believe have huge potential going forward.We are a very strong presence in our community and must continue to be so by always being welcoming and inclusive.

A special word of thanks and appreciation to our Intermediate panel and their Management team who have given us such entertainment and pride and joy in their achievements. We look forward to calling them the Senior team from now on. Thanks too to our county winning Minor team…many of whom will surely feature on our senior team in years to come.

Our supporters have also starred this year...thank you all! including our under age players who provided the guards of honour.

On behalf of all the club officers I would like to take this opportunity to thank all coaches, mentors, parents and everyone involved with any club teams for their hard work and dedication. Wishing everyone in Ballina and Boher a happy Christmas, safe driving and a prosperous and healthy New year. Regards Sarah Devane (Chairperson)

Second Level Schools Ballina players have been busy with local schools in the Munster Under-18½ B Hurling Championship.

The majority of players have backboned the St. Anne’s team which have reached the Quarter Finals. Of course

there was an interest in Nenagh & Newport progress too. Below is a brief look at the results to date.

Results: St Annes Killaloe 6-12 Nenagh CC 1-6; St Annes Killaloe 1-14 Borrisokane 1-9; Borrisokane 2-

19 Nenagh CC 3-14; St Annes Kilaloe 4-17 P AC Mallow 4-11; Ac P Mallow 2-14 Nenagh CC 2-14; Rice

College Ennis 1-13 St. Annes Killaloe 0-10; St Marys Newport 4-17 Borrisoleigh 2-9; St Annes CC 1-18 Abbey

CBS 0-09; Newport 6-15 Roscrea C.C. 1-8 Group A Played Points Group B Played Points Senior B Hurling Quarter Finals:

A: Borrisokane CC V Cashel CC

B: St Caimins Shannon V Kilmallock

C: St. Josephs Tulla V St Mary’s Newport

D: St Annes Killaloe V Roscrea CC

Harty Cup Quarter Final:

A: Ard Scoil Ris V Our Ladys Templemore

B: Dungarvan CBS V Hamilton HS Bandon

C: Charleville CBS V Doon

D: Thurles CBS V St Francis College

Rochestown

Harty Cup & Senior B Hurling Semi-finals: Winner A V Winner B; Winner C V Winner D

St Annes

Killaloe 5 8

St. Mary’s

Newport 4 8

Borrisokane

CC 5 7 Roscrea CC 4 6

Ac Phadraig

Mallow 5 6 Borrisoleigh 4 4

Rice College

Ennis 5 4

Col Treasa

Kanturk 4 1

Abbey CBS 5 4 MICC

Dunmanway 4 1

Nenagh CC 5 1

Anyone attending Munster GAA Post-Primary Schools matches can send updates or results via Twitter

to @MunsterGAA

The new school AstroTurf at St. Annes is proving a great addition to facilities locally and has

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Ballina Camogie Club Left to Right:

Katie Dunne, Eimear O’Brien, Lucy McEvoy, Aoife Graham, Maeve Gilmartin, Hannah Finnerty, Leah

O’Brien, Hazel McMahon.

This is a photo of players and friends who are part of the Ballina U12 team, after their recent semi-final defeat in the county championship.

This was the last game that Hannah Finnerty played for Ballina, as her family have now moved from the area. Best wishes to Hannah on family.

No other Camogie news at the moment … I think everyone is enjoying the off season break.

Picture Gallery from Mallow

Dissapointed Ballina Panel

after Munster IHC Final

Section of the large crowd in

Youghal

Ballina Juvenile players await

the arrival of the Ballina team

in Mallow


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Action Photo’s from Mini Game at half-time in Mallow

Ballina Handball Club

Well done to Declan Gleeson who won county Junior B

singles (40 X 20) title on November 26th in Ballinahinch.

In a close match he beat David O Brien (Ballinahinch)

21/16, 14/21, 21/20.

The final of the Michael Monaghan Tournament

also took place recently in the Alley.


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Fundraising

Friends of Ballina We are continuing to get great support from our Friends of Ballina GAA contributors. This scheme

remains open and people are always welcome to join. Reminder to any PAYE contributors that the club can benefit from a significant tax rebate bonus if they

complete the forms sent out with their acknowledgement letters and return them to the club. Please contact a committee member if additional forms are required.

Strictly Come dancing

Think you can dance? Well your big opportunity has arrived. The club is holding a “Strictly Come Dancing” event in March next year in partnership with Portroe GAA Club.

We need dancers to take part, so contact club officers if interested. Training/Practice begins in January.

Ballina GAA & Ballina / Boher Parish Lotto

16/12/2013 JACKPOT €7,000.

€200 is added each week if the jackpot is not won.

