2012

2012 Club Notes

14/02/12

07/02/12

Ulster League: We lost out by 5 points in the first game of our Ulster League campaign last Sunday, losing 2-07 to 2-12 to Trillick. We started the game strongly and were 2-4 to 0-2 up by the 16^th minute. Our goals came from Mark Counihan in the 7^th minute and a Niall Coyle strike in the 16^th where he seemed to get more value of the ball in the lead up than a Cavan man in Lidl. Trillick managed to narrow this gap by the break converting a last minute penalty to leave the scores in favour of us 2-4 to 1-4 . Wholesale changes throughout the 2^nd half to the team slowed our scoring rate yet by the 53^rd minute we were still 1 goal ahead at 2-7 to 1-7. However, Trillick added 1-5 in the concluding minutes to run out 2-12 to 2-7 winners. Our team and scorers were: Ian Treanor; Paddy McKenna, Rory Treanor, Aidan Coyle; John McCarron, Niall McQuillan, Eoghan Kelly; Pauric Treanor, Gary Feely; Christopher McKenna (0-3, 1f), Damian McRory, Niall Coyle (1-1); Mark Counihan (1-1f), Gary Todd, Justin Halligan (0-1). Subs Used: Sean McKenna (0-1f), Brendan Treanor, Michael McCrudden, Daniel Finnegan, John Treanor, Chrissy Meehan & Matthew McKenna. Our next game is at home to Bellaghy next Sunday at 2pm.

Monthly Committee Meeting: Our monthly committee meeting is to be held this Thursday, 9th February, at 9pm in St. Mellans.

Club Presentation Night: is to be held on Saturday 18^th February in St. Mellans.

Registration: is open for the year and can be made payable through Brian Rafferty. Membership must be paid by March 31^st. Players must have registration paid before playing.

Strictly DVDs: are now available to purchase and are available to buy at most local stores as well as St. Mellans for €15.

Party Bookings: Can be made for either bar. For booking contact 0861991150.

Lotto Jackpot now €3800: There was no winner of last week’s jackpot. The numbers drawn were: 4, 5, 6, 18. There were 3 no. match 3 winners each receiving €70: Patricia Feely (Yearly Ticket), Niall Treanor & Dympna McKenna. Sellers Prize: Josie & Margaret Counihan. Next jackpot draw is worth €3800. Check team: Roisin’s.

Club Shop: The club shop is open each Friday evening between 7-8pm.

Camogie:

Juveniles: There will be no juvenile training until further notice.

Seniors: Training tomorrow night in Carrickroe hall. Could everyone please be there for 7.15, we are out again on Monday at 6.45. Attendance needs to improve. Please bring a friend. New players are welcome.

Presentation Night: The presentation night takes place on the 18th of February in St Mellans. Presentations to county players, Gaeil Linn players and player of the year. We encourage everyone to come along and support.

Ladies Football:

Committee : We are asking all parents of children playing at any level to take into consideration the future of the ladies football club and to consider becoming a member of our committee .We are struggling with the numbers on our committee at the minute and as you all know behind every great club is a very hard working committee . Have you got 1 hour to spare a month ?? If so please contact Ursula Mc Kenna on 0868599749 or Sharon Mc Meel on 0872198005. REMEMBER: It's your child/children that benefit from the hard work that goes on behind the scenes with our committee and as the saying goes 'many hands make light work'.

Management : We welcome Martin Woods onto our Senior management team for 2012 along with Joey, Margerat & Ursula . We wish you luck for the coming competitive year.

Senior Training: Resumed last night (Wednesday) at 8pm in St Mellans . Training will be every Wednesday night at 8pm and every Sunday morning at 10am. We encourage all players past & present to come along . All new faces also more than welcome .

Handball:

County Senior Championships. We have our first senior champion of the year, Eamon Todd won the Nov1 title in Tydavnet Friday evening last, up against a very experienced Bawn player in John Mc Geough Eamon was relentless in his first game with some good passing shots and roof play he won it 21-8. In the second with a slight laps in concentration and 3-7 down Eamon regained control and after levelling 7 all he never let the lead slip again and won the second game and the title 21-12. Well done Eamon.

