Fixtures: Saturday, June 6: Under-14 FL Division One v Carrickmacross (Away) at 1.15pm

Sunday, June 7: RFC McKeown Cup S-F v Clones (Home) at 3pm

Monday, June 8: Under-12 HL v Cootehill (Home) at 7.30pm

Tuesday, June 9: Under-14 FC Division Four S-F v Cremartin (Away) at 7.30pm

Wednesday, June 10: RFC O’Duffy Cup S-F v Magheracloone (Home) at 8pm

 

Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 1, 5, 12 and 26. Jackpot of €2,500 not won. Residual prizes: €100 Patricia Sullivan c/o Barry Sullivan; €40 Dympna Healy c/o Hurling Club; €40 Darrin Mohan c/o Paddy Donnelly; €40 Drew Lynch c/o Hurling Club. Jackpot for Sunday, June 7 is €2,600 and Tessie Connolly and Kathleen and Seán Boyle are on duty. Lotto draw takes place in the clubhouse every Sunday night. All welcome.

 

Seniors: Our senior footballers fell to their first defeat of the SFL at home to Clontibret last Saturday. Despite difficult conditions, there was a well-contested first half, when two points each from Dónal Hahessy and Fearghal McMahon and one apiece from Stephen Driver, Liam Hahessy and Dean Fanning sent us in ahead by 0-7 to 0-6. The second half was a different story, as Clontibret gained the upper hand to win by 1-14 to 0-9, with our only scores coming from Nicholas Scott and Shane Smyth.

Team and scorers: Ashley White; Gareth Treanor, Stephen Driver (0-1), Conor Galligan (Capt.); Mustafa Gamal, Nicholas Scott (0-1), Michael Galligan; Neil McAdam, Shane Coyle; Liam Hahessy (0-1), Nicholas Treanor, Dean Fanning (0-1); Niall Hahessy, Dónal Hahessy (0-2f), Fearghal McMahon (0-2).

Subs: Shane Smyth (0-1) for L Hahessy (H-T), John Mulligan for Gamal (35 mins), Aodhán Óg McAnespie for Coyle (46), Dónal McCarthy for M Galligan (52).

Our game against Magheracloone, scheduled for this Saturday, has been postponed.

 

Reserves: Our reserve teams have two championship semi-finals in the next week: in the McKeown Cup at home to Clones on Sunday at 3pm and in the O’Duffy Cup at home to Magheracloone next Wednesday at 8pm. All support welcome.

 

Minor/U-16: Our minor and Under-16 footballers are now in the exam break. Good luck to all doing the Leaving and Junior Cert.

 

U-14: Our Under-14 Division One team had a 3-11 to 1-4 win at home to Inniskeen in difficult conditions last Saturday. After an even start, our lads moved ahead with points from Annan Connor and Killian Conlon and a goal by Stephen Ward. Conor Devlin and Brendan Óg Ó Dufaigh both got forward to kick points and give the Harps a 1-7 to 0-2 half-time lead. Luke Coyle got the first point of the second half, before Killian Conlon and Lochlainn Power found the net to open up a healthy lead. Further points from Ógie (two) and Lochlainn finished the game on a high note. This was a good all-round performance, which saw Brian McAteer and Adam McGarry both make their first starts for this team.

Team and scorers: Dylan Ballantine; Mujtaba Gamal, Andrew Lyden; Conor Devlin (0-2), Lochlainn Power (1-1, 1-0f), Brendan Óg Ó Dufaigh (0-3); Annan Connor (0-2), Lorcan O’Rourke; Brian McAteer, Luke Coyle (0-1f), Killian Conlon (1-2, 0-1f); Adam McGarry, Stephen Ward (1-0).

Sub used: Jamie McCarron.

Our Division Four team had another great win away to St. Tiarnach Sarsfields last Tuesday, this time in a league game in Clones. A second high-scoring game in the space of five days saw the Harps lads give another fine team performance to win by 9-7 to 6-6, with Adam McGarry leading the scoring this time.

The Division One league continues with an away game against Carrickmacross this Saturday at 1.15. The Division Four team travel to Cremartin for a championship semi-final next Tuesday and the league game at home to Clontibret has been rescheduled for next Thursday, June 11.

