Fixtures: Saturday, September 20: Under-16 FL Division One Final v Magheracloone in Castleblayney at 1pm

Sunday, September 21: SHL Final: Castleblayney v Truagh at Gavan Duffy Park at 1pm

 

Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 9, 17, 24 and 25. Jackpot of €2,400 not won. Residual prizes: €100 Breen Concannon c/o Séamus Treanor; €40 Maureen O’Donoghue c/o Michael O’Donoghue; €40 Chrissie Walker c/o Paddy McCabe’s shop; €40 Terry Gilsenan c/o Paddy Donnelly. Jackpot for Sunday, September 21 is €2,500 and Dermot Brannigan is on duty. The Lotto plays an essential part in the running of the club and we ask for everyone’s continued support. Tickets can be left into the clubhouse from 7.45pm each Sunday.

 

U-16: Our Under-16 footballers are in the Division One league final against Magheracloone in Castleblayney this Saturday at 1pm (please note change of time). Best of luck to the team and their management of Michael O’Donoghue, Thomas McCabe, Ciarán Mulligan and Brian Lenehan.

 

Seniors: Our senior footballers returned to winning ways with a comprehensive double-scores victory at home to Doohamlet in the league last Saturday. Points from Dónal Hahessy (three), John Mulligan and Fearghal McMahon (two) and got us off to a good start, before Fearghal punched home the opening goal. Liam and Dónal Hahessy, Fearghal and Shane Smyth added points before half-time and Shane then found the net to make it 2-14 to 1-3. Doohamlet made a determined start to the second half, but a Stephen Driver point and 1-1 from Fearghal kept us well clear, before Shane hit a brace of points. Substitute Niall Greenan added his name to the scoresheet, as did James McKenna, who marked his SFL debut with 1-1 in the last five minutes to make the final score 4-20 to 2-10. Our next game is at home to Latton; due to be played on October 4, while this Saturday sees some of our seniors take part in the Kilmacud All-Ireland sevens competition.

Team and scorers: Ashley White; Mustafa Gamal, David Hughes, Niall Hahessy; Niall Treanor (0-1), Nicholas Scott, Liam Hahessy (0-2); Peter Coyle, Stephen Driver (Capt., 0-1); Dónal Hahessy (0-6, 2f), Shane Smyth (1-3), Michael Galligan; Nicholas Treanor, Fearghal McMahon (2-4, 0-2f), John Mulligan (0-1).

Subs: Niall Greenan (0-1) for L Hahessy (inj., 34 mins), Dónal McCarthy for Mulligan (40), Kevin Loughran for N Hahessy (inj., 42), Evan Doherty for Nicholas Treanor (43), James McKenna (1-1) for D Hahessy (46), Ronan McGann for White (52).

 

Sponsored walk: The year’s Saturday-morning coaching comes to a close with the annual sponsored walk and sports day at Gavan Duffy Park on Saturday, October 4. Sponsorship cards are in circulation now.

 

Music: There will be a traditional Irish music session in the clubhouse this Saturday night, starting at 9pm. All welcome. Scór competitions begin next month with Spraoi Scór on October 17. The Scór na nÓg semi-final is set for November 22.

 

Garda vetting: Club members who have received their Garda vetting clearance forms are asked to send a photocopy of same to Thomas McCabe.

 

All-Ireland tickets: The draws for the club’s All-Ireland tickets were won by Séamus McManus, Val Forde, Martin Sheridan and Dermot Coyle (hurling) and John McMahon, Jimmy Croarkin and Dermot Coyle (football).

 

Congratulations: To Liam Hahessy, who recently completed a charity cycle from Mizen Head, Co Cork to Malin Head, Co Donegal in aid of Temple Street Children’s Hospital and The Irish Heart Foundation.

 

Well done: To all the club’s young members who received Junior Certificate results last week and good luck to all our members getting started at college.

 

Sympathy: At last week’s club meeting for September, votes of sympathy were passed to the families of Séamus McCleary, Austin Hamill, Patsy McCaughey and Jimmy Cunningham. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha.

 

Gavan Duffy Park: We host the Senior Hurling League Final between Castleblayney and Truagh this Sunday at 1pm. All help appreciated.

 

Meetings: The club’s next monthly meeting is on Thursday, October 9 and the AGM has been set for Thursday, November 27.

 

Hurling: Our Under-16 hurlers’ bid to complete the double was ended with a narrow defeat in a keenly-contested quarter-final at home to Carrickmacross on Monday evening. In an open start to the game, points by Nathan O’Donoghue, Paul Peppard and Remy McKenna had our lads level at 0-3 apiece, before Dylan McAree and Mark Murphy converted frees. Cathal Power then pointed a ’65 and the remainder of the first-half scores came from frees by Mark (three) and Cathal, making it 0-10 to 0-8. It was score-for-score for most of the second half, with each Carrick point being cancelled out by long-range efforts from Cathal, but the visitors hit the last four points to win by 0-15 to 0-13 and overturn their league semi-final replay defeat. Well done to the players and management of Jim Dalton, Michael O’Donoghue, Thomas McCabe and John Hahessy for their efforts, which captured the league last month.

Team and scorers: Cillian Sherry; Ben Kearns-Flynn, Ryan Connolly, Conor Duffy; Cathal Power (0-5, 3f, 2 ‘65s), Dylan McAree (0-1f), Niall Ward; Niall McManus, Thomas Croarkin; Mark Murphy (0-4f), Remy McKenna (0-1), Paul Peppard (0-1); Nathan O’Donoghue (0-1), Seán Grant, Andrew Connolly.

Sub used: Anthony Greenan.

The Under-14 Hurling League group games finished with a good performance at home to Castleblayney last Saturday. Goals by Stephen Ward and Niall McKenna and a string of impressive scores from Conor McCrystal kept our lads in touch in an entertaining game, but a strong Blayney side did enough to run out 5-10 to 4-7 winners.

Team and scorers: Aaron Treanor; Seán Conway, Brendan Óg Ó Dufaigh; Lochlainn Power, Shane McCabe; Conor McCrystal (2-6, 0-3f), Colin Peppard; Stephen Ward (1-0), Niall McKenna (1-1), Cian O’Leary; Tristan Moyna, Sebastian Ostrowski.

Subs: Patrick McCarron, Evan Meehan, Che Treanor.

 

Ladies: Hard Luck to our senior team who were beaten in the league semi-finals by a superior Emyvale team last Friday. The final score was 5-16 to 0-10 and the team was: Allison Treanor, Gráinne Treanor, Niamh Maguire, Laura McManus, Orla Whelan, Tessa Fleming, Yvonne Connell, Shauna Hetherington, Muireann O’Rourke, Emma Clerkin, Eimear O’Rourke, Jennifer Treanor, Una Rooney, Tiarna Lavelle, Paula Doherty, Donna Marie Morgan, Carla Doherty, Tara Reilly and Hannah Clerkin

The Ladies Club have six AllIreland Ladies Final tickets available at a reduced rate. Please contact Allo on 087 954 9339 for further details

Training for seniors continues on Tuesday and Friday at 7.15pm this week in Rooskey in preparation for the Ulster Club Championship

U-12/U-14 training continues on Thursdays from 6.30-7.30pm and on Saturdays from 10.30-11.30am in Rooskey. Contact Trevor on 086 8716430 for further info

Please keep free Sunday week, September 28, for a Coffee Morning and Book and Bake Sale for Monaghan Harps Ladies in St. Joseph’s Pastoral Centre. It will run from 9am and promises some tasty treats and bakes.