County Finals. The remaining county finals are as of yet not fixed, so all our finalists keep an eye out in county notes for details and when we receive confirmation we will publish and text, finalists are Nov4 Frank Mc Kenna v Gabriel Mc Aree, Nov3 Patrick Mc Kenna has made the final and in junior is Christopher Mc Kenna(PJ), Ps all finalists are asked to get photo’s into the county pro via his e-mail so have a shave and shower tonight before photos.

Ulster Championships. Eamon Todd and Christopher Mc Kenna played their Ulster Junior B Singles semi-final last night (Wednesday) full report next week, they also play together in the Ulster Semi-Final in the Junior B Doubles, this will be played tomorrow night the 10^th of February in St.Mellans @8pm against Cavan men Marcus Sheridan & Shane Briody good luck boys. Also hard luck to Christopher Mc Kenna (D) who lost his Ulster Minor Singles Semi-final against his county doubles partner Terry Mc Elvaney (Harps) 21-10,21-11.

U11 Blitz. The U11 Blitz was ran off Sunday last in St.Mellans with 22 players involved both boys and girls from 4 clubs St.Mellans, Emyvale, Monaghan Harps and Bawn it proved a great days fun giving these young players their first taste of competitive play. We had 10 players involved Emma Mc Aree, Catherine Finn, Conor Mc Ginn, Gareth Keenan, Conor & Cian Maguire, Ryan Harnet, Stephen Lavery and Ryan & Ronan Boyle. In the main cup competition Conor Maguire reached the Semi-final and we had 3 players making the semi-finals of the plate section, Ryan Harnet bt Stephen Lavery and Ryan Boyle lost the other to Aaron Treanor(Harps). The final was a well contested one between Ryan and Aaron where Ryan took the first 15-10, then Aaron took the second 15-8, but the third was just a bridge too far for Ryan as Aaron took the title 15-7, but well done to all who took part and thanks to Michael Mc Carron and Martin Mc Entee who organised the event and to all who helped out on the day.

Club Championships. The club senior singles & doubles are still on going but we ask all players to play on the time slot allocated to each game and not during juvenile league or any other time, all games are to be played as per fixture date as not to create a back-log, we would ask if the winner of each game would write their name into the next round so everyone can keep up to date with the fixtures.

Ulster Open Championships. Ulster Open Senior Doubles semi-finals and final and Minor Doubles Final are pencilled in the alleys this Sunday the 12^th of February, with some of Irelands top handballers in action including several reigning world champions these are matches not be missed, games starting 1pm, and with Cuman Na Munscoil in the morning at 10:30am in St.Mellans this leaves a busy day of handball ahead.

Juveniles Doubles. A list of the juvenile doubles that have been entered into the county championship is on the notice board at St.Mellans get practising as this will be run off on February the 19^th venues and times not in yet but will be written in when we are informed.

Club Juvenile Leagues. The club juvenile leagues are proving to be a great success and with no players running away with any league its all to play for, remember boys & girls top 4 play off in the semi-finals, all coaches can still adjust rules and handi-cap system to suit each league, also we ask all coaches to enter in all points on the both score sheets at each alley and mark of the games also on the sheets as they have been played

Get Well Soon. The club and the wider handballing community would like to wish Stephen Callery a speedy recovery after he suffered a serious knee injury in the final of the Mono League, get well soon Stephen and lets hope to see you back around the alleys in the near future.

31/01/12

Senior Fixtures: Our first game in the Ulster league is away to Trilllick-Tyrone this Sunday 5^th February at 2pm.

Saturday Night Match Live: Anyone not travelling to Navan this Saturday night for the Monaghan league game can get their football fix in the club bar, where the Kerry Dublin NFL game will be shown live on the big screen. TI is 7.15pm.

Monthly Committee Meeting: Our monthly committee meeting is to be held this Thursday, 2^nd February, at 9pm in St. Mellans.

