Fixtures:

Sunday, July 3: RFL Division 1A v Magheracloone (A) at 3pm

Monday, July 4: Under-12 HL v Castleblayney (Home) at 7.30pm

Wednesday, July 6: RFL Division 1A v Scotstown (A) at 8pm

 

Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 6, 7, 20 and 21. Jackpot of €5,800 not won. Residual prizes: €100 Éamonn Fay c/o Barry Sullivan; €40 Aisling Hughes c/o Barry Sullivan; €40 Seán Dwyer c/o Neil McGinn; €40 Mary Gormley c/o Paddy Donnelly. Jackpot for Sunday, July 3 is €5,900 and Dermot and Liz Brannigan are on duty. Lotto draw takes place in our clubhouse every Sunday night. All welcome.

 

Street collection: Our annual street collection took place last weekend. Thanks to everyone who volunteered their time over the two days (often braving dreadful conditions), to the juvenile committee for organising the collection and to all who contributed. Thanks also to Conor Clerkin and Frank McEnaney for their help.

 

Seniors: Our senior footballers fell to a 2-11 to 0-11 defeat at home to Magheracloone last Sunday. A disappointing first half, where our only scores came from Liam Hahessy, Aodhán Óg McAnespie and Dean Fanning, saw Magheracloone hit 1-2 in the closing minutes to open up a 1-8 to 0-3 lead. Dean, Liam, Fearghal McMahon, Éimhín Morahan and Conor Galligan all got on the scoresheet in the second half as a spirited effort ate into our deficit, but a  second goal helped Magheracloone secure the points.

Team and scorers: Cónall McKenna; Niall Hahessy, Stephen Driver, Niall Treanor; David Hughes, Conor Galligan (Capt., 0-1), Michael Galligan; Gary White, Nicholas Scott; Aodhán Óg McAnespie (0-1), Shane Smyth, Dean Fanning (0-3, 2f); Liam Hahessy (0-4, 1f), Fearghal McMahon (0-1), Éimhín Morahan (0-1).

Subs: Nicholas Treanor for Niall Treanor (H-T), Shane Coyle for N Hahessy (inj., 49 mins), Conor Forde for White, Robbie Moyna for Scott (both 54), Niall Greenan for Driver (56).

Our next SFL game is at home to Carrickmacross on Sunday week, July 10.

 

U-21: Our Under-21s have been drawn to play Aughnamullen away in the quarter-finals of the competition, which is being run on a knock-out basis during July.

 

Reserves: We hosted Killanny in the RFL Division Three on Wednesday. We are away to Magheracloone in Division 1A this Sunday at 3pm, before making the short trip to Scotstown on Wednesday night.

 

Minors: Our minor footballers await the resumption of their competitions after the exam break. Keep an eye on notes and social media for more details.

 

U-16: Our Under-16s resumed their league campaign after the exam break on Thursday away to Aughnamullen.

 

U-14: A much-changed Under-14 Division One team fell to a heavy defeat away to Latton last Thursday.

Team and scorers: Daragh Croarkin; Cathal Nally, James McKenny; James Curley, Liam Conway, Kevin Moran (0-1); Brian McAteer, Tiarnán O’Rourke; Jake Power, Dean Doherty (0-1), Shay Cooney; Nathan Lavery, Eoghan McGinnity (Capt.).

Sub used: Ben Myers.

We then made the long journey to Portlaoise for a regional Féile on Saturday, where we came up against strong opposition in the shape of St. Laurence’s (Kildare), Baltinglass (Wicklow) and St. Bracken’s (Clare). The final, decisive game against St. Bracken’s saw our lads give their best performance of the day, with goals by Nathan Lavery and Dylan Ballantine and a brace of points from Eoghan McGinnity leaving the game on a knife edge towards the end, until St. Bracken’s hit a late purple patch to edge us out.

Our panel on the day was: Daragh Croarkin; James McKenny, Cathal Nally, James Curley; Kevin Moran, Tiarnán O’Rourke, Liam Conway; Dylan Ballantine, Nathan Lavery; Dean Doherty, Eoghan McGinnity, Mike Bradley; Jamie Coyle, Shay Cooney, Jake Power; Ben Myers, Ché Treanor, Dean Conlon, Adam McBride.

The next games for both of our Under-14 teams are scheduled for Saturday, July 16, including the Division Five championship final against Donaghmoyne.

