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Club notes (August 22, 2024)

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Fixtures: Thursday, August 22: U-12 FL Division One v Inniskeen (Home) at 7.30pm; LGFA Minor Division Two Q-F v Emyvale (Away) at 7pm

Friday, August 23: LGFA U-12 Division Three v Scotstown (Home) at 7pm

Saturday, August 24: IFC v Castleblayney (Home) at 3.30pm

Sunday, August 25: RFL Division 3B v Inniskeen (Away) at 12.30pm; U-12 FL Division Four v Castleblayney (Away) at 11am

Monday, August 26: MFC Division One v Scotstown (Away) at 6.45pm; LGFA U-14 Division Two Q-F v Truagh (Away) at 7pm

Wednesday, August 28: LGFA U-12 v Aghabog (Home) at 7pm

 

Monaghan Harps Lotto: The numbers for last Sunday's draw were 13, 18, 20 and 23. Jackpot of €4,700 not won. This week's four €40 lucky-dip prize winners were: Hugh McCague c/o Séamus Treanor; Katie Hughes c/o Rose Hughes; Joe Coyle c/o Paddy Donnelly; and Eddie Coyle c/o Dermot Coyle. The sellers' prize of €20 was won by Marian O'Brien. Jackpot for Sunday, August 25 is €4,800. Thanks to everyone for your continued support for our lotto, which plays an integral part for the club and is funding our ongoing development works. Please note that the cut-off point for ClubZap each week is 6pm on Sunday.

 

IFC: We host Castleblayney in our second game in Group Two of the McElvaney Recycling Intermediate Football Championship this Saturday at 3.30pm. Good luck to all involved. All support welcome.

 

Summer camp: Over 120 boys and girls enjoyed our in-house summer camp at Gavan Duffy Park last week. Thanks to everyone who attended throughout the week and well done to our coaches, stewards and coaching committee for all their efforts.

 

Sponsor a Seat: To celebrate and promote the continued development of our facilities at Gavan Duffy Park, we are offering the opportunity to sponsor/dedicate all remaining seats in our stand at a cost of €50. Contact a player or committee member from any section of the club for more information.

 

Minors: Our minor Division One team await the start of their championship campaign next Monday, away to Scotstown. Hard luck to our Division Five team who lost their league semi-final at home to Castleblayney last Friday.

Team: Jack Kierans; John Sherry, Daithí Devlin; Adam Richardson, Shay Lambe, Ryan Grant; Kyle Cooney, Daniel Alexis; Luke Swift, Shane McGarry, Joe Gunn; James Gunn, Winston Onkeweke.

Subs: Kyle Murray; Dáire McKenna; Ruairí Smyth.

 

U-16: Our U-16s lost out away to Killanny last Thursday. Goals by Kyle Lavery and Lewis Duffy helped us get off to a great start, but Killanny finished the first half strongly to cut our lead to a single point at 3-8 to 2-10. We regrouped in the third quarter, with a Joseph O'Neill goal and points from Deagan Doherty and Kyle keeping us ahead, only for Killanny to gain the upper hand in the last ten minutes. Thanks to our U-16 players and coaches for their efforts this season. We wish Charlie O'Brien a speedy recovery from his knee injury.

Team and scorers: Konrad Olesky; Jake Cassidy, Conor Farmer (0-1), Ruairí Smyth; Odhrán Kelly, Andrew McKenna, Cormac O'Gara; Joseph O'Neill (1-0), Josh Cassidy (0-1); Calum McCaffrey (0-1), Kyle Lavery (2-3, 0-1f), Deagan Doherty (0-2); Joe Gunn (Capt.); Rhys Coyle (0-1), Lewis Duffy (1-1).

Subs used: Seán Lambe; Liam Ginley; Gabriel Cunningham; Cayden McDonnell; Ethan Grant; Tristan Brannigan.

 

U-14: Our U-14 Division 5A team await their championship semi-final against Inniskeen. Check online to confirm fixture.

 

U-12: Our U-12 Division One team host Inniskeen tonight (Thursday), while the Division Four league continues with an away game in Castleblayney on Sunday.

 

County: Well done to Kyle Lavery, Josh Cassidy, Lewis Duffy and Charlie O'Brien, who represented the club on the county U-16 and U-15 football development squads this year.


Hurling: Congratulations to our U-14 hurlers on winning the Plate Final v Clontibret on Monday.


Best of luck: to all our club members receiving their Leaving Cert results tomorrow!

 

Juvenile coaching: Thanks to everyone involved in our Saturday-morning football coaching. Training continues every Saturday at 10am in Gavan Duffy. To register a new or existing player, please log on to the Foireann app or www.foireann.ie.

 

Club app: As well as offering an option to support our lotto, our new club app also has a function to pay your annual membership, make financial donations to the club, as well as a communication suite for all that goes on at the club. You can get involved by downloading 'ClubZap' on your phone and registering as a Monaghan Harps GAA Club member.