Club Presentation Night: is to be held on Saturday 18^th February in St. Mellans.

Registration: is open for the year and can be made payable through Brian Rafferty. Membership must be paid by March 31^st.

Strictly DVDs: are now available to purchase and are available to buy at most local stores as well as St. Mellans for €15.

Party Bookings: Can be made for either bar. For booking contact 0861991150.

Lotto Jackpot now €3600: There was no winner of last week’s jackpot. The numbers drawn were: 1, 2, 11, 13. There were 2 no. match 3 winners each receiving €100: Peggy McCaughey, Patricia McDermott. Sellers Prize: Barry Cuddy & Michael Treanor (B). Next jackpot draw is worth €3600. Check team: Josie’s.

Club Shop: The club shop is open each Friday evening between 7-8pm.

Hurling:

Senior match: Hurlers are back in action this Saturday with 1st game of TAIN league. We play Pearse Ogs of Dundalk away.

Camogie:

Ladies Football:

Presentation Night: Ladies, presentation night is to be held on Saturday 18th February in St.Mellans

Handball:

County Senior Championships. We will be having a guaranteed 5 club members in county final action this year in Nov4 Frank Mc Kenna takes on club man Gabriel Mc Aree, in Nov3 Kevin Treanor takes on Patrick Mc Kenna in an all club semi-final, in Nov1 Eamon Todd has made the final, and in Junior Christpoher Mc Kenna(PJ) has also made it to the final, well done everyone and the best of luck, all finals TBC but keep an eye on county notes and when we are notified we will also publish and text.

Ulster Championships. We have also a guaranteed Ulster Finalist in were Eamon Todd and Christopher Mc Kenna have both made the Junior B Singles semi-final the only problem being they now face each other to see who reaches the final, text will be sent out when the time of the semi will be on, should be a good one!. But when these boys has this bout settled then they team up in the doubles also in an Ulster Semi-Final the Junior B Doubles, this to be played on the 10^th of February time to be confirmed, well done boys. Hard luck to John Treanor(T) who lost the quarter final in a tight 3 match game in the Golden Master B Singles.

U11 Blitz. An U11 Blitz will take place this Sunday the 5^th of February in St.Mellans all boys and girls under 11 welcome, all who turn up on the day will get a game but all who want to play must be there @ 10:30am Sunday morning.

Club Championships. All the club senior singles and doubles fixtures are up and running now with both single and doubles being run off at the same time hoping to keep all the games more interesting and compact, as there are a lot fixtures being running off in a short space of time it is vital all games are played as per fixture date as not to create a back-log, we would ask if the winner of each game would write their name into the next round so everyone can keep up to date with the fixtures.

Ulster Championships. There is still plenty of action on both courts in St.Mellans with top players in Ireland in action, see fixtures at the back of the glass alley for details, be careful booking the alleys around this fixtures.

Club Juvenile Leagues. The club juvenile leagues are up and running now, the coaches can adjust rules to suit each leagues’ level of play, also we ask all coaches to enter in all points on the both score sheets at each alley and mark of the games also on the sheets as they have been played

Mono Team League. I must apologise for making a mistake on the report of last weeks Mono League final as it was Stephen Callery who was on the winning team even though he lost his game he secured the points needed to win the title and to the rest of the winning team of Gary Todd, Barry Todd, Patrick Mc Kenna, Kevin Treanor and Stephen Callery.

24/01/12

Adult Management: Anyone wishing to be part of the management for Reserve C, D, U-21 or minor level for 2012 should have their name forwarded to Kieran McKenna 087-6918445 or Gary Meehan 086-8368417 before this Sunday night, 29^th January.

Juvenile Management: Anyone who wishes to be part of juvenile management in the coming year can contact Martin Woods on 086-3793774 before this Sunday night, 29^th January. Management is required for U-6, U-8, U-10, U-12, U-14a, U-14b & U-16 teams.

Club Presentation Night: is to be held on Saturday 18^th February in St. Mellans.

