Fixture: Sunday, October 11: SFL v Clontibret (Away) at 12.30pm

 

Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 3, 11, 14 and 25. Jackpot of €2,100 not won. Residual prizes: €100 Dermot McMahon c/o Ann Treanor; €40 Chris Conway (direct debit) c/o Owen Connell; €40 Bernie Ward c/o Jimmy Croarkin; €40 Tony Croarkin c/o Cosy Bar. Jackpot for Sunday, October 11 is €2,200 and Ann and Kevin Treanor are on duty. Lotto draw takes place in the clubhouse every Sunday night. All welcome.

 

Seniors: We qualified for the Greenfield Foods Senior Football Championship Final by seeing off Clontibret in Scotstown last Sunday. Kevin Loughran opened the scoring, but Clontibret hit back with 1-1, before Michael Galligan, Gareth Treanor and Shane Smyth brought us level. A Dónal Hahessy point and 1-1 by Fearghal McMahon had us 1-6 to 1-4 up at half-time and Fearghal, Neil McAdam and Conor Galligan added points in the third quarter. Michael then scored our second goal and further points from Fearghal and Stephen Driver secured a 2-12 to 1-10 win. We are now through to the county final for the first time since 1991, with Scotstown awaiting on Sunday week (October 18). We have a league game away to Clontibret this Sunday.

Team and scorers: Ashley White; Niall Hahessy, David Hughes, Kevin Loughran (0-1); Gareth Treanor (0-1), Conor Galligan (Capt., 0-1), Nicholas Scott; Neil McAdam (0-1f), Stephen Driver (0-1); Nicholas Treanor, Gary White, Michael Galligan (1-1); Dónal Hahessy (0-1f), Shane Smyth (0-1), Fearghal McMahon (1-4, 1-0 pen, 0-3f).

Subs: John Mulligan for G Treanor (inj., 48), Liam Hahessy for G White (59).

 

Family Fun Day: Our Family Fun Day drew a great crowd to Gavan Duffy Park last Saturday. A very entertaining day featured a fancy dress parade, a variety of races and competitions for all ages, as well as the finals of our U-12 Street Leagues. We then got to the main event, which was the Great Harps Balloon Race, where Hugh Coyle and co. released over 1,000 balloons from the pitch. Anyone who finds a balloon and code is asked to email Pro.monaghanharps.monaghan@gaa.ie (closing date: November 3). Well done to Michael McMorrow for selling the most balloons. A good crowd of coaches and parents also joined us in the clubhouse for an enjoyable evening. Thanks to everyone in the club who supported the day and sold balloons, particularly the juveniles, who got right behind the event. Thanks also to Neil McAdam for making the presentations to the juveniles and for bringing the Anglo-Celt Cup. The day was a testament to all involved, so well done to the organising committee, led by Jimmy Croarkin.

 

Harps colours: We hope to have club merchandise on sale this weekend in the run-up to the county final. Keep an eye on club website and social media for more details. Hats with the club crest are for sale now at a cost of €8. They are available in the clubhouse, or by contacting Una Forde (087 6107329).

 

Juveniles: Our Saturday-morning coaching came to a close with last weekend’s fun day. Thanks very much to all the coaches, children and parents involved throughout 2015. Our U-12 Street League also finished up on Saturday with three entertaining finals played, where there wins for Dublin against Kerry, Cork against Tyrone after sudden-death extra-time and Mayo against Donegal. This was a very enjoyable finish to the year for our U-12s. Thanks to Colm and Audri Herron of the Hillgrove Hotel for kindly sponsoring trophies for all players who took part in the Street League and well done to everyone involved. Well done also to the U-8 and U-9 teams who played St. Vincent’s last Saturday morning and thanks to the Dublin club for travelling and to everyone who provided food for our guests. The juvenile year will come to a close with an U-13 blitz next Thursday (October 15) in Cloghan.

 

Scór: Scór na bPáistí (for Primary School children) will be held in Ionad CLG Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada, Threemilehouse this Saturday, October 10 at 7pm. Good luck to everyone involved from the Harps.

 

Vetting: Anyone who has received their Garda vetting clearance form is asked to provide a photocopy to Tommy McCabe.

 

Gavan Duffy Park: 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.

 

 

Hurling:

Wall Ball Competition: The Hurling wall ball competition takes place on Saturday mornings up to October 24 at Cloghan. The competition is aimed at all U-12, U-14 & U-16 players within all the hurling clubs in Monaghan. Players will practice the basic skills in hurling and then take part in wall-ball skill drills. Players will finish by playing each other in a one-wall hurling competition at the end of each session. The purpose of the session is to give players ideas on how they might practice using a wall and also to give them an opportunity to add a variety of new hurling skills to their game.

