Fixtures: Tuesday, July 8: MFL Division One v St. Patrick’s (Home) at 7.30pm

Wednesday, July 9: RFL Division Three v Aghabog (Home) at 8pm

Thursday, July 10: SHC v Clontibret (Away) at 8pm; Under-16 FL Division One v St. Patrick’s (Home) at 7.30pm

Friday, July 11: Under-21 FL Division One v Truagh (Home) at 8pm

Saturday, July 12: Under-14 FL Division One v Emyvale (Away) at 12pm; Under-14 FL Division Five v Inniskeen (Away) at 12pm

Sunday, July 13: SFL v Currin (Away) at 2pm; Under-12 HL v Cootehill (Home) at 12pm

Monday, July 14: Under-16 HL v Carrickmacross (Away) at 8pm

Wednesday, July 16: RFL Division 1A v Latton (Away) at 8pm

 

Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 4, 9, 18 and 22. Jackpot of €1,400 not won. Residual prizes: €100 Rose Donnelly c/o Paddy Donnelly; €40 Marie Finlay c/o Joe Finlay (Hurling Club); €40 Brian McEnaney c/o Séamus Treanor; €40 Abbey Brennan c/o Liz Brennan. Jackpot for Sunday, July 13 is €1,500 and Maria and Hugh McKenna are on duty. The Lotto plays an essential part in the running of the club and we ask for everyone’s continued support. Tickets can be brought down to the clubhouse from 7.45 each Sunday night. Please note that due to the Ulster final, the lotto draw scheduled for July 20 has been moved to Monday, July 21.

 

Meeting: The club’s monthly senior meeting for July takes place this Thursday at 8pm in the clubhouse.

 

Seniors: The SFL resumes with an away game against Currin on Sunday at 2pm.

 

Reserves: Our McKeown Cup team return to league duty with a home game against Aghabog tomorrow night (Wednesday). We have an important RFL Division 1A game away to Latton next Wednesday.

 

U-21: The Under-21 Football League starts with a home game against Truagh this Friday.

 

Minors: The Minor Football League resumes after the exam break this evening (Tuesday) with a home game against St. Patrick’s. We have no game next week, with our championship due to start on July 22 against either Donaghmoyne or Doohamlet.

 

U-16: Our Under-16 footballers had a 4-12 to 3-7 win away to Clontibret last Thursday. After trailing by a couple of points at half-time, the lads gave an improved second-half performance to stay joint-top of the league table ahead of this Thursday’s game at home to St. Patrick’s.

Team: Dylan McAree; Aidan Burns, Cathal Power, Soky John; Niall Ward, Jamie Shields, Thomas Croarkin; Paul Peppard, Ben Kearns-Flynn; Nathan O’Donoghue, Remy McKenna, Shane McMahon; Jack Deery, Ethan Murphy, Conor Duffy.

Subs: Dylan Duffy, James Bourke, Anthony Greenan.

 

U-14: Both Under-14 teams have away games this Saturday, with the Division One team in Emyvale and the Division Five team in Inniskeen.

 

U-12: Our Under-12 football teams both had good wins at home to Emyvale last Saturday. First up, the Division 3B lads ran out 2-9 to 1-5 winners after a competitive game. Josh Deeney, Jamie Coyle and Jake Power (making his long-awaited debut) were on the scoresheet in the opening half, while Conor Treanor’s goal handed us a 1-4 to 1-3 lead. Our substitutes impressed after their introduction, with Nathan Boylan and Brian McAteer grabbing scores. The final period saw points by Shay Cooney, Josh, Daragh Croarkin and two from Brian keep us ahead, before Shay found the net to ensure we continued our winning run.

Team and scorers: Tom Dauksts; Ryan McSkeane, Che Treanor; Lukas Virfilas, Scott Cooney; Shay Cooney (1-1), Daragh Croarkin (0-1, ’45); Josh Deeney (0-2), Jake Power (Capt., 0-2); Jamie Coyle (0-1), Conor Treanor (1-0).

