Club Lotto:
This week’s Club Lotto draw was held in McConnell’s Bar, Ballytrain on Sunday night last. There was no winner of our Jackpot of €9,200. The numbers drawn were:14, 24, 26 & 27. The five €20 Lucky Dip winners were Michelle Kennedy, Pat Keenan, Martin & Nicola Marron, Jean Farrelly & Declan McKenna.
Next week’s draw will take place in McArdle’s Bar, Carrickmacross on Sunday night at 9pm, where the Jackpot will be €9,300. Thank you for your continued support.
Pitch Closure:
Please note that the Main Pitch remains closed until further notice. Please ensure that all pitch bookings are made through our groundsman, Seamus McConnon.
Intermediate Team:
The Intermediate Team put in a great performance on Saturday last when they travelled to Cremartin and came away with the win, on a scoreline of 3-11 to 1-12. Emyvale are the visitors to Páirc Ghealach this Friday evening (5th May) for a 7:30pm throw-in. All support welcome.
Reserve Team:
The Reserve Team are in action next Wednesday evening against Oram, with the game starting at 7:45pm (Venue to be decided). The Reserve Championship (McKeown Cup) gets underway on Saturday 13th May at home to Oram with throw-in at 7pm.
Minor Team:
The Minor team played Carrickmacross last week and were defeated by 2 points, 3-04 to 1-08, while on Tuesday evening, they lost out to Magheracloone by the minimum on a scoreline of 2-14 to 2-13. The team have a Bye next week before the competition takes a break now ahead of the State Examinations.
Meet Your Heroes:
Monaghan GAA are hosting their annual “Meet Your Heroes” day this Saturday (6th May) morning at 10:30am. Supporters will have the opportunity to get their photo taken with the players, get their autographs. There will also be the opportunity to buy Monaghan merchandise.
Inter-County Teams:
Monaghan’s senior footballers begin their Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship on Saturday 20th May against Fermanagh in St. Tiernach’s Park, Clones. Tickets are available to purchase at gaa.tickets.ie.
The Monaghan Under 17’s begin their newly-formed Ulster Under 17 Championship campaign on Saturday morning away to Down in Páirc Esler, Newry. Throw-in is at 12:00pm.
Monaghan’s hurlers are in action in the quarter-final of the Nicky Rackard Cup on Saturday afternoon when they host Donegal in Páirc Grattan, Inniskeen at 3:00pm. Best wishes to both teams.
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Ladies
Under 14’s:
It was a busy week for our u14’s. Firstly, Corduff hosted Latton in R3 of the U14 league on Tuesday. In what was definitely a game of 2 halves Latton dominated the first half holding Corduff scoreless throughout with Latton going in on a scoreline of 6-04 to no score at the interval.
However, Corduff girls showed great spirit in the second half and with long spells in the ascendancy for key passages they outscored Latton by scoring 5-5. This wasn’t enough to win the match but narrowed Latton’s winning margin 8-8 to 5-5.Well done to Corduff on a great comeback in the second half. The team was Kerrie Anne Walsh, Emily Hegarty, Abbie McGivney, Holly Higgins, Abbie Finegan, Georgia Smyth, Kayla Hand, Fiona Corrigan, Ellen Connolly, Tracy Hill, Niamh McCahey & Rebecca McGivney.
Then on Bank Holiday Monday the U14’s travelled to Tyholland to play round 4 of the league. The home side started stronger but once again Corduff showed great spirit to narrow the gap to 3 points at the interval, with big performances from Emily Hegarty, Katie Walsh, Abbie Finegan, Georgia Smyth and Kayla Hand. Corduff were always a threat and were narrowly defeated by a point at the full time whistle. Once again a great team effort by all involved.
Seniors:
On Sunday the senior ladies travelled to Truagh/Gaeil Triucha for round 4 of the league. The game was played in very windy conditions and scores were hard earned by both sides in what was a low scoring game. Corduff went in with a 2 point advantage at the interval on 0-4 to 0-2.
The second half continued to be challenging making for a nervous finish with Claire Connolly pulling off a great save towards the end ensuring that Corduff held onto their 2 point lead by the whistle on Corduff 0-8 and Truagh 0-6.
This was a great win for Corduff making it their first win in Division 1.
The focus now switches to the championship with Corduff playing Seans in the Preliminary round of the Junior Championship on Sunday 14thMay in Threemilehouse.
Juveniles
Under 6, 8, 10:
Training as usual on Saturday mornings in the field from 10am to 11:15am. New members welcome.
Under 8:
Our U8s had their first outing of the year on Saturday, April 29th, at a blitz held in Oram. They all played really well against teams from Blackhill, Oram & Doohamlet.
Under 12:
Congratulations to our U12s on winning their Spring League Final on Saturday, April 29th. They produced a fantastic performance to win in difficult conditions for football. Corduff, playing against a strong wind, lead by the minimum at half time. They opened the final period of the game with a number of quick fire scores to pull away from Doohamlet. Doohamlet responded well but were unable to post enough scores to get back into the game. The final score was Corduff 0-19 v 0-09 Doohamlet.
Well done boys and girls!!!
Under 14:
After a month off, our U14s are back in competitive action on Saturday, May 6th, when they travel to Ballybay in round 5 of the league.
Championship Predictions Game 2017:
Test your football knowledge with Corduff Juveniles All Ireland Senior Football Championship Predictions Game.
€10 per entry with €500 in prizes to be won!
Contact any member of the Juvenile Committee or Juvenile Coach for an entry form.
By Majella Boyd Thu 4th May
