Fixtures: Friday, August 5: SFL v Latton (Home) at 7.30pm

Saturday, August 6: Under-12 FL Division One v Carrickmacross (Home) at 12pm; Under-12 FL Division Five v Carrickmacross (Home) at 1.15pm

Sunday, August 7: SHC Final v Inniskeen in Clontibret at 2.30pm

Monday, August 8: Under-12 HL S-F v Castleblayney (Away) at 7.15pm

 

Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 3, 5, 7 and 8. Jackpot of €6,300 not won. Residual prizes: €100 Ciarán Mulligan (direct debit) c/o Liadhan Treanor; €40 Margie Shalvey c/o Barry Sullivan; €40 Conor Duffy c/o Barry Sullivan; €40 Katie Hughes c/o Rose Hughes. Jackpot for Sunday, August 7 is €6,400 and Anne and Adrian Trappe are on duty. Lotto draw takes place in our clubhouse every Sunday night. All welcome.

 

Seniors: Our senior footballers host Latton in an important league game on Friday evening at 7.30. All support welcome. Our SFC Round 1B tie against Castleblayney is set for Saturday week, August 13, at 4.45 in Scotstown.

 

Table Quiz: Thanks to everyone who supported our table quiz, which raised funds for all sections of the club last Friday night. Well done to the winning team of Ann, Kevin and Nicholas Treanor and Gerard Gilsenan and thanks to everyone who contributed.

 

Summer Camp: We are counting down to our own Monaghan Harps Summer Camp, which will take place from August 15-19. Boys and girls aged up to 12 are welcome to attend the fun-based camp, which will once again feature football, hurling, handball and music. Application forms are available on our website and on Saturday mornings.

 

Minors: Our minor footballers fell to a narrow defeat at home to Clontibret in the shield last Tuesday. Jack Deery and Conor McCrystal were among the scorers as the Harps competed well in difficult conditions, but Clontibret maintained a slim lead through to the end. The last round is away to St. Patrick’s on Tuesday week, August 16.

 

U-14: Our Under-14 Division One team got back to winning ways away to Inniskeen last Saturday. Nathan Lavery, Dean Doherty, Terence McDonald and Kevin Moran kicked the scores that gave us a 4-3 to 1-7 half-time lead, while Shay Cooney and Dylan Ballantine added their names to the scoresheet after the restart. Nathan, Dean and Terence all added further scores, while Jake Power and Adam McGarry were also on target as we ran out 8-8 to 2-11 winners.

Team and scorers: Daragh Croarkin; Cathal Nally, James McKenny; James Curley, Tiarnán O’Rourke, Liam Conway; Dylan Ballantine (Capt., 0-1), Brian McAteer; Josh Maguire, Dean Doherty (2-1, 0-1f), Kevin Moran (0-1f); Terence McDonald (1-1), Nathan Lavery (3-1, 0-1f).

Subs used: Shay Cooney (2-1), Jake Power (0-1f), Adam McGarry (0-1).

Our Division Five team started their Cup campaign with a 6-12 to 5-9 defeat in Castleblayney. Shay Cooney, Brian McAteer, Dáire Sheridan and Adam McGarry kept us in touch in an evenly-matched start, but Blayney finished the first half strongly with a blitz of goals to take a 5-6 to 2-4 lead. We put in a spirited second-half performance, with Jamie Coyle scoring three goals and Adam McGarry landing a string of points, but we were just unable to bridge the gap.

Team and scorers: Ben Myers; Cathal Nally, James Curley; Mark McManus, Kevin Moran, Ché Treanor; Brian McAteer (Capt., 1-0), Mike Bradley; Dáire Sheridan (0-1), Shay Cooney (1-2), Adam McGarry (0-6, 3f); Jake Power, Jamie Coyle (3-0).

Subs used: Conor Treanor, Adam McBride.

Both teams are due to play their next games at home on Saturday week, August 13.

 

U-12: Our Under-12 teams both had good wins at home to Castleblayney last Friday. First up was the Division One game, where Luke McManus, Fionán Ó Gallchóir, Jake McConnon, Michael McMorrow and Josh Kelly were all on target as our lads got off to a flying start. Luke, Josh, Jake and Eoin O’Hanlon kept the scores coming as the Harps changed ends with a 2-11 to 2-2 lead. Blayney closed the gap somewhat inside the last 20 minutes, but late goals by Luke and Fionán saw the Harps secure a 6-18 to 5-6 win.

