Fixtures: Saturday, May 27: U-13 FL Division One v Magheracloone (Away) at 11am; U-13 FL Division Five v Magheracloone (Away) at 12.30pm
Sunday, May 28: IFL v Killanny (Home) at 2pm; RFL Division 3B v Inniskeen (Home) at 5pm
Tuesday, May 30: U-13 FL Division One v Castleblayney (Home) at 7.30pm
Wednesday, May 31: U-13 FL Division Five v Tyholland (Home) at 7.30pm
Monaghan Harps Lotto: The numbers for last Sunday's draw were 2, 8, 26 and 30. Jackpot of €2,400 not won. This week's four €40 lucky-dip prize winners were: Eimear McKenna c/o ClubZap; Finnian Finlay c/o Joe Finlay (Hurling Club); Josephine Kane c/o Matt McCaughey; and William Graham c/o ClubZap. The sellers' prize of €20 was won by Eileen Morgan. Jackpot for Sunday, May 28 is €2,500. 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.
Eddie Scott RIP: Cumann Cláirsigh Mhuineacháin CLG express sympathies to the Scott family on the passing of Eddie. The Scott family are part of the fabric of Monaghan Harps Club and Eddie's long-standing involvement saw him become one of our Honorary Presidents. Our thoughts and prayers are with Helen, Damien, Dan, Martin, Shane, Gareth, Nicholas and their wives and children at this difficult time. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
IFL: We host Killanny in the Intermediate Football League this Sunday at 2pm. All support welcome!
County: Good luck to all the county teams in action this week, including Ethan, Jack, Mark, John, Shea and the Monaghan minor footballers in Saturday's Ulster MFC Final v Derry in Armagh.
Reserves: A busy few days for our reserves started with an O'Duffy Cup quarter-final away to Corduff last Saturday. We had nine players on the scoresheet (Luke McManus, Eoin O'Hanlon, Jake McConnon, Gary Devlin, Kevin Moran, Dylan McKenna, Michael McMorrow, Gary White and Evan Doherty) in a game where we led for long spells, only to let Corduff back into the game to force extra-time on a scoreline of 0-15 to 1-12. It remained tight throughout the extra 20 minutes, but Corduff hit a second goal to go through by 2-14 to 0-18.
Team and scorers: Conor Callan; Jamie Shields, Jake McConnon (0-2), Oisín Fagan; Gary Devlin (0-1), David Lowry, Kevin Moran (0-1); Dylan McKenna (0-1), Shane McMahon; Michael McMorrow (0-1), Luke McManus (0-8, 6f), Max Mallen; Gary White (0-1), Evan Doherty (0-1), Eoin O'Hanlon (0-2).
Subs used: Shea Swift; Liam Conway; Dónal Hahessy; Niall Greenan.
We returned to RFL Division 1A duty at home to Scotstown on Tuesday night. Goals by Michael McMorrow and Evan Doherty, with Shane McMahon and Eoin O'Hanlon also on target, put us in the driving seat and although Scotstown closed the gap by half-time, we changed ends leading by 2-6 to 1-6. Scotstown drew level during the second half, but a goal by Eoin and points from Conor Callan and Luke McManus helped us secure a much-needed win by 3-9 to 1-13.
Team and scorers: Conor Callan (0-1f); Jamie Shields, Jake McConnon, Oisín Fagan; Mark Clerkin, David Lowry (Capt.), Gary Devlin; Dylan McKenna, Gary White; Shea Swift, Shane McMahon (0-3f), Michael McMorrow (1-1); Luke McManus (0-1f), Evan Doherty (1-0), Eoin O'Hanlon (1-3).
Subs used: Dean Fanning; Liam Conway; Dónal Hahessy.
U-17: Our minors have been preparing diligently for the long-awaited start of the U-17 Leagues, which will get underway in just under a month's time. We have entered two teams, who will compete in Divisions One and Four.
U-15: Our U-15s had a hard-earned win at home to Aghabog last Thursday, with goals making the difference on the night. The lads now have a break from league games until June 22.
Team and scorers: Alex Flynn; Ruairí Smyth, Seán Lambe; Charlie O'Brien, Conor Farmer, Andrew McKenna; Kyle Lavery (0-1), Josh Cassidy (4-3); Joseph O'Neill (1-0), Joe Gunn, Deagan Doherty (Capt., 0-1); Rhys Coyle, Lewis Duffy (2-0).
Subs used: Cayden McDonnell (0-1); Odhrán Kelly; James Cunningham (0-1); Ethan Grant; Caolán Conlon.
U-13: Our U-13s have a busy week ahead of them, starting with a double-header away to Magheracloone on Saturday at 11am and 12.30pm. That is followed by home games against Castleblayney in Division One on Tuesday and Tyholland in Division Five on Wednesday.
Scór: The Spraoi Scór Tráth na gCeist (primary-schools age-group) takes place in Castleblayney on Thursday, June 15. Anyone eligible who is interested in representing the Harps can contact Jackie Reilly on 085 8588648.
Instagram: Our official Instagram page is up and running, head over and give us a follow. https://instagram.com/monaghanharpsgfc?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Saturday-morning coaching: Our juvenile Gaelic football coaching for 4-9-year-olds has resumed for 2023 and continues each Saturday morning from 10-11am. Thanks to everyone involved.
Registration: Thanks to everyone who has renewed their membership for 2023 so far: your continued support is appreciated. GRMA to our registrar Kevin Treanor for his efforts.
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.
