Fixtures: Saturday, June 9: U-11 LSDL v Castleblayney (Away) at 12pm and 1pm

Sunday, June 10: RFC O’Duffy Cup S-F v Latton (Away) at 3pm

Wednesday, June 13: RFL Division 1B v Cremartin (Away) at 8pm

 

Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 8, 13, 18 and 28. Jackpot of €2,300 not won. Residual prizes: €100 Morrow family c/o Barry Sullivan; €40 Darragh & Fiadh White c/o Ashley White; €40 Patsy Kearns c/o Séamus Treanor; €40 Jimmy Mee c/o Barry Sullivan. Jackpot for Sunday, June 10 is €2,400 and Maria and Hugh McKenna 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.

 

Sympathy: The club sends sincere sympathy to the families of Kevin Conlon, Seamie Bell and Maeve Smyth, who all passed away last week. Kevin Conlon was our former senior team manager, mentor of several juvenile teams and Club President, as well as a popular local school teacher, who was held in high regard by many people. Kevin had a great love for the Harps and his sons Finbarr and Paul have close links with our club, with Finbarr currently serving as our Coaching Officer and a mentor with our U-13s. Finbarr’s sons Killian, Dean, Dáire and Caolán all play for underage teams. The news of Seamie Bell’s death came through on Saturday evening and the reaction underlined how well liked he was among various local sporting groups and further afield. Seamie served as physio of our senior footballers for a number of years and was very popular within our club. Our thoughts are with his young family and his wide circle of friends. Our thoughts are also with the Moran family after the death of Deirdre’s mother, Maeve Smyth. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha.

 

Golf Classic: The 2018 Monaghan Harps GAA Club Golf Classic, sponsored by Soleire Electrical, will take place at Rossmore Golf Club tomorrow (Friday, June 8). To enter a team costs €200 and tee and green sponsorships are available at €100 each. Contact Fergus Coyle (086 8502015), Harry Dwyer (086 2400120), John Hahessy (086 1251615), Séamus McManus (086 8167928) or Kevin Treanor (086 2591411) for more information. All support is greatly appreciated.

 

Sponsor a Seat: To celebrate and promote the continued development of our facilities at Gavan Duffy Park, we are offering the unique opportunity to sponsor/dedicate a seat in our stand at a cost of €50. See our club website (monaghanharps.gaa.ie) or contact Club Secretary Val Forde (secretary.monaghanharps.monaghan@gaa.ie) or any committee member for more details. Please note that the deadline for sponsoring a seat is June 23.

 

Reserves: We lost out away to Castleblayney in a top-of-the-table clash in the Platinum Tanks RFL Division 1B last Friday. We conceded an early goal, but hit back through Éimhín Morahan and with Shane Coyle and Shane McMahon also on target, we were 1-5 to 1-4 up at half-time. That lead stretched to three after the restart, but Blayney hit back with a brace of goals. Éimhín hit another great goal to bring us back into it, with Conor McCrystal adding a couple of points, but Blayney got the last three points to win by 3-11 to 2-9.

Team and scorers: Dylan McAree; Niall Ward, Mustafa Gamal, Thomas Croarkin; Niall Treanor, John Mulligan, David Lowry; James McKenna, Dónal McCarthy; Éimhín Morahan (2-4, 0-2f), Seán Peyton, Shane McMahon (0-1); Conor McCrystal (0-3f), Shane Coyle (0-1), Francis Lynch.

Subs: Emmett McArdle for McKenna (inj.), Conor Duffy for McMahon.

We are away to Latton in the O’Duffy Cup championship semi-finals this Sunday at 3pm, before returning to RFL Division 1B action away to Cremartin on Wednesday at 8pm.

 

Good luck: Best wishes to the Harps U-14 hurlers at Féile na nGael out west this weekend.

 

Abbey Fanning Tournament: Please note that the Ladies Club’s annual Abbey Fanning Sevens Tournament scheduled for Gavan Duffy Park this Saturday has been postponed.

 

U-13: Both U-13 Division One games scheduled for the last week were postponed. At time of writing, no details were confirmed of the Division One championship refixture against Castleblayney. Check online to confirm. The Division Five team had wins away to Scotstown in the league on Tuesday and to Emyvale in the championship on Thursday.

 

U-11: Our U-11 teams start the new Liam Stirrat Development League on Saturday away to Castleblayney, with the games throwing in at 12 noon and 1pm. Please note change of venue.

 

Exams: Good luck to all our young members starting their Junior and Leaving Certificate exams this week.

 

Membership: Registration fees for 2018 are now overdue and can be paid to club registrar Kevin Treanor or in the clubhouse. Fees are €20 for players up to and including U-11; €30 for all other players and members and €60 for a family membership. Please note that all players must be paid-up members to be insured for 2018.

 

Dates to remember: Our annual street collection is set for June 15 and 16, with our Family Fun Day and Mick Farrell Tournament pencilled in for August 18 and 25, respectively. The Kellogg’s Cúl Camp returns to Gavan Duffy Park from July 9-13, with our own Summer Camp scheduled for August 20-24.

 

Notes: Anyone who has news for inclusion in the club notes can send an email to pro.monaghanharps.monaghan@gaa.ie by Tuesday morning.

 

Gavan Duffy Park: The 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:

 

Féile na nGael 2018: Jim, Adrian and their charges will travel to Mayo this coming weekend where they will be hosted by Caiseal Gaels of Carracastle for Féile na nGael 2018. We thank Caiseal Gaels for their warm invitation to host us and wish the whole squad every best wish in their games over the weekend. Updates will be available on our Twitter and Facebook pages with the first game scheduled for 5.45pm on Friday against Ballyvary of Mayo.