Fixtures: Thursday, July 11: SHL Shield Final v Clontibret (Away) at 7.45pm
Friday, July 12: IFL Q-F v Emyvale (Away) at 7.45pm
Saturday, July 13: U-12 FL Division One v Magheracloone (Away) at 12pm; U-12 FL Division Six v Rockcorry (Away) at 12pm
Sunday, July 14: RFL Division 3B v Killanny (Away) at 12pm; U-12 FL Division Four v Inniskeen (Home) at 11am
Monday, July 15: U-14 HL v Clontibret (Home) at 7.30pm
Tuesday, July 16: MFL Division One v Emyvale (Home) at 8pm
Wednesday, July 17: RFL Division 1A v Scotstown (Home) at 8pm
Monaghan Harps Lotto: The numbers for last Sunday's draw were 14, 16, 19 and 29. Jackpot of €4,100 not won. This week's four €40 lucky-dip prize winners were: Raymond McKenna c/o Marian O'Brien; James Creighan c/o McCarren's Bar; David Yau c/o Jim Dalton (Hurling Club); Shane McKenna c/o Kevin Treanor. The sellers' prize of €20 was won by Jim Dalton. Jackpot for Sunday, July 14 is €4,200. 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.
IFL: We lost away to Emyvale in the last round of the Intermediate Football League last Saturday. Scores from Michael Galligan, Luke McManus and Dean Doherty kept us in touch in the first half, but Emyvale pulled away to seal a 0-18 to 0-11 win that means we will head to the same venue for our IFL quarter-final tomorrow night (Friday) at 7.45pm. All support welcome.
Team and scorers: Nathan Lavery; Shane Moran, Thomas Croarkin, Kevin Moran; Dean Doherty (0-1), Aodhán Óg McAnespie, Senan Cudden; Dylan McKenna, Kevin Loughran; Oisín Fagan, Seán Callan (Capt.), Cian Bradley; Luke McManus (0-3), Neil McAdam, Michael Galligan (0-7, 4f).
Subs used: Fionán Ó Gallchóir; Shea Swift; Liam Conway.
SHL: Good luck to the Harps senior hurlers in their Shield Final away to Clontibret tonight (Thursday) at 7.45pm.
Summer camps: The Kellogg's GAA Cúl Camp returned to Gavan Duffy Park last week. Thanks to everyone who helped out during the week. Our own in-house summer camp will take place from August 12-16. More details to follow.
Last Man Standing: Our senior footballers' fundraising Last Man Standing competition for Euro 2024 is down to the final stages. Thanks to everyone who entered and good luck to the remaining competitors.
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.
IFC: We have been drawn along with Truagh, Carrickmacross, Castleblayney and Emyvale in Group Two of the McElvaney Recycling Intermediate Football Championship, which will begin on the weekend of August 10/11.
Reserves: We are away to Killanny in the RFL Division 3B this Sunday at 12 noon. We host Scotstown in Division 1A next Wednesday night.
Minors: Our minor Division One team took on Castleblayney on Tuesday evening. The league continues with a home game v Emyvale next Tuesday. Well done to the Division Five lads on a good win over Aughnamullen on Saturday.
U-16: Our U-16s are awaiting the start of their championship on Thursday week, July 18.
U-14: Our U-14 Division One team started their championship campaign with a win away to Scotstown last Sunday. Some fine scores by Calum McCaffrey, Gabriel Cunningham, Kyron Coughlan, Séadanta Ó Grianna and Dara McKenna helped our lads take a 0-15 to 1-6 lead in at half-time. A well-worked goal from Daimhin Brett kept us clear in the second half and although Scotstown battled back in the closing stages, our lads held on for a 1-19 to 3-12 win. We wish Noah Connolly a speedy recovery from his injury.
Team and scorers: Daniel Treanor; Matthew Duffy, Cillian McKenna; Evan McGarry, Tristan Brannigan, Liam Ginley; Gabriel Cunningham (0-4), Kyron Coughlan (0-1); Séadanta Ó Grianna (0-3), Calum McCaffrey (Capt., 0-9), Daimhin Brett (1-1); Dara McKenna (0-1), Darragh Garvey.
Subs used: Bobby O'Brien; Odhrán Mac Cinna.
Our Division 5B team lost out to Inniskeen on Friday. All three teams are due to be in action on the weekend of July 19-21.
U-12: Our U-12 teams have a busy weekend ahead, playing away to Magheracloone and Rockcorry on Saturday and at home to Inniskeen on Sunday.
Hurling Club Raffle Night: The Hurling Club hosted their annual draw last Saturday night in the clubhouse. The lucky winners were as follows: 1st (€400 Galgorm): Michelle Murphy; 2nd (€200 HomeStore): Ann McManus; 3rd (Rossmore 4-ball); Róisín Curran; 4th (Kérastase hair): Damien Morgan; 5th (€100 Batch Loaf): Elaine Cassidy; 6th (Google Speaker): Eimear McKenna; 7th (€50 Fro&Co): Aoife Finlay. Thanks to the raffle sponsors: Rossmore Golf Club, HomeStore & more; Dermot McMahon; Tír na nÓg and Fro&Co. GRMA also to everyone who bought a ticket; your support is greatly appreciated
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.
Gaelic4Mothers&Others: Well done to everyone involved in the Harps Ladies' Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others programme, which saw their first challenge match take place at home to St. Brigid's last Wednesday.
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.
