Fixtures: Wednesday, August 21: SFL v Scotstown (Home) at 7.15pm

Thursday, August 22: SHL v Castleblayney (Home) at 7.15pm; Under-16 FL Division One v Seán McDermotts (Home) at 7.15pm

Friday, August 23: MFL Division One v Truagh (Home) at 7pm

Saturday, August 24: SFL v Clontibret (Away) at 7pm; Under-14 FL Division One v Truagh (Away) at 1.15pm; Under-14 FL Division Five v Scotstown (Away) at 11am

Monday, August 26: Under-12 HL v Carrickmacross (Away) at 7pm

 

Monaghan Harps Lotto: Numbers 19, 21, 23 and 26. Jackpot of €1,400 not won. Residual prizes: €100 Claire Farrell c/o Marie Farrell; €40 Charlotte McMahon c/o Liadhan Treanor; €40 Cónall McKenna c/o senior footballers; €40 Maeve Tully c/o Sheila Treanor. Jackpot for Sunday, August 25 is €1,500.Lotto draw takes place in the clubhouse every Sunday night. All welcome.

 

Seniors: Our senior footballers began the championship with a first-round win over an understrength Doohamlet in Clontibret last Saturday. All six starting forwards were among the scorers in the first half to help our lads take a 0-10 to 0-2 lead and the points continued to flow after the restart, making the final score 0-17 to 0-5. We have been drawn to play Ballybay in Round 2A, which has been provisionally fixed for Sunday, September 8.

Team and scorers: Cónall McKenna; Stephen Driver, Shane Coyle, Niall Hahessy (0-1); Gareth Treanor, Conor Galligan, Nicholas Scott; Peter Coyle, Neil McAdam; Paul Rushe (0-1), Gary White (Capt., 0-4), Michael Galligan (0-3, 1f); Nicholas Treanor (0-2), Shane Smyth (0-1), Emmett McArdle (0-4).

Subs: Ashley White (0-1, ’45) for P Coyle (43 mins), Conor Devlin for G Treanor (45), Rónán Garvey for McAdam (48), Evan Doherty (0-1) for N Treanor (52), Dean McMahon for Rushe (53).

This Saturday, we return to the same venue to play Clontibret in the league at 7pm, but before that, there is a local derby at home to Scotstown tomorrow (Wednesday). All support welcome.

 

Draw: We are taking part in a ‘Sportspersons Dream’ draw, which offers some amazing prizes, particularly for sports fans. All club members are invited to our launch night on Friday week, August 30. Keep in touch with the club notes, website and social media for full details.

 

U-12: Our Under-12 Division 2B team are through to the league final after a great win at home to Tyholland last Thursday. Defence was always going to be key on a wet evening against a strong Tyholland attack and our lads stuck to their task superbly, with James McKenny and Liam Conway providing excellent cover for Tiarnán O’Rourke and Ógie Duffy, with the considerable help of midfielders Nathan Lavery and Dean Doherty. Ryan Leonard (two), Adam McGarry, Shay Cooney, Lochlainn Power and Nathan Lavery scored first-half points to give our lads a 0-6 to 0-2 lead, before Nathan, Ryan and Lochlainn added scores in the early minutes of the second half. Dean Doherty also got on the scoresheet with a brace of points, either side of the only goal, scored by Shay, as our lads secured a 1-11 to 0-4 win. All nine substitutes also showed well to add to the options for the final against Donaghmoyne on Sunday week (August 31).

Team and scorers: Daragh Croarkin; Tiarnán O’Rourke, Brendan Óg Duffy; James McKenny, Liam Conway; Nathan Lavery (0-2), Dean Doherty (Capt., 0-2, 1f); Shay Cooney (1-1, 0-1 ’45), Adam McGarry (0-1); Ryan Leonard (0-3), Lochlainn Power (0-2).

Subs: Ryan McSkeane, Craig Cooney, Che Treanor, Brian McAteer, Evan Meehan, Conor Treanor, Jamie Coyle, James Corley, Diarmuid McGee.

The Division 1A shield semi-final against Magheracloone was postponed.

 

Minors: Our minor footballers play a rescheduled league game at home to Truagh on Friday, with both teams agreeing to field without county players. The championship was redrawn on Monday night, giving us a bye to a semi-final against either Magheracloone or Scotstown.

 

U-16: The Under-16 footballers have a home game against Seán McDermotts this Thursday.

 

U-14: Our Under-14 Division One team had a good win at home to Emyvale last Tuesday. After a slow start, our lads slowly but surely took over and they pulled away after half-time to return to winning ways on a scoreline of 6-15 to 2-6.

Team: Dylan McAree; Anthony Greenan, Colin Peppard; Zach Mallen, Ultan O’Rourke, Thomas Croarkin; Seán McKenna, Soky John; Conor McCrystal, Ethan Murphy, Nathan O’Donoghue; Corey McArdle, Michael Mulligan.

Sub used: Adam O’Neill.

This Saturday, the Division One team are away to Truagh at 1.15pm, while the Division Five team have an important game in Scotstown at 11am.

 

Good luck: Best of luck to team captain Kevin Loughran, Fearghal McMahon and the Monaghan minor footballers in Sunday’s All-Ireland MFC semi-final against Mayo at Croke Park.

 

Breakfast morning: Tickets are now on sale from the clubhouse and committee members for our big breakfast on Sunday, September 8.

 

Clubhouse: Anyone interested in taking part in the local pool league, please contact Liadhan Treanor at 086 7837204.

 

Hurling:

Juveniles: Our U-12s are away to Carrickmacross next Monday evening. Throw-in is at 7pm. St. Felim’s conceded the U-16 game on Monday. Coaching and games continue every Sunday morning in Rooskey at 12pm.

Seniors: Our seniors had a convincing 5-25 to 3-8 win at home to Carrickmacross on Monday evening, with 13 different scorers getting on the scoresheet. This included an impressive 1-1 from Conor O’Neill, with Aodhán Óg McAnespie finishing top scorer.

This match will be followed up with the final league phase game at home to Blayney this Thursday at 7.15.

The Harps will play the winners of the Armagh Junior championship in their opening Ulster Junior Hurling Championship fixture. This game is due to be played on Sunday, October 6.

Team and scorers (v Carrick): James Greenan; Micheál Ó Mordha, Robbie Healy, Pat Meehan; Myles Dwyer, Jack Lee (0-1), Alan Lee; Alan Ryan (1-1), Maurice McKenna (0-3); Conor Curley (0-1), Aodhán Óg McAnespie (1-8, 1-6f), Brendan McQuaid (1-2); Conor Forde (0-1), Ross Corbett (0-2), Raymond Lee (0-3).

Subs: Éanna Finlay for Healy, Paul Lee (0-1) for Curley (inj.), Gavin Baxter (0-1) for McQuaid (inj.), Frank Burke (1-0) for R Lee, Conor O’Neill (1-1) for McAnespie.