Fixtures: Thursday, May 8: U-16 FL Division Two v Tyholland (Home) at 7.30pm; DHL v Inniskeen (Away) at 8pm
Friday, May 9: IFL v Clones (Home) at 7.45pm
Saturday, May 10: U-14 FL Division One v Scotstown (Away) at 11am; U-14 FL Division 6A v Scotstown (Away) at 1pm
Sunday, May 11: RFL Division 3B v Castleblayney (Home) at 12.30pm; U-14 FL Division 5A v Magheracloone (Away) at 11am
Monday, May 12: U-14 Táin Óg v St. Fechin's (Home) at 7pm
Tuesday, May 13: MFL Division One v Scotstown (Away) at 7.30pm
Wednesday, May 14: RFL Division 1B v Clontibret (Away) at 8pm; U-16 FL Division Five v Inniskeen (Home) at 7.30pm
Monaghan Harps Lotto: The numbers for last Sunday's draw were 16, 18, 28 and 30. Jackpot of €4,100 not won. This week's four €40 lucky-dip prize winners were: Bobby Cauley c/o Rose Donnelly; Kevin Smyth c/o Rose Donnelly; Sinéad Toal c/o Jimmy Croarkin; and Aideen McEneaney c/o Paudge Connolly. The sellers' prize of €20 was won by Jim Dalton. Jackpot for Sunday, May 11 is €4,200. 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.
DIL: Monaghan Harps are proud to be the host for the Monaghan town Darkness into Light walk for the past 10 years. This year's walk takes place this Saturday morning, May 10, at 4.15am, leaving the Harps grounds for a beautiful 5k run/walk into the sunrise. You can register online now or on the night. In a change to previous years, the charge for the t-shirt is separate so please feel free to wear your old t-shirt or a yellow top. This fundraiser is essential to sustain Pieta house services in Monaghan town and surrounding areas.
IFL: We had a good win away to Doohamlet in the Intermediate Football League last Saturday. First-half goals from Kevin Loughran, Dara Mullin and Luke McManus helped us lead by 3-11 to 0-6, while Seán Callan, Dylan McKenna, Dean Doherty, Michael Galligan, Fionán Ó Gallchóir and Éimhín Morahan also contributed to our final tally of 4-19.
Team and scorers: Daragh Croarkin; Ethan McCaffrey, Kevin Moran, Jack Lynch; Gary Devlin, Seán Callan (0-1), Kevin Loughran (1-0); Lochlainn Power (Joint-Capt.), Dylan McKenna (0-4, 1 2-pt); Dara Mullin (1-3), Éimhín Morahan (Joint-Capt., 1-1, 0-1f), Dean Doherty (0-2); Michael Galligan (0-3, 1f), Luke McManus (1-3), Fionán Ó Gallchóir (0-2).
Subs used: Shane Moran; Nathan Lavery; Senan Cudden; Oisín Fagan; Cian Bradley.
We host Clones tomorrow night (Friday). All support welcome.
Meeting: The club's monthly meeting for May takes place tonight (Thursday) in the clubhouse at 8pm.
Reserves: We are due to host Castleblayney in the RFL Division 3B this Sunday, before playing away to Clontibret in Division 1B on Wednesday night.
Minors: Our minors continued their Division One league with a hard-earned win away to Clontibret on Tuesday, helped by goals early in either half from Deagan and Orrin Doherty.
Team and scorers: Alex Flynn; Shay Lambe, Dáire McKenna, Daithí Devlin; Conor Farmer, Daniel Alexis (0-1, '45), John Sherry; Shea Corrigan (Capt.), Orrin Doherty (1-0); Joe Gunn, Mark Lynch, Shane McGarry (0-2, 1f); Deagan Doherty (1-2), Oisín Brannigan, Eoin Sheridan (0-4, 2f).
Sub used: Lewis Duffy.
Next week's game is away to Scotstown.
U-16: Our U-16 Division Two team lost out to Emyvale last Thursday, while the Division Five lads were pipped by Magheracloone on Wednesday. The Division Two league continues at home to Tyholland tonight (Thursday). The Division Five lads were away to Scotstown last night and will host Inniskeen next Wednesday.
U-14: Our U-14s lost out to two strong Magheracloone sides in Saturday's double-header, before the Division 5A team managed a high-scoring win over Donaghmoyne on Sunday. All three teams are back in action this weekend, starting with a Division One and Division 6A double-bill in Scotstown on Saturday. The Division 5A lads travel to Magheracloone on Sunday for an 11am throw-in.
County: Hard luck to the Harps players and mentors and everyone involved with the county U-20 hurlers in the Andrew O'Neill Cup Final last Saturday. Good luck to the Monaghan U-20 and minor footballers in action this weekend.
Juvenile coaching: We are delighted to welcome the return of our Saturday-morning football coaching for our youngest juveniles for 2025! To register a new or existing player, please log on to the Foireann app or www.foireann.ie. Many thanks to Jack Brogan for hosting a very informative S&C Juvenile Workshop over the weekend, and also to the coaches who gave up their time to attend..
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.