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An Bhoth GAA Club Notes 23/04/2024 Our Blues Competitive Games in the past week Under 14s The Under 14 boys had no games in the past week. Round 4 of the Under 14 League competition takes place this weekend. The Scotstown A team play Truagh at home in Round 4 of the Under 14 League Competition Division 1 on Saturday 27th April at 11:00am. The Scotstown B team play Aughnamullen away in Round 4 of the Under 14 League Competition Division 5A on Sunday April 28th at 11:00am. The Scotstown C team play Donaghmoyne at home in Round 4 of the Under 14 League Competition Division 5B on Friday 26th April at 7:30pm. Under 16s Hard luck to the Under 16 Scotstown A team in their 6-11 to 3-15 home defeat to Emyvale in an exciting high scoring Round 4 of the Under 16 Division 1B League game on Thursday of last week. They next play Carrickmacross away in Round 5 of the Under 16 Division 1B League on Thursday 25th April at 7:30pm. Hard luck to our Under 16 boys in their defeat to Magheracloone at home in Round 4 of the Under 16 Division 5A League on Wednesday of last week. They next play Truagh away in Round 6 of the Under 16 Division 5A League on Wednesday 1st May at 7:30pm. Minors Our Minor A team played Carrickmacross away in Round 3 of the Minor Division 1 League on Tuesday of last week. Hard luck in their 2-13 to 0-11 defeat. They next play Truagh at home in Round 4 of the Minor Division 1 League this Tuesday 23rd April at 7:15pm. Our Minor B team played their opening fixture for 2024 against Monaghan Harps away in Round 1 of the Minor Division 5 League on Saturday last. Well done in their 7-7 to 4-7 win. They next play Castleblayney at home in Round 2 of the Minor Division 5 League on Tuesday 30th April at 7:30pm Senior Men Our Senior men had no games in the past week. They next play Killanny away in Round 2 of the Senior League this Saturday 27th April at 7:00pm. Junior Men Our Junior men had no games in the past week. They next play Aghabog at home in Round 2 of the Junior League on Saturday 27th April at 7:00pm. Senior Division 1A Reserves On a warm and pleasant Saturday evening in Páirc Mhuire the Senior reserves played Monaghan Harps in Round 4 of the Reserve League Division 1A. Well done on their 2-15 to 0-6 win. They next play Inniskeen at home in Round 5 of the Reserve League Division 1A on Wednesday 15th May at 8:00pm. Junior Division 3A Reserves Our Junior 3A Reserves had no games in the past week. They next play Carrickmacross at home this Wednesday 24th April at 7:30pm in Round 4 of the Reserve League Division 3A. Junior Division 3B Reserves Our Junior 3B Reserves had no games in the past week. They next play Killanny away in Round 3 of the Reserve League Football Division 3B on Sunday 28th April at 2:00pm. Senior Ladies On a fine Sunday morning last in Aghabog the Scotstown senior ladies continued their senior LGFA Division 1 league campaign with a round 2 away game against Emmet Og. Hard to the ladies in their 4-15 to 3-9 defeat against a strong Emmet Og side, but well done on a good performance and staying within a kick of a ball in touch until 2 late Emmet Og goals right at the end. They next play Emmett Og away this Sunday 28th April at 11:00am in Round 6 of the LGFA Reserve League Division 1. Under 18 Minor Girls The LFGA Under 18 girls had no games in the past week. They next play Killanny at home in Round 2 of the LGFA Under 18 Division 1 on Thursday 2nd May at 6:45pm. Under 16 Girls The Under 16 girls A team played Castleblayney away in Round 2 of the LGFA Under 16 Division 1 on Monday last. Well done on their 1-10 to 1-6 win. The Under 16 girls A team next play Latton at home in Round 3 of the LGFA Under 16 Division 1 on Monday 6th May at 7:00pm. The Under 16 girls B team next play Carrickmacross away in Round 2 of the LGFA Under 16 Division 2 on Monday 22nd April at 6:45pm. Under 14 Girls The LFGA Under 14 girls had no games in the past week. They next play O’Neill Shamrocks at home in Round 2 of the LGFA Under 14 Division 1 on Monday 29th April at 6:45pm. Under 12 Girls The LGFA Under 12 girls season commences this week. The Under 12 girls B team play Clones away in Round 1 of the LGFA Under 12 Round Robin Group 2 