Fixtures: Thursday, May 16: U-16 FL Division One Shield v Truagh (Home) at 7.30pm; DHL v Carrickmacross (Home) at 8pm
Friday, May 17: RFC O'Duffy Cup v Aughnamullen (Away) at 7.45pm; MFL Division Five v Castleblayney (Away) at 7.30pm; U-14 FL Division 5A Play-Off v Magheracloone (Away) at 7.30pm
Saturday, May 18: U-14 FL Division One v Scotstown (Home) at 12pm
Monday, May 20: DHL v Clontibret (Home) at 8pm
Tuesday, May 21: MFL Division One v Carrickmacross (Home) at 7.30pm
Wednesday, May 22: RFL Division 1A v Magheracloone (Away) at 8pm
Monaghan Harps Lotto: The numbers for last Sunday's draw were 2, 3, 21 and 23. Jackpot of €3,300 not won. This week's four €40 lucky-dip prize winners were: Bernie Corrigan c/o Paddy Donnelly; Mary Coyle c/o Fiona Sherry; Dermot Coyle c/o herself; and Gráinne McKenna c/o Maria McKenna. The sellers' prize of €20 was won by Paddy Donnelly. Jackpot for Sunday, May 12 is €3,400. 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.
DIL: Darkness Into Light, the annual fundraiser for Pieta House, brought a big crowd out and about in ideal conditions early last Saturday morning. As ever, our club members rowed in behind the event, supporting the committee chaired by Seán McKenna. Thanks very much to everyone involved.
IFL: We fell just short in an entertaining Intermediate Football League game at home to Truagh last Saturday. Despite points from Michael Galligan, Cian Bradley and Dylan McKenna, we fell well behind in the first half, although Michael netted a penalty just before half-time to close the gap to 0-12 to 1-4. A much-improved second-half performance saw scores by Neil McAdam, Seán Callan, Luke McManus, Michael Galligan and Gary Devlin bring us back on level terms late on, but Truagh hit a late winner to make the final score 0-17 to 1-13. Our next game is away to Clones on Saturday week, May 25.
Team and scorers: Daragh Croarkin; Gary Devlin (0-1), David Lowry, Shane Moran; Kevin Moran, Seán Callan (0-1), Senan Cudden; Lochlainn Power, Dylan McKenna (0-1); Luke McManus (0-2), Conor McCrystal (Capt.), Cian Bradley (0-1); Liam Hahessy, Michael Galligan (1-4, 1-0 pen, 0-3f), Fionán Ó Gallchóir.
Subs used: Neil McAdam (0-3, 1f, 1 '45); Oisín Fagan; Nathan Lavery.
Reserves: We fell just short with a late rally at home to Killanny in the RFL Division 3B last Sunday. Despite some good points from Adam McGarry, we trailed by 2-6 to 0-4 at half-time and a third goal for Killanny increased the gap after the restart. Goals by Oisín Reilly and RFL debutants Josh Kelly and Mike Bradley helped us make a comeback in the final quarter, but we lost out by 3-9 to 3-8.
Team and scorers: Dylan McAree; Séadh Deeney, Gregory O'Connell (Capt.), Zach Mallen; Mike Bradley (1-0), Max Mallen, James Curley; John Mulligan, Adam McGarry (0-3); Jack Brogan, Ali Galligan, Josh Kelly (1-0, pen); Colm Shalvey (0-4, 2f), Oisín Reilly (1-1), Darren Smyth.
We are away to Aughnamullen in the first round of the O'Duffy Cup championship tomorrow night (Friday). The RFL Division 1A resumes next Wednesday with an away game against Magheracloone.
County: Hard luck to Shea Corrigan, Josh Cassidy, Mark Lynch and the Monaghan minor footballers, who exited the Ulster MFC last weekend. Good luck to Kevin Loughran, Daragh Croarkin, Jake McConnon and the county senior footballers as they begin their All-Ireland SFC group stage in Killarney this Saturday.
Minors: Our minor Division One team had a one-point win in a good contest away to Emyvale on Tuesday evening. The league continues with a home game against Carrickmacross next Tuesday. Our Division Five team are away to Castleblayney tomorrow night (Friday).
U-16: Our U-16s host Truagh in the first round of the Division One Shield this evening (Thursday).
U-14: Our U-14 Division 5B team won a high-scoring shoot-out in Donaghmoyne last Friday. Our Division One team host Scotstown in a rescheduled game this Saturday at 12 noon, while the Division 5A lads have a play-off away to Magheracloone tomorrow evening (Friday).
U-12: The U-12 Spring League games scheduled for this weekend have been postponed.
After-school programme: Following on from the success of our Easter after-school Gaelic Football coaching sessions at St. Mary's Boys' National School, we are running a further programme, in partnership with Monaghan GAA, until May 29. Thanks to everyone involved.
Juvenile coaching: We have been delighted to welcome our youngest juveniles for the return of our Saturday-morning football coaching over recent weeks. Thanks to everyone involved. 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.
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. Míle buíochas.
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.
