Fixtures: Tuesday, July 21: MFC Division One Q-F v Truagh (Away) at 7.30pm

Thursday, July 23: Under-16 HL v Lisbellaw (Home) at 7.30pm; SHC S-F Inniskeen v Truagh at Gavan Duffy Park at 7.45pm

Saturday, July 25: Under-12 FL Division One v Donaghmoyne (Home) at 1.15pm; Under-12 FL Division Five v Donaghmoyne (Home) at 12pm; Under-12 FL Division Four v Ballybay (Away) at 12pm

Sunday, July 26: Under-14 FL Division One v Latton (Home) at 12pm

Monday, July 27: Under-14 HL v Carrickmacross (Home) at 7.30pm

Tuesday, July 28: MFL Division One Shield v Clontibret (Away) at 7.30pm; MFC Division Two S-F Clones v Corduff at Gavan Duffy Park at 7.15pm

Wednesday, July 29: RFL Division Three S-F v Aghabog (Home) at 7.30pm

 

Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 2, 8, 17 and 19. Jackpot of €1,000 not won. Residual prizes: €100 Una Forde, Threemilehouse c/o Jim Dalton (Hurling Club); €40 Mary Sherry c/o Brian O’Sullivan (Hurling Club); €40 Ruairí Smith c/o Ann Treanor; €40 Neil McGinn c/o himself. Jackpot for Sunday, July 26 is €1,100 and Rose Hughes and Noel Hennessy are on duty. Lotto draw takes place in the clubhouse every Sunday night. All welcome.

 

Congratulations: To Neil McAdam and the Monaghan senior footballers, who won a second Ulster SFC title in three years in last Sunday’s final. Neil again played the full game as Monaghan held off Donegal in a thrilling finish, which led to great scenes in Clones and on the big stage in Monaghan town on Sunday night. Thanks to everyone who joined us in the clubhouse on Sunday.

 

Seniors: Monaghan’s progress in the championship means our next Senior Football League game is as yet unknown. Keep an eye on the notes for details of fixtures in the coming weeks.

 

Reserves: We qualified for the RFL Division Three semi-final with a hard-earned win away to Clones last Wednesday. We got off to a flying start, with a string of scores including a Francis Lynch goal, and although Clones rallied, Mark McCaughey found the net to keep us ahead. We led by 2-6 to 2-3 at half-time and although scores were harder to come by in the second half, some strong defensive work helped us see out a 2-9 to 2-7 win.

Team: Cónall McKenna; Paul Smyth, Conor Forde; Robbie Moyna (Capt.), Mark McCaughey, Francis Lynch; Turlough Clerkin, Dónal McCarthy; Remy McKenna, Colm Shalvey, James McKenna; Paul Rushe, David Carey.

Subs used: Ahmed Gamal, David Lowry, John Treanor, Paul Byrnes.

We now host Aghabog in the RFL Division Three semi-final next Wednesday, July 29. Castleblayney conceded our Division 1B fixture on Saturday, which means we top the table and go straight through to the final, which is due to be played on Wednesday, August 5.

 

U-21: Our Under-21s fell to another narrow defeat in last Friday’s Division Two semi-final at home to Carrickmacross. Once again, a very slow start left our lads facing an uphill battle, with an Éimhín Morahan free proving to be our only score of the opening quarter. A brace of points from Francis Lynch and one by Kevin Loughran got the Harps going, but Carrick still led by 0-9 to 0-4 at half-time. Fearghal McMahon and Éimhín led our comeback in the third quarter, during which they hit 1-2 and 0-2 respectively. Kevin, Francie, Fearghal and Éimhín all added points in the closing stages, but our lads fell short on a scoreline of 1-15 to 1-12.

Team and scorers: Conor Flynn; Ahmed Gamal, Paul Smyth (Capt.), David Lowry; Francis Lynch (0-3), Niall Treanor, Tiarnán Bramley; Dylan McKenna, Kevin Loughran (0-2); Turlough Clerkin, John Mulligan, Paul Byrnes; John Treanor, Éimhín Morahan (0-4, 2f), Fearghal McMahon (1-3, 0-1 pen).

