Fixtures: Wednesday, June 18: RFL Division 1A v Truagh (Home) at 8pm

Thursday, June 19: SHC v Castleblayney (Home) at 8pm; Under-14 FL Division One v Truagh (Home) at 7.30pm

Sunday, June 22: SFL v Scotstown (Home) at 2pm

Monday, June 23: Under-16 HL v Truagh (Home) at 8pm; Under-12 HL v Cootehill (Home) at 8pm at 6.45pm

Tuesday, June 24: Under-14 FL Division One v Inniskeen (Home) at 7.30pm

TBC: Under-12 FL Division 1A v Donaghmoyne (Away); Under-12 FL Division 3B v Emyvale (Away)

 

Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 8, 9, 20 and 25. Jackpot of €1,100 not won. Residual prizes: €100 Maureen O’Donoghue c/o Michael O’Donoghue; €40 Noel McConnon c/o Cosy Bar; €40 Paul Horish c/o Barry Sullivan; €40 Majella Treanor c/o Monica Connolly. Jackpot for Sunday, June 22 is €1,200 and Owen and Gráinne Connell are on duty. The Lotto plays an essential part in the running of the club and we ask for everyone’s continued support. Please note that tickets can be brought down to the clubhouse from 7.45pm each Sunday.

 

Street Collection: Our juvenile club’s annual street collection takes place across the town this Thursday and Friday. All support would be greatly appreciated for this important fundraiser; please contact Una Forde on 087 6107329 if you are available.

 

Seniors: We host Scotstown in a Senior Football League ‘star’ game this Sunday at 2pm.

 

U-10: The Monaghan Town Community Games team are going to the Ulster Finals in Cavan this Saturday. The team are due to take part in games at Terry Coyle Park, home of Cavan Gaels, with times unavailable at time of going to press. Please see website etc. for updates. Good luck to Martin, Finbarr, Mel, Mary and the players.

 

Féile: We host a number of Féile na nGael matches at Gavan Duffy Park this weekend, starting this Friday and continuing on Saturday. All support welcome. Please note that there will be no Saturday-morning coaching this week.

 

Draw: We are currently running a draw for a pair of tickets to Garth Brooks at Croke Park. Tickets cost just €2 each or €5 for a book of three and anyone who sells 20 books will be entered into a separate draw for an All-Ireland final ticket. Books of tickets are available from Jimmy Croarkin, who can be contacted at 087 1249635.

 

Reserves: Our McKeown Cup team had a 4-16 to 2-12 win away to Emyvale last Saturday evening. We started with a well-taken goal by John Mulligan and although Emyvale hit back, five points from Niall Greenan, two from Paul Byrne and one each by Aidan Connell, Dessie McGarry and Ahmed Gamal kept us ahead. Emyvale hit a late goal to close the gap to a point at 1-10 to 2-6, but two points by Dessie, either side of a Paul Byrne goal, gave us the start to the second half we were looking for. Ahmed and Niall both found the net in quick succession, before a point each by Niall and Dessie and a brace from Conor McCaughey completed our scoring, while Ronan McGann saved an Emyvale penalty at the other end.

Team and scorers: Ronan McGann; Aidan Connell (0-1), Niall Treanor; Turlough Clerkin, John Mulligan (1-0), Séamus Brannigan; Lorcan McAdam, James McKenna; Paul Byrne (1-2), Niall Greenan (Capt., 1-6, 0-2f), Ahmed Gamal (1-1); Dessie McGarry (0-4), Conor McCaughey (0-2, 1 ’45).

Subs: Carl Foentjies for Clerkin (H-T), Francis Lynch for Brannigan (38 mins), Adam Cullen for Greenan (43), Marc Brennan for Connell, Paul Smyth for McKenna (both 48).

Our O’Duffy Cup team host Truagh in the league tomorrow night (Wednesday).

 

Minors: The Minor Football League will resume on Tuesday, July 8 with a home game against St. Patrick’s.

 

U-16: The Under-16s resume league action at home to Scotstown next Thursday.

 

U-14: The U-14 Division One team fell to a five-point defeat at home to Truagh last Thursday evening. The Harps led narrowly after an evenly-matched opening quarter, but Truagh gradually got on top to secure a 4-12 to 3-10 win. Next up for the lads is a home game against Inniskeen next Tuesday.

Team: Erikas Dikmonas; Andrew Lyden, Colin Peppard; Dylan Maguire, Lorcan O’Rourke, Oisín Fagan; Annan Conor, Stephen Ward; Adam O’Neill, Corey McArdle; Luke Coyle, Seán Conway.

