Fixtures: Saturday, July 8: U-12 FL Division One v Castleblayney (Away) at 12pm

Sunday, July 9: U-14 FC Division Five S-F v Carrickmacross (Away) at 5pm

Monday, July 10: U-12 HL v Cootehill (Home) at 6.45pm

Tuesday, July 11: MFC Division One v St. Patrick’s (Home) at 7.30pm

Wednesday, July 12: RFL Division 2B v Carrickmacross (Home) at 8pm

 

Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 4, 5, 9 and 10. Jackpot of €1,000 not won. Residual prizes: €100 Alison O’Dwyer c/o Jim Dalton (Hurling Club); €40 Jacob Murray c/o Barry Sullivan; €40 Noreen O’Mahony c/o Jim Dalton (Hurling Club); €40 Shauna O’Sullivan c/o Hurling Club. Jackpot for Sunday, July 9 is €1,100 and Monica and Paudge Connolly are on duty. Congratulations to Edward Carroll and family, who were presented with the June 25 jackpot of €2,200 in the clubhouse last Sunday night! 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: We had a 0-13 to 0-12 win away to Magheracloone in the County Monaghan Credit Unions Senior Football League on Friday.

 

Reserves: A busy week in the RFL Division 1A started with a defeat away to Donaghmoyne on Wednesday. We got off to a very slow start, allowing Donaghmoyne to hit 2-2 before we got off the mark. Shane McMahon, Dean Fanning and Conor Duffy were among our scorers as we got back into the game, but we were unable to undo the damage done early on, with Donaghmoyne hitting a few late points to secure a 2-12 to 0-11 win.

Team: Dylan McAree; Niall Treanor, Mustafa Gamal, Jamie Shields; Carl Foentjies, Niall Greenan (Capt.), Thomas Croarkin; Peter Coyle, Dylan McKenna; Conor Forde, Evan Doherty, Shane McMahon; Conor Duffy, Dean Fanning, Colm Shalvey.

Subs: Dessie McGarry for Greenan (inj.), Reece Treanor for Shalvey.

We hosted Truagh on Sunday, where we started brightly, only to fall 1-7 to 0-3 down by half-time. We got back into contention after the restart, with a Thomas Croarkin goal closing the gap to just two points, but a second goal for Truagh put the game beyond our reach. Best wishes to Conor Forde for a speedy recovery from injury.

Team: Dylan McAree; Niall Treanor, Mustafa Gamal (Capt.), Aidan Connell; Conor Forde, Carl Foentjies, Thomas Croarkin; Aodhán Óg McAnespie, Evan Doherty; Dylan McKenna, Shane McMahon; Conor Duffy; Colm Shalvey, Dean Fanning, Ruairí Forde.

Subs: Jamie Shields for C Forde (inj.), Reece Treanor for R Forde, Conor Flynn for Shalvey.

We host Carrickmacross in the RFL Division 2B next Wednesday at 8pm.

 

Minors: Our minors returned to action after the exam break with a 5-11 to 1-11 against St. Tiarnach Sarsfields on Tuesday. The championship starts with a quarter-final at home to St. Patrick’s next Tuesday at 7.30. Good luck to the team and management.

 

U-16: Our U-16s returned to action after the exam break with a 7-11 to 4-11 defeat away to Donaghmoyne last Thursday. The Cup section of the league got underway on Thursday, July 6 with a much better result at home to the same opposition: a 4-13 to 2-10 win.

 

U-14: Our U-14 Division Five team play away to Carrickmacross in the championship semi-finals this Sunday at 5pm.

 

U-12s: Our U-12 Division Five team had a good win away to Castleblayney on a 7-10 to 6-7 scoreline last Saturday. We travel to Blayney again for a Division One game this Saturday at 12 noon.

 

County: Good luck to Neil McAdam and the Monaghan senior footballers in Saturday’s SFC qualifier in Wexford.

 

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 week, 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:

Juveniles: Underage coaching and games continues every Sunday at 12pm in Rooskey.

 

U-12: Our next league fixture is at home to Cootehill on Monday, July 10 at 6.45pm.

  

Senior: We hosted Castleblayney last Thursday evening in the first round of the championship. With a large number of first-team absentees, this was always going to be a tough ask for a young Harps team, with six championship debuts in all. However, a solid first-half display saw us trail by four points (1-3 to 1-7) and we could even consider ourselves unlucky not to have been ahead given the number of missed opportunities.

Blayney built on their lead early in the second half, before a bewildering red card gave Castleblayney the comfort of a man advantage. From here the Harps struggled to create the same amount of chances and Blayney added a second goal, both coming from the dead ball. Ultimately, as the Harps tired, Blayney added further scores to run out 1-4 to 2-20 winners. We have an away fixture against Inniskeen next Thursday, July 13, at 8pm where our young squad will no doubt aim to build invaluable championship experience.

Team: Cillian Sherry; Alan Ryan, Dylan McAree, Éanna Finlay; Tiarnán Bramley, Conor Duffy, Anthony Greenan; Conor Flynn, Brendan Naughton; Paul Lee, Conor Forde, Ray Lee; Tommy Croarkin, Conor O’Neill, Reece Treanor.

Subs: Adrian Dalton, Luke Mulligan, Ruairí Forde, Michael Gissane, John Lowry, Gabe McQuillan.