Subs: Kevin Lyden for N Treanor (inj.), Marc Brennan for Lowry (black card).

 

Minors: Our minor footballers are away to Truagh in a championship quarter-final this evening (Tuesday) and they have a league game away to Clontibret next Tuesday, July 28.

 

U-16: Our Under-16 footballers started their Division One League Shield campaign with a narrow defeat against St. Patrick’s in Ballybay last Thursday. This game was closely contested throughout, but St. Pat’s finished strongly to win by 1-16 to 3-7. Our next Under-16 game is at home to Inniskeen next Thursday, July 30.

 

U-14: A depleted Under-14 Division Four team fell to a heavy defeat away to Seán McDermotts last Saturday. On a day to forget, our only scores came via an Adam McGarry goal and points from Dylan Ballantine, Shay Cooney, Deivydas Kaklauskas and the hard-working Brian McAteer, as a clinical Seáns team put the game beyond our reach.

Team and scorers: Daragh Croarkin; Mujtaba Gamal, Kamile Parszywka, Deivydas Kaklauskas (0-1); Dylan Ballantine (Capt., 0-2, 1 ’45), Brian McAteer (0-1); Adam McGarry (1-0), Shea Treanor, Shay Cooney (0-1).

Sub used: Tyler Murray.

The Division One team return to action with a home game against Latton this Sunday at 12pm.

 

U-12: Our Under-12 Division Four team had a good win at home to Aughnamullen last Tuesday. Goals by Eoin O’Hanlon and Oisín Reilly and some well-taken points by Luke McManus and Jake McConnon got us off to a good start. Luke, Shea Swift and Cian Bradley added scores before the end of the first 20 minutes, but Aughnamullen hit back with a brace of goals to close the gap to 2-8 to 2-3. Fionán Ó Gallchóir, Eoin, Luke, Shea, Cian and Oisín Treanor all got on the scoresheet in the final 20 minutes as our lads secured a 4-14 to 3-5 win.

Team and scorers: Ethan Ballantine; Mark Clerkin (Capt.), Dáire Conlon; Gary Devlin, Senan Cudden; Eoin O’Hanlon (1-1), Jake McConnon (0-2); Luke McManus (0-6), Cian Bradley (0-3, 1f); Fionán Ó Gallchóir (1-0), Oisín Reilly (1-0).

Subs used: Shea Swift (1-1), Josh Kelly, Morgan Coyle, Oisín Treanor (0-1), Max Mallen, Shane Moran.

All three teams are due to be in action this Saturday. The Division One and Five teams have a double-header at home to Donaghmoyne, with the Division Four lads away to Ballybay.

 

Summer Camps: After the success of last year’s Harps Summer Camp, we will host it for a second time from August 17-21. Application forms will be available at our Saturday-morning coaching sessions.

 

Gavan Duffy Park: We host a SHC semi-final this Thursday and a MFC Division Two semi next Tuesday. The Monaghan Harps clubhouse is available to book for functions. Contact Jimmy Croarkin on 087 1249635 or Pádraig Callan on 087 2139188 for more information. Anyone looking to book the clubhouse for meetings, functions, etc. is asked to please give a week’s notice for convenience. Membership cards for all paid-up club members are now available and can be collected on Sunday nights from 8pm to 10pm, as can Darkness into Light t-shirts for anyone who didn’t receive theirs on the morning of the event. All club members and team mentors are asked to take care with our facilities and ensure that lights are turned off and doors and gates are locked up.

 

Know Your Sport: Another three parts of our ‘Know Your Sport’ prediction competition finished last weekend. The current leaders are Eimile Flannery and Emmet McWilliams, with ten points each, followed by another 13 players with nine correct answers.

 

 

Hurling:

U-12s: Inniskeen conceded Monday’s game. Training continues on Sundays at 12pm.

U-14s: We are at home to Carrickmacross in the league on Monday, July 27 at 7.30pm.

U-16s & Minors: Inniskeen conceded Monday’s game for the Under-16s, who host Lisbellaw this Thursday. We have been drawn to play Truagh at home in the minor championship quarter-finals, due to be played on Sunday, August 16.