There will be 3 additional

€30 Lucky Dip winners

Recent €30 Lucky Dip Winners

09/12/2013: Numbers Drawn: 02 / 06 / 17/ 25 Lucky Dip: 1. Buddy Rose; 2. Brian Kenny; 3. Sadie

McKeogh; 4. John Joe McKeogh; 5. Olivia McDonald, On Line Winner

02/12/2013 Numbers Drawn: 11 / 12 / 16 / 19 Lucky Dip: 1. Kathleen Moylan, C/O Roundhill; 2. Padraig Ryan, Inchamore; 3. Darragh Mollaghan C/O Brian Boru on the Hill; 4. Tracey Gleeson, Grange; 5. Fr Ted O’Rahelly, On Line Winner

25/11/2013 Numbers Drawn: 08 / 18 / 24 / 26 Lucky Dip: 1. John Daly, C/O JD’s; 2. Pat Lyons, Cullina; 3.

Denis Crowley C/O TJ’s; 4. Sean Collins, C/O Collins Chemist; 5. Olivia McDonald, On Line Winner

18/11/2013 Numbers Drawn:

Lucky Dip:

11/11/2013: Numbers Drawn: 02 / 04 / 05 / 21 Lucky Dip: 1. Peter Rogers, C/O Seanchaoi; 2. Tommy

Collins C/O McKeoghs; 3. Noda O’Brien, C/O TJ’s 4. Margaret Kennedy, Ballina; 5. Joe Kerin , On Line Winner

Lotto Venues December 2013 / January 2014 16/12: Mill’s, Ballina; 23/12: No Draw; 30/12: JD’s,

Ballina; 06/01: Liam O’Riain’s, Ballina; 13/01: Roundhill, Boher; 20/01

Variety Concert Sincere thanks to Sadie Scanlan

and the Boru Singers for organising a lovely evening's entertainment at Brian Boru on the Hill on 7th December with all proceeds to Ballina Field development.

The Boru singers will sing carols in the Milk Market in Limerick on Saturday December 21st at 11am,all proceeds to Alzheimer's and Ballina GAA.


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Ballina people to the fore....Michael

Fenton Michael Fenton is a Ballina man, living in

Dublin. He is a great supporter of the club. He is also a past president of the Tipperary association in Dublin.

We asked him for some thoughts of Ballina, GAA in general and the people he met while involved with the Tipperary association.

Family: Married to Irene, 3 children, 4

grandchildren. Family:

Came to Dublin in 1958 and have been living in Raheny, Dublin since 1975. Playing Career:

I never hurled with the Ballina team. I left

Ballina immediately after Leaving Cert and don’t remember there being an underage or juvenile section in the club at that time. As I went to Secondary school in Limerick my hurling was confined to what is now Michael Hurley’s field with my brothers and our neighbours the McKeoghs and sometimes Paddy Hurley.

After leaving Ballina I first moved to Mayo and then to Dublin and hurled with teams in both areas but other interests took over which precluded me from continuing with the hurling. I wasn’t really much good anyway.

My earliest memory of hurling in Ballina was when the hurling field was up O’Briens lane with people like Gerry Gough, Francie Hannon, Leo Mahoney and the Collins brothers. “The Hawk” Daly from Killaloe and Jimmy Cooke from Gortna always seemed to be the referees. Being in Dublin and

Ballina being a far away place when you didn’t have a car.

I missed most of the Gerry McKeogh era but did see him play for Tipp in Croke Park. Since I am spending more time now in Ballina I have followed the teams closely over the last few years and remember the present Minor lads winning in Semple Stadium as U12’s and I have supported them since then as I have the Intermediates.

In Raheny, my near neighbour was Jackie Gilroy, the Dublin footballer from the 60’s who was later Chairman of St Vincents and masterminded their move back to Marino from their then base in Raheny. Through Jackie I got dragged along to the St Vincents GAA Club. Jack’s son Pat went on afterwards to win an All Ireland football medal with Dublin and was manager when Dublin again won in 2011. When Pat was a young fellow playing in our cul de sac he was a much better hurler than footballer but at that time hurling did not have the draw or profile in Dublin that it has now. My grandchildren now play with the Naomh Barrog club in Dublin which has a very active underage section. Favourite Hurler:

This is almost impossible for me as I have

been at Tipp matches since the early 50’s. I remember well cycling to Birdhill and getting the train to Limerick for those great clashes between Tipp and Cork. Cork had men like Christy Ring, Josie Hartnett and Willie John Daly while Tipp had Tony Reddan, John Doyle, Tommy Doyle and Pat Stakelum. Then in later years Tony Wall, Mick Roche, Liam Devanney, then on to Donie Nealon, Jimmy Doyle, Babs Keating. They were followed by Nicky English, Pat Fox, Bobby Ryan, Tommy Dunne, Declan Ryan and the Bonners before our recent lads Brendan Cummins, Eoin Kelly and Noel McGrath. In recent years I have become a good friend of John Fenton (no relation) of Midleton and Cork, a real hurling man. Even Solomon could not pick a favourite there. Favourite Footballer:


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From a Tipperary perspective it has to be Declan Browne, otherwise Paudi O Se of Kerry. Favourite Handballer:

No hesitation The Collins brothers Connie

and Anthony. Best and worst GAA moments:

Best moment divided between Munster

final replay in Killarney in 1987 and winning All Ireland in 2010.

