Fixtures: Friday, August 7: Under-12 FL Division One Shield Semi-Final v Emyvale (Home) at 7.15pm; Under-12 FL Division Four Cup Semi-Final v Doohamlet (Away) at 7.15pm
Sunday, August 9: RFL Division 1B Final v Ballybay in Tyholland at 2.30pm; Under-16 HL v East Cavan Gaels (Home) at 12pm
Monday, August 10: Under-14 HL v Knockbridge (Home) at 7.30pm
Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 10, 13, 15 and 22. Jackpot of €1,200 not won. Residual prizes: €100 Eilish McQuaid c/o Paddy Donnelly; €40 Séamus McEnaney c/o Paddy Donnelly; €40 Declan Boyle c/o Seán Boyle €40 Johnny McCrudden c/o Paddy Donnelly. Jackpot for Sunday, August 9 is €1,300 and Ann and Adrian Trappe are on duty. Lotto draw takes place in the clubhouse every Sunday night. All welcome.
Harps Summer Camp: After the success of last year’s Harps Summer Camp, we will host it for a second time from August 17-21, again featuring football, hurling, handball and music. Application forms will be available at our Saturday-morning coaching sessions over the next number of weeks and they are also available now on our website. Contact Una Forde on 087 6107329 for more information.
Seniors: The Senior Football League game resumes with a star game at home to Inniskeen tomorrow night (Wednesday). See online for result and for details of our next SFL fixtures.
Reserves: We had a 3-8 to 0-9 win at home to Aghabog in the RFL Division Three semi-final last Wednesday. A tight first half ended level at 0-5 apiece, but we gained the upper hand after the restart with a goal from a penalty by Dessie McGarry. Mark McCaughey and Cónall McKenna also found the net, while at the other end, some strong defending and a couple of good saves by Ronan McGann kept Aghabog out to put us through to the final against Killeevan, which is due to be played on Wednesday week, August 19.
Team: Ronan McGann; Paul Smyth, Ahmed Gamal; Conor Forde, Mark McCaughey, Francis Lynch; Robbie Moyna (Capt.), Dónal McCarthy; James McKenna, Colm Shalvey, Cónall McKenna; Dessie McGarry, Paul Rushe.
Subs: Carl Foentjies for Gamal, Turlough Clerkin for McGarry, Ahmed Gamal for Smyth, Dylan McKenna for Shalvey.
The RFL Division 1B Final against Ballybay takes place this Sunday (August 9) at 2.30pm in Tyholland. Good luck to the team and management.
Minors: Our minor footballers fell to a heavy defeat away to Clontibret on Tuesday, July 28. The next MFL game is set for Tuesday week, August 18.
U-16: Our Under-16 footballers have an away game against Donaghmoyne this Thursday at 7.30pm. Last Thursday’s fixture against Inniskeen was postponed.
U-14: Our Under-14 Division One team stayed joint-top of the league with a good win at home to Castleblayney last Saturday. Our lads fell 1-1 to 0-0 down early on and despite hitting back with a goal from Conor Devlin, we still trailed by 2-2 to 1-0 at half-time. The Harps boys stepped it up in the second half, however, with a goal by Dylan Ballantine and points from Oisín Fagan (two), Luke Coyle and Anann Connor turning things in our favour. Further points by Conor and Luke and goals by Oisín, Luke and Mujtaba Gamal secured a 5-6 to 2-2 win.
Team and scorers: Daragh Croarkin; Lochlainn Power, Andrew Lyden; Conor Devlin (1-1), Brendan Óg Ó Dufaigh, Killian Conlon; Anann Connor (0-1), Lorcan O’Rourke; Oisín Fagan (1-2), Dylan Ballantine (1-0), Luke Coyle (1-2, 0-1f); Mujtaba Gamal (1-0), Stephen Ward.
Sub used: Tiarnán O’Rourke.
Our Division Four were unfortunately unable to field against Tyholland. Both teams are back in action with home games next Thursday.
