Fixtures: Sunday, July 16: U-17 FL Division One v Scotstown (Home) at 12pm
Monday, July 17: U-13 HL v Carrickmacross (Away) at 7pm
Tuesday, July 18: RFL Division 1A v Scotstown (Away) at 8pm; U-17 FL Division Four v Scotstown (Home) at 7.30pm
Wednesday, July 19: SHC v Carrickmacross (Away) at 8pm; U-15 HL v Castleblayney (Home) at 7pm
County: Hard luck to Ethan McCaffrey, Jack and Mark Lynch, John McCrystal, Shea Corrigan, selector Adrian Gunn and the Monaghan minor footballers on their loss in last Sunday's All-Ireland MFC Final. The lads have represented club and county proudly throughout a superb season, well done to everyone involved. Best of luck to Kevin Loughran and the county senior men in Saturday's All-Ireland SFC semi-final v Dublin.
Monaghan Harps Lotto: The numbers for last Sunday's draw were 10, 17, 20 and 30. Jackpot of €3,100 not won. This week's four €40 lucky-dip prize winners were: Arthur Sherry c/o Kevin Treanor; Mary Maguire c/o ClubZap; Gavin McKernan c/o Kevin Treanor; and Dáire McKenna c/o Joe Finlay (Hurling Club). The sellers' prize of €20 was won by Paudge Connolly. Jackpot for Sunday, July 16 is €3,200. 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.
Pitch Development Raffle: All sections of Monaghan Harps are joining forces to organising a fundraising raffle for the development of our pitches. There are loads of exciting prizes to be won including: €600 voucher for Galgorm Resort; €300 voucher for Farnham Estate; €200 voucher for MacNean House & Restaurant; €150 voucher for Mono Furniture; Kerstace Haircare Hamper (worth €150); Fourball for Concra Wood Golf Club; Fourball for Rossmore Golf Club. Other prizes include restaurant vouchers, golf lessons, UCAA classes, portrait, google speaker and signed Monaghan jersey from the All-Ireland winning Lory Meagher team.
If you are interested in taking part in the raffle, please follow the link online to purchase a ticket or contact Jack Lee, Adrian Dalton, Julie Brannigan, Brenda McConnon, Emma Clerkin, Antonia Mallen or Brian Clerkin.
Registration: Thanks to everyone who has renewed their membership for 2023. We ask all playing members and parents of juveniles to check if they have paid their fees for this season.
Summer camps: Our own in-house summer camp is set to return this year from August 21-25. More details to follow.
IFL: We had a high-scoring win at home to Emyvale in the Intermediate Football League last Saturday. Goals by Michael Galligan and Lochlainn Power helped keep us in touch in a first half that finished level at 2-5 to 1-8. Emyvale went three points up five minutes inro the second half, but a strong finish to the game saw scores from Daragh Croarkin, Dylan McKenna, Luke, Michael, Liam Hahessy and Gary White earn us a 3-15 to 2-11 win. Well done to Mark Clerkin for making his IFL debut.
Team and scorers: Daragh Croarkin (1-2, 1-1f, 0-1 '45); Gary Devlin, Kevin Moran, Oisín Fagan; Nathan Lavery, Aodhán Óg McAnespie (Capt.), David Lowry; Dylan McKenna (0-1), Lochlainn Power (1-0); Shane McMahon, Luke McManus (0-2), Michael McMorrow; Gary White (0-2), Evan Doherty, Michael Galligan (1-7, 1-0 pen, 0-3f).
Subs used: Mark Clerkin; Liam Hahessy (0-1); Shea Swift; Conor Devlin.
Our next game is a play-off away to Toome, which is scheduled for Tuesday week, July 25.
Reserves: We had a hard-earned win at home to Latton in the RFL Division 1A on Tuesday night. Points by Luke McManus, Evan Doherty and Terence McDonald had us on level terms at half-time on a scoreline of 1-3 to 0-6. Luke added 1-1 to his tally during the second half, while Dónal Hahessy also added his name to the scoresheet, before a late goal by Eoin O'Hanlon sealed a 2-8 to 1-6 win. We wish David Lowry a full and speedy recovery from the nasty injury he suffered during this game.
Team and scorers: Dylan McAree; Conor Devlin, Liam Conway, Oisín Fagan; Mark Clerkin, Gary Devlin, David Lowry; Dylan McKenna, Shane McMahon; Dónal Hahessy (0-1), Niall Greenan (Capt.), Terence McDonald (0-1); Luke McManus (1-3, 0-1f), Evan Doherty (0-3, 2f), Eoin O'Hanlon (1-0).
Subs used: Jamie Shields; Liam Hahessy.
We will bid to secure a semi-final place in next Tuesday's game away to Scotstown.
U-17: Our minors have a busy week, starting with their long-awaited Division One opener at home to Scotstown on Sunday at 12 noon. Our Division Four team also host Scotstown on Tuesday evening. Good luck to all involved.
U-15: Our U-15s are through to the Division Two League final after a hard-earned win at home to Rockcorry on Thursday.
U-13: Hard luck to our U-13 Division One team, who lost out to Castleblayney in their Shield Final at Tyholland last Saturday. A competitive first half saw our lads earn plenty of possession, but although Daimhin Brett, Calum McCaffrey and Gabriel Cunningham were on target, we trailed by the narrowest of margins at the break (0-4 to 1-2). A Calum McCaffrey goal and some fine saves by Daniel Treanor helped edge us ahead, but Blayney eventually found their way through for a brace of goals that would prove decisive. Good luck to everyone involved for the rest of the season.
Panel: Daniel Treanor; Tristan Brannigan, Noah Connolly; Gabriel Cunningham (Capt., 0-2, 1f), Liam Ginley, Ronan O'Reilly; Daimhin Brett (0-2, 1f), Calum McCaffrey (1-1); Conall McGinnity (0-1f), Daithí Graham, Darragh Garvey; Finn Brennan, Séadanta Ó Grianna; Cillian McGinnity, Tom Neeson, Evan McGarry, Ryan Lynch, Callum McCullagh, Odhrán Mac Cinna.
High-vis jackets: We ask club members to please check if they have any of the high-vis jackets with Monaghan Harps on the back and to please return them to the club. GRMA.
Saturday-morning coaching: Our juvenile Gaelic football coaching for 4-9-year-olds continues each Saturday morning from 10-11am. Thanks to our county minor contingent of Ethan, Jack, Mark, John and Shea for attending last week's session and for their
Instagram: Our official Instagram page is up and running, head over and give us a follow. https://instagram.com/monaghanharpsgfc?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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.
