Fixtures: Friday, May 31: RFL Division 1B v Emyvale (Away) at 8pm

Saturday, June 1: U-13 FL Division One v Castleblayney (Away) at 12pm; U-13 FL Division Five v Castleblayney (Away) at 1.30pm

 

Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 1, 2, 10 and 21. Jackpot of €1,900 not won. Residual prizes: €100 Gerard Clerkin c/o Eileen McElvaney (senior ladies); €40 Ivan Maxwell c/o Paddy Donnelly; €40 Harry Macklin c/o Séamus Treanor; €40 Terry Doherty c/o Paddy Donnelly. Jackpot for Sunday, June 2 is €2,000 and Maria McKenna is on duty. Lotto draw takes place in our clubhouse every Sunday night. All welcome. Thanks to everyone for their support for our Lotto, which has now played a critical role in our club’s funding for 25 years.

 

Seniors: We fell to a narrow defeat in a good contest at home to Magheracloone in the Monaghan Electrical Intermediate Football League last Friday. Points from Éimhín Morahan, Liam Hahessy, Shane Smyth and Michael Galligan got us off to a good start, but Magheracloone hit back with a burst before half-time to claim a 1-7 to 0-9 lead. Shane McMahon came on to hit 1-1 and with Liam and Éimhín adding to their tallies, we stayed in touch in a keenly-contested game, but Magheracloone finished on the right side of a 1-17 to 1-13 scoreline.

Team and scorers: Darragh Hannon; Brendan Óg Ó Dufaigh, Aodhán Óg McAnespie (Capt.), Kevin Loughran; Nicholas Scott, Conor Galligan, Oisín Fagan; Dylan McKenna, James McKenna; Michael Galligan (0-1), Lochlainn Power, John Mulligan; Liam Hahessy (0-5, 3f), Éimhín Morahan (0-5, 2f), Shane Smyth (0-1).

Subs: Conor Duffy for Fagan (25 mins), Shane McMahon (1-1) for M Galligan (H-T), Stephen Driver for J McKenna (42), Luke Coyle for Smyth (47), Carl Foentjies for Mulligan (50), Thomas Croarkin for Power (52).

Our next IFL game is away to Seán McDermotts on Friday week, June 7.

 

Reserves: We had a good win away to Killanny in the RFL Division 1B last Sunday. Goals by Evan Doherty and Luke Coyle and points from Niall McManus, Dylan McKenna, Conor Duffy and Shane McMahon put us in a commanding position by half-time. Killanny gradually ate into our ten-point lead during the second half to set up a tight finish, but with Niall Treanor and Peter Coyle managing to share a clean sheet at one end and Evan and Luke adding further goals at the other end, we secured a win that was harder earned than the 4-14 to 0-14 scoreline suggested.

Team and scorers: Niall Treanor; Conor Devlin, Conn O’Hanlon, Oisín Fagan; Niall McManus (0-1), John Mulligan, Thomas Croarkin; Dylan McKenna (0-3), Lochlainn Power; Conor Duffy (0-2), Shane McMahon (0-4, 2f), Niall Greenan; Nathan O’Donoghue, Evan Doherty (2-3), Luke Coyle (2-1).

Subs: David Lowry for Devlin (inj.), Jamie Shields for O’Donoghue, Peter Coyle for Treanor, Colm Shalvey for L Coyle, Rory Sleator for Duffy.

We are away to Emyvale in the RFL Division 1B on Friday at 8pm.

 

Minors: We returned to winning ways in the U-17 Football League Division One last Tuesday evening after an exciting game away to Donaghmoyne. We started slowly, but worked our way into the game, with a hat-trick of goals from Terence McDonald turning the game in our favour as we earned a six-point half-time lead. Eoghan McGinnity, Shay Cooney, Jake Power, James Curley, Nathan Lavery and Adam McGarry were also on target for our lads, who put in a strong team performance to sign off on the first half of the league with a 3-16 to 3-13 win.

Team and scorers: Daragh Croarkin; Cathal Nally, Tiarnán O’Rourke, James Curley (0-1); James McKenny, Liam Conway, Kevin Moran; Nathan Lavery (0-1), Dylan Ballantine; Adam McGarry (0-1), Eoghan McGinnity (0-5, 3f), Dean Doherty (Capt.); Shay Cooney (0-4, 3f), Terence McDonald (3-3), Jake Power (0-1).

We now face into a break from U-17 league games until July.

 

U-15: Our U-15 Division One team lost out at home to a strong Carrickmacross side last Wednesday. Carrickmacross proved too powerful for our lads’ best efforts as the visitors ran out convincing winners.