Worst moment has to be the Munster final in Centenary Year 1984 and the late late Seanie O Leary goal.

Like many Tipperary hurling followers I have an affinity with Munster Rugby even though I never played the game. I did play competitive hockey and cricket in Dublin and will still watch cricket on television, especially late at night. The 20 Over game can be very exciting. Favourite other sports person:

Paul McGrath. A disaster when off the rails

but otherwise the nicest and most obliging person you could meet, apart from being one of our greatest ever soccer players. Other Hobbies:

Concerts, Theatre and playing with

grandchildren.

Ballina GAA Club: Ballina and Tipperary mean everything to

me and the success of the Ballina teams this year has been fantastic. What an honour to be in Semple Stadium when they won the Intermediate title after so many years of trying and to see the smiles and the tears of the supporters who had followed them through thick and thin.

I have been a camp follower of the present minor team since they were U12 and this year I

think I only missed one match in their hurling championship.

They put pressure on the heart towards the end of the campaign but the victory in the final together with the Intermediate win must rank as the my best memory of watching Ballina. The future looks bright and the club, the mentors and officials can be justifiably proud. I also believe that Ballina GAA is providing a major social service to the local community. Looking at it slightly from the outside I see the club as being the glue that keeps the community together and is the main factor in integrating the very many new families who have settled in Ballina with the long established locals.

Just ask yourself the question, what sort of community would you have if the local GAA club didn’t exist.

Ballina GAA can be proud of its achievements. Tipperary Association Dublin.

The Association was set up in the 1930 to

be a social and focal point for Tipperary people living in Dublin. While we are now a very mobile society I remember when I came to Dublin in the late 50’s, you got back home only twice a year. Times were very different and consequently there was a very large population of Tipperary people in the city, many of them in the licensed trade.

Former Tipperary hurler Tony Wall with Michael

Fenton in Croke Park


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The Association also had the purpose of hosting Tipperary teams that appeared in All Ireland Finals, because the County Board at that time did not have the finances that are available today. It is a tradition that has continued to the present day and we host teams in all grades and codes on Finals day.

I have been a member of the Association for many years and served as President for a period of six years. Two highlights of my time as President are dear to me, one was hosting the senior team with the McCarthy Cup in front of 1200 guests in the Burlington Hotel in 2010 and the other was welcoming the Minor hurlers with two Ballina members Mikey Breen and Steven O Brien in 2012. Steven had also been our guest the previous year with the victorious footballers but to have two on the one team and their families and supporters from Ballina at the function was very special for me.

The Association also organises the Tipperary Person of the Year Award and also the Hall of Fame Award.

The winners in both catagories represent some of the finest in the Business, Cultural and Sporting life of the county.

Winners included business people Tony

Ryan and Louise Kennedy, sports people Tony Wall, John Doyle, Babs Keating, Mick Kinnane, Nicky English and Jimmy Butler Coffey. John Lonergan former Governor of Mountjoy prison, Tommy

Barrett long serving Secretary of the Tipperary County Board and Alan Quinlan the Munster and Irish rugby player.

We were also privileged to have winners in

the same year Fr Alec Reid the now famous “Peace

Priest” who has just died and Seamus O Riain the

former President of the GAA. We were honoured to

be invited by President McAleese to a reception in

Aras an Uachtarain with Seamus to celebrate his

award. The President and Fr Reid were friends from

their time together in Clonard Monastery in Belfast.

Mary and Martin McAleese are huge hurling fans

and know everything about the game.

I am proud to be from Ballina and I love

the people and the place.

Club AGM

The club AGM will be held on Friday 10th January 2014 at 8pm in the club house.

Nomination/Motion forms will not be posted out this year, instead they can be downloaded from the Clubs website from Decemeber 19th 2013.

Visit www.ballina.tipperary.gaa.ie for more details. If you do not have access to the internet, please ask a friend/family member to visit the website and download a form from there.

Keep an eye on the website for Juvenile/Camogie AGM dates, as well as the date for the presentation night.

Ballina delegates recently attended the North & Tipperary Conventions. We wish all the officers elected at these events the very best for 2014.

A number of motions were discussed and you can follow these on www.tipperary.gaa.ie

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Juvenile Club Ballina Juvenile club held a very successful

presentation night in the Lakeside Hotel on Friday

29th November (before the Late Late toy show).