 

U-12: Our two Under-12 teams travelled to Scotstown last Saturday. Our Division One team had a good win on a scoreline of 7-9 to 2-9, with the front six of Luke McManus, Jamie Cooney, Fionán Ó Gallchóir, Shea Swift, Eoin O’Hanlon and Senan Cudden all getting on the scoresheet.

Team and scorers: Gary Devlin; Patrick Dooley-Duffy, Dáire Conlon; Cian Bradley, Josh Kelly; Luke McManus (1-2), Jamie Cooney (1-1); Fionán Ó Gallchóir (1-3), Shea Swift (1-0); Eoin O’Hanlon (Capt., 3-1) Senan Cudden (0-1).

Our Division Five team fell short by 3-10 to 2-3, in spite of scores by Morgan Coyle, Oisín Treanor, Gary Devlin, Liam McCabe and Fionán Ó Gallchóir.

Team and scorers: Senan Cudden; Max Mallen, Jordan Crampton; Shane Moran, Mark Clerkin; Jack Lynch, Morgan Coyle (0-1); Oisín Treanor (0-1), Gary Devlin (0-1); Liam McCabe (Capt., 1-0), Aidan McGeough.

Subs used: Fionán Ó Gallchóir (1-0), Jack Corrigan, Kevin Sweeney, Aidan Cunningham.

Both teams have home games on Saturday week (July 9).

                                                                                        

County teams: Good luck to Neil McAdam and the Monaghan senior footballers in Saturday’s Ulster championship semi-final replay against Donegal in Cavan. Hard luck to Shane McMahon and the county minors on their semi-final defeat.

 

Cúl Camp: We will once again host a Kellogg’s Monaghan GAA Cúl Camp from July 11-15. Registration is open online now and there will be a chance to register at Gavan Duffy Park this Saturday morning from 10.30-11.

 

Gavan Duffy Park: The refurbished Monaghan Harps clubhouse is available to book for functions. Contact Jimmy Croarkin on 087 1249635 or Pádraig Callan on 087 4515206 for more information. Anyone looking to book the clubhouse for meetings, functions, etc. is asked to please give a week’s notice for convenience.

 

Ladies Club fundraising: As part of their LGFA sponsorship, Lidl are giving all local Ladies Clubs the chance to win €1,000. The Harps Ladies are #9 on the list in Lidl Monaghan. Please request tickets at checkouts and vote for us when you shop!

 

 

Hurling:

 

Juveniles: Training & games for all juvenile age groups continues every Sunday at 12pm in Rooskey. Anyone interested in bringing along their child or indeed helping out with coaching, please contact the Monaghan Harps Hurling Facebook page.

 

U-12s: Our U-12s put in a battling performance last Friday night away to Cootehill, but it wasn’t to be enough as the home team ran out 0-12 to 0-5 winners. There were great performances from Seán Callan in goals, Jack McDonald in defence along with Cian Bradley and Luke McManus, who worked tirelessly throughout the match. Upcoming fixtures: Monday, July 4 v Castleblayney (H), 11 v Clontibret (A), 18 v Truagh (H), 25 v Carrickmacross (H).

 

U-14s: We play Truagh in the League Shield Final with the details yet to be confirmed. Keep an eye on the Monaghan Harps Hurling Facebook page for updates.

 

Senior: We lost out on a 0-14 to 3-10 scoreline at home to Clontibret last Thursday evening in the Silver Hill Foods Senior League. A low-scoring first half was a close affair with a Clontibret goal just before the break leaving it 0-5 to 1-5. Two further fortuitous Clontibret goals in the second half helped them build a considerable lead before the Harps dominated the last 15 minutes, scoring seven unanswered points. Jack Lee made a welcome return to the squad, coming on as a sub and registering a point in between scores from his brothers Paul and Raymond. We next take on Blayney in the league on July 7.

Team and scorers: Robbie Healy; John Treanor, Dylan McAree, Conor Duffy; Tiarnan Bramley, Cathal Power (0-4), Éanna Finlay; Raymond Lee (0-1), Conor Forde; Conor Flynn (0-6), Ciaran Cassidy (0-1), Paul Lee (0-1); Ruairí Forde, Alan Ryan, Frank Burke. Subs: Jack Lee (0-1) for Burke, Michael Gissane for R Forde.

 

County: Congratulations to Cathal Power on making his senior county debut last Sunday in Brewster Park, coming on for the second half in the Ulster Shield Hurling Final against Donegal.