Ladies News

ALL STARS HEAD OFF TO TORONTO

On Wednesday morning the 2010 and 2011 All Stars headed off to Toronto for the All Star trip. 5 Monaghan players headed off – Sharon Courtney, Therese Mc Nally, Grainne Mc Nally, Ciara Mc Anespie and Christine Reilly. They will stay in Toronto for a week and on behalf of the county board we wish them all the very best of luck.

BORD GAIS LEAGUE TEAM OF THE YEAR

On Tuesday night last at a function in Croke Park, the Bord Gais Teams of the League 2012 were announced. During the league campaign, each manager after every game  has to nominate their best player from the opposing team and on completion of the league, the top 15 players who receive the most votes are selected onto the Teams of the league for each of the 4 Divisions. Monaghan had 5 players selected onto the Division 1 League Team of the Year :  Linda Martin, Sharon Courtney, Joanne Courtney, Ciara Mc Anespie and Caoimhe Mohan. A wonderful achievement for the 5 girls. Well Done to all.

At the announcement of the League Players of the Year, Investec, Monaghan ladies new sponsors for the coming year made a presentation to Chairperson Marie Brady in recognition of them winning the League final. Pictured in the photo are from left to right, Sharon Mc Meel(Secretary), Caoimhe Mohan, Sharon Courtney, Marie Brady(Chairperson), Jacinta Nangle(Investec), Linda Martin, Ciara Mc Anespie and Joanne Courtney

After their National League win, it was back to training as usual for the senior girls. They play Tryone in the opening Ulster championship game and it is reported this game will be a curtain raiser to the men’s championship game between Donegal and Derry. More details on this next week.

ALL IRELAND U14 BLITZ

Monaghan’s U14 team travelled to Mullingar on Saturday last to take part in the All Ireland Blitz. After their excellent win in the Ulster final the previous week, expectations were high. Unfortunately a number of key players from the Ulster final starting team were unavailable to travel on Saturday as were a number of replacements.

Monaghan were in a group along with Kerry, Kildare and Roscommon.

In the warm up Monaghan suffered the loss of another key player Micheala Mc Cabe . First game was against Kerry. Each game was 13 mins a half so Monaghan needed to get off to a good start. However it seemed to take a long time for the team to settle. It was a closely fought game but in the end Monaghan lost out by 5 points. Next up was Kildare. Monaghan did play well in stages of the game but it just didn’t seem to be Monaghan’s day with captain Eimear Mc Anespie forced to come off due to injury. The girls tried their best to keep in touch but in the end Kildare ran out winners the final score Kildare 2-7  Monaghan 1-3.

With their chances of qualifying for the next stages gone, Monaghan gave all their players a run in the final game against Roscommon. This gave the management a chance to look at players for the upcoming All Ireland semi final. The players gave their best shot, but were beaten in the end by a stronger Roscommon side.

It was disappointing not to make the final stages of the competition, but the girls tried their best and missing so many players didn’t help their cause.

The All Ireland semi final is next up for this team. A big effort will now be needed. The management have to reduce the panel to 30 so it is vital that all players put in an effort at training in the coming week.

Team that travelled: 

Aoife Hamill, Orlaith Hamill, Amy Coyle, Laura McPhilips, Sinead Kelly, Hannah Mc Skane, Sarah Capaldi, Lauren Mc Nally, Sinead Lonergan, Ciara Shepard, Micheala Mc Cabe, Caitlain Carolan, Katie McCollum, Kelsey McCormille, Emer Mc Nally, Shannon Donnelly, Shauna Heatherington, Shanua Hagan, Pamala Connolly, Dolores Hughes, Saoirse Treanor, Stephanie Lynch, Gemma Corley, Eimear McAnespie, Rosemary Courtney, Blaithin Dolan, Megan Boylan, Briannan Sherry,

RESULTS

DIVISION 1 LEAGUE

Aghabog 1-11  Donaghmoyne B 1-8

Inniskeen 2-6  Truagh 4-11

Emyvale w/o Corduff

Monaghan Harps 6-8  Magheracloone 6-9

DIVISION 2 LEAGUE

St Brigids 2-8  killanny 2-7

Latton 6-13   Carrick 0-6

O Neills 1-7  Doohamlet

Seans 3-6  Aughnamullen 4-6

FIXTURES

Senior League Division 1

Inniskeen             V   Monaghan Harps        Sunday 27th May @ 6pm

Magheracloone     V   Corduff                       Saturday 26th May @ 6.30pm

Truagh                 V   Scotstown                  Friday 25th @ 7.30pm

Division 2

Killanny              V   Emyvale B                  Friday 25th May @ 7.30pm

Carrickmacross   V   O’Neill Shamrocks       Saturday 26th May @ 6.30pm

Aughnamullen     V   St Brigids                    Friday 25th May @ 7.30pm

Doohamlet          V   Sean Mc Dermotts       Sunday 27th May @ 12.00

Latton          Bye

U14 League

The semi finals of the Division 1 U14 league are down for decision next Monday evening.

Donaghmoyne V Scotstown

Emyvale V winners of Carrickmacross/Monaghan Harps.

Division 2 U14 finals will also be down for decision. Aughnamullen, Latton, O Neills and Tyholland are the 4 teams who have reached the semi final stages. There is one outstanding game to be played this week which will decide the seme final pairings. Clubs will be notified as soon as this has been decided

Division 3. – There will be play offs in this division next week to decide who makes the semi finals. As it stands, Doohamlet head the table on 18 points. Magheracloone are next on 12, followed by a 3 way tie between Emyvale B, Corduff and Aghabog, all on 9 points but with Emyvale having a game in hand. That game is being played tonight and will have an outcome on the semi final positions. All clubs will be notified with regards to what is happening and what play offs are happening next week

There will be no more U16 fixtures until after the exams. Clubs will be notified when U16 fixtures resume