Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 6, 10, 13 and 14. Jackpot of €1,900 not won. Residual prizes: €100 Michael O’Donoghue c/o himself; €40 Fergus O’Connor c/o Paudge Connolly; €40 Aodhán McCoy c/o Joe Finlay (Hurling Club); €40 Oisín Reilly c/o clubhouse. Jackpot for Sunday, September 27 is €2,000 and Monica and Paudge Connolly are on duty. Lotto draw takes place in the clubhouse every Sunday night. All welcome.

 

Family Fun Day: The countdown is on to our Family Fun Sports Day at Gavan Duffy Park on Saturday, October 3. The fun for all ages will start at 12.30pm and will continue throughout the day, including ‘The Great Harps Balloon Race’, where the prizes up for grabs include an iPad. Anyone who has sold a full card is asked to return it to Jimmy Croarkin and get extra cards. All cards must be returned by next Tuesday, September 29 at 9pm. See our website for more details and rules about the Balloon Race.

 

 

Juveniles: The year is coming to a busy end for our juveniles, including our U-11s, who enjoyed great success at the BC Tournament in Emyvale last Saturday. We entered two teams into the tournament. One team couldn’t get through a competitive group containing Tyholland, Aghaloo, Emyvale and Killeevan, but the other team progressed to enjoy a successful run. A Cup quarter-final win over Clones set up a clash with Castleblayney, where an excellent team performance secured a 0-11 to 0-4 victory, with Fionán Ó Gallchóir, Eoin O’Hanlon, Luke McManus and Seán Callan on target. That put our lads through to the final, which was a thrilling game against Keady. The teams were level at 0-5 each after a first half where Cian Bradley and Luke got the Harps scores, while Michael McMorrow, Fionán and Eoin got on the scoresheet in the second half. Keady were a point up late on, but Luke equalized to send it to extra-time, after which the sides were still level at 0-13 apiece. The game would be then be decided by the next score in a thrilling finish and Luke again stepped up to kick the winner. Congratulations to Martin Sheridan, Mel McMorrow and everyone involved. The players involved were: Senan Cudden, Scarlett Herron, Seán Callan, Michael McMorrow, Gary Devlin, Eoin O’Hanlon, Cian Bradley, Fionán Ó Gallchóir, Luke McManus, Shea Swift, Mark Clerkin, Ross Finnegan, Ethan Ballantine, Patrick Dooley-Duffy, Jordan Crampton, Jake McConnon, Josh Kelly, Aidan Cunningham, Morgan Coyle, Oisín Reilly, Liam McCabe, Dáire Conlon, Shane Moran, Max Mallen, Aidan McGeough, Gregory O’Connell. Well done also to Adrian Gunn and his U-9 team who reached the final of an U-10 tournament in Aghagallon, Co Antrim last Saturday and Gareth Swift and the U-8s who played Emyvale in a challenge match on Friday. Our U-12 Street League began on Wednesday, leading up to finals at our Sports Day on Saturday week.

 

Harps hats: Hats with the club crest are for sale now at a cost of €8. They are available in the clubhouse and the shop at home matches, or by contacting Una Forde (087 6107329).

 

Tickets: The draw for the club’s All-Ireland football final tickets was won by Emer Conway, Emma Croarkin, Noreen McMorrow and Stephen Driver.

 

Scór: The Scór na nÓg (Under-17) competition will be held on October 30 & 31, with the County Final on November 7. Scór na bPáistí (for Primary School children) will be held in Ionad CLG Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada, Threemilehouse on Saturday, October 10 at 7pm. Competitions in Rince Foirne, Rince Seit, Solo Singing, Ballad Singing, Recitation, Group Music, Drama and Quiz.

 

Vetting: Anyone who has received their Garda vetting clearance form is asked to provide a photocopy to Tommy McCabe.

 

Gavan Duffy Park: The Monaghan Harps clubhouse is available to book for functions. Contact Jimmy Croarkin on 087 1249635 or Pádraig Callan on 087 2139188 for more information. Anyone looking to book the clubhouse for meetings, functions, etc. is asked to please give a week’s notice for convenience.

 

 

Hurling:

Wall Ball Competition: The Hurling wall ball competition will take place on Saturday mornings from September 26 to October 24 at Cloghan. The competition is aimed at all U-12, U-14 & U-16 players within all the hurling clubs in Monaghan. Players will practice the basic skills in hurling and then take part in wall-ball skill drills. Players will finish by playing each other in a one-wall hurling competition at the end of each session. The purpose of the session is to give players ideas on how they might practice using a wall and also to give them an opportunity to add a variety of new hurling skills to their game.