Team and scorers: Oisín Reilly; Mark Clerkin, Jake McConnon, Dáire Conlon; Karol Parszywka, Jordan Crampton, Shane Moran; Gary Devlin, Shea Swift (0-1); Fionán Ó Gallchóir (0-4, 2f), Luke McManus (0-1), Senan Cudden; Seán Callan, Eoin O’Hanlon (1-1), Josh Kelly.

Sub used: Ethan Ballantine.

Our Division Four team had a good contest at home to St. Mary’s Na Mullaí on Thursday. Our lads started brightly, but the amalgamated away team finished strongly to claim the points on a scoreline of 3-11 to 1-13. We wish Fionán Ó Gallchóir a speedy recovery from his injury.

Panel: Ethan Ballantine; Max Mallen, Gregory O’Connell, Dáire Conlon, Mark Clerkin, Shane Moran Karol Parszywka, Ali Galligan, Senan Cudden, Morgan Coyle, Shay Kelly, Oisín Treanor, Oisín Reilly, Fionán Ó Gallchóir, Eoin McCleary.

The exam break is now in place until late June.

 

U-13: Our U-13 Division One team had a hard-earned win at home to Truagh on Monday evening. This game was much tighter than our eventual ten-point winning margin suggested. Jack Lynch and John McCrystal led our scoring as the Harps made a strong start and although Truagh rallied, a Dónal Moran goal and a point from Eoin Sheridan had our lads ahead by 3-5 to 2-4 at half-time. A Kyle Cooney point was our only score for a lengthy spell of the second half, as Truagh cut their deficit to the minimum and could have taken the lead but for some strong defending and a couple of good saves by James Gunn. Having weathered the storm, the Harps finished the game on top, with Jack, Dara Mullin and John adding scores to secure a 6-8 to 2-10 win.

Team and scorers: James Gunn; Mark Lynch, Fergal Magee; Shea Corrigan, Ethan McCaffrey, Julian Coyle; Jack Lynch (3-3), Kyle Cooney (0-1f); Orin Doherty, Eoin Sheridan (0-1), Dónal Moran (1-0); John McCrystal (1-3), Dara Mullin (1-0).

Subs used: Rhys McCaffrey, Daniel Alexis.

Both our U-13 teams are in action this Saturday away to Castleblayney: Division One at 12 noon and Division Five at 1.30.

 

Cúl Camp: The Kellogg’s Cúl Camp returns to Gavan Duffy Park from July 8-12.

 

Coaching: Our Saturday-morning coaching for our youngest players is up and running for 2019. The club is very fortunate to have a pool of hardworking and dedicated individuals who look after and coach these “early learners”. Our Saturday-morning activities are fun-filled and enjoyed by the children and are an equally rewarding and enjoyable experience to those who help make it happen, so we encourage anyone with an interest to get involved.

 

Registration: Registration fees for 2019 are now overdue but can still be paid to club registrar Kevin Treanor or in the clubhouse. Please note that all juvenile and adult players must be paid-up members. Fees are as follows: U-11s €20; juveniles/seniors €30; family membership €60.

 

Clubhouse: The Monaghan Harps clubhouse is available to book for functions. Please contact Paudge Connolly on 085 8589135 or Rose Donnelly on 086 0825782 for more information. Anyone looking to book the clubhouse for meetings, functions, etc. is asked to please give a week’s notice for convenience.

 

Pitches: Training schedules for all teams are in place. Coaches are asked to please ensure that gates and dressing rooms are locked and all equipment is removed from the pitch after training sessions.

 

Hurling: U-15: Our U-15 team face Belnaleck in a home fixture next Monday evening. Throw-in at 7.30pm.

Senior: We faced Carrickmacross last Thursday evening. After a slow start, we made our mark on the game with a couple of great scores from Mark Murphy. We brought the game back to a two-point deficit at the start of the second half, but following an incident that saw us reduced to 14 men and a fortuitous goal for Carrick, we lost our foothold in the game. Carrick made good use of their spare man to finish strongly.

Team: Seamus McLoughlin; John Lowry, John Treanor, Conor Devlin; Lee Treanor, Niall McManus, Anthony Greenan; Maurice McKenna, Brendan McQuaid; Mark Murphy, Ruairí Forde, Conor O’Neill; Luke Mulligan, Andrew Mooney, Cónall McKenna.

Sub: Cillian Sherry for O’Neill.

 

Ladies: Thanks to everyone who helped us host eight county U-14 ladies teams in last Saturday’s successful blitz at Gavan Duffy Park.

 

Website: Our new club website is now live. See www.monaghanharps.gaa.ie to keep up to date with our latest club news and fixtures.

 

O’Neills: A range of Harps gear can now be bought online from O’Neills website. See the club’s social-media pages for the link.

 

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