Team and scorers: Ethan Ballantine; Patrick Dooley-Duffy, Dáire Conlon; Gary Devlin, Seán Callan; Michael McMorrow (0-1), Eoin O’Hanlon (0-2); Jake McConnon (2-1), Luke McManus (3-6, 0-1f); Josh Kelly (0-4), Fionán Ó Gallchóir (1-4, 0-1f).

Sub used: Senan Cudden.

Our Division Five team followed that up with a 6-5 to 2-8 victory. Eoin O’Hanlon scored an early goal and Jack Corrigan also found the net after good work by Morgan Coyle, while Senan Cudden and Ethan Ballantine kicked points to give our lads a 2-3 to 1-4 half-time lead. Eoin, Jack Lynch, Fionán Ó Gallchóir and Shane Moran all got on the scoresheet in the last 20 minutes to secure a good result for the Harps.

Team and scorers: Gary Devlin; Jordan Crampton, Dáire Conlon; Eoin O’Hanlon (3-0, 1-0f), Shane Moran (1-0); Jack Lynch (0-1), Ethan Ballantine (0-1); Senan Cudden (0-2), Morgan Coyle; Max Mallen, Jack Corrigan (1-0).

Subs used: Patrick Dooley-Duffy, Fionán Ó Gallchóir (1-1, 0-1f), Michael McMorrow.

Both teams are at home to Carrickmacross this Saturday: Division One at 12 noon, Division Five at 1.15.

 

Good luck: To the Harps senior hurlers in the SHC Final in Clontibret this Sunday.

 

U-10: Plans are underway for an U-10 Football Tournament Gavan Duffy Park on Saturday, September 3. Keep an eye on club notes and online for more details.

 

Club colours available: Harps kits in children’s sizes and half-zip jackets for adults and children are now available. Please contact Una Forde on 087 6107329 for more details.

 

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.

 

Know Your Sport: There are now eight entrants sharing the lead in our Know Your Sport predictions competition, with Ciarán Toner, Paul Fay, Hugh Moyna and Jim Fanning joining Séamus McManus, Adrian Gunn, Fintan Grimes and Claire Walsh on nine points after Rory McIlroy drew a blank in his last chance to win a first golf major of the year.

 

Hurling:

 

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

 

U-12s: Our U-12s will play their semi-final next Monday, August 8, with the opposition, time and venue still to be confirmed. Check the club Facebook page for updates.

 

Minor: Our minors enjoyed a comprehensive home win over Craobh Rua of Armagh last Sunday in the opening round of the Ulster Minor League. Although we were slow to settle, we eventually found our rhythm with a cool finish to goal by Nathan O’Donoghue in the seventh minute. From here we never looked back and put the Craobh Rua goal under severe pressure with points from Kieran McQuaid and Lochlainn Power being the pick of the half, which finished at 2-7 to 0-4. The second half began brightly with Kieran McQuaid (two) and Nathan O’Donoghue scoring three unanswered goals in the first five minutes to put us firmly in the driving seat. We also saw hugely positive displays from Emmet Walshe, Conor Duffy, Tommy Croarkin and Niall McManus, before a Mark Murphy goal and an Andrew Connolly point finished the scoring to make it 6-13 to 1-8 at the long whistle. We are next away to Lisbellaw (who beat St. Fechin’s on a 3-12 to 2-12 scoreline) on Sunday, August 14.

Team and scorers: Dylan McAree; Emmet Walshe, Conor Duffy, Tommy Croarkin (1-1), Cathal Power (0-2), Luke Mulligan, Kieran McQuaid (2-2); Niall McManus (0-1), Nathan O’Donoghue (2-0), Mark Murphy (Capt., 1-5), Lochlainn Power (0-1), Andrew Connolly (0-1).

 

Senior: We take on Inniskeen in the Senior Championship final this Sunday, August 7, at 2.30pm in Clontibret. This will be preceded by Clontibret v Castleblayney in the curtain raiser Shield final at 12:45pm. Good luck to the whole senior squad. Please go along and show your support.