Fixtures: Thursday, May 1: U-16 FL Division Two v Emyvale (Away) at 7.30pm
Saturday, May 3: IFL v Doohamlet (Away) at 7pm; U-14 FL Division One v Magheracloone (Home) at 11am; U-14 FL Division 6A v Magheracloone (Away) at 1pm
Sunday, May 4: U-14 FL Division 5A v Donaghmoyne (Home) at 11am
Monday, May 5: U-14 Táin Óg v Na Piarsaigh (Home) at 7pm
Tuesday, May 6: MFL Division One v Clontibret (Away) at 7.30pm
Wednesday, May 7: U-16 FL Division Five v Scotstown (Away) at 7.30pm
Monaghan Harps Lotto: The numbers for last Sunday's draw were 2, 12, 17 and 30. Jackpot of €4,000 not won. This week's four €40 lucky-dip prize winners were: Brendan McMahon (Smithborough) c/o Séamus Treanor; Chrissie McAleer c/o Séamus Treanor; Bernie Corrigan c/o Paddy Donnelly; and Buadh Scott c/o Paddy Donnelly. The sellers' prize of €20 was won by Paudge Connolly. Jackpot for Sunday, May 4 is €4,100. 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.
IFL: We had a high-scoring win at home to Drumhowan in the Intermediate Football League last Saturday. Goals from Éimhín Morahan, Michael Galligan and Seán Callan helped us lead by 3-6 to 0-7 at half-time and even though we started the second half with 14 men, Luke McManus hit the net twice to increase our advantage. Seán sent over a couple of well-taken two-pointers, while Ethan McCaffrey, Dylan McKenna and Dara Mullin were also on the scoresheet as we sealed a 5-17 to 2-13 win. Well done to Jack Lynch for making his first senior start and to John McCrystal for his IFL debut.
Team and scorers: Daragh Croarkin; Ethan McCaffrey (0-1), Kevin Moran, Jack Lynch; Oisín Fagan, Seán Callan (1-4, 2 2-pt), Gary Devlin; Lochlainn Power (Joint-Capt.), Dylan McKenna (0-1); Dara Mullin (0-1), Luke McManus (2-1), Senan Cudden; Michael Galligan (1-6, 0-1f), Fionán Ó Gallchóir, Éimhín Morahan (Joint-Capt., 1-3).
Subs used: Dean Doherty; Kevin Loughran; John McCrystal; Nathan Lavery; Shane Moran.
We are away to Doohamlet this Saturday at 7pm. All support welcome.
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.
Reserves: Our Reserve Division 3B team lost out away to Inniskeen last Sunday. A couple of goals towards the end of the first half left us chasing it and although two-pointers from Eoghan McGinnity and Terence McDonald helped us cut our deficit to four early in the second half, Inniskeen got on top again in the final quarter.
Team: Dylan McAree; Zach Mallen, Max Mallen (Capt.), Jason McHugh; Jamie Shields, John Mulligan, Gregory O'Connell; Mark Clerkin, Adam McGarry; Jack Kierans, Eoghan McGinnity, Kyle Cooney; Ali Galligan, Shay Cooney, Terence McDonald.
Subs used: Colm Shalvey; Jake Cassidy; Shane McGarry.
Minors: Our minors won a high-scoring game at home to Corduff on Tuesday evening, thanks to a strong second-half performance.
Team and scorers: Alex Flynn; Adam Richardson, Dáire McKenna, Daithí Devlin; Shay Lambe (1-1), Daniel Alexis, John Sherry (2-0); Shea Corrigan (1-1), Orrin Doherty (1-3); Joe Gunn, Oisín Brannigan (1-0), Shane McGarry (0-5, 2 2-pt, 1f); Deagan Doherty (0-2), Mark Lynch (0-1), Eoin Sheridan (0-7, 2f).
Subs used: Lewis Duffy; Winston Onkeweke; Charlie O'Brien; Luke Swift (0-1); Ruairí Smyth.
Next week's game is away to Clontibret.
U-16: After having a bye last week, our U-16 Division Two team are away to Emyvale this evening (Thursday). The Division Five lads met Magheracloone last night (Wednesday) and will go to Scotstown next Wednesday.
U-14: Our U-14s have a busy weekend, including two games v Magheracloone on Saturday: Division One at home) at 11am and Division 6A away at 1pm. Our Division 5A side host Donaghmoyne on Sunday for an 11am throw-in.
U-12: Well done to U-12s, who represented the club well in a busy Spring League Finals Day in Cloghan last Saturday, competing well with Castleblayney, Toome and Emyvale.
County: Well done to joint-captain Seán Callan and the Monaghan U-20 footballers on their win in the Leo Murphy Cup Final on Monday. Good luck to the county U-20 hurlers in the Andrew O'Neill Cup Final in Cavan this Saturday.
Meeting: The club's monthly meeting for May has been rescheduled for next Thursday, May 8.
DIL: Darkness Into Light 2025 will take place at 4.15am on Saturday week, May 10, with registration now open.
Congratulations: To Nicholas Scott and Natasha on the birth of their son, Shea.
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.
