Fixtures: Tuesday, July 9: MFL Division One v Carrickmacross (away) at 8pm; Under-12 FL Division 2B v Rockcorry (Home) at 7.30pm

Wednesday, July 10: RFL Division 1A v Magheracloone in Corduff at 8pm; Under-12 FL Division 1A v Latton (Home) at 7pm

Thursday, July 11: Under-16 FL Division One v Scotstown (Home) at 7.30pm; SHC v Clontibret (Away) at 8pm

Saturday, July 13: Under-14 FL Division One v Killanny (Away) at 12pm; U-14 FL Division Five v Scotstown (Home) at 12pm

Sunday, July 14: SHC v Castleblayney (Away) at 8pm

Monday, July 15: Under-16 HL v Cootehill (Home) at 8pm; Under-12 HL v Cootehill (Home) at 6.45pm

Wednesday, July 10: RFL Division 1A v Scotstown (Away) at 8pm

 

Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 10, 15, 17 and 23. Jackpot of €5,700 not won. Residual prizes: €100 Paul Finnegan c/o Noel Hennessy; €40 Cian Brennan c/o Ann Treanor; €40 Julie Ann Treanor c/o Cosy Bar; €40 Paddy Brennan c/o Liz Brennan Jackpot for Sunday, July 14 is €5,800. Lotto draw takes place in the clubhouse every Sunday night. All welcome.

 

Meetings: The club’s monthly meetings for July take place this Thursday; juvenile at 7pm, senior at 8pm.

 

Féile Champions: Pride of place this week goes to our Under-14 hurlers and their management, who had a hugely successful weekend in Limerick. They competed in Division Five, and had their opening game on Friday evening against their host club Askeaton, which they won on a score line of 5-8 to 1-3. On Saturday morning they secured top spot in their group, and a semi-final place, with victories over St Mary’s, Rathkeale and Carrickmore from Tyrone. They showed impressive resilience and team spirit in their semi-final to come from ten points down to win by a point against Oran, Roscommon to book themselves a place in the final on Sunday morning against Lisbellaw. The Harps were equally impressive in the final where they ran out 6-4 to 3-5 winners with another great team display. The team accumulated an impressive 24-36 along the way in winning the Féile. There’s no doubt that these lads are the pride of the club, and they were rapturously welcomed back to the clubhouse on Sunday evening where a great evening was enjoyed by all. Huge congratulations to the whole panel and their management on what was a brilliant success for the club.

Juveniles: Well done to our U-12 & U-16 hurlers on good wins over Truagh in glorious sunshine on Monday evening. Training continues on Sunday mornings. Both teams are at home to Cootehill next Monday. Throw-in at 6.45pm and 8pm.

Seniors: Our senior hurlers are back in action this week with two away championship fixtures against Clontibret on Thursday at 8pm and Castleblayney on Sunday at 7pm.

Reserves: The RFL Division 1A is due to resume tomorrow night (Wednesday) against Magheracloone. Please note that this game takes place in Corduff. Next Wednesday, we make the short trip to Scotstown for another 8pm throw-in. Our RFC Division Three Final against Blackhill is scheduled for Saturday week, July 20.

 

Minors: The Minor Football League gets back underway after the break with an away game against Carrickmacross tonight (Tuesday). Next week’s scheduled championship match has been postponed due to Monaghan’s involvement in the Ulster MFC Final.

 

U-16: The Under-16s lost to Donaghmoyne in the league last Thursday and they are due to take on Scotstown at home this Thursday at 7.30pm.

 

U-14: Our Under-14 footballers are back to league action this Saturday after Féile. The Division One team are away to Killanny, while the Division Five team host Scotstown. Both games throw in at 12 noon.

 

U-12: Our Under-12 teams are both in action in home games in the next few days, with the Division 1A team playing Latton tomorrow night (Wednesday) and the Division 2B team up against Rockcorry this evening (Tuesday).

 

Ulster final tickets: Orders for club tickets for Sunday week’s Ulster finals must be with secretary Lorcan McAdam at 087 8505446 by Tuesday night. Please check website and social media for updates on availability of tickets.

 

Umbrellas: Monaghan Harps umbrellas have been selling well in recent weeks and there are just a few still available, but a new order will soon be made. Contact Séamus McManus at 086 8167928 for more information.

 

Cúl Camp: This year’s GAA Cúl Camp at Gavan Duffy Park will take place next week, July 15-19. There are still places available, so see www.monaghangaa.ie for more details.

 

Colin McElvaney: We held a special Mass in the clubhouse on Monday night to pray for former Harps player Colin McElvaney, who has been in hospital since an accident almost 14 months ago. Thanks to everyone involved. All at the club keep Colin and family in our thoughts.

 

Ladies: Senior & minor training continues on Fridays at 6.30pm.

U-14 & U-16 training times Thursdays 7-8pm and Saturdays 10.30-11.30am. Please contact Gerard, Catherine or John for further details. Our remaining U-16 games are away to Magheracloone and Carrickmacross. The U-16 Ronan Leonard memorial blitz is on Saturday, August 3 in Aghabog.

Under-10 and Under-12 training is on Saturdays 10.30-11.30am and Mondays from 6pm-7pm. The U-12 competition continued last Monday night with our first victory of the season away to Truagh.  Well done to everyone involved, both players and management. The players available on the night were Clara Morgan, Leah Reilly, Katie O’Reilly, Helen McCrystal, Sarah Warman, Kayla McCarron, Ella McKenny (Captain), Aisling Ní Gallchóir, Abbie Woods, Áine Ní Dhufaigh, Orla Corrigan, Dearbhla Ní Gallchóir, Emma Corrigan, Cathy McKenny, Aisling O’Riordan, Ruth Dooley-Duffy, Aimee Peppard, Chloe Bell, Rhianna Bell, Claire Kelly, Mia Kearns-Flynn and Maja Jarzabek.  Next Monday our U-12s play Aghabog in Gavan Duffy Park at 7pm.

Best wishes to Paul Swift who has been selected to referee this Sunday’s Ulster Intermediate final between Down and Fermanagh.

Continued best wishes to the County U-16s and management as they progress through their Ulster campaign, especially our own Harps representatives, Shauna Hetherington, Emma Clerkin and Eimear O’Rourke (Captain). Good luck also to Yvonne Connell and the Monaghan senior ladies in Sunday’s Ulster final against Tyrone.

Well done to the Harps U-14 Hurlers and management on winning their division in Féile last weekend in Limerick.