Fixtures: Monday, August 21: U-16 HC v Carrickmacross (Home) at 7.30pm; U-12 HL v Keady (Away) at 7pm
Tuesday, August 22: MFL Division Two Final v Castleblayney in Drumhowan at 6.45pm
Wednesday, August 23: SFL v Scotstown (Away) at 7pm; U-12 FL Division One v Clones (Away) at 7.15pm
Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 2, 5, 26 and 27. Jackpot of €1,500 not won. Residual prizes: Numbers 9, 24, 25 and 28. Jackpot of €1,600 not won. Residual prizes: €100 Brigid McCabe c/o Jim Dalton (Hurling Club); €40 Paul Connolly c/o Ann Treanor; €40 Dónal, Niall, Liam Hahessy c/o John Hahessy; €40 Elaine Sheridan c/o John Hahessy. Lotto draw takes place in our clubhouse every Sunday night. All welcome. Thanks to everyone for their support for our Lotto, which plays a critical role in our club’s funding. We ask all club members to continue to promote our Lotto as much as possible.
Summer Camp: Our 2017 Monaghan Harps Summer Camp was a great success last week, with 130 boys and girls enjoying the football, hurling, handball and music at Gavan Duffy Park.
Seniors: We fell to a two-point defeat in the Greenfield Foods Senior Football Championship preliminary round against Magheracloone in Castleblayney last Sunday. A well-taken goal by Fearghal McMahon and points from Neil McAdam (two), Stephen Driver, Shane McMahon, Dónal Hahessy and Aodhán Óg McAnespie had us 1-6 to 0-5 up at the end of a solid first-half performance. We could only add a further four points to our total, however, (from Conor Galligan, Thomas Croarkin, Dónal and Dean Fanning), while Magheracloone took advantage of having a numerical advantage for the last 20 minutes to end up on top by 0-15 to 1-10. We received a bye through Round 1B and we drew Castleblayney in Round 2B, with that game fixed for Saturday week (September 2) in Inniskeen at 7.30.
Team and scorers: Ashley White; Mustafa Gamal, Conor Galligan (0-1), Thomas Croarkin (0-1); Neil McAdam (0-2, 1 ’45), Nicholas Scott, Liam Hahessy; Aodhán Óg McAnespie (0-1), Stephen Driver (Capt., 0-1); Gary White, Fearghal McMahon (1-0), Shane McMahon (0-1); Michael Galligan, Shane Smyth, Dónal Hahessy (0-2, 1f).
Subs: Dean Fanning (0-1) for G White (40 mins), Niall Hahessy for L Hahessy (42), Nicholas Treanor for Smyth (44).
Temporary sub: Dean Fanning for F McMahon (27-HT).
The Senior Football League continues away to Scotstown on Wednesday at 7pm.
Minors: The Final of the Connolly Meats Division Two League takes place against Castleblayney in Drumhowan on Tuesday (August 22) at 6.45. All support welcome.
U-16: Our U-16s are away to Castleblayney this evening (Thursday) in the last round of the Cup section of the Division One league. Throw-in is at 7.30.
U-14: Our U-14 Division One team concluded the group stage of the league with a good win at home to Cremartin on Saturday, August 12. An improved all-round performance, even without several players, saw us lead this game throughout. Goals by Jake McConnon and Shay Cooney (two) and points from Shay, Liam Conway and Jamie Coyle had us 3-4 to 0-4 up at half-time. Ben Myers and Jamie found the net in the second half, while Kevin Moran, James Curley and Daragh Croarkin added their names to the scoresheet to earn us a 5-10 to 3-6 win over the championship finalists. Oisín Reilly made some fine saves in the first half, while Karol Parszywka produced some stunning stops after he moved between the posts. Our U-14s now await the Division One Shield Final and the Division Five Cup semi-final: fixtures to be confirmed.
Team and scorers: Oisín Reilly; Jordan Crampton, James Curley (0-1); Michael McMorrow, Kevin Moran (0-1f), Shea Swift; Tiarnán O’Rourke, Liam Conway (Capt., 0-2); Daragh Croarkin (0-2), Shay Cooney (2-2), Jake McConnon (1-1); Jamie Coyle (1-1), Karol Parszywka.
Subs used: Ben Myers (1-0), Shane Moran.
U-12: Our U-12 Division One team are away to Clones on Wednesday evening.
County: Hard luck to Lochlainn Power, Oisín Fagan, Ógie Ó Dufaigh, Killian Conlon, Conor Devlin and everyone involved with the county U-16 team who were edged out at the semi-final stage of the Buncrana Cup.
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 2543511 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 notes:
Juveniles: Underage coaching and games continues every Sunday at 12pm in Rooskey.
U-12: We had a good 11-3 win over Cootehill on Monday evening with good play from the whole team. There were stand out performances from Cian Bradley, Seán Callan, Nicholas Sherlock, Oisín Murray, James and Enda Brady in particular. We are away to Keady on Monday, August 21, at 7pm in previously postponed fixtures.
By cshalvey Mon 21st Aug
