Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 11, 14, 21 and 23. Jackpot of €2,500 not won. Residual prizes: €100 Maura McGuirk c/o Maria McKenna; €40 Liz Brennan c/o herself; €40 Kathleen McKenna c/o Liadhan Treanor; €40 George White c/o Ashley White. Jackpot for Sunday, November 10 is €2,600 and Rose Hughes and Noel Hennessy are on duty. Lotto draw takes place in the clubhouse every Sunday night. All welcome. A short Lotto meeting will take place this Sunday, November 10 at 9pm.

 

Seniors: Our competitive year came to an end last Sunday, when the seniors fell to a 0-18 to 1-11 defeat at home to Magheracloone in the SFL semi-final. Our lads made a promising start, with Neil McAdam converting a penalty after just one minute, but Magheracloone kicked the next three points to draw level. It was almost point-for-point for the rest of the first half, with Dónal Hahessy (three), Nicholas Treanor (two) and Shane Smyth sending us in with a narrow 1-6 to 0-8 lead. Points by Nicholas, Dean Fanning and Fearghal McMahon kept us in touch for long spells of the second half and Nicholas converted a brace of frees to leave us a point up inside the last ten minutes, but Magheracloone hit the last five points to advance to the final.

Team and scorers: Mark Hughes; Rónán Garvey, Aodhán Óg McAnespie, Niall Hahessy; Kevin Loughran, Neil McAdam (1-0, pen), Michael Galligan; Peter Coyle, Gary White (Capt.); Paul Rushe, Dónal Hahessy (0-3, 1f), Shane Coyle; Nicholas Treanor (0-5, 4f), Shane Smyth (0-1), Dean Fanning (0-1).

Subs: Fearghal McMahon (0-1) for N Hahessy (inj., 45 mins), Liam Hahessy for N Treanor (57), Evan Doherty for M Galligan (inj., 62).

Thanks to all the players for their efforts and to the management of Paddy Kelly, Gerard Treanor, Ronan Clarke and Brendan Hackett, as well as everyone else who helped out during a long year.

 

Draw: Sincere thanks go to everyone who has bought or sold tickets for the Sportsperson’s Dream draw, which will take place at the end of this month. Any tickets not yet returned should be given to Gerard Gilsenan ASAP. Tickets can still be purchased online for the next two weeks – see link on our club website.

 

AGM: Our Annual General Meeting will take place on Friday, November 29.

 

Coaching courses: The second Monaghan coaching conference will take place in Carrickmacross on Saturday, November 23, while there are also coaching courses coming up in the next few weeks. If you are interested in attending any of these, please contact juvenile secretary Val Forde.

 

Gala banquet: Monaghan GAA are staging a Gala Banquet in the Hillgrove Hotel on Friday, November 15 to honour this year’s Ulster SFC and MFC winners and the Ulster-winning team of 1988. Contact Lorcan McAdam if you wish to attend.

 

Sympathy: All at the club offer deepest sympathy to the Tony Croarkin and family on the death of his mother, Brigid. Condolences also go to Brian Lenehan and family on the death of his father Paddy, whose Funeral Mass takes place in Laytown on Saturday at 10.15am, followed by burial in Duleek. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha.

 

Scór: The Scór na nÓg semi-finals are due to take place in two weeks’ time, when the club will be hoping to build on the recent Spraoi Scór success.

 

Ladies: The Division One Reserve League Final v Donaghmoyne has not been fixed. Training is on Tuesday at 7pm & Friday at 6.30pm this week.

In the Minor Division One League, we defeated Scotstown last Sunday in Scotstown. The result was Harps 5-6 Scotstown 3-3. The team was Maria Ferguson (Capt.), Claire Duffy, Hannah Clerkin, Tara Reilly, Shauna Hetherington, Niamh Tibby, Eimear O’Rourke, Muireann O’Rourke, Aoife Corrigan, Emma Clerkin, Karla Clerkin & Niamh Corrigan. We have qualified for the semi-final of the minor league, which is on this weekend away to Emyvale. Training is on Tuesday at 7pm & Friday at 6.30pm this week.