 

U-12: Our three Under-12 football teams all played league games last Saturday. Our Division One team played an exciting draw away to Emyvale. We started well with points by Shay Cooney (two), Luke McManus and Jake Power, but a topsy-turvy game turned for the first time when Emyvale blitzed us with four goals. Points by Jake, Luke and Liam Conway kept us in contention, but we still trailed by 4-2 to 0-8 at half-time. 1-1 by Tiarnán O’Rourke and two goals from Jamie Coyle saw us rally after the restart, before 1-1 by Shay Cooney, a point from Jake and a goal by substitute Josh Kelly gave us a healthy lead. Emyvale came storming back, however, so we had to settle for a draw on a scoreline of 5-11 to 7-5.

Team and scorers: Ben Myers; Ryan McSkeane, Liam Conway (0-1), Mark McManus, Daragh Croarkin (Capt.); Tiarnán O’Rourke (1-1), Kevin Moran; Luke McManus (0-3), Shay Cooney (1-3); Jamie Coyle (2-0), Jake Power (0-3f).

Subs used: Josh Kelly (1-0), Jamie Cooney, Gary Devlin, Michael McMorrow, James Curley, Diarmuid Magee, Cian Mac Cionnaith Brennan, Ailandas Jocys, Patrick Dooley-Duffy, Jordan Crampton, Conor Treanor.

Our Division Five team were also in Emyvale, where they had a convincing win. 2-2 by Josh Kelly, a goal each by Jamie Cooney and Shea Swift and points by Jake McConnon and Michael McMorrow got our lads off to a flying start and although Emyvale grew into the game, our lads were still well clear by the interval. Josh, Jamie, Michael, Jake, Ross Finnegan and Cian Mac Cionnaith Brennan also got on the scoresheet, as did Ben Myers and Conor Treanor in the middle period.

Team and scorers: Kevin Moran; Ben Myers, Jordan Crampton; Gary Devlin, Scarlett Herron; Michael McMorrow (0-2, 1f), Jake McConnon (0-3); Jamie Cooney (2-1, 1-0f), Josh Kelly (3-4); Ross Finnegan (0-1), Shea Swift (1-0).

Subs used: Diarmuid Magee, Cian Mac Cionnaith Brennan (0-1), Ryan Gallagher, James Curley, Aidan Cunningham, Patrick Dooley-Duffy, Luke McManus, Conor Treanor.

Our Division Four team lost out away to Corduff in their opening league game. The lads, who were without several players from the usual team, competed well throughout and were just a point down at half-time (1-4 to 0-6), thanks to two points each from Eoin O’Hanlon and Ethan Ballantine and one apiece by Seán Callan and Cian Bradley. Eoin hit 1-1 in the final period, with Oisín Treanor and Seán also on target, but Corduff hit three goals to claim a 4-8 to 1-9 win.

Team and scorers: Karol Parszywka; Dáire Conlon, Gregory O’Connell; Shane Moran, Senan Cudden; Eoin O’Hanlon (1-3), Ethan Ballantine (Capt., 0-2); Seán Callan (0-2), Cian Bradley (0-1); Morgan Coyle, Oisín Treanor (0-1).

Subs used: Aidan McGeough, Ali Galligan, Nathan Healy.

 

Dates to remember: Good luck to the Ladies Club with their annual Abbey Fanning Sevens Tournament at Gavan Duffy Park this Saturday, June 6. Please note that there is no Saturday-morning juvenile coaching this week. Our annual Juvenile Club collection is due for June 19/20.

 

Clubhouse: The Monaghan Harps clubhouse is available to book for functions. Contact Jimmy Croarkin on 087 1249635 for more information. Best wishes to Val Forde, who celebrated his birthday in the clubhouse with many club members, family and friends last Saturday night.

 

Hurling:

U-12s: Congratulations to all players involved in the St Mary’s BNS squad who last Friday defeated Castleblayney in the county Primary Schools Hurling Final. Captain Liam Conway was presented with the trophy following a 3-4 to 1-6 victory. Credit also to their manager and coach Jim Dalton for the success. On the club scene, next up is a home fixture against Cootehill on Monday.

U-14s: Our Monday evening fixture against Inniskeen was postponed. The championship semi-final at home to Castleblayney is set for this Thursday.

U-16s & Minors: Due to state exams, there will be no Under-16 fixtures until June 22 when we take on Castleblayney. Good luck to all U-16s and minors in their Junior Cert and Leaving Cert exams respectively. Beirigí Bua!

Seniors: Next up is the championship quarter final away to Carrickmacross on July 9.