New PRO Contact: We have changed the pro email address to the official gaa address. Correspondence should now be sent to pro.truagh.monaghan@gaa.ie

Registration: is open for the year and can be made payable through Brian Rafferty. Membership must be paid by March 31^st.

Strictly DVDs: are now available to purchase and are available to buy at most local stores as well as St. Mellans for €15.

Party Bookings: Can be made for either bar. For booking contact 0861991150.

Lotto Jackpot now €3400: There was no winner of last week’s jackpot. The numbers drawn were: 3, 8, 14, 16. There were 4 no. match 3 winners each receiving €50: Damian McCarron, Finbar+Erin McGinn, Joanne McKenna, Barry Cuddy. Next jackpot draw is worth €3400. Check team: Anna Rose’s.

Senior Fixtures: Our first game in the Ulster league is away to Trilllick-Tyrone on Sunday 5^th February at 2pm.

Club Shop: The club shop is open each Friday evening between 7-8pm.

Camogie:

Ladies Football:

Presentation Night: Ladies, presentation night is to be held on Saturday 18th February in St.Mellans

Good Luck: To Monaghan ladies this Saturday as they take on Queens University,Belfast in the semi final of the O'Dowd cup. Game is at 2.30pm in Queens, Belfast. Why not make the trip & support the girls.

A.G.M: Unfortunately we had a disappointing turn out at our annual AGM. As you all know it takes a good committee to run the ladies club. We are asking all parents of children playing at any age level to take into consideration the future of the ladies club & to consider becoming part of the committee. Can you spare 1 hour a month? If so please contact Ursula Mc Kenna on 0868599749 or Sharon McMeel on 0872198005. REMEMBER: It's your child that benifits from the football club & many hands make light work throughout the year.

Handball:

Mono Team League. The Mono team league final was played on Saturday evening last resulting in a win for O’ Loughlins where they defeated St.Coman’s. First to kick of proceedings was Gary Todd where he defeated Damien Mc Clave 21-6, 21-4, second in was Barry Todd against Gary Meehan where the spoils were shared on a score line of 21-17, 12-21, next was Patrick Mc Kenna against Declan Mc Kenna were Patrick was victorious on both occasions 21-12, 21-16, the second last pairing of Kevin Treanor and Richard O’ Reilly also shared games 16-21 and 21-20, with the score line in favour of O’ Loghlins 154-117 all Christopher Mc Kenna (D) need against Stephen Callery was 6 marks and he secured the title in some style on a score line of 21-6 well done to the winning team of Gary Todd, Barry Todd, Patrick Mc Kenna, Kevin Treanor and Christopher Mc Kenna(D).

U11 Blitz. There will be an U11 Blitz run off in St.Mellans on Sunday the 5^th of February, all who turn up on the day will get a game but all who want to play must be there @ 10:30am on the day.

Juveniles Doubles. The juvenile doubles have now been entered and this will be run off on February the 19^th venues and times to follow.

Club Juvenile Leagues. We now have the club juvenile leagues up and running this week it may take a week or so for all new times to settle but we hope all enjoy the leagues. All coaches can adjust rules to suit each leagues level of play, also we ask all coaches to enter in all points on the both score sheets at each alley and mark of the games also on the sheets as they have been played. Also get well to Siobhan Coyle who never got to start the league as she was in the hospital get well soon.

17/01/12

Strictly Presentation Night: A presentation to all the strictly dancers is being held this Saturday, 21^st January, in St. Mellans at 9pm.

Annual County Awards: The Monaghan county awards night takes place in the Hillgrove on Friday 27^th January. We are to receive a number of awards at the ceremony: Juvenile club of the year, referee club merit award, senior referee-Gerard Treanor and Siobhan McKenna is to receive the camogie player of the year award. Tickets for the event with dinner is priced at €30 can be ordered through Adrian Sherry on 087 1377635 before this weekend.

Juvenile Presentation Night: was held last Friday night, with medals being handed out by Paul Galvin. Pictures of the event can be seen on our website, facebook and emyvale.net.

