Fixtures: Saturday, March 30: U-14 FL Division One v Tyholland (Away) at 11am
Sunday, March 31: RFL Division 1A v Donaghmoyne (Home) at 1pm; U-14 FL Division 5A v Inniskeen (Away) at 11am
Monday, April 1: U-14 FL Division 5B v Truagh (Home) at 6pm
Monaghan Harps Lotto: The numbers for last Sunday's draw were 2, 14, 18 and 25. Jackpot of €2,600 not won. This week's four €40 lucky-dip prize winners were: Éanna Finlay c/o ClubZap; Senior Footballers c/o Dinner Ladies; Ann Horgan c/o Matt McCaughey; and William Graham c/o ClubZap. The sellers' prize of €20 was won by Ann Treanor. Jackpot for Sunday, March 31 is €2,700. 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.
Lá na gClub: Easter Monday sees the return of the GAA's Lá na gClub initiative. We host a family treasure at 2.30pm, followed by Easter celebrations in the clubhouse. Everyone welcome. Please register your interest at: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSdyZ47fHyfER8.../viewform
Spring Clean: Thanks to everyone who came down last Saturday morning to help out with our big spring clean. It was great to see such a mix of juvenile and adult club members getting stuck in and working together to improve the club's facilities.
Juvenile coaching: We are delighted to announce the return of our Saturday-morning football coaching for our youngest juveniles for 2024! Training starts back on Saturday week, April 6, at 10am in Gavan Duffy. To register a new or existing player, please log on to the Foireann app or www.foireann.ie. We look forward to welcoming all the boys and girls back and hope to see plenty of new faces!
Reserves: We host Donaghmoyne in the RFL Division 1A this Sunday at 1pm.
U-14: Another busy weekend for our U-14 teams starts tomorrow (Saturday) with a Division One game in Tyholland. The Division 5A lads are in Inniskeen on Sunday, with both of those games throwing in at 11am. Our Division 5B game at home to Truagh has been rescheduled for Monday at 6pm.
League start dates: The Intermediate Football League is due to start on Sunday, April 14, with an away game against Magheracloone. The Reserve Football League Division 3A is scheduled to get underway on the same weekend. The minor and U-16 leagues are both due to start next week: April 2 and April 4.
Benefit night: Bualadh bos mór to everyone involved in last Saturday's benefit night in aid of Monaghan Town man and Harps supporter Seamus Soraghan. All funds raised will go towards assisting Jazz's mobility needs. This event was very well supported by the Monaghan Harps community.
After-school programme: Thanks to everyone involved in our five-week after-school Gaelic Football coaching programme at St. Mary's Boys' National School, in partnership with Monaghan GAA Coaching and Games. This initiative was highlighted in the match programme for last weekend's Monaghan v Mayo NFL game.
Sympathy: Cumann Cláirsigh Mhuineacháin wish to express sincere sympathies to the O'Donoghue family on the passing of Maureen. We keep them in our thoughts and prayers at this difficult time. We also send condolences to the Prunty family in Threemilehouse on the passing of John Prunty. John's son Noel is one of our coaches and his grandson Patrick is part of our U-10 panel. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a n-anamacha.
County: Good luck to all the county teams in action this week, especially to our Harps representatives.
Scór: Well done to all our club representatives in the recent Scór competitions.
Registration: Thanks to everyone who has renewed their membership for 2024 so far: your continued support is appreciated. GRMA to our new registrar Claire Ní Dhufaigh for her efforts. It is essential that all players at each grade are registered ASAP. Please note that members must also be paid up by the end of March to be entitled to vote at the club's AGM. Míle buíochas.
Stress Control: As part of the Healthy Ireland initiative the HSE are running a free six-week stress control programme. If you are interested, please log onto www.stresscontrol.ie to view the first session.
Gaelic4Mothers&Others: Monaghan Harps Ladies are organising a Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others programme, which is due to start in April/May. See the poster on the Harps Ladies social media for more details.
Camps: Ever thought about becoming a Coach at Monaghan GAA Easter Camps or Kellogg's Ireland Cúl Camps? See our social media for more information.
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.
