Sean’s Notes

Juvenile Fundraiser.  A word of appreciation to all runners and walkers who turned out in force to make our 5/10 Km Walk & Fun Run on Saturday evening last a great success.  Well done the young juvenile who opted to run the 5km route, many completing the course in very respectable times. First home in the  5km Under 12 category  was Marc Melvin, Mathew Mc Guinness and Conor Brennan; U14 saw Ryan Mc Elvaney first home followed by James Murphy and Jon Egiguren. In the U16 age group over the adult 10km route Shane Kelly showed the way followed by Niall Kearns, with nothing separating Patrick Mc Phillips and Jamie Keenan for third spot. Pearse Murphy and Dylan Keenan were first and second in the under 18 age group. In the adult run only seconds separated the first three, local man James Clarke taking the top prize, followed by Shane Brady Clones in second and Mike Keely third.  Donna Evans led the ladies home to claim 1^st placed, followed by local girls Ciara Mc Guinness and Majella Mc Elvaney in 2^nd and 3^rd places respectively. While there was an obvious competitive edge for the runners not so for the walkers and it was heartening to see so many strolling at leisure enjoying glorious sunshine and supporting the club in the process. Chefs Adrian and Conor deserve special mention they laboured in the sweltering heat ensuring the barbecued food on offer was mouth-watering delicious as it left the hot griddle.Thanks again to all participants and to the many club volunteers who assisted on the day.

Under 16. Our Under 16 squad gained some measure of redress for their expulsion from the championship at the semi- final stage at the hands of Clontibret when the O Neills visited TMH for their league encounter last week. This again was a closely contested affair with our boys having to withstand extreme pressure from the visitors especially in the closing stages to hold on to their hard earned lead. That they did, and ran out winners on a scorline of Seans 2 -13 Clontibret 2 – 8, doing their chances of securing a league semi final spot no harm in the process. On Thursday evening the play Scotstown in Pairc Mhuire and have a number of tough encounters in the run in of remaining games before they can be assured of being included in the knock out stages of this competition.

GAA Merchandise: A wide range of Monaghan GAA Merchandise including the recently unveiled newly design county Jersey is available from Club Monaghan; merchandise manager Seamus Mc Meel 086-8981711 will be happy to fill your every requirement. Visit www.monaghangaa.ie/club-monaghan/ to view the range of stock on offer.

Under 8/10 the club host a double blitz for Under 8 and 10’s in Pairc Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada tonight Thursday 18^th July at 7.30pm, clubs participating are Aghabog, Clones Killeevan Monaghan Harps and ourselves. It’s important that all our regular participants in these age groups make themselves available to line out for club when given the opportunity to pit theirs skills against these visiting teams.  Coaching for everyone in this age category continues on Wednesday evenings from 6.45 to 7.30pm, and on Saturday mornings from 10.00 to 11.00 am.

Ceili Dancing. Ceili dancing classes continue in the complex this Sunday at the usual time of 6.30pm -7.30pm. Paula, Edel & Michelle look forward to seeing all their regulars there.

Cultural Night: Our monthly Traditional Irish Music session took place last Friday. It being such a beautiful sunny evening, we took the session outside..! What better place to be, than soaking up the last of the sunshine & relaxing to excellent music. It was a fantastic evening’s entertainment.
As always, we had some smashing tunes from our younger musicians, who need to be heard to be believed!
So, a huge thank you to all our local musicians, plus thank you to everyone who turned out in force, from Clontibret, and Corcaghan & Monaghan C.C.É. branches. Thank you to Paula & Margot for the refreshments!
So remember to keep the 2nd Friday free, next session takes place on Friday 9th August. We look forward to seeing you all there. Refreshments served & everyone is welcome.

Totto. The numbers 5, 8,4,7,6,2,1,3, drawn on Monday night last for a jackpot prize of €9,300 were not correctly forecast. The lucky dip winners were. Sinead O Neill Cabra,Bridie Mc Fadden Rockcorry,Finbar & Janet Sherry Nahill,Marie Mc Entee Threemilehouse,Adrian Mc Carron Blackrawe,Keogh Family Gortmore,Angela Mulligan Mullinavanog Fr Joe Mc Cluskey Threeemilehouse, Deirdre Martin Newbliss. Next week’s (Week 30) jackpot is €9,400.

Speedy Recovery. We wish Donal McGuigan all the best and a speedy recovery to full fitness, Donal has an appointment with the surgeon’s scalpel this week to repair a serious knee injury sustained recently. We hope everything goes well for him and that he’ll be off the crutches in no time.

Good Luck.  We wish good luck and success to clubman Mark Keogh and the Monaghan senior and minor teams in the Ulster Finals in Clones on Sunday, best wishes to everyone involved.