Fixtures:

Friday, May 19: RFL Division 1A v Latton (Away) at 8pm

Sunday, May 21: RFL Division 2B v Carrickmacross (Away) at 2pm; MHL Final v Carrickmacross at 12pm

Monday, May 22: U-12 HL v Castleblayney (Home) at 7.30pm

Wednesday, May 23: U-14 FL Division One v Magheracloone (Home) at 7.30pm; U-14 FL Division Five v Scotstown (Home) at 6.15pm

 

Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 1, 3, 17 and 22. Jackpot of €1,600 not won. Residual prizes: €100 Kay McQuaid c/o Sheila Treanor; €40 Peadar Fox c/o Séamus Treanor; €40 Ailish Connolly c/o Brian O’Sullivan (Hurling Club); €40 Felix Meehan c/o Barry Sullivan. Jackpot for Sunday, May 21 is €1,700 and Ann and Adrian Trappe are on duty. Lotto draw takes place in our clubhouse every Sunday night. All welcome. Thanks to everyone for their support for our Lotto, which plays a critical role in our club’s funding. We ask all club members to continue to promote our Lotto as much as possible.

 

Seniors: Next up in the County Monaghan Credit Unions Senior Football League is an away fixture in Castleblayney on Friday, May 26.

 

Reserves: We were knocked out of the Reserve Football Championship O’Duffy Cup by holders Truagh at home last Sunday. We were 1-6 to 0-3 down at half-time and facing an uphill struggle with 14 men and despite scores from Paddy Connolly, Dean Fanning, Shane McMahon and Dylan McKenna, we were unable to turn things around; eventually falling short on a 0-9 to 1-12 scoreline. We return to Reserve Football League Division 1A action away to Latton on Friday at 8pm, while we travel to Carrickmacross in the RFL Division 2B this Sunday for a 2pm throw-in.

Team and scorers: Emmett McArdle; Aidan Connell, David Lowry, Mustafa Gamal; Niall Greenan, Aodhán Óg McAnespie (Capt.), Conor Forde; Peter Coyle, Éimhín Morahan; Evan Doherty, Shane McMahon (0-1), Dylan McKenna (0-1); Nicholas Treanor, Paddy Connolly (0-3), Dean Fanning (0-4f).

Subs: Ben Kearns-Flynn for Doherty, Jamie Shields for Forde.

 

Minors: Our minors won a high-scoring game at home to Latton last Tuesday (May 9). Oisín Fagan scored a brace of goals early on, while Conor McCrystal and Jamie Shields also found the net in the opening quarter, with Lochlainn Power kicking a point. Thomas Croarkin and Conor added scores, before an Aidan Burns goal just before half-time made it 5-4 to 1-4. Aidan, Thomas, Conor, Jamie and Nathan O’Donoghue were all on target in the second half as our lads held off a rally from Latton to run out winners by 8-11 to 4-11.

Team and scorers: Dylan McAree; David Leane, Killian Conlon, Anthony Greenan; Conor Devlin, Niall Ward, Zach Mallen; Aidan Burns (1-1), Lochlainn Power (0-1); Nathan O’Donoghue (1-0), Conor McCrystal (1-6, 0-2f), Adam O’Neill; Jamie Shields (2-1), Thomas Croarkin (1-2, 0-1f), Oisín Fagan (2-0).

Subs used: John Lowry, Seán Conway, Anann Connor.

The Minor Football League now takes a break for the Leaving Cert exams before resuming on the first Tuesday in July. Our minors have been drawn to play St. Patrick’s in the first round of the Division One Championship.

 

U-16: Our U-16s fell to a narrow defeat away to Carrickmacross last Thursday. After trailing by 1-6 to 1-3 at half-time, our lads moved ahead with a strong start to the second half, but Carrick rallied to run out winners on a 2-11 to 2-8 scoreline. the last game before the exam break for our U-16s is at home to Latton next Thursday evening.