Subs used: Brian McAteer (0-2, 1f), Deividas Kaklauskas, Dean Conlon, Evan Meehan, James Curley, Diarmuid Magee, Nathan Boylan, Oisín Reilly, Ailandas Jocys, Eoin Clerkin.

Next up, the Division 1A team put in a strong finish to secure a fine win over a strong Emyvale team. Terence McDonald, Dylan Ballantine (three), Eoghan McGinnity and Jake Power kicked points in the first half, but Emyvale hit a late goal to go in ahead by 1-5 to 0-6. Terence and Dylan scored two goals each after the restart, which along with a string of points from Eoghan, helped us turn the game around and finish on the right side of a 4-11 to 1-9 scoreline.

Team and scorers: Daragh Croarkin; James McKenny, Liam Conway; Deividas Kaklauskas, Nathan Lavery; Tiarnán O’Rourke, Dean Doherty (Capt.); Eoghan McGinnity (0-5, 1f), Josh Maguire; Terence McDonald (2-2), Dylan Ballantine (2-3, 0-1f).

Subs used: Jake Power (0-1), Brian McAteer, Ryan McSkeane, Shay Cooney, Che Treanor, Josh Deeney, Tom Dauksts.

Both Under-12 teams are back in action on Saturday week, July 19.

 

Anniversary Mass: Mick Farrell’s first Anniversary Mass takes place in St. Joseph’s this Saturday at 10am.

 

County teams: Well done to Conor Galligan, Shane Smyth and the Monaghan senior footballers, who qualified for another Ulster SFC Final with their replay win over Armagh last Sunday. Hard luck to Yvonne Connell, Muireann and Eimear O’Rourke and the county ladies, who lost their Ulster final against Armagh.

 

Summer Camps: The Monaghan GAA Cúl Camp at Gavan Duffy Park has attracted record numbers this week and finishes up on Friday. We will be hosting a Harps Summer Camp on the week of August 18-22 for children aged between six and 12. More details to follow.

 

Music: We had a great night of traditional Irish music in the clubhouse last Friday night, July. Many thanks to all the musicians, especially those who travelled to play for us. Our next session takes place on Friday, August 1.

 

Thanks: To Damien Morgan, Ciarán Cuddy, Noel Hennessy, Terence Clerkin and all involved in painting the goalposts at Gavan Duffy Park on Monday evening.

 

Hurling: Our Under-16 hurlers had comprehensive wins away to Inniskeen on Friday and Castleblayney on Monday and are away to Carrickmacross next Monday. Clontibret conceded the Under-12 game scheduled for Monday, with Cootehill the visitors this Sunday. The SHC resumes with an away game in Clontibret on Thursday.

 

Ladies: Congratulations to our U-16s who beat Killeevan at home last Thursday on a scoreline of 3-17 to 4-4. The team was: Sophie Callan, Shannon Donnelly (Vice-Capt.), Karla Clerkin, Aisling Ferguson, Laura Drum, Shauna Hetherington, Éadaoin Maguire (Capt.), Katie O’Reilly, Laura Duffy and Aisling Gallagher.

Hard Luck to our minors who lost to O’Neill Shamrocks on Monday night by 11-11 to 4-6.

Upcoming Fixtures:

Senior League v Magheracloone: July 9 at 7pm

Training for Seniors continues this Tuesday at 6.45pm, starting from the Greenway in Rooskey. New and returning players are always welcome

U-12 and U-14 training takes place on Thursdays from 6.30-7.30pm and on Saturdays from 10.30-11.30am in Rooskey. Contact Trevor on 086 8716430 for any information; all new members welcome

The club as a whole extends its heartiest congratulations to senior player Allison Treanor as she walks down the aisle on Friday, July 11. Allo has been a central part of the club since its foundation and was in fact one of the founding members of the Harps Ladies Club when she was just a young’un. Her teammates and friends will be there to celebrate with her as she ties the knot to Clontibret native Mickey McSkane. We hope they have an amazing wedding day and wish them all the best in their future together. Ya have a good one, Rehill!