A large crowd of players, parents, coaches,

officers & supporters attended on the night.

A special presentation was made to Len

Gaynor in recognition of his work as scholl coach

with Ballina & Boher National school.

The guuest

of honour on the

night was Ballina

Intermediate Hurler

Pat Cosgrove. Pat

presented medals to the various winning teams Nad

special awards were also presented the various

players of the year listed below.

U6 Special Merit Award 2013:

Thomas Shanahan

U7 Most Improved Hurler 2013:

Darragh Ryan

U7 Hurler of The Year 2013:

Charlie Grace


Paddy Bradley


Zach Egan


Jack Grace


Cathal O'Donnell

U10 Footballer of The Year 2013:

Ian Larkin


David Grace


Josh Egan


Corey Ryan


Leon Kerin-Galvin


Luke Kennedy


Conor Bourke


Eoghan Power


Marc Loughran

U16 Most Dedicated & Improved Player 2013:

Louis Kennedy

U16 Players' Footballer of The

Year:

Patrick O'Donovan

U16 Players' Hurler of The Year:

Terry O'Halloran


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Thanks:

A big thanks to everyone who supplied material for this newsletter, especially Carmel Bradshaw, Paddy Collins,

Sarah Devane, Michael Keely, John Gleeson, Peter King, Elaine O’Connor, Eamonn Power & Ronnie Power.

Thanks to those who suppplied photos & completed profiles.

We hope to run this newsletter again in January and any named photo’s or articles you wish to see included

should be emailed [email protected] or to any club officer clearly marked “Beal An Átha Review” Any

observations or feedback on this issue can also be emailed to the same address.

Please feel free to email this newsletter to any member of the wider Ballina GAA community whom you feel

would be interested or print it for those not on email.

As we approach Christmas & the New Year, we want to thank you all for supporting the club financially, vocally

or through your effort on or off the field.

We can look forward to 2014 with confidence, knowing that there are challenges ahead, but these will be

faced and overcome with hard work.

Happy Christmas & New Year to you all.

2014 Events We have some trailers of timber to raffle in January/February. There will be a medal presentation night for our

Intermediate and minor teams in February. We propose to Bike for Ballina again over the June weekend. With Ballina Killaloe celebrating the Brian Boru millennium in 2014 there are lots of of exciting sporting and cultural events planned, An opportunity here for the. Club to get involved and run an event of our own.

This New Year's Eve celebrations are being organised to welcome in the Boru millennium....volunteers are

needed to run (not very far) with torches early evening on New Year's Eve...it would be great to have Ballina players

involved.

Keep up to date

Our PRO Carmel Bradshaw is a very busy lady & thanks to her work you can keep up to

date with the activities in the club. Her notes appear weekly in the local “Nenagh Guardian”. Our website:

www.ballina.tipperary.gaa.ie is kept up to date. We have a facebook page: ballina.gaatipperary which always has

plenty of activity, photos & posts. Our twitter account (@ballingaa) also provides brief snippets of games.

For up to date GAA news in Tipperary including Fixtures & Results you can visit www.tipperary.gaa.ie or

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Blast from the Past:

Ballina 1969 Under-13 County Hurling Champions:

Back Row (L-R): Pat Herlihy, Tommy Mills, Tommy O’Brien, John Joe Larkin, Jerry Durack,

Paddy McCormack, Pat Hurley, Pat Floyd.

Middle Row (L-R): Paddy Hickey, John Sheehy. John Conroy, Pat Floyd, Tom Larkin,

Brendan Finch, John Sullivan, Eamon Eames.

Front Row (L-R): Pat Conroy, Anthony O’Brien, Paddy McKeogh, Pat Rohan (Captain), John

Ryan, Michael Hurley, John Barry, Michael McKeogh

Extreme Front (L-R): Noel Conroy, Michael Collins, Tomás O’Brien, Michael Rohan, Michael

Larkin. Missing from photo – Michael Gleeson.

In the county final of that year Ballina beat Cashel King Cormacs.

If anyone has any particular memories of that game or championship, we would love to hear

them.

We would also appreciate any other photo’s from the past and the details behind them.


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Christmas Gift Ideas At Christmas approaches and you’re

looking for a gift, here are a few gift ideas. The

Egans were amongst the most recent to “buy a

sod”. You can do likewise at

www.ballina.tipperary.gaa.ie/buyasod It will

help the club & make a great present for

someone.

Another great Christmas gift, is a 3 DVD set of

the county Intermediate & Minor Hurling final

as well as the Munster Intermediate Hurling

Final. Commentary is by always entertaining

Shane Ryan. At €20 for the set, these are a

must have for any Ballina supporter.

The Annual Tipperary yearbook is also out at present. The yearbook at €10 will also have a Ballina

review included.

NOW Contact Caroline

McKeogh

(Treasurer) or

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