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Club notes (June 5, 2025)

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Fixtures: Friday, June 6: IFL v Castleblayney (Away) at 8pm; U-12 FL Division Five v Carrickmacross (Home) at 7pm

Saturday, June 7: U-14 FL Division One Shield v Inniskeen (Home) at 11am; U-12 FL Division One v Truagh (Away) at 11am; U-12 FL Division Seven v Truagh (Away) at 12pm

Sunday, June 8: RFL Division 3B v Donaghmoyne (Away) at 12.30pm; U-14 FL Division 5A v Scotstown (Home) at 11am

Tuesday, June 10: U-14 FL Division 6A Shield Final v Oram at 7pm

Wednesday, June 11: SHL v Carrickmacross (Away) at 8pm; U-12 HL v Castleblayney (Away) at 7.30pm

 

Monaghan Harps Lotto: The numbers for last Sunday's draw were 3, 4, 13 and 30. Jackpot of €4,500 not won. This week's four €40 lucky-dip prize winners were: Enda O'Brien c/o Séamus Treanor; Gary McEnaney c/o Séamus Treanor; Lorcan, Rían & Fíadh Donnelly c/o Rose Donnelly; and Patrick Corrigan (Corduff) c/o Rose Donnelly. The sellers' prize of €20 was won by Dermot Coyle. Jackpot for Sunday, June 8 is €4,600. Thanks to everyone for continuing to support our Lotto and to the committee and the regular helpers for their efforts in keeping the show on the road and providing essential funding towards our development work over the last three decades. We would greatly appreciate if every family involved in the club would consider setting up a recurring Lotto entry via ClubZap. Please note that the cut-off point for ClubZap each week is 6pm on Sunday.

 

Meeting: The club's monthly meeting for June takes place tonight (Thursday) in the clubhouse at 8pm.

 

IFL: We are away to Castleblayney in the Intermediate Football League tomorrow night (Friday) at 8pm. All support welcome.

 

Reserves: A busy week for our Reserve Division 1B team started with a loss at home to Corduff on Friday. The lads returned to winning ways with the help of a strong start v Aughnamullen on Tuesday, hitting five goals in all through Francis Lynch, Eoin O'Hanlon, Orrin Doherty, Liam Hahessy and Kevin Moran. Well done to Orrin, Shea Corrigan, Mark Lynch and Kyle Murray on their RFL debuts over the last week.

Team and scorers v Corduff: Oisín Reilly; Shane Moran, Jamie Shields, Max Mallen; Mark Clerkin, Oisín Fagan (Capt., 0-1), Eoin O'Hanlon (0-3); Kevin Moran (0-1), Senan Cudden; Dara Mullin (0-1), Niall Greenan, Shea Swift; Cian Bradley (1-2), Evan Doherty, Francis Lynch (0-2, 1f).

Subs used: Liam Hahessy; Luke Coyle (0-1); Ali Galligan; Gregory O'Connell; Kyle Murray.

Team and scorers v Aughnamullen: Oisín Reilly; Mark Clerkin, Liam Conway, Max Mallen; Gregory O'Connell, Oisín Fagan (Capt.), Shane Moran (0-1); Shea Corrigan, Orrin Doherty (1-0); Cian Bradley (0-1), Senan Cudden, Mark Lynch; Liam Hahessy (1-1), Eoin O'Hanlon (1-3, 1 2-pt), Francis Lynch (1-1).

Subs used: Kevin Moran (1-0); Jamie Shields; Evan Doherty; Ali Galligan.

 

Minors: The minor leagues are on an exam break until the first week in July.

 

U-16: Hard luck to our U-16 Division Two team, who fell short in last Thursday's Shield Final in Castleblayney. We opened the scoring through Calum McCaffrey, but scores were hard-earned for the rest of the first half, which ended up at 0-4 to 0-3 to Clontibret, with our points coming from Cayden McDonnell and Lewis Duffy. Goals by Calum, Rhys Coyle and Lewis kept our lads in touch during the second half, but Clontibret also found their scoring touch to win by 4-9 to 3-5.

Team and scorers: Daniel Treanor; Andrew McKenna (Capt.), Tristan Brannigan, Darragh Garvey; Charlie O'Brien, Cillian McKenna, Cayden McDonnell (0-1); Lewis Duffy (1-2, 1-0 pen, 0-1f), Gabriel Cunningham; Liam Ginley, Kyron Coughlan, Conor O'Neill; Rhys Coyle (1-0), Calum McCaffrey (1-2), Séadanta Ó Grianna.

Subs used: Moustapha Mbaye; Daithí Graham; Ryan Lynch.

Panel: Odhrán Mac Cinna, Seán Lambe, Cormac O'Gara, Noah Connolly, Ethan Grant, Dara McKenna, Matthew Craven, Finn Brennan, Jaime Torija, Rafa Mesas, Leon Brooker, Odhrán Kelly.

Congratulations to our Division Five side who won their Shield Final v Donaghmoyne in Drumhowan last Wednesday.

 

U-14: Our U-14s had a good win away to Donaghmoyne in the Division One Shield last Saturday. Next up is a home game v Inniskeen this Saturday. Our Division 5A side host Scotstown on Sunday for an 11am throw-in. The Division 6A lads face Oram in the Shield Final, which is due to be played on Tuesday evening (venue TBC). Good luck to everyone involved. Please check online to confirm fixtures.

 

U-12: Our U-12s have a busy weekend, hosting Carrickmacross in Division Five tomorrow evening (Friday) and contesting a double-header away to Truagh on Saturday morning.

 

Scór: Spraoi Scór takes place this month (Quiz on Thursday, June 12 & stage events on Saturday, June 15). Any primary-school children interested in representing the Harps can contact Jackie Reilly on 085 8588648.

 

Dates to remember: Our annual juvenile street collection is to take place on June 20/21. Our annual in-house summer camp is set for August 11-15. We have a major club fundraiser booked for December 5 (keep posted to club notes & social media for more information).

 

Juvenile coaching: Our Saturday-morning football coaching for our youngest juveniles continues weekly at 10am! To register a new or existing player, please log on to the Foireann app or www.foireann.ie.


Exams: Good luck to everyone beginning state exams this week. 

 

Club app: As well as offering an option to support our lotto, our 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.