Ally Stewart

Ballymena Lawn Tennis Club Annual Junior Tennis Festival 2019

Posted by Ally Stewart | Jul 23, 2019 |

So Wimbledon is over for another year but in Ballymena the Ballymena Lawn Tennis Club Annual Junior Tennis Festival 2019 will soon be getting underway. Five days of fun, games, coaching and prizes. All coaching and play is supervised by BLTC Professional Tennis Coaches and assistants. Here’s the relevant information – DATES – from Monday 19th to Friday 23rd August 2019 LOCATION – Ballymena Academy TIME – 5pm – 7pm each day AGE -from 5 – 16 years of age ENTRY FEE – Non-members £30 and BLTC members £25 There is a limit of 40 spaces for the Annual Junior...

Ballymena Festival of Steam and Transport – Ballee Playing Fields

Posted by Ally Stewart | Jul 10, 2019 |

The Ballymena Festival of Steam and Transport – Friday 19th & Saturday 20th July 2019 at Ballee Playing Fields. Two days of steam engines, tractors, cars, bikes and so much more as the Festival of Steam and Transport comes to Ballymena. We spoke to the organisers, the Traction Engine Club of Ulster, to find out what you can expect to see. “This year’s Festival of Steam & Transport will again be held at Ballee Playing Fields, Ballymena. The event runs from 10am on Friday with Agricultural Tractor Pulling running till dusk. On Saturday the Event will run from 10am till...

Ballyprint – Hold On! Something exciting is happening!

Posted by Ally Stewart | Jul 8, 2019 |

2019 has been a progressive year so far for Ballyprint with lots of new equipment and technology being introduced to their Pennybridge Industrial Estate premises. As they say – Hold on! Something exciting is happening! 2019 additions at Ballyprint include the Xerox Iridesse Production Press Top of the list has to be their investment in the £300k state-of-the-art Xerox Iridesse Production Press. Ballyprint are the first printers in Northern Ireland to install this machine. With every business and organisation wanting to make their promotional material more eye-catching, the new Iridesse provides Ballyprint with the opportunity to do this for...

FREE Events in Ballymena taking place over the summer

Posted by Ally Stewart | Jul 4, 2019 |

We’ve been on the lookout for FREE events in Ballymena taking place over the summer. The kids are off school and hopefully we’ll all get some time off over the next month or two, but what’s to do? Here’s a few free events in the Ballymena area which will hopefully be of interest. Saturday 6th July 2019 – All Ireland Pipe Band Championship at Ballymena Academy Playing Fields Expect up to 2,000 musicians from 60 pipe bands from all over Ireland and beyond. This is the 74th All Ireland Championships and the first time they have been held at...

Roots Revealed – Researching Your Family History Course 2019

Posted by Ally Stewart | Jul 3, 2019 |

Roots Revealed is a professional genealogy and family history service based in Ballymena. They are now taking bookings for their third course to help you find out more about your family history – Genealogy – Researching Your Family History Course Each Monday evening from 16th September 2019 to 18th November 2019 (also an additional date tbc for a visit to Public Record Office NI – PRONI) The course runs for 11 weeks 7:00pm to 9:00pm each Monday evening At Ballymena North Business and Recreation Centre, Cushendall Road, Ballymena BT43 6HB Roots Revealed – Researching Your Family History Evening Course...

Author: Ally Stewart

Ballymena Lawn Tennis Club Annual Junior Tennis Festival 2019

Ballymena Festival of Steam and Transport – Ballee Playing Fields

Ballyprint – Hold On! Something exciting is happening!

FREE Events in Ballymena taking place over the summer

Roots Revealed – Researching Your Family History Course 2019

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