 

Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 3, 11, 14 and 25. Jackpot of €2,100 not won. Residual prizes: €100 Dermot McMahon c/o Ann Treanor; €40 Chris Conway (direct debit) c/o Owen Connell; €40 Bernie Ward c/o Jimmy Croarkin; €40 Tony Croarkin c/o Cosy Bar. Jackpot for Sunday, October 11 is €2,200 and Ann and Kevin Treanor are on duty. Lotto draw takes place in the clubhouse every Sunday night. All welcome.

 

Seniors: We qualified for the Greenfield Foods Senior Football Championship Final by seeing off Clontibret in Scotstown last Sunday. Kevin Loughran opened the scoring, but Clontibret hit back with 1-1, before Michael Galligan, Gareth Treanor and Shane Smyth brought us level. A Dónal Hahessy point and 1-1 by Fearghal McMahon had us 1-6 to 1-4 up at half-time and Fearghal, Neil McAdam and Conor Galligan added points in the third quarter. Michael then scored our second goal and further points from Fearghal and Stephen Driver secured a 2-12 to 1-10 win. We are now through to the county final for the first time since 1991, with Scotstown awaiting on Sunday week (October 18). We have a league game away to Clontibret this Sunday.

Team and scorers: Ashley White; Niall Hahessy, David Hughes, Kevin Loughran (0-1); Gareth Treanor (0-1), Conor Galligan (Capt., 0-1), Nicholas Scott; Neil McAdam (0-1f), Stephen Driver (0-1); Nicholas Treanor, Gary White, Michael Galligan (1-1); Dónal Hahessy (0-1f), Shane Smyth (0-1), Fearghal McMahon (1-4, 1-0 pen, 0-3f).

Subs: John Mulligan for G Treanor (inj., 48), Liam Hahessy for G White (59).

 

Family Fun Day: Our Family Fun Day drew a great crowd to Gavan Duffy Park last Saturday. A very entertaining day featured a fancy dress parade, a variety of races and competitions for all ages, as well as the finals of our U-12 Street Leagues. We then got to the main event, which was the Great Harps Balloon Race, where Hugh Coyle and co. released over 1,000 balloons from the pitch. Anyone who finds a balloon and code is asked to email Pro.monaghanharps.monaghan@gaa.ie (closing date: November 3). Well done to Michael McMorrow for selling the most balloons. A good crowd of coaches and parents also joined us in the clubhouse for an enjoyable evening. Thanks to everyone in the club who supported the day and sold balloons, particularly the juveniles, who got right behind the event. Thanks also to Neil McAdam for making the presentations to the juveniles and for bringing the Anglo-Celt Cup. The day was a testament to all involved, so well done to the organising committee, led by Jimmy Croarkin.

 

Harps colours: We hope to have club merchandise on sale this weekend in the run-up to the county final. Keep an eye on club website and social media for more details. Hats with the club crest are for sale now at a cost of €8. They are available in the clubhouse, or by contacting Una Forde (087 6107329).

 

Juveniles: Our Saturday-morning coaching came to a close with last weekend’s fun day. Thanks very much to all the coaches, children and parents involved throughout 2015. Our U-12 Street League also finished up on Saturday with three entertaining finals played, where there wins for Dublin against Kerry, Cork against Tyrone after sudden-death extra-time and Mayo against Donegal. This was a very enjoyable finish to the year for our U-12s. Thanks to Colm and Audri Herron of the Hillgrove Hotel for kindly sponsoring trophies for all players who took part in the Street League and well done to everyone involved. Well done also to the U-8 and U-9 teams who played St. Vincent’s last Saturday morning and thanks to the Dublin club for travelling and to everyone who provided food for our guests. The juvenile year will come to a close with an U-13 blitz next Thursday (October 15) in Cloghan.

 

Scór: Scór na bPáistí (for Primary School children) will be held in Ionad CLG Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada, Threemilehouse this Saturday, October 10 at 7pm. Good luck to everyone involved from the Harps.

 

Vetting: Anyone who has received their Garda vetting clearance form is asked to provide a photocopy to Tommy McCabe.

 

Gavan Duffy Park: 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.

 

 

Hurling:

Wall Ball Competition: The Hurling wall ball competition takes place on Saturday mornings up to October 24 at Cloghan. The competition is aimed at all U-12, U-14 & U-16 players within all the hurling clubs in Monaghan. Players will practice the basic skills in hurling and then take part in wall-ball skill drills. Players will finish by playing each other in a one-wall hurling competition at the end of each session. The purpose of the session is to give players ideas on how they might practice using a wall and also to give them an opportunity to add a variety of new hurling skills to their game.