Club Presentation Night: is to be held on Saturday 18^th February in St. Mellans.

Strictly DVDs: are now available to purchase and are available to buy at most local stores as well as St. Mellans for €15.

Party Bookings: Can be made for either bar. For booking contact 0861991150.

Lotto Jackpot now €3200: There was no winner of last week’s jackpot. The numbers drawn were: 6, 9, 17, 23. There were 6 no. match 3 winners each receiving €35: Al McKenna, Peggy McCaughey, Kevin Carey, Declan McCaughey, Roisin Donaghue & Martin McAree (Yearly Ticket). Next jackpot draw is worth €3200. Check team: Ursula’s.

Senior Fixtures: We have entered the Ulster club league this year. We are in group A with games against Trilllick (Tyrone), Bellaghy (Derry), Kilcar (Donegal), Derrylaughan (Tyrone) & Slaughtneill (Derry). The first game is to be played on Sunday 5^th February.

Club Shop: The club shop is opening each Friday evening between 7-8pm.

Camogie:

Juveniles: There will be no juvenile training until further notice.

Seniors: Our first session for 2012 takes place tomorrow night, Friday, in Carrickroe hall. Could everyone please be there for 7.15 and please bring a friend. New players are welcome.

Ladies Football:

Well Done: To all the girls who received medals at last weeks presentation night and a huge congrats to Hannah Kelly who received U-12 Most Improved Player, Roisin Coyle who received U-14 Most Improved Player and to Amy Mc Kenna who received U-16 Most Improved Player.

Well Done & Best wishes : We would like to send our best wishes to Seamus Murray and congratulate him on his new job with the Senior Men.

A.G.M: Takes places this Friday night the 20th January at 8pm in St.Mellans . We invite you all to come along & get involved for the year. It would be great to see some new faces especially those parents who have children playing at all levels.

Handball:

Mono Team League. The Semi-finals for The Mono League have been arranged for Friday night (tomorrow the 13^th) @ 6:30pm, it lines Beragh against St.Coman’s and O’Donovan Rossa against O’Loughlin’s both games start 6:30 sharp, captains must ensure all players play on the night and on time no excuses, any player not fielded –42 points.

Juveniles. We have the leagues drawn up for the juveniles and this will begin week starting the 23^rd of January, it is very important all players and coaches check the sheets on the notice board as to what night and what time they are on as we had to move some about to fit the leagues in, we hope this doesn’t cause any problems. Coaches can adjust the rules to the playing ability of each of the leagues we leave it up to each set of coaches. Until that week the coaching is on as per normal for all, also we ask all county champions to get in as much practise as possible as the Ulster competitions are just around the corner.

County Competitions. All the county competitions from U21, Nov4 to Nov1, Junior, Senior and Master fixtures are on the notice board in St.Mellans check when you are playing and insure you fulfil all fixtures.

Ulster Competitions. Also on the notice board are the Ulster fixtures with some of Irelands best handballers on display check it out and write times into your diary, (also be careful when booking the alley around these dates as the alley must allocated to these games).

Get Well. The club would like to wish Mickey Todd a speedy recovery and hope to see him back in the alley in the near future.

Handball Show. Keep an eye out for the Handball Show on TG4 Monday evenings at 8:30pm.

Gear. Don’t forget all Handball Gear available in the clubs shop, it’s open Friday evenings 7-8pm.

10/01/12

Juvenile Presentation Night: is to be held this Friday night, 13^th January in St. Mellans at 7.30pm. Special guest on the night presenting the medals will be All Ireland winner with Kerry, Paul Galvin. It was a very successful year for the juveniles of all our teams within the club so we have quite a number of medal presentations to make. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Club Committee Meeting: is to take place this Thursday, 12^th January, at 9pm.

Strictly Presentation Night: A presentation to all the strictly dancers is being held on Saturday, 21^st January in St. Mellans.

Strictly DVDs: are now available to purchase and are available to buy at most local stores as well as St. Mellans for €15.