 

U-12: Our Under-12 Division 1A team showed good character to come from behind and beat Castleblayney at home in our second league game last Saturday. Despite opening brightly, we were unable to take a number of goal chances and we had to settle for points by Eoghan McGinnity and Josh Maguire, although Terence McDonald then hit 1-1 to keep us in touch. Blayney pulled away, however, with a run of goals and we needed points from Adam McGarry (two), Terence and a goal from a free by Josh to stay within two at the break (2-6 to 4-2). Blayney also started the final period strongly, but goals by Dylan Ballantine and Joshua Clerkin and points by Joshua, Eoghan and Adam started our revival. Eoghan added another four points before the end and Adam and Dylan also chipped in, as our lads upped their game all over the pitch to secure a 4-15 to 4-7 win. We also got some fine scores in the middle third, with Brian McAteer and Jamie Coyle to the fore.

Team and scorers: Daragh Croarkin; James McKenny, Liam Conway (Capt.); Nathan Lavery, Dean Doherty; Tiarnán O’Rourke, Josh Maguire (1-1, 1-0f); Eoghan McGinnity (0-6, 1f, 1 ’45), Terence McDonald (1-2); Dylan Ballantine (1-1), Adam McGarry (0-4, 1f).

Subs used: Joshua Clerkin (1-1), Brian McAteer, Shay Cooney, Jamie Coyle.

Our Division 3B team got the afternoon off to a good start with a comprehensive win Scotstown. Jamie Coyle and Jamie Cooney led the scoring in the first half as we opened up a 5-4 to 0-4 advantage and they added to their totals after the restart, while Shay and Scott Cooney, Conor Treanor, Dean Conlon and Daragh Croarkin also got on the scoresheet. This was a fine team performance, with all our subs also making a positive impact.

Team and scorers: Tom; Mark McManus (Capt.), Ryan McSkeane; Scott Cooney (0-1), Che Treanor; Shay Cooney (0-2), Jake Mulhall; Jamie Cooney (4-1), Jamie Coyle (4-4, 1-3f); Dean Conlon (0-1), Conor Treanor (1-1).

Subs used: Evan Meehan, Eoin Clerkin, Morgan Coyle, Daragh Croarkin (0-1).

Our games away to Donaghmoyne (Division 1A) and Emyvale (Division 3B) have yet to be confirmed due to Féile. Check website etc. for details.

 

Golf Classic: We are staging a golf classic in Rossmore Golf Club on June 27. More details to follow next week.

 

Summer Camp: We will be staging a Harps Summer Camp on the week of August 18-22. More details to follow.

 

Well done: To Conor Galligan, Shane Smyth and the Monaghan senior footballers, who had a great win over Tyrone in last Sunday’s Ulster SFC quarter-final. Well done also to Josh Maguire, who played at half-time in Clones on Sunday.

 

Good luck: To Mustafa Gamal and the Monaghan minor footballers in their Ulster championship game against Tyrone in Armagh on Saturday.

 

Sympathy: At last week’s club meeting, a vote of sympathy was passed to the family of Jim Cassidy.

 

Hurling: The Hurling Club host part of Féile na nGael 2014 at Gavan Duffy Park this weekend, starting on Friday and continuing on Saturday, with Bray Emmets among our visitors. All support welcome.

The Under-12s were edged out by Carrickmacross on Monday evening and are at home to Cootehill next Monday, which will be followed by the Under-16 game against Truagh.

 

Ladies: In what was a quiet week on the footballing front, our senior team travelled to Lough Key Forest Park as part of a team-bonding adventure day. Great fun was had by all and those that travelled are now all facebook friends and BFFs. Let’s hope we can reproduce the competitiveness on the playing field! Thank you very much to Dearbhla for arranging this day and for organising the necessary changes when two eejits showed up late!

Our U-12s played Castleblayney on Saturday. No result was known at time of going to print.

Upcoming Fixtures:

U-12 League v Killanny: June 21 at 11.30am

U-16 League v Truagh: June 27 at 7pm

Training for seniors continues this Tuesday and Friday at 6.45pm, starting from the Greenway in Rooskey. New and returning players are always welcome

U-12 and U-14 training takes place on Thursdays from 6.30-7.30pm and on Saturdays from 10.30-11.30am in Rooskey. Contact Trevor on 086 8716430 for any information; all new members welcome.

Congratulations to all those who have finished/are finishing up their exams this week; time to put away the ‘Less Stress More Success’ books and get back to the training field