Draft Fixtures! Wednesday 12th of April is the proposed date of the first round of the Intermediate League and involves a trip to Blackhill for (18:30) Blackhill v Carrickmacross: Next up on Saturday 15th April we have our first home match at (19:00) Carrickmacross v Doohamlet: Round three is on Saturday 29th April when the parish clash in Corduff  is something to look forward to at (19:00) Corduff v Carrickmacross: Round Four is on Friday the 5th May when we host Toome in Emmet Park at (19:00) Carrickmacross v Toome: In the Platinum Tanks RFC Crawley Cup; Emmets face Drumhowan in Emmet Park at on Sunday 14th May at 18:30 and if we win we play Tyholland in the quarter-final at home on Wednesday 31st May. In the Platinum Tanks Reserve League Football Division 2B Carrickmacross v Clones in Emmet Park on this Saturday 18th March at 14:00 which will be the first game of the new season! In Round Two we travel to Aghabog on Saturday the 1st April for 17:00 with Round Three on Wednesday 26th April when Rockcorry come to town for

The Club Lotto! The club lotto draw took place on Monday night in the Emmet Centre for a Jackpot of €9,800. The numbers drawn were 04, 21, 22 and 28; there were no matching numbers. Next week’s jackpot is €9,900. There are three ways of doing the lotto (a) buy weekly (b) subscribe yearly (c) or play on-line via the Emmets website: First out of the “lucky dip” were the McCooey Kids for a €50 “Keep it Local” voucher; Caroline Hughes a €20 voucher while Martin Traynor will have to split a €20 voucher; Padraig McNally was pulled out for a €10 voucher! Lotto envelopes are available at Birdy’s Newsagents; McMenamin Newsagents; Hughes’s Coffee Shop; McNally’s Tavern; Carrick Deli; Cassidy’s Filling Station (Ardee Road) Bits and Bobs and O’Rourke Fuels:

Emmets Handball! Congratulations to the A team who have qualified for the semi-final of the GAA League; so our best wishes to Colm Kiernan, Ronan Kiernan, Gary Beirne, Cathal Keenan, Jimmy McCahey and David McCarthy when they take on Bawn. Our commiserations to the Emmets B team of Frank, Robbie and Michael Duffy, Glenn O’Reilly and Jimmy Hayes who just missed out on qualification but well done on a very season to look back on! David McCarthy reached the Novice 4 County final but lost to Joe Kelly (Harps) in the end. The Novice 3 final is an all Emmet affair and should prove to be very interesting for the club members; Ronan Kiernan will face fellow compatriot Gary Beirne. Best wishes from the Emmets to Gavin Coyle and Michael Clerkin on reaching the All-Ireland finals in their respective grades which is a great honour for their club Bawn!

Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta! Coiste Chontae Mhuineacháin is offering scholarships to Coláiste Bhríde, Rann na Feirste, Co. Dhún na nGall, www.rnf.ie  agus Coláiste Chú Chulainn, Gaoth Dobhair, Co. Dhún na nGall, www.chuchulainn.com. Closing date of applications on or before: Friday10TH March 2017 Application forms available from Resources Section of www.monaghangaa.ie or email Breda Ní Chumhaí, Oifigeach Gaeilge agus Cultúir at irishculturalofficer.monaghan@gaa.ie  086-8593694