Fixtures: Friday, May 8: U-16 FL Division Four vInniskeen (Home) at 7.30pm

Saturday, May 9: IFL v Ballybay (Home) at 7pm; U-14 FL Division One v Magheracloone (Away) at 12pm; U-14 FL Division Seven v Scotstown (Home) at 12pm

Sunday, May 10: RFL Division 3B v Killanny (Home) at 12pm; U-14 FL Division Five v Scotstown (Away) at 11am

Tuesday, May 12: MFL Division Two (Home) at 7.30pm

Monaghan Harps Lotto: The numbers for last Sunday’s draw were 4, 8, 24 and 30. Jackpot of €2,000 not won. This week’s four €40 lucky-dip prize winners were: Pierce McDermott c/o Séamus Treanor; Chris O’Connell c/o Paddy Donnelly; Ann Treanor c/o herself; and Keegan McKenna c/o Maria McKenna. The sellers’ prize of €20 was won by Paddy Donnelly. Jackpot for Sunday, May 10 is €2,100. 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.

 

DIL: Monaghan Harps club are delighted to host the annual Darkness into Light walk commencing at 4.15am this Saturday, May 9. There is still time to register online or on the night, down at the club. T-shirts are very low in stock but you can wear your old one and it costs less to register this way. Please support Pieta, which delivers essential mental-health services in Monaghan Town, Clones and Carrickmacross.

IFL: We host Ballybay this Saturday in the Intermediate Football League at 7pm. All support appreciated.

 

Reserves: A busy weekend for our reserve teams brought two championship first-round wins. Our Division 1B lost away to Castleblayney in the league last Tuesday, but won at the same venue in the O’Duffy Cup on Sunday. Well done to Shane McGarry for making his debut for our Division 1Bteam.

Team and scorers (league):Jason Allister; Shay Lambe, Shane Moran (0-1), Max Mallen; Oisín Fagan, Nicholas Scott, Conor Devlin (Capt.); Daniel Alexis (0-2, 1 2-pt-f), Kevin Moran (1-1); Shea Swift, Eoin O’Hanlon (0-3), Francis Lynch; Cian Bradley, Liam Hahessy (0-8, 3f), Luke Coyle (0-2, 1f).

Subs used: Shane McGarry; John Sherry; Mark Lynch.

Team and scorers (championship): Jason Allister; Max Mallen, Shane Moran, Ethan McCaffrey; Shea Corrigan (1-0), Nicholas Scott (0-1), Conor Devlin (Capt.); Daniel Alexis (1-1, 0-1f), Senan Cudden; Shea Swift, Eoin O’Hanlon (1-2), Oisín Fagan (0-1); Cian Bradley (0-4, 1 2-pt), Liam Hahessy (0-2, 1f), Luke Coyle.

Subs used: Fionán Ó Gallchóir (0-1); Dara Mullin (0-1f); Shay Lambe; Shane McGarry; John Sherry. 

Friday saw our McKeown Cup side battle to a penalty shoot-out win in Emyvale after the teams had finished extra-time level at 3-14 to 0-23.Well done to Alex Flynn, Conor Farmer, Joe Gunn, Joseph O’Neill and Ruairí Smyth for making their debuts in adult football. 

Team and scorers: Alex Flynn; Zach Mallen, Max Mallen (Capt., 0-1), Dónal Moran; Conor Farmer, Mark Lynch, John Sherry (0-1); John Mulligan, Gary White; Ali Galligan (0-2), Shay Lambe (0-3), Luke Coyle (2-2); Shane McGarry, Liam Hahessy (1-4, 0-2f), Colm Shalvey (0-1).

Subs: Jamie Shields; Séadh Deeney; Joe Gunn; Joseph O’Neill; Ruairí Smyth. 

U-16: Our U-16s fell short after a strong second-half performance by Inniskeen in Division One last Thursday. 

Team and scorers: Daniel Treanor; Finn McCaffrey, Tristan Brannigan, Odhrán Mac Cionna; Moustapha Mbaye, Liam Ginley, Matthew Duffy; Cillian McKenna, Conor O’Neill; Bobby O’Brien (0-1), Kyron Coughlan (0-3, 1f), Dara McKenna; Conall McGinnity (2-0), Séadanta Ó Grianna (0-3f), Tiernan Cleary-Keenan.

Subs used: Darragh Garvey; Daimhin Brett; Daithí Graham; Lennon McGuirk; Darragh Devaney.

Our Division Four lads kept their good run going with a win over Scotstown on Friday. Next up is a home game v Inniskeen tonight. 

 

U-14: Our U-14s have another busy weekend, starting with Saturday’s games away to Magheracloone (Division One) and at home to Scotstown (Division Seven). The Division Five lads are in Kilmore on Sunday to play Scotstown. Last weekend saw our Division One side fall short in a good contest against Scotstown, with the Division Seven boys losing out to Magheracloone and the Division Five team winning in Aughnamullen.

U-12: Our U-12s will compete in Divisions One and Six in the upcoming league. 

 

County: Hard luck to John McCrystal, Shea Corrigan and all involved with the county U-20s in last Wednesday’s Ulster Championship Final. Well done to Monaghan’s seniors on qualifying for the Ulster SFC Final. 

Juvenile coaching: We were delighted to welcome our youngest juveniles for the return of our Saturday-morning football coaching. Thanks to everyone involved in the blitz we hosted last week. Training continues every Saturday at 10am in Gavan Duffy. To register a new or existing player, please log on to the Foireann app or www.foireann.ie.