Fixtures: Friday, June 23: Féile Boys’ Division One v Castleblayney at 3pm; v O’Donovan Rossa at 5.15pm * both in Castleblayney; Féile Girls’ Division Four v Tyholland (Home) at 6.30pm; v Westmanstown (Home) at 7.30pm

Saturday, June 24: Féile Boys’ Division One v St. Colmcille’s (Home) at 11am; Girls’ Féile v Calry St. Joseph’s (Home) at 10am

Sunday, June 25: RFL Division 2B v Clones (Home) at 3.30pm

Monday, June 26: U-16 HL v Truagh (Home) at 8pm

Wednesday, June 28: RFL Division 1A v Donaghmoyne (Away) at 8pm

 

Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 1, 8, 16, 25. Jackpot of €2,100 not won. Residual prizes: €100 Conor McLoughlin c/o Barry Sullivan; €40 Brian Murphy c/o Dermot Coyle; €40 Mary McRory c/o Paddy Donnelly; €40 Jimmy Croarkin c/o Jim Dalton (Hurling Club). Jackpot for Sunday, June 25 is €2,200 and Liz and Dermot Brannigan 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.

 

Féile: We are looking forward to this weekend’s John West Féile Peil na nÓg 2017 on the weekend of June 23-25. Meath boys’ champions Naomh Colmcille and Calry/St. Joseph’s girls from Sligo will be our guests for the weekend. Our U-14 boys go to Castleblayney on Friday to take on the Faughs at 3pm and Antrim champions O’Donovan Rossa at 5.15pm. The last group game is against our guests St. Colmcille’s at Gavan Duffy Park on Saturday at 11am, before the knock-out stages commence. The Harps girls will have home advantage against Tyholland (6.30) and Westmanstown from Dublin (7.30) on Friday and Calry/St. Joseph’s on Saturday at 10am. We will also be attending the Ulster SFC semi-final on Saturday evening and there will be events in the clubhouse over the weekend. Keep an eye on social media for updates. We are delighted to be a part of this festival of football and all support would be greatly appreciated.

 

Street collection: Well done to everyone who made our annual street collection a successful fundraiser last weekend. Thanks to everyone who volunteered their time over the two days, 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: We won by 2-13 to 2-10 at home to Latton in the County Monaghan Credit Unions Senior Football League on Wednesday.

 

Reserves: We fell to the narrowest of defeats away to Clontibret in the Platinum Tanks Reserve Football League Division 1A last Wednesday. Goals from Shane McMahon and Paddy Connolly had us in prime position in the first half, but we conceded penalties either side of the interval. The scores remained tight until the end and when Peter Coyle kicked a fine point late on, we looked set to grab a share of the spoils, only for Clontibret to hit a last-gasp winner to make the final score 2-14 to 2-13. We have another away game in Division 1A against Donaghmoyne next Wednesday at 8pm.

Team: Dylan McAree; Aidan Connell, Mustafa Gamal, Jamie Shields; Conor Forde, Carl Foentjies, Thomas Croarkin; Peter Coyle, Aodhán Óg McAnespie (Capt.); Dylan McKenna, Shane McMahon, Niall Greenan; Conor Duffy, Paddy Connolly, Colm Shalvey.

Subs: Dessie McGarry for Shalvey, Conor Devlin for McKenna.

We were away to Rockcorry in Division 2B on Friday. Despite a slow start, we remained in touch throughout the first half, with a goal from Dylan McKenna edging us ahead. Rockcorry hit their second major midway through the second half, however, to open up a gap that we were unable to bridge, as we lost out on a 2-10 to 1-8 scoreline. We are due to host Clones this Sunday at 3.30.

Team: Dylan McAree; Aidan Connell, Conor Callan, Brendan McQuaid; Jamie Shields, Carl Foentjies, Ruairí Forde; Dylan McKenna, Remy McKenna; Dessie McGarry (Capt.), Thomas Croarkin, Conor Duffy; Reece Treanor, Dillon Duffy, Colm Shalvey.

Subs used: Adam Cullen for R McKenna, Ciarán McQuaid for D Duffy, Seán Conway.

 

U-16: Our U-16s return to action after the exam break away to Donaghmoyne next Thursday (June 29).

 

U-14: Full attention is now on Féile for our U-14s. Both teams travelled to Donaghmoyne for league games last Saturday.

Our Division Five team earned a valuable win in a high-scoring game. Daragh Croarkin marked his return from injury with some good scores in the first half, while Luke and Mark McManus were also on target as we built up a 5-6 to 3-3 lead. Conor Treanor and Josh Kelly added their names to the scoresheet off the bench as our lads pulled further clear, before holding off a late comeback from Donaghmoyne to win by 9-9 to 7-7.

Team and scorers: Oisín Reilly; Jordan Crampton, Michael McMorrow; Shea Swift, Gregory O’Connell; Dáire Sheridan (Capt.), Ben Myers; Mark McManus (1-0), Jake McConnon; Daragh Croarkin (4-4, 0-1 ’45), Luke McManus (2-3).

Subs used: Dean Conlon, Gary Devlin, Ryan McSkeane, Josh Kelly (0-1), Conor Treanor (2-1), Ché Treanor, Eoin McCleary.

