Fixtures: Friday, August 30: LGFA U-12 Division Three v Carrickmacross (Away) at 7pm
Saturday, August 31: U-14 FC Division 5A S-F v Inniskeen (Away) at 12pm
Sunday, September 1: SHC S-F v Castleblayney in Truagh at 2pm; LGFA JFC v Killeevan (Away) at 11am; U-12 HL v Castleblayney (Away) at 11am
Monday, September 2: LGFA U-16 Division Two S-F v Killanny (Home) at 6.30pm
Monaghan Harps Lotto: The numbers for last Sunday's draw were 7, 10, 16 and 17. Jackpot of €4,800 not won. This week's four €40 lucky-dip prize winners were: Brendan McMahon c/o Séamus Treanor; Séamus McCarville c/o Neill McGinn; Maureen Kearns co Barry Sullivan; and Damien Morgan c/o himself. The sellers' prize of €20 was won by Barry Sullivan. Jackpot for Sunday, September 1 is €4,900. 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 lost a low-scoring IFC Group Two game at home to Castleblayney last Saturday. Points by Michael Galligan and Dean Doherty kept us in touch in the first half, but we trailed by 0-7 to 0-4 at the interval. Conor McCrystal, Dylan McKenna and Michael were on target during the second half, but Blayney held on to win by 0-10 to 0-8. Our penultimate group game is away to Carrickmacross on Sunday week, September 8.
Team and scorers: Daragh Croarkin; Shane Moran, Jake McConnon, Gary Devlin; Kevin Moran, Aodhán Óg McAnespie, Kevin Loughran; Lochlainn Power, Dylan McKenna (0-1); Oisín Fagan, Conor McCrystal (Capt., 0-2), Senan Cudden; Dean Doherty (0-1); Michael Galligan (0-4f), Luke McManus.
Subs used: Seán Callan; Neil McAdam; Tiarnán O'Rourke; Thomas Croarkin.
Minors: Our minor Division One team fell short in their first championship game away to Scotstown on Monday. After an even start, a couple of black cards proved costly as Scotstown went on to hit two goals to lead by 2-6 to 0-5 at half-time. John McCrystal netted a penalty after the restart as our lads put the pressure on, but Scotstown pulled away again during the final quarter. Round two of the group stage is at home to Carrickmacross on Saturday week, September 7.
Team and scorers: Jack Kierans; John Sherry, Dáire McKenna, Shay Lambe; Mark Lynch, Shea Corrigan, Daniel Alexis; Orrin Doherty, Kyle Lavery; Oisín Brannigan (0-1), Jack Lynch (0-1), Eoin Sheridan (0-2, 1f); Dara Mullin (0-1); John McCrystal (1-2, 1-0 pen, 0-1f), Josh Cassidy (0-1).
Subs used: Ethan McCaffrey; Dónal Moran; Shane McGarry; Daithí Devlin.
U-14: Our U-14 Division 5A team's championship semi-final away to Inniskeen has been set for this Saturday at 12 noon. Good luck to all involved.
U-12: Our U-12 Division One team had a good win over Inniskeen last Thursday.
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.
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.
