Fixtures: Saturday, September 23: U-15 FC Division Two v Tyholland (Home) at 12pm
Monday, September 25: U-17 FC Division Four Final v Scotstown in Emyvale at 7.30pm
Monaghan Harps Lotto: The numbers for last Sunday's draw were 8, 13, 21 and 22. Jackpot of €4,100 not won. This week's four €40 lucky-dip prize winners were: Brendan McMahon c/o Séamus Treanor; Pat O'Neill c/o Jim Dalton (Hurling Club); Kevin Treanor c/o Séamus Treanor; and Nicholas & Janice Treanor c/o Ann Treanor. The sellers' prize of €20 was won by Séamus Treanor. Jackpot for Sunday, September 24 is €4,200. 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.
IFC: Well done to our senior team on finishing top of Group Two of the Intermediate Football Championship after a hard-earned draw away to Castleblayney last Sunday. Michael Galligan, Conor McCrystal, Seán Callan and Neil McAdam were among our scorers in an up-and-down first half that ended with us trailing by 0-7 to 2-4. A goal for Blayney straight after the restart left us facing a six-point deficit, but a spirited comeback saw Dean Doherty and Michael Galligan hit the net to bring us back into it. Liam Hahessy and Michael added points late on as we drew level on a scoreline of 2-15 to 4-9 to remain unbeaten after a very competitive group campaign. We now progress to the semi-finals next month.
Team and scorers: Daragh Croarkin; Gary Devlin, Kevin Loughran, Jake McConnon; Dean Doherty (1-1), Aodhán Óg McAnespie (Capt.), Kevin Moran; Dylan McKenna, Neil McAdam (0-2, 1f); Seán Callan (0-1), Lochlainn Power, Michael McMorrow; Michael Galligan (1-8, 0-4f), Conor McCrystal (0-2), Luke McManus.
Subs used: Tiarnán O'Rourke; Thomas Croarkin; Liam Hahessy (0-1); Nicholas Scott.
U-11 blitz: We will be hosting an U-11/U-10 development blitz this Sunday, September 24, from 11am. Volunteers will be needed on the day to ensure everything runs smoothly. Please contact Dick Clerkin if you are available to lend a hand. Ahead of our blitz, we want to take the opportunity to thank our 'Skills Awards' sponsor, McDermotts Sports Centre. Dermot is generously sponsoring 12 individual sports items that will be awarded to a player after each game on Sunday. The winning players will be those who demonstrate the best application of the selected skill for each game. Thank you to Dermot for his continued support. We encourage everyone to support our local sponsors. GRMA.
Table quiz: Save the date for our fundraising table quiz on Friday, October 6. All support greatly appreciated; looking forward to seeing you all there!
U-17: Our U-17 Division One team lost out at home to Truagh in the championship last Saturday. A strong start by Truagh left our lads playing catch-up and even though a Mark Lynch goal and a string of points by John McCrystal kept us in touch, we were four down at half-time (1-6 to 1-10). Orrin Doherty and Jack Kierans added their names to the scoresheet, but we couldn't convert a couple of goal chances and Truagh went on to pull away again in the closing stages.
Team and scorers: Alex Flynn; Shay Lambe, Dónal Moran, John Sherry; Orrin Doherty (0-1), Shea Corrigan, Rhys McCaffrey; Ethan McCarron, Ethan McCaffrey (Capt.); Dara Mullin, Jack Kierans (0-1), Shane McGarry; Mark Lynch (1-0), Winston Onkeweke, John McCrystal (0-8, 7f).
Subs used: Kyle Lavery; Eoin Sheridan; Dáire McKenna; Daniel Alexis.
Good luck to our Division Four team in their championship final v Scotstown, which is scheduled to be played on Monday night in Emyvale at 7.30pm. Please support and note change of original venue!
U-15: Our U-15s host Tyholland in the last round of their Division Two championship group stage this Saturday at 12 noon. All support welcome!
Scór: Tráth na gCeist will take place in An Bhoth this evening (Thursday) at 8pm. Ádh mór to our two teams representing Cláirsigh Mhuineacháin. The Scór Sinsir County Final stage events will take place tomorrow night (Oíche Chultúir, Friday, September 22) in Tullycorbet Community Centre. Ádh mór to our representatives (music group, recitation and solo singing).
GoGames: We hosted the U-9 GoGames blitz last weekend. Teams from Scotstown, Clontibret and Donaghmoyne took part alongside our own U-9s. All the kids had a great day; thanks to all the coaches and parents for their hard work.
DIL: The cheque presentation to Pieta from this year's Darkness Into Light Monaghan took place last Wednesday night in our clubhouse. Sinéad from Pieta attended the presentation of this year's proceeds of almost €29,000. Well done to Seán McKenna, to all our club members involved and to the DIL Monaghan organisers.
Saturday-morning coaching: Our juvenile Gaelic football coaching for 4-9-year-olds continues for three more Saturday mornings from 10-11am, wrapping up for the year with our annual fun day and sponsored walk on October 7.
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.
