Reserve C: Our first match is this Sunday 4th March at home to Oram at 2pm.
Steak & Country Night: We are holding a steak and country night in St. Mellans on Saturday 17th March at 8.30pm. Tickets at EUR20 can be bought for the night in the club bar and includes admission with steak dinner.
Reserve B: Our first match is on Sunday 11th March away to Castleblayney at 12pm.
Reserve D: Our first match is on Sunday 11th March at home to Aghabog at 12pm.
Fixtures: The list of yearly fixtures can now be found on https://www.monaghangaa.ie
Registration: is open for the year and can be made payable through Brian Rafferty. Membership must be paid by March 31st. Players must have registration paid before playing.
Committee Meeting: this Thursday at 9pm in St. Mellans.
Field Bookings: Teams looking to book a field for training/match should make their requests by email to pro.truagh.monaghan@gaa.ie or to 087 1377635. Please include the duration required, and preferred pitch.
Party Bookings: Can be made for either bar. For booking contact 0861991150.
Lotto Jackpot now €4400: There was no winner of last week’s jackpot. The numbers drawn were: 3, 12, 14, 18. There were 3 no. match 3 winners each receiving €70: Fr. John McKenna, Raymond Treanor & Ann Loughran. Sellers Prize: Jacks & Josie Brady. Next jackpot draw is worth €4400. Check team: Josie’s.
Club Shop: The club shop is open each Friday evening between 7-8pm. Kids / Adults Hoodys Jackets and T Shirts reduced, also a limited number of shorts.
Hurling:
Seniors: Next TAIN league game is Saturday 4th March at 2pm. Training on Thursday at 7.30pm.
Under 10: hurling training continues each Friday at 6.30pm in Carrickroe.
Camogie:
Juveniles: There will be no juvenile training until further notice.
Seniors: Training has now been changed to every Tuesday and Friday at 7pm in St Mellans. Could everyone please make the effort to attend, if you you cannot make it please text the camogie phone. New players are very welcome.
Ladies Football:
Committee: We are asking all parents of children playing at any level to take into consideration the future of the ladies football club and to consider becoming a member of our committee .We are struggling with the numbers on our committee at the minute and as you all know behind every great club is a very hard working committee . Have you got 1 hour to spare a month ?? If so please contact Ursula Mc Kenna on 0868599749 or Sharon Mc Meel on 0872198005. REMEMBER: It’s your child/children that benefit from the hard work that goes on behind the scenes with our committee and as the saying goes ‘many hands make light work’.
Senior Training: Continues as per management.Please make sure you text Ursula on 0868599749 if you cannot make it.
Well Done: To Caoimhe Mohan who received county minor player of the year at the awards night held on Friday last
Keep Free: We ask all senior & minor girls to keep free Saturday 24th March as we hope to travel to a 7 a side blitz in Killeavey.
Handball:
Adult Ulster Championships. Congratulations to Eamon Todd & Christopher Mc Kenna(PJ) on winning the Ulster Junior “B” Doubles Final Saturday evening last against Down men Sean Digney & Mark Turley, this turned out to be a marathon of a game which lasted over 1 ½ hours. Losing the first game 18-21 was hard to take as they were 18-11 up at one stage, in the second game history almost repeated its self as at one time being 19-6 up they just got over the line 21-19, but the 3rd game it went the other way, with a slow start and 10-15 down they won it also 21-19, this was a good win which displayed the stamina these pair of men have, well done boys yet another Ulster Title for the club.
Juvenile Ulster Championships. We had mixed fortunes in the Ulster end of things for our juveniles last Sunday in Kingscourt. The Mohan Cousin pairing of Ryan & Aaron have reached their second Ulster Final in a row representing the U13 doubles, they dispatched of a Down pairing with some ease in the semi 15-3, 15-1 well done boys. In the U17 Doubles we had less success but still a good showing as Ryan Treanor partnered by Conor Bogue(Tydavnet) lost to Tyrone opposition 21-18, 21-4, never the less this was a good display as this was a new partnership pulled together with short notice as Ryan’s partner pulled out at the last minute, but in the U17 singles we have a happier story as Niall Rooney has made the final, he made short work of his Armagh opponent on a score line of 21-3, 21-1 well done Niall. In St.Mellans also on Sunday last we had hard luck as our U15 girls Shauna Mc Aree & Nicole Mc Carron lost to Tyrone girls Patricia Mc Donald & Lucy Mc Geary 15-1, 1-15 & 11-15, hard luck girls.
The Ulster Finals are pencilled in for the 11th of March in Kingscourt, all our boys would appreciate as much support on the day as possible.
Adult County Championships. We have yet another 2 new county champions after last weekend, in the U21 grade it was an all club affair with Christopher Mc Kenna(D) taking on Fergal O Neill, on the day Christopher just had too much in the tank for Fergal and he ran out the winner 21-12, 21-7 well done Chrissy. Then in Nov 3 grade Patrick Mc Kenna(PH) beat Tydavnet man Kevin Mc Cague 21-8, 21-9, Patrick just played too high of a tempo for Kevin and his range of shots just couldn’t be answered, well done Patrick.
Our remaining all club Nov4 final between Frank Mc Kenna and Gabriel Mc Aree has been postponed due to a misunderstanding over the grading of Gabriel, hopefully this will be sorted out shortly and this final can be played.
Juvenile County Doubles. Finals are fixed for this Sunday coming the 4th of March in St.Mellans (all grades) alleys opened @10:30am, we have finalists in the U13, U14, U16 and the U17 grades, so get as much practise in this week boys as possible.
Adult County Doubles. Some of the adult grades are at the semi-final stages and we hopefully be contesting more county finals in adults doubles this year again.
Adult Club Championships. The club singles and doubles are nearing Semi-final stages but a few outstanding games are still to be played, please get all un-played games sorted ASAP.
Juvenile Club Leagues. The Juvenile leagues are now reaching a climax and after all games and the semi-finals have been played we may run all finals off on the one evening to add a bit of excitement to the occasion, all will be notified before hand.
Prize Draw. We will be approaching club members if they would be interested in buying a ticket for the handball council, there are some brilliant prizes for the individuals and also for the club, all will be explained before purchasing.
By michael Tue 28th Feb
