Fixtures: Saturday, April 22: RFL Division 3B v Truagh (Away) at 4.30pm
Sunday, April 23: IFL v Clones (Away) at 2pm
Monaghan Harps Lotto: The numbers for last Sunday's draw were 15, 17, 20 and 22. Jackpot of €1,900 not won. This week's four €40 lucky-dip prize winners were: Pat McElvaney c/o Eileen McElvaney (Ladies' Club); Paudge Connolly c/o himself; Séamus McEntee c/o Paddy Donnelly; and Pat Arthurs c/o ClubZap. The sellers' prize of €20 was won by Sheila Treanor. Jackpot for Sunday, April 23 is €2,000. 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.
Ulster Schools' All-Star: Congratulations to Luke McManus on his Ulster Schools' GAA All-Star award. A great achievement by Luke and a proud day for his family and his club; lean ar aghaidh!
Monaghan Harps Juvenile Club Clothes Collection: This takes place this Saturday, April 22 (10am-2pm) @ the Harps grounds.
Collecting: All types of clothing, shoes, bedding, curtains, handbags. No duvets or pillows.
IFL: Our Intermediate Football League campaign began with a home game against Castleblayney on Tuesday evening. After a slow start, our lads worked their way into the game, with points from Conor McCrystal, Michael Galligan, Evan Doherty and Neil McAdam seeing us lead by 0-7 to 0-6 at half-time. We retained a slender lead for most of the second half, with Niall Greenan and Michael on target, but Blayney finished strongly to grab both points on a scoreline of 0-12 to 0-11. Well done to Seán Callan on making his debut at this level. We travel to Clones this Sunday for a 2pm throw-in. All support welcome!
Team and scorers: Conor Callan; Jake McConnon, Thomas Croarkin, Gary Devlin; Nicholas Scott, Aodhán Óg McAnespie, Dean Doherty; Tiarnán O'Rourke, Neil McAdam (0-1f); Shane McMahon, Conor McCrystal (0-2), Niall Greenan (0-1); Michael Galligan (0-5f), Evan Doherty (0-2, 1f, 1m), Luke McManus.
Subs used: Seán Callan; Kevin Moran; Lochlainn Power; Shea Swift.
Reserves: Our RFL Division 3B team are away to Truagh this Saturday at 4.30pm.
Scór: Bualadh bos to Dearbhla Marron for representing club and county in last Saturday's Ulster Scór na nÓg final. Well done also to Aoibhinn Craven, who sang Amhrán na bhFiann in Threemilehouse.
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 will continue each Saturday morning from 10-11am. Thanks to everyone involved.
U-15: Our U-15s had a good win away to Aghabog on Monday and are on the road again to face Truagh this evening (Thursday) at 7.30pm.
U-13: Our U-13s continued the Spring League with a busy Saturday which featured games away to both Inniskeen and Doohamlet.
Juvenile presentation/seisiún ceoil: CCÉ Baile Mhuineacháin's next monthly session in our clubhouse will be on Sunday week, April 30. This will also be the night of our juvenile presentation, so please take note of the date.
Congratulations: To Gary White and Eileen McKenna on their wedding last Friday. Best wishes for the future from everyone at the Harps!
County: Well done to Kevin Loughran and the Monaghan senior footballers on their thrilling win over Tyrone in the Ulster SFC last Sunday and to the minors who kept their winning form going against Fermanagh on Saturday. Hard luck to Daragh Croarkin and Monaghan's U-20 footballers, who bowed out at the Ulster semi-final stage.
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.
DIL: Darkness Into Light returns to Monaghan Town in the early hours of May 6, with registration now open.
Health and well-being activities: Monaghan Sports Partnership have kindly funded some additional health and well-being activities for the club. We are currently hosting a range of activities. Booking is essential as places are limited and some classes are already full. Pilates and Mindfulness are adult-only. See our social media for more details; please contact Úna Forde to book your place.
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.