U-12: All three of our Under-12 teams have semi-finals this week. First up is the Division Five Cup Semi-Final away to Donaghmoyne tomorrow night (Wednesday). We then host Emyvale in a Division One Shield Semi-Final on Friday at 7.15pm, while at the same time, our Division Four team are away to Doohamlet for their Cup Semi-Final. All support is welcome.
Good luck: To Neil McAdam and the Monaghan senior footballers in Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Tyrone at Croke Park. Keep an eye on our club website etc. for details of when to collect tickets.
Vetting: Anyone who has received their Garda vetting clearance form is asked to provide a photocopy to Tommy McCabe.
Table quiz: The Harps Handball Club’s preparations and fundraising for the upcoming World Handball Championships in Canada continued with a table quiz in the clubhouse last Saturday. Thanks to everyone who supported the quiz and to all sponsors.
Gavan Duffy Park: The Monaghan Harps clubhouse is available to book for functions. Contact Jimmy Croarkin on 087 1249635 or Pádraig Callan on 087 2139188 for more information. Anyone looking to book the clubhouse for meetings, functions, etc. is asked to please give a week’s notice for convenience. Membership cards for all paid-up club members are now available and can be collected on Sunday nights from 8pm to 10pm, as can Darkness into Light t-shirts for anyone who didn’t receive theirs on the morning of the event. All club members and team mentors are asked to take care with our facilities and ensure that lights are turned off and doors and gates are locked up.
Hurling:
U-12s: Our U-12s travelled to Castleblayney on Monday evening for their league semi-final. With Castleblayney having topped the league, five points ahead of the Harps, a tough battle was promised. However, our lads, led by Jim Dalton on the sideline, took to the task well and with the scoreline at 1-3 to 0-4 at half-time they had put themselves in a great position. With the game in the balance there were big performances all over the field which ensured that the lads in green and white finished a tight and entertaining affair on top on a scoreline of 1-6 to 0-5. We now take on Keady in the league final on Monday, August 17, with the venue and time to be confirmed.
Team & Subs: Daragh Croarkin, Mark McManus, Jack McDonald, Liam Conway, Che Treanor, Tiarnán O’Rourke, Aidan McKenna, Luke Aughey, Cian Bradley, Shea Swift, Luke McManus, Oisín Murray, Jordan Crampton, Aidan McGeough, Oisín Reilly, Liam McCabe.
U-14s: Our Under-14s have one remaining postponed fixture at home to Knockbridge on Monday, August 10 at 7.30pm. Knockbridge sit four points ahead of us in the league and a stiff test is guaranteed but with our lads playing for top spot in the league shield competition, it’s sure to be a keenly contested match.
U-16s: Our U-16s played Cootehill at home on Monday evening. Our team, made up largely of our U-14 squad, took the lead early on through a Niall McKenna goal. After this promising start, Cootehill’s advantage in strength began to show as they picked off a few scores to work their way into the lead and despite points from Nathan O’Donoghue and Tommy Croarkin we went in eight points down at half-time. We continued to put in a huge effort throughout the second half but Cootehill grew more and more into the game and extended their lead, despite super performances from Luke Coyle, Emmett Walshe and Lee Treanor in the Harps back line. In the end Cootehill proved deserving of their 2-16 to 2-3 win. Next up is a home game against East Cavan Gaels this Sunday at 12pm.
Team: Seán Conway; Luke Coyle, Anthony Greenan, Emmett Walshe; Kian O’Leary, Dylan McAree, Lee Treanor; Nathan O’Donoghue, Tommy Croarkin; Jorin Connor, Lochlainn Power, Niall McKenna; Killian Treanor, Brendan Óg Ó Dufaigh, Evan Meighan.
Minors: Preparation continues for our championship quarter-final at home to Truagh which is due to take place on Sunday, August 16 at 12pm.
By cshalvey Fri 7th Aug
