Fixtures: Thursday, July 20: RFL Division 3B v Latton (Home) at 8pm
Saturday, July 22: U-13 FC Division One v Donaghmoyne (Away) at 11am
Sunday, July 23: U-17 FL Division One v Emyvale (Away) at 12.30pm; U-13 FC Division Five v Tyholland (Home) at 1pm
Monday, July 24: U-13 HL v Castleblayney (Home) at 7pm
Tuesday, July 25: IFL v Toome (Away) at 7.30pm
Wednesday, July 26: SHC v Truagh (Home) at 8pm
Monaghan Harps Lotto: The numbers for last Sunday's draw were 8, 17, 21 and 22. Jackpot of €3,200 not won. This week's four €40 lucky-dip prize winners were: Marian O'Brien c/o Matt McCaughey; Mary McRory c/o Paddy Donnelly; Ryan McAree c/o Dee Sheridan; and Ógie Callan c/o ClubZap. The sellers' prize of €20 was won by Kevin Treanor. Jackpot for Sunday, July 23 is €3,300. Thanks to everyone for their continued support for our lotto, which plays an integral part for the club and is funding our current development works. Please note that the cut-off point for ClubZap each week is 6pm on Sunday.
Pitch Development Raffle: The Monaghan Harps Pitch Development Raffle and Summer BBQ will be held on Saturday week, July 29, in our clubhouse. Come join us for a night of fun, filled with games, GAA challenges, mini quizzes, food, the raffle draw and a night of dancing with DJ Dick Clerkin. Bar will be open from 6pm.
There are loads of exciting prizes to be won including: €600 voucher for Galgorm Resort; €300 voucher for Farnham Estate; €200 voucher for MacNean House & Restaurant; €150 voucher for Mono Furniture; Kerstace Haircare Hamper (worth €150); Fourball for Concra Wood Golf Club; Fourball for Rossmore Golf Club. Other prizes include restaurant vouchers, golf lessons, UCAA classes, portrait, google speaker and signed Monaghan jersey from the All-Ireland winning Lory Meagher team.
If you are interested in taking part in the raffle, please follow the link online to purchase a ticket or contact Jack Lee, Adrian Dalton, Julie Brannigan, Brenda McConnon, Emma Clerkin, Antonia Mallen or Brian Clerkin.
Ógie Ó Dufaigh: We keep the Ó Dufaigh family in our thoughts, two years after the tragic loss of Ógie, whose anniversary mass will be held on Saturday, July 22, at 10am in St. Joseph's.
County: Hard luck to Kevin Loughran and the county senior men on their narrow loss in last Saturday's All-Ireland SFC semi-final. Well done to Kevin and the panel and management team, who also included Jack Brogan, James Greenan and Ronan McGann, for their efforts all year.
IFL: We have an important game away to Toome in the Intermediate Football League play-offs next Tuesday night. All support welcome!
Registration: Thanks to everyone who has renewed their membership for 2023. We ask all playing members and parents of juveniles to check if they have paid their fees for this season.
Summer camp: Our own in-house summer camp is set to return this year from August 21-25. More details to follow.
Reserves: We saw out the group stage of the RFL Division 1A with a 0-11 apiece draw away to Scotstown on Tuesday. Despite points from Luke McManus, Evan Doherty and Conor Callan keeping us in touch early on, we trailed by 0-9 to 0-3 by the end of the first half. A much-improved second-half performance saw Shane McMahon, Conor Callan, Gary Devlin, Gary White, Eoin O'Hanlon and Dylan McKenna eventually edge us a point ahead late on, only for Scotstown to reply in time to salvage a draw. It left us in a three-way tie for third place, but it wasn't enough to qualify for the semi-final.
Thanks to the players and to Peter Coyle, Aodhán Óg McAnespie, Conor Devlin and James Greenan for their efforts this season.
Team and scorers: Conor Callan (0-3, 2f, 1 '45); Conor Devlin, Liam Conway, Oisín Fagan; Mark Clerkin, Niall Greenan, Gary Devlin (0-1); Dylan McKenna (0-1), Gary White (0-1); Dónal Hahessy, Shane McMahon (0-2f), Michael McMorrow; Luke McManus (0-1), Evan Doherty (0-1f), Eoin O'Hanlon (0-1).
Subs used: Jamie Shields; Liam Hahessy; Seán Callan.
U-17: Our minor teams had mixed fortunes against Scotstown last week, losing the long-awaited Division One league opener on Sunday, before winning the Division Four clash on Tuesday. The Division One league continues with an away game against Emyvale this Sunday.
U-15: Our U-15s secured a place in the Division Two League Final with a hard-earned win at home to Rockcorry last Thursday. Rockcorry took the game right down to the wire, but a Josh Cassidy goal helped us get over the line on a scoreline of 1-12 to 2-7. We will face either Truagh or Tyholland in the final, which is scheduled for Thursday week, July 27.
Team and scorers: Alex Flynn; Ruairí Smyth, Conor Farmer (Joint-Capt.); Andrew McKenna, Charlie O'Brien, Odhrán Kelly; Kyle Lavery (0-5, 3f), Josh Cassidy (1-4); Joseph O'Neill, Joe Gunn (Joint-Capt., 0-1), Cayden McDonnell; Rhys Coyle, Lewis Duffy (0-2).
Subs used: Jake Cassidy; Seán Lambe; Ethan Grant.
U-13: Our U-13 teams have a busy weekend, travelling to Donaghmoyne for a Division One game on Saturday, before hosting Tyholland in Division Five on Sunday.
High-vis jackets: We ask club members to please check if they have any of the high-vis jackets with Monaghan Harps on the back and to please return them to the club. GRMA.
Saturday-morning coaching: Our juvenile Gaelic football coaching for 4-9-year-olds continues each Saturday morning from 10-11am. Thanks to everyone involved.
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.
