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Lough Shore Marina Centre

Lough Shore Marina Centre

Lough Shore Marina Centre Ballyronan

About Us

Traad, Ballyronan and Ballinderry Development Association (TABBDA Company Ltd, a Company Limited by Guarantee and a registered charity, is an organization which has been established over 20 years and has been at the heart of the rural community in the North West of Lough Neagh in its commitment to address local issues such as financial and emotional poverty, social isolation and to heighten awareness of the poor infrastructure and lack of health and well-being services in the local area. In our Memorandum and Articles of Association we our objectives are to:

  1. Support our socially isolated community
  2. Strengthen our community by improving skill base of volunteers
  3. Make required services more accessible to our community
  4. Strengthen connections between all sections of our community

During this period the group has gained experience in areas of identifying and meeting the needs of our community based at our thriving cross community centre. To date TABBDA has delivered programmes and projects such as therapeutic classes, community pharmacy services, Youth and Senior Citizen Programmes, Drama and Photography Classes and Outreach Citizen Advice Services. There are also weekly citizen dinners and dances, a Pre-School Play Group, Youth Club, Irish Dancing Classes, Drama Production, Health and Well-Being Classes, Aerobics, Triathlons, and many other activities. TABBDA also place a special emphasis on the elderly providing transport to their facilities to counteract the poor infrastructure for this demographic. We have also delivered in the past cultural Heritage projects such as Irish Crochet classes, community gardening, bird and bat life in the area etc.

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Below you can keep up to date with our latest projects and classes via our Facebook Page Feed.

Limited places availableWe have a limited number of places available for our Nutritional Health Class which starts on Monday 2nd March at 7pm. The entire 4 week course costs just £5. To book your place email tabbda@outlook.com or PM us See MoreSee Less
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We are over halfway in our "Fit To Hike" programme with Sperrins Well Walk ⛰️ Well done to all our participants. We hope you enjoy the home stretch as much as we've enjoyed the first stage 🥾🥾 See MoreSee Less
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We have a limited number of places available for our Nutritional Health Class which starts on Monday 2nd March at 7pm. The entire 4 week course costs just £5. To book your place email tabbda@outlook.com or PM us See MoreSee Less
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Our Fitness Class is fully booked 💪 We look forward to seeing you all on Saturday morning.We have a new female fitness class starting on Saturday 14th February at 9.30am. As this is funded by the Lottery, there is just a small registration fee of £10 which covers all 10 weeks. Places are limited, and we recommend booking early by emailing tabbda@outlook.com or PM. As with all our classes, places are allocated in the order the email/PM is received. All messages will be replied to next week. See MoreSee Less
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A date for your diary… Join us at the Marina Centre for our Annual Pancake Supper from 7pm on Tuesday 17th February. Admission is £10 with all proceeds going towards the Parish of Ardtrea Development Fund. Supper will be served at 7.30pm and entertainment will be provided by the extremely talented members of the Loup CCE. For ticket info telephone the Marina Centre on 02879418399 See MoreSee Less
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Previous Events & Projects

Bat Walk with Aidan & Debbie

Aidan and Debbie setting the scene for last Saturday night’s Bat Walk round Ballyronan Wood along with their bat detectors. More of these types of events upcoming over the next year.

Duile Pottery with Stephen

Stephen McGuigan’s (Duile Pottery) recent Coil Pottery Class at the Marina Centre, Ballyronan. Watch out for the next one folks coming up in a few months time.

Wild Food Foraging with Dermot

Dermot Hughes explaining the benefits of Wild Food Foraging in Ballyronan Wood on Saturday 1st April to a very large group of our local community who braved the showers.

Soda Bread Making

Great morning spent baking soda bread (and yes eating it).
 
It you would like to have a go or would just like to try your hand at sampling some of this wonderful bread, check out our page for upcoming events just like this one .

Marina Centre
Coffee Shop

The Marina Coffee Shop Ballyronan is now open 11.00am to 5.00pm everyday.

Serving Barista Coffee, Tea, homemade scones, hot and cold snacks and lunch. Group bookings and events also.

Ballyronan & the Surrounding Area

The Marina Centre, Ballyronan is set on the shores of Lough Neagh, the Blue Flag Award Marina and Caravan Park, a picturesque site, approximately 12 miles from Cookstown and 5 miles from Magherafelt.  Bird spotters are spoilt for choice as a ramble through the 5 acre woodland on site boasts views of swans, grebes and tufted ducks.  Caravan and Camping at Ballyronan Marina is available 17 March – 30 September.