Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 5, 6, 24 and 25. Jackpot of €7,700 not won. Residual prizes: €100 Tommy Reilly c/o Séamus Treanor; €40 Eilish Connolly c/o Brian O’Sullivan (Hurling Club); €40 Aoibhe McElvaney c/o Eileen McElvaney (Ladies Club); €40 Deirdre Sheridan c/o Paddy Donnelly. Jackpot for Sunday, November 13 is €7,800 and Maria and Hugh McKenna are on duty. Lotto draw takes place in our clubhouse every Sunday night. All welcome. Thanks to everyone who supports our Lotto.

 

Seniors: We were edged out of the County Monaghan Credit Unions Senior Football League in last Sunday’s semi-final at home to Castleblayney. Scores were hard earned for both teams in the first half, with points from Nicholas Treanor, Dónal Hahessy and Neil McAdam seeing us change ends level at 0-3 apiece. Dónal added a brace of points from play just after the restart, but we were unable to push on and Blayney hit back to draw level. Fearghal McMahon regained our lead briefly, only for Blayney to hit the only goal of the game from a penalty. Dónal added another two points to his tally to keep us within striking distance, but despite having possession at the death, we were unable to break down the Faughs’ defence to get a late equaliser and we exited on a 0-8 to 1-6 scoreline. Thanks to the players, the management team of Cathal McAnenly, Michael Buckley and Declan McStravick and everyone involved this year.

Team and scorers: Ashley White; Niall Hahessy, Conor Galligan (Capt.), Gareth Treanor; Dean Fanning, Kevin Loughran, Michael Galligan; Stephen Driver, Aodhán Óg McAnespie; Shane Smyth, Nicholas Treanor (0-1f), Éimhín Morahan; Neil McAdam (0-1), Dónal Hahessy (0-5, 3f), Fearghal McMahon (0-1f).

Sub: Gary White for Smyth (inj., 4 mins), Nicholas Scott for Morahan, Liam Hahessy for N Treanor (both 43), John Mulligan for Fanning (inj., 53).

 

Tráth na gCeist: We host a Tráth na gCeist in our clubhouse this Friday (November 11) at 9pm. This will be a bilingual quiz, with the questions asked as Gaeilge agus as Béarla, and everyone is welcome to come along for a night of sport agus spraoi. Bígí linn!

 

Congratulations: And best wishes to senior team selector Michael Buckley and Caoimhe Trappe, who got married last weekend.

 

Scór: Well done to everyone who took part in Scór na bPáistí (for primary-school children) at Clontibret Community Centre last Saturday. Our young members competed in many of the disciplines, with our boys and girls earning high places in several categories. See more details next week. Next up is Scór na nÓg on Saturday week, November 19. Ádh mór oraibh!

 

History social night: As part of compiling a club history, we hosted a social night in the clubhouse on Friday, October 28. Thanks to everyone who attended and shared their memories of the club and to Harry Hughes, Hugh Kearns, Mickey Treanor and Peter Daly for contributing to an interview with Enda Galligan that was shown on the night. We hope to host a repeat of this reminiscence evening: keep an eye on club notes for more details.

 

Dates to remember: The club’s Annual General Meeting will take place on Thursday, November 24, with the juvenile AGM on a week earlier (November 17). Nomination forms have been sent out. We host a Tráth na gCeist tomorrow night and our juvenile presentation night has been set for Friday, December 2, while our young members will be competing in Scór na nÓg on Saturday week, November 19. We will also be participating and hosting at Féile Peil na nÓg 2017 next June. Keep an eye on club notes for more details on these events.

 

Clubhouse photos: Pádraig Callan and Damien Morgan are in the process of putting pictures back up in the clubhouse. If anyone has any Harps photos that they would like on the wall, please provide a copy (A4, with no frame) to Pádraig or Damien.

 

Juvenile managers: Anyone who wants to express interest in managing one of our juvenile teams for 2017 is asked to contact Damien Morgan (086 8614730) or Aideen Swift (086 1062265) by next Monday, November 14.

 

Sympathy: The club offers sympathy to Owen Smyth and family on the death of his mother, May, and to Éamonn Keelaghan and family on the death of his mother, Bernadette. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha.

 

Know Your Sport: Paul Fay, Adrian Gunn, Hugh Moyna, Jim Fanning and Jonathan Browne are the five joint-leaders in our sports prediction competition on 13 points each, with the Formula 1 Championship the only category yet to be completed.

 

Gavan Duffy Park: The refurbished Monaghan Harps clubhouse is available to book for functions. Contact Jimmy Croarkin on 087 1249635 or Pádraig Callan on 087 4515206 for more information. Anyone looking to book the clubhouse for meetings, functions, etc. is asked to please give a week’s notice for convenience.

 

 

Hurling:

 

Juveniles: Training and games for all juvenile age groups continues every Sunday at 12pm in Rooskey. Anyone interested in bringing along their child or helping out with the coaching, please contact the Monaghan Harps Hurling Facebook page.

 

Minors: Our Ulster league semi-final away to Lisbellaw was postponed last weekend. The fixture is due to be played on the weekend of November 19th/20th. Keep an eye on the Facebook page for updates.