Monaghan Harps Lotto: Last Sunday’s Harps Lotto jackpot of €4,600 was won by Úna Forde (Milltown, Monaghan) c/o Paddy Donnelly! Congratulations to Úna! Jackpot for Sunday, November 18 is €1,000 and Monica and Paudge Connolly are on duty. Lotto draw takes place in our clubhouse every Sunday night. All welcome. Thanks to everyone for their support for our Lotto, which plays a critical role in our club’s funding. We ask all club members to continue to promote our Lotto as much as possible.

U-17: Congratulations to our U-17s, who ended the year on a high by winning last Sunday’s Mallon’s Foods Division One League Final against Latton in Emyvale. In keeping with these teams’ previous meetings, this was another close contest, decided by the minimum margin (4-5 to 1-13). Our lads made a lightning-fast start, with an attack straight from the throw-in leading to Brendan Óg Ó Dufaigh firing to the net. Eoghan McGinnity added a brace of points inside the opening ten minutes, before Ógie earned a penalty that Lochlainn Power tucked away to make it 2-2 to 0-3. Latton rallied before half-time, but some strong defending at one end and a Luke Coyle point at the other left it 2-3 to 0-6 in our favour. Latton drew level with the first three points of the second half, but a well-struck free by Eoghan regained our lead, before Lochlainn and Ógie combined to create our third goal, finished by Terence McDonald. Lochlainn went on to drill home his second penalty of the game and although Latton piled the pressure on in the closing stages, disciplined defending kept them at bay and a turnover saw Luke tap over a crucial late score. Joint-captains Oisín Fagan and Lochlainn Power then lifted the silverware. Congratulations to the Harps panel and the management team of Mel McMorrow, Chris Conway, Val Forde, Nicholas Scott and Jimmy Croarkin for their efforts all year, leading to a well-earned success. This was a great team effort, with goalkeeper Daragh Croarkin and Cathal Nally, Killian Conlon, Conor Devlin and Stephen Ward keeping things tight at the back, restricting Latton to limited chances from play, while Nathan Lavery and Oisín Fagan were also able to get forward to good effect. Lochlainn Power and Lorcan O’Rourke put in another big effort at midfield, while there was also a high work-rate from the forwards, where Eoghan McGinnity, Brendan Óg Ó Dufaigh, Dean Doherty, Luke Coyle, Dylan Ballantine and Terence McDonald all made an impact. Well done also to all the panel members for their contributions during a lengthy minor football campaign.

Team and scorers: Daragh Croarkin; Cathal Nally, Killian Conlon, Conor Devlin; Stephen Ward, Nathan Lavery, Oisín Fagan (Joint-Capt.); Lochlainn Power (Joint-Capt., 2-0, pens), Lorcan O’Rourke; Eoghan McGinnity (0-3, 2f), Brendan Óg Ó Dufaigh (1-0), Dean Doherty; Luke Coyle (0-2, 1f), Dylan Ballantine, Terence McDonald (1-0).

Subs used: James McKenny.

Panel: Mujtaba Gamal, Anann Connor, Andrew Lyden, Liam Conway, Jamie McCarron, Shay Cooney, Michael McMorrow.

Scór: Thanks to the many people who attended our Scór concert in the clubhouse last Sunday evening. This featured all our competitors from Scór na bPáistí and our representatives in Scór na nÓg, which takes place this Saturday (November 17). Well done to everyone involved and good luck in Threemilehouse on Saturday.

AGMs: The club’s Juvenile Annual General Meeting takes place tonight (Thursday, November 15) in the clubhouse at 7pm. The senior club AGM is on next Thursday, November 22.

Sympathy: At Monday’s rescheduled club meeting, votes of sympathy were passed to the families of the late Tommy Kierans, Hugh Rice and Michael Treanor. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha. There was a large turnout of club members forming a guard of honour at former Harps player Mickey Treanor’s Funeral Mass on Saturday.

Coaching: Upcoming coaching courses being run by Monaghan GAA include Foundation and Level 1 at the end of November. Coaches are asked to please contact Noreen McMorrow if interested.

Clubhouse: The Monaghan Harps clubhouse is available to book for functions. Contact Jimmy Croarkin on 087 1249635 or Pádraig Callan on 087 2543511 for more information. Anyone looking to book the clubhouse for meetings, functions, etc. is asked to please give a week’s notice for convenience.