Fixtures: Friday, June 24: RFL Division 1A v Scotstown (Away) at 8pm; U-17 FL Division 3B v Scotstown (Home) at 7.30pm
Saturday, June 25: U-13 FL Division Two S-F v Aughnamullen (Away) at 11am; U-13 FL Division Five v Inniskeen (Home) at 2.30pm
Monday, June 27: U-17 FL Division One v Truagh (Away) at 7.30pm
Tuesday, June 28: U-17 FL Division 3B v Castleblayney (Away) at 7.30pm
Monaghan Harps Lotto: The numbers for last Sunday's draw were 8, 20, 25 and 28. Jackpot of €2,100 not won. The four €40 lucky-dip prize winners were: Eddie Coyle c/o Dermot Coyle; Amy Sullivan c/o Barry Sullivan; Aidan Donnelly c/o Paddy Donnelly; and Luke Gillespie c/o Barry Sullivan. The sellers' prize of €20 was won by Séamus Treanor. Jackpot for Sunday, June 26 is €2,200. Thanks to everyone for their continued support for our lotto, which plays an integral part for the club. Please note that the cut-off point for ClubZap each week is 6pm on Sunday.
Flag Day: Our annual street collection takes place this Friday and Saturday from 10am to 6pm. This is normally a big fundraiser for the club and is especially needed this year with the redevelopment of the training areas. All help would be very much appreciated. Please contact Úna Forde on 087 6107329 if you can help at all or know of anyone available.
Seniors: We had two away games in a busy schedule in the Intermediate Football League last week, starting in Cremartin on Friday. Points by Éimhín Morahan, Michael Galligan, Lochlainn Power and Neil McAdam had us ahead early on, but Cremartin rallied to lead by 1-7 to 0-7 at half-time. We drew level with the first three points of the second half, only for Cremartin to find the net again in the 40th minute. Aodhán Óg McAnespie, Michael, Éimhín and a couple of long-range efforts by Neil brought us back on level terms late on, but Cremartin kicked a winner deep into added time to make the final score 2-11 to 0-16.
Team and scorers: Conor Callan; Jake McConnon, Aodhán Óg McAnespie (Capt., 0-1), Kevin Loughran; Nathan Lavery, Shane McMahon, Gary Devlin; Tiarnán O'Rourke, Dylan McKenna; Lochlainn Power (0-1), Neil McAdam (0-4, 1f, 1 '45), Shea Swift; Luke McManus, Michael Galligan (0-5, 3f), Éimhín Morahan (0-5, 2f).
Subs: Dean Doherty for McMahon; Nicholas Scott for Swift; Liam Conway for Lavery.
We then travelled to Blackhill on Tuesday, where a slow start left us facing a five-point deficit. Dylan McKenna, Shea Swift, Michael Galligan, Luke McManus, Éimhín Morahan and Oisín Fagan were on target as we got back into the game, trailing by 1-7 to 0-8 at the break. A Kevin Loughran goal edged us ahead for the first time and with Shane McMahon and Éimhín adding points, we increased our lead to three. Blackhill rallied to set up a tense finish, but late points from Dylan, Michael and Jake McConnon secured a hard-earned win on a scoreline of 1-14 to 1-11.
Team and scorers: Conor Callan; Nathan Lavery, Aodhán Óg McAnespie (Capt.), Liam Conway; Nicholas Scott, Kevin Loughran (1-0), Shane McMahon (0-1), Tiarnán O'Rourke, Dylan McKenna (0-2); Neil McAdam; Shea Swift (0-1), Michael Galligan (0-3, 2f), Lochlainn Power; Luke McManus (0-1), Éimhín Morahan (0-4, 1f).
Subs: Niall Greenan for O'Rourke (inj.); Oisín Fagan (0-1) for McAnespie (inj.); Jake McConnon (0-1) for Lavery; Dean Doherty for Greenan; Gary Devlin for Swift.
We host Tyholland in the penultimate round on Saturday week (July 2).
Pitch development: We are very happy that the work has begun, but in order to secure funding to complete additional works at Rooskey, we need people to subscribe to the monthly option for our lotto. This can be done by going into ClubZap, selecting club shop, play lotto online and finally selecting the €20 per month option. This will be a huge support to securing additional funding from Croke Park. I am aware that we all purchase weekly and at games etc., but it is the regular subscriptions that are needed as evidence of regular money coming into the club. Thanks in advance, Rose Donnelly 0860825782.
Men's Health Week: Our health & wellbeing committee partnered with Crocus Men's Den to host a major event to mark Men's Health Week in our clubhouse last Thursday. This was a very informative evening for a near-full house, where everyone in attendance learned plenty of valuable tips for physical and mental wellbeing. Thanks to our excellent speakers on the night: Dr. Vincent Brett, Stephen Dalton, Leslie Crawford, Kim Doherty and Martin Maguire. Congratulations are due to everyone involved, particularly our healthy club officers Úna Forde and Adrian Dalton.
Reserves: We are away to Scotstown in the final round of the RFL Division 1A tomorrow night (Friday).
U-19: Our U-19s will be back in action next week with games away to Magheracloone (Tuesday) and Emyvale (Thursday).
Minor: The U-17 Leagues return from the exam break with a busy schedule this week, starting tomorrow night (Friday) at home to Scotstown in Division 3B. Our Division One team are away to Truagh on Monday, before Division 3B continues with another away fixture v Castleblayney on Tuesday.
U-15: The U-15 Leagues are also on hiatus for exams, restarting next Thursday (June 30) with an away game in Clontibret.
U-13: Our U-13 Division Two hosted Aughnamullen last Saturday. Aughnamullen got off to a strong start to build up a lead. Our lads kept going and were rewarded with goals by Rhys Coyle, Lewis Duffy and Eoin Smith, but Aughnamullen's goal-scoring ability at the other end proved decisive on the day. Donaghmoyne proved too strong in Saturday's Division Five game. Our Division Two team face Aughnamullen again in an away semi-final this Saturday at 11am, with our Division Five side hosting Inniskeen at 2.30pm.
U-11: Well done to our U-11s, who hosted Magheracloone on Monday. Next up is a trip to Cloghan on Saturday week (July 2).
Sympathy: At the club's monthly meetings for May and June, votes of sympathy were passed to the families of Maura Clerkin, Lorcan Ronaghan and Margaret McCague. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha.
Scór: After great success in Scór na nÓg and Scór na bPaistí, next on the schedule is Scór Sinsir. Thanks to Jackie Reilly, Niamh Coyle and co. for all their efforts.
Online club shop: Thanks to everyone who ordered from our online PlayrFit club shop over the last couple of weeks. Orders will be sent out next month. Thanks to Mary White for helping to organise the club shop.
Cúl Camp: Save the dates for our 2022 Kellogg's Cúl Camp at Gavan Duffy Park: July 4-8. More information will be available soon.
