Monaghan Football Development Squads have been busy over the past couple of months preparing for their upcoming National Competitions on Saturday, 9th March.
Our U16 Development Squad returned to training in January and played their first match on Saturday, 12th February against Antrim in Cloghan. The team ultimately came out on top in tough conditions. They played their second match of the year against Fermanagh last Saturday, 26th March in the Peace Link, Clones and once again proved too strong for the opposition. The first competitive game for this squad is an away trip to Dublin on 9th April in the Buncrana Cup. A meeting with parents and players on the squad was hosted through Microsoft Teams on Monday, 28th April to discuss the plan and expectations for the year ahead. This squad will be managed by Paul O’Connor and he will be assisted Damien Kennedy (Magheracloone), Adrian Gunn (Monaghan Harps), Ross Lowey (Clontibret) & Cormac Duffy. Christopher Coyle (Truagh) will be the kitman for the squads for 2022.
Our U15 Squad played their first match of the year against Cavan last Saturday, 26th March at the Entekra Monaghan GAA Centre of Excellence in Cloghan. Both counties had two teams who played one game each with Monaghan coming away with one win and one loss from both games. The first competitive game for this squad is at home against Down in 2 games on 9th April. This squad will be managed by Dick Clerkin (Currin) and he will be assisted by Shane McKenna (Truagh), Muireann Atkinson (Cremartin) & Eamon Hughes.
Our U14 Management team have been busy running trials over the past couple of months to select the squad for the year ahead. The first competitive game for this squad is also on 9th April and sees them play host to Armagh in 3 games. This squad will be managed by Kevin Nolan (Cremartin) and he will be assisted by Martin Sheridan (Monaghan Harps), Paul Hand (Eire Og), Donal Carragher (Clontibret) & Paddy McNally.
Hurling Development Squad:
Our U15 Hurling Development Squad for 2022 will commence training this coming Saturday, 2nd April in Cloghan. Patrick Hannon (Monaghan Harps) will be the manager of the squad for the year ahead and he will be assisted by Stephen McKenna (Carrickmacross) & Conor O’Neill (Monaghan Harps) will be kitman for the squad. The first competitive game for our Hurling squad will take place on Saturday, 23rd April, the management team also hope to schedule some challenge matches against neighbouring counties.
See below for a selection of photos from our Development Squads so far in 2022…..
