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Monaghan Harps notes

November 28th, 2015

Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 3, 14, 15 and 27. Jackpot of €2,800 not won. €100 Patrick Gaines c/o Brian O’Sullivan (Hurling Club); €40 Mark Gilsenan c/o Paddy Donnelly; €40 Emily Young c/o Barry Sullivan; €40 Eoin & Oisín Finlay c/o Joe Finlay (Hurling Club). Jackpot for Sunday, November 29 is €2,900 and Mary McRory, Una Forde and Rose Donnelly are on duty. Lotto draw takes place in our newly refurbished clubhouse every Sunday night. All welcome.

 

Juvenile AGM: The Juvenile Club Annual General Meeting took place in the clubhouse last Thursday night. Aideen Swift and Damien Morgan presented the Secretary’s Report and Chairman’s Address, both giving an overview of another busy year for our juveniles and thanking everyone involved. There were reports from Jimmy Croarkin and Martin Sheridan on our Under-12s, Finbarr Conlon and Chris Conway on our Under-14 teams, Michael O’Donoghue on the Under-16 campaign and Brian Toal and Ryan O’Neill on the Saturday-morning coaching. Club Chairman Seán McKenna also thanked everyone who helped out with our underage structure during the year. The following juvenile committee was returned for 2016: Chairman: Damien Morgan; Joint Secretaries: Aideen Swift and Una Forde; Vice-Chairman: Martin Sheridan.

 

Schools: Hard luck to Thomas Croarkin, Jamie Shields, Conor McCrystal and the St. Macartan’s College team, who lost to a strong Patrician High School side in the Rannafast Cup Final last Friday. Well done to Lochlainn Power, Conor Devlin, Oisín Fagan, Eoghan McGinnity, Terence McDonald, Tiarnán O’Rourke and the Sem’s Corn na nÓg team who won their semi-final against Patrician.

 

Scór: Well done to Danny Treacy, who represented club and county well in Aithriseoireacht at the Ulster Scór na nÓg semi-final in Killeavy last Saturday.

 

Sponsor night: All club members are invited to a thank you night for our sponsors in the clubhouse on Saturday week, December 5. More details in next week’s notes.

 

Management: Expressions of interest in managing our minor team should be sent to Seán McKenna (086 8200334) by 9pm this Friday.

 

Know Your Sport: Our ‘Know Your Sport’ predictions competition has been won by Emmet McWilliams (c/o Nicholas Treanor), who correctly forecast the winners of 16 of the 20 sporting events.

 

Sympathy: The club extends deepest sympathy to the families of Oliver Clerkin and Peter Toal. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha.

 

Club history: A group of club members are currently working on finishing a club history. Anyone who wishes to submit material is asked to contact Fergus Coyle, Enda Galligan, Joe McElvaney or Colm Shalvey. Club photos of historical value are particularly welcome and they can be emailed to Pro.monaghanharps.monaghan@gaa.ie.

 

Gavan Duffy Park: The refurbished 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. See next week’s notes for details of upcoming events.

 

 

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