 

U-14: Our Under-14 teams have home games next Wednesday evening: Division Five v Scotstown at 6.15 and Division One v Magheracloone at 7.30. Please note change of dates. We wish Daragh Croarkin, Michael McMorrow and Ben Myers speedy recoveries from injury.

 

U-12s: Our Under-12s started their Division One campaign with a win at home to Clones on Monday evening. In a competitive start to the summer leagues, a good team effort saw the Harps run out winners by 3-17 to 3-3. The next Division One game is away to Magheracloone on Saturday week, while the same day sees our Division Five team start their league at home to Scotstown. We wish Fionán Ó Gallchóir a speedy recovery from his recent injury.

Panel: Ethan Ballantine (2-1); Dáire Conlon, Jack Lynch; Mark Clerkin, Cian Bradley (0-1); Eoin O’Hanlon (0-5), Seán Callan (1-2); Senan Cudden (Capt., 0-1), Shea Kelly (0-3); Oisín Reilly (0-1), John McCrystal (0-3); Shane Moran, Morgan Coyle, Max Mallen, Oisín Treanor, Jack Corrigan.

 

Féile: We will be hosting boys’ and girls’ U-14 teams for the John West Féile Peil na nÓg 2017 on the weekend of June 23-25. Meath boys’ champions Naomh Colmcille will be our guests. Our U-14 team’s fundraising ‘Marathon Match’ will be rescheduled for a later date. Thanks to everyone who contributed towards Féile gear for our players.

 

County: Good luck to Neil McAdam and the Monaghan senior footballers and Thomas Croarkin and the county minors in Saturday’s Ulster championship double-header against Fermanagh in Clones.

 

Membership: Registration fees of €20 for 2017 are now overdue and must be paid to club registrar Kevin Treanor or in the clubhouse as soon as possible.

 

Dates to remember: We will be participating and hosting at Féile Peil na nÓg 2017 (June 23-25), a week after our juvenile street collection. Keep an eye on club notes for more details on these events. Before that, we are set to host the Ladies Football Interprovincial Championships this Saturday.

 

Coaching: Keep an eye out for details about an upcoming Child Protection course.

 

Pitch bookings: All pitch bookings for 2017 for training or matches must be made via 086 1957155. Training slots have been allocated and any changes must be notified in advance. All co-operation from team mentors in maintaining the pitches is appreciated.

 

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.

 

Hurling notes:

U-12: After a 4-3 to 0-1 win over Carrick in their opening game, our U-12s are at home to Castleblayney next Monday, May 22, at 7.30pm in round two of Division One of the hurling league.

 

Minor: We hosted Castleblayney in the Minor League semi-final on Sunday last. A strong first-half performance gave us a good lead which we held on to and finished clear by 5-6 to 2-7. Injuries to a few key players may not have helped our case, but with performances from Niall Ward in defence and scoring from Aidan Burns and Dylan McAree, we assured ourselves a place in the final. We will take on Carrickmacross in the league final this Sunday (May 21) at 12pm, with the venue yet to be confirmed. Keep an eye on the club Twitter and Facebook page for updates.

 

Ladies notes:

Well done: To the Monaghan Ladies U-16 team and our own Aisling Gallagher on winning the Ulster title last weekend against Tyrone.

 

Results: U-16 and senior matches were all off last weekend and the planned U-12 challenge match for Monday was changed to Tuesday, so no results were available at time of print.

 

Upcoming Fixtures: No fixtures have been released for this coming weekend at time of print. Keep an eye on the club’s Facebook page for updates.

 

Dates to remember: This year’s Abbey Fanning Blitz will take place on Saturday, June 10. Please contact club secretary Fiona Corrigan on 086 8935183 for more details.

 

Training: Training continues Thursdays for U-12s and U-14s from 6-7pm and Mondays and Thursdays for U-16s, minors and seniors; 6.50-8pm. Old and new faces welcome.