Fixtures: Wednesday, August 24: SFL v Truagh (Away) at 7.15pm

Friday, August 26: RFL Division One v Castleblayney at 7.15pm in Blackhill

Saturday, August 27: Under-14 FL Division One v Donaghmoyne (Away) at 12pm

Under-14 FL Division Five v Clontibret (Away) at 12pm

Sunday, August 28: SFL v Scotstown (Away) at 12.30pm

Monday, August 29: MFL Division One v Emyvale (Home) at 7pm

Wednesday, August 31: RFL Division One v Truagh (Home) at 7pm

 

Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 6, 13, 23 and 28. Jackpot of €2,050 not won. Residual prizes: €100 Gwen Moffett c/o Ladies Club; €40 Ailish Connolly c/o Brian O’Sullivan (HC); €40 Bridie Sherry c/o Brian O’Sullivan (HC); €40 Joe Tracey c/o Tessie Connolly. Jackpot for Sunday, August 28 is €2,200. Lotto draw takes place in the clubhouse every Sunday night. All welcome.

 

Seniors: The senior footballers are away to Truagh in the league tomorrow night (Wednesday) for a 7.15 throw-in. Another local derby away to Scotstown is next up this Sunday at 12.30.

 

Reserves: The O’Duffy Cup team travel to Blackhill to play Castleblayney this Friday. It’s the start of a busy week, as we have home games against Truagh next Wednesday and Cremartin next Friday.

 

U-12: The Under-12 Division One team won an exciting league semi-final at home to Scotstown on Saturday. The lads played some great football in the first half, with Ben Kearns-Flynn’s goal and points by Ben, Oisín Power, James Bourke and Conor McCrystal giving us a 1-7 to 0-3 lead. Ben added a point early in the second half, but Scotstown came back strongly to draw level and it took a late point by Michael Mulligan and a couple of good saves by Dylan McAree to win it for the Harps on a scoreline of 1-9 to 2-5. Anthony Greenan, Nathan O’Donoghue and Colin Peppard all made an impact after coming on in the final third (where the scores aren’t recorded), while Dylan moved up front to good effect, scoring a couple of goals.

Team and scorers: Dylan McAree; Ultan O’Rourke, Naoise Deeney; Niall Ward, James Bourke (0-1); Aidan Burns, Ben Kearns-Flynn (1-4); Ethan Murphy, Conor McCrystal (0-2); Oisín Power (0-1), Thomas Croarkin .

Sub: Michael Mulligan (0-1) for Power.

The Division One Final against Truagh takes place on Saturday week (September 3).

 

Club Harps: Our ‘Club Harps’ fundraiser is being wrapped up in the next few weeks. We very much appreciate all the valuable support received so far and we ask that anyone who still wishes to contribute do so as soon as they can. A meeting re ‘Club Harps’ takes place in the clubhouse next Monday at 9.30pm.

 

U-16: An understrength Under-16 team lost out away to Scotstown in the league semi-finals on Thursday.  With a few key players out, our lads were always fighting an uphill battle but they worked very hard and were just three points down at half-time and were unlucky not to be level, having had a penalty saved. Even after conceding a goal in the second half, the Harps kept going and were rewarded by points from Jamie Cassidy and Evan Morahan. A few other chances went untaken, however, and Scotstown won in the end by 1-8 to 0-2. 

Team and scorers: Christopher McGonnell; Conor Burns, Mustafa Admed, Ciarán McQuaid; Jamie Cassidy (0-1), Donal McCarthy, Tiarnán Bramley; Niall Treanor, Turlough Clerkin; Pauric Coyle, Jason McHugh, Francis Lynch (Capt.); Ahmed Gamal, Evan Morahan (0-1), Niall Duffy.

Subs: Conor O’Neill for Duffy, John Treanor for Clerkin (inj.), David Carey for Coyle.

The Under-16s start their championship campaign against Latton on Thursday week (September 1).

 

Minors: The minors lost at home to a strong Castleblayney team last Tuesday. Fearghal McMahon got four points for our lads, while Evan Doherty, Michael Galligan and Benin Devlin were also on target, but Blayney were deserving winners by 1-12 to 0-7. Our minors are due to play their final league game at home to Emyvale on Monday at 7pm – note change of date.

Team and scorers: Ryan Shields; Pauric Murphy, Darren McMahon, Colm Galligan; Conor Forde, Niall Treanor, Anthony Croarkin; Dylan McMahon (Capt.), Michael Galligan (0-1f); Brendan McQuaid, Evan Doherty (0-1f), Benin Devlin (0-1); Paddy Clarke, Fearghal McMahon (0-4, 3f), Aaron Stuart.

Subs: Myles Dwyer for Treanor, Paul Smyth for C Galligan, Shay Deeney for Stuart.

The minors play their last league game at home to Emyvale next Monday – note change of date.

 

U-14: Both Under-14 football teams are in action this Saturday at 12 noon. The Division One team are away to table-toppers Donaghmoyne, while the Division Five team travel to Clontibret.

 

Championship: Thanks to everyone who helped out at Monday’s MFC semi-final between Clontibret and Scotstown, which brought a big crowd to Gavan Duffy Park.

 

O-35: The club’s recreational team are back this Saturday, playing in the Truagh tournament at 5pm. All new players and club support welcome.

 

Twitter: You can now stay in touch with club matches and news on twitter by following our new page: www.twitter.com/monaghanharps.

 

Email: I am now using a new email address, so any info for the notes can be sent to pro.monaghanharps.monaghan@gaa.ie.

 

Monaghan GAA Official Yearbook: Monaghan County Board are publishing their own OFFICIAL Yearbook in 2011. We are asking all local business if approached to ensure that they are taking an advert and to please contact local club officers to verify that you are supporting the OFFICIAL Yearbook.