There was disappointment for our Division One team. We made a promising start, with Shay Cooney, Jake Power and Jamie Coyle on target, but a very accurate Donaghmoyne team took over to earn a commanding half-time lead. Shay, Jake and Nathan Lavery were on target in the second half, but the game was beyond our reach.

Team and scorers: Daragh Croarkin; Ryan McSkeane, James Curley; Kevin Moran, Michael McMorrow, Mark McManus; Nathan Lavery (0-2, 1f), Tiarnán O’Rourke (Capt.); Gary Devlin, Shay Cooney (1-3, 0-1f, 0-1 ’45), Jake Power (1-1); Jake McConnon, Jamie Coyle (0-1f).

Subs used: Karol Parszywka, Shea Swift, Jordan Crampton, Ben Myers, Ché Treanor.

 

U-12s: Our Under-12 Division One team returned to winning ways in a competitive contest at home to Scotstown on Monday. This game was tight throughout, before a purple patch saw our lads pull clear midway through the second half, thanks to a Fionán Ó Gallchóir goal and points from the likes of Oisín Reilly, Eoin O’Hanlon and Shay Kelly. Some determined defending saw our lads secure the win on a 2-12 to 0-13 scoreline.

Panel: Ethan Ballantine, Dáire Conlon, Jack Lynch, Mark Clerkin, Cian Bradley, Seán Callan, Eoin O’Hanlon, Shay Kelly, Senan Cudden, Oisín Reilly, Fionán Ó Gallchóir, John McCrystal, Shane Moran, Morgan Coyle, Max Mallen, Oisín Treanor, Jack Corrigan.

Our Division Five team lost out to Scotstown on the same evening. James Gunn, Kyle Cooney, Dara Mullen, Morgan Coyle, Oisín Treanor and Ethan McCarron were all on target for the Harps, but Scotstown held the edge throughout.

Panel: Jack Garvey, Oisín McGeown, Dónal Moran, Ethan McCarron, Fergal Magee, James Gunn, Kyle Cooney, Dara Mullen, Morgan Coyle, Oisín Treanor, Jack Corrigan, Rory Conway, Julian Coyle, Eoin Sheridan, Joe Gunn, Mark Lynch, Charlie McCabe, Shea Corrigan.

Both teams face Castleblayney on Saturday week (July 1).

 

County: Good luck to Neil McAdam and the Monaghan senior footballers in Saturday’s Ulster SFC semi-final against Down in Armagh.

 

DIL: The 2017 Darkness into Light Monaghan Tree of Hope was planted on our club grounds last Friday evening. We are delighted and proud that this year’s event raised over €46,000 for Pieta House, the centre for the prevention of self-harm/suicide. Thanks again to everyone who contributed.

 

Dates to remember: We will once again host a Kellogg’s Monaghan GAA Cúl Camp from July 10-14. Registration is open online now. Our own Harps Summer Camp will take place in August (14-18). Keep an eye on club notes for more details on these events.

 

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

 

1981 McNally Cup Team Reunion: A reunion of the Harps U-16 winning team of 1981 has been arranged for the clubhouse on Saturday, July 15. The squad was Barry McEntee, Nigel Corrigan, Seamus McCarron, Kenny Gormley, Ciaran Mullen, Pauric Trappe, Tony Halpin, Barry O’Connor, Val Forde, Ciaran Reilly, Seamus Morgan, Paul Swift, Kevin Tibby, John Tibby, Stephen McKenna, Paul McCormick, Roger McQuaid, Mickey Morgan and Kieran Reynolds. For the record, the mentors were: Patsy Forde, Mick Moran, Tom Reilly, Eddie Whelan, Patsy Kearns and Harry Hughes. The reunion night is not exclusively for this squad but also for anyone who played along with the lads at an earlier or later stage. It has already been confirmed that Ciaran Mullen is flying in from New York, Nigel Corrigan and Barry O’Connor are making the trip from the UK and a few are heading down the road from Dublin. So, if any of those mentioned above (or anyone who knows their whereabouts) is reading this, could you message or email Paul Swift at 086 1703640 or pswift5@eircom.net.

 

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 2543511 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: Our next league fixture is at home to Cootehill on Monday, July 10. Underage coaching and games continues every Sunday at 12pm in Rooskey. Hard luck to the Scoil Mhuire hurlers and their coaches Jim Dalton and Conor Forde who lost out to Annyalla by five points in last Wednesday’s county final in Castleblayney.

 

U-16: We host Truagh in round two of the league on Monday, June 26 at 7.30pm.

 

Senior: We will open the senior championship with a home fixture against Castleblayney on Thursday, June 29 at 8pm.

 

Ladies notes:

Féile: Best of luck to our U-14 team and their management, Roger McQuaid and Jerome McGinnity, in the Féile Peil na nÓg competition this weekend. We will host Sligo winners, Calry St. Joseph’s in what is sure to be a great weekend. A social evening for parents and club personnel will be held on both the Friday and Saturday night of the Féile weekend, from 9pm on in the Monaghan Harps GAA clubhouse. All welcome.

 

Fixtures: Our U-16 team played Doohamlet in the league on Tuesday evening. No results were available at time of print. Senior game which was due to take place this evening (Thursday) has been postponed until further notice.