Lotto Results. The numbers drawn in the Club Lotto on Monday, 11^th August were 3, 8, 11 and 22. The jackpot was not won this week. The four winners in the Lucky Dip were Niamh Kindlon, Coolderry, Pauraic Finnegan, Leonsgarve, Carleen McKeown, Kingscourt and Matt Morgan. The next draw will take place in the clubrooms on Tuesday 19^th August and the Jackpot will be 1,200 euro. The draw will be held on Tuesday evening owing to the Under-21 county final on Monday.

 

Senior League.  The senior team will be very busy in the next number of weeks as the County Board attempt to clear the backlog of league and championship fixtures following Monaghan’s defeat on Saturday evening. The team were in action on Wednesday evening in Doohamlet and Ballybay will be the visitors to Inniskeen on this Saturday in the next round of the league. This game is due to start at 7.00 p.m. and all support is vital.

The championship resumes on Saturday 23^rd with a fixture versus Latton. More information on venue and time will be available in the next couple of days.

 

Under-21 Final. Magheracloone will face Scotstown in the Division One final in a confident mood after a string of victories in the qualifying rounds. This final is fixed for Blackhill on Monday evening and will throw-in at 7.00.p.m.

 

Minor Championship. The semi-final of the Division One championship between Magheracloone and Scotstown was played on Tuesday in Cremartin. The Scotstown team had the advantage of the wind in the first half and led at half-time by four points, with the score reading 1-7 to Magheracloone’s 0-6.

Magheracloone opened the second half in a lively fashion and cut the deficit to a single point before Scotstown claimed two more points from placed balls. Magheracloone continued to press and eventually drew level with a few minutes left for play. In the final minute of normal time Luke McKenna ran from the corner back position to find himself at the end of a sequence of excellent passes from the Magheracloone team. He rounded the last two Scotstown defenders and picked his spot in the bottom left corner of the net. This proved to be the final and decisive score of this exciting encounter. The final score read Magheracloone 1-13 to Scotstown’s 1-10.

Magheracloone will have a gap of almost two months before the county final in Clones. The opposition will be provided by near neighbours, Donaghmoyne and an exciting encounter is guaranteed. The team will be hoping to go one step further than last year’s beaten finalists and bring the cup to Magheracloone.

 

Under-16. The Under-16 championship encounter with Donaghmoyne is fixed for this Monday evening in Donaghmoyne. This is a repeat of the recent league fixture which saw Magheracloone coming out on top on a score-line of 4-21 to 4-13.

 

Under-14.  The Under-14 league continues this Saturday with a visit to Monaghan Harps. The throw-in is timed for 12.00 noon.

 

Under-12. Magheracloone defeated Seans in their latest game on a score-line of 8-10 to 5-6. The team are now in the Shield final and await the winners of the Tyholland/ Sean McDermotts match.

 

Under-10 GoGames. Clones is the venue for the next round of GoGames and the date is this Saturday, 16^th August. The competition will run from 12.00 noon to 2.00 p.m.

 

Donation to 2^nd Phase of Pitch Development:The club would like to thank all those individuals/families who have pledged either €1000 or €2000 Interest Free Loans to the club in order to finish the pitch development. To date we have €34,000 pledged which is staggering but in order to reach our target of €40,000 we need a couple more pledges. If you haven’t yet but would like to contribute towards the pitch development by pledging an interest free loan to the club, then contact the following people or any committee member – Thomas McDermott, Martin Farrelly or Bernard Freeman.