Twitter: All those who were lucky to receive smartphones over the Christmas period can now keep up to date with the latest news from the club by following us on our twitter account @truaghgaels.

Annual County Awards: The Monaghan county awards night takes place in the Hillgrove on Friday 27^th January. We are to receive a number of awards at the ceremony: Juvenile club of the year, referee club merit award and Siobhan McKenna is to receive the camogie player of the year award. Tickets for the event with dinner is priced at €30 can be ordered through Adrian Sherry on 087 177635.

Lotto Jackpot now €3000: There was no winner of last week’s jackpot. The numbers drawn were: 10, 14, 15, 16. There were 2no. match 3 winners each receiving €100: Deirdre Skinnader-Deravoy & Adrian Forde-Monaghan. Next jackpot draw is worth €3000. Check team: Roisin’s.

Adult Fixtures: We are competing in the Ulster club league this year. It is expected to commence on February 5th. The county reserve competitions starts on March 4^th, while the senior league starts on April 11^th.

Camogie:

Juveniles: There will be no juvenile training until further notice.

Seniors: Our first session for 2012 takes place tomorrow night, Friday, in Carrickroe hall. Could everyone please be there for 7.15 and please bring a friend. New players are welcome.

Ladies Football:

Well Done: To Caoimhe, Eileen, Amy Murray & Monaghan Ladies on their 5-21 to 1-3 win over Fermanagh on Sunday last in the O'Dowd cup. They played Armagh in Dromintee last night . Result next week. Also well done to Natasha who was playing for Queens,Belfast & to Rachel who was playing for St.Marys, Belfast.

A.G.M: Our AGM takes place on Friday 20th January at 8pm in St.Mellans. We encourage parents of all children playing to come along & get involved . We also encourage the senior players to attend. All new & old faces will be greatly welcomed.

Presentation Night: Takes places for all our U12's,U14's,U16's & Minors this Friday night in St. Mellans at 7.30pm. Please bring your children along if they took part in any team for 2011. The guest appearance on the night is Paul Galvin, a footballing hero from Kerry.

Senior Girlies:Finally wrapping up the playing year of 2011 with a night out on the tiles tomorrow night Friday 13th Jan. Meet in The Puc from 9pm . :-)

Handball:

Get Well. The club would like to wish Mickey Todd a speedy recovery and hope to see him back in the alley in the near future.

Handball Show. Keep an eye out for the Handball Show on TG4 Monday evenings at 8:30pm.

Gear. Don’t forget all Handball Gear available in the clubs shop, it’s open Friday evenings 7-8pm.

03/01/12

Charity Match: Well done to all who played and supported the charity football match last Friday in St. Mellans. Over €300 was raised in aid of Truagh Special Needs.

Strictly DVDs: are now available to purchase and are available to buy at most local stores as well as St. Mellans for €15.

Strictly Presentation Night: A presentation to all the strictly dancers is being held on Saturday, 21^st January in St. Mellans.

Lotto Jackpot now €2800: Next jackpot draw on January 8^th. Check team: Josie’s.

Get Well Soon: to Mick Brady who recently received treatment in hospital.

Camogie:

Juveniles: There will be no juvenile training until further notice.

Seniors: Senior training will resume on the 13th of January. This will be held indoors for a few weeks. New players are welcome.

Ladies Football:

A.G.M: Our annual A.G.M will take place on Friday 20th January 2012 at 8pm in St.Mellans. We encourage all new & old faces to attend.

Handball:

Mono Team League. We decided to take a well-earned break during the festive period from all competitions but now we are returning to the alleys to finalise the league, with 5 teams remaining in the competition we will be having a play-off for the final next with the semi’s and Final to follow.

Juveniles. The coaching is back on as per normal for all juveniles for the next week or so as we finalise leagues for all players, also we ask all county champions to get in as much practise as possible as the Ulster competitions are just around the corner.

Handball Show. Keep an eye out for the Handball Show on TG4 Monday evenings at 8pm.