North this Thursday 25th April at 6:45pm. The Under 12 girls A team play Killeevan at home in Round 2 of the LGFA Under 12 Round Robin Group 1 North on Wednesday 8th April at 6:45pm (Round 1 is a Bye). We wish the teams and management the very best. Monaghan Intercounty Senior Football The Monaghan Senior Football team’s next game will be in late May where they have qualified for the All Ireland Group stages. LGFA Ulster Senior Ladies Intermediate Championship Semi Final The Monaghan Ladies next play Tyrone at home in the Ulster Intermediate Championship Semi Final on Sunday 5th May. We wish our players on the panel, Casey Treanor, Megan Boylan, Eabha Sherry, Hannah Sherlock, Celine Nally, Katie McCaffery and Katie Sherlock, and the rest of the team and management the very best in the Championship campaign. 2024 Ulster Minor Football Championship Well done to the Monaghan Minors in their 1-17 to 1-13 win against Down at home on Saturday last which included a well placed point by Darcy Foy. Monaghan are in Group A with Down, Donegal, Fermanagh & Tyrone and have won 2 out of their 2 games. The minors next play Tyrone away in Ardboe in Round 4 of the Ulster Minor Championship this Saturday 27th April 12:00pm Noon. We wish Darcy Foy, Mark McCaffrey and Cathal McElwain and the rest of the Monaghan team and management the very best. Under 20 Monaghan Ulster Championship The Under 20 Monaghan team played Armagh away in the U20 Ulster Championship quarter final on Wednesday of last week. Well done in their 1-15 to 0-13 win. They next play Tyrone away in Healy Park this Wednesday 24th April at 7:30pm. We wish Caolan Foy, James McElwain and Nicholas Sherlock and the rest of the Monaghan team and management the very best. Under 18 Monaghan Minor Girls – Gold Final of Ulster championship The Monaghan LGFA Minors play Tyrone at home in the Gold Final of the Ulster Minor LGFA Championship this Saturday 27th April at 1:00pm in Silverbridge. We wish our Blues on the panel Micheala Grew and Shannon Corrigan, and the team and management the very best. Under 14 Girls Festival of Football The LGFA U14 Ulster Festival of Football continued last weekend with the finals. The Monaghan U14 girls played Antrim in the Bronze final of the Under 14’s LGFA Ulster Festival of Football in Castleblayney. Hard luck in their 2-13 to 3-4 defeat. But well done to our players on the panel, Nadine Boylan, Serena Boylan and Mia Corrigan, and the rest of the team and management for making the final. Referee Recruitment New referees are needed in Co. Monaghan. The number of games played in the county is increasing every year and there is a shortage of active referees. Anyone interested in refereeing at juvenile level should contact any member of the committee. Training and support will be available to any new referees. Under 6 boys training Training for the Under 6 boys will commence this Saturday morning 20th April at 9am. This is for anyone born in 2018. Please note a child has to be registered before being able to start training. You can register for 2024 Membership on our Scotstown app (Available on Play store or Apple app). Please go to Menu, select Memberships, Buy Membership and select your appropriate option. U12 Spring League The Under 12 Spring League continued last Saturday away to Magheracloone and Aughnamullen for Round 3. Well done to all the teams and coaches. Each week there is a focus on a skill challenge in each game. This not only gives the players a chance to work on the focused skill during a game but also gives the coach something to work on for that week leading up to the game. Kilmore Hub Official Opening The Kilmore Hub will be officially opened on Saturday 27th April at 2:00pm. Please come along to Kilmore for the big event! Our Blues Upcoming Competitive Fixtures for the Week On Tuesday 23rd April the Scotstown Minor A team play Truagh at home in Round 4 of the Minor Division 1 League at 7:15pm and our Under 16 girls B team play Carrickmacross away in Round 2 of the LGFA Under 16 Division 2 at 6:45pm. On Wednesday 24th April our Junior 3A Reserves play Carrickmacross at home in the Reserve League Football Division 3A Round 4 game at 7:30pm. On Thursday 25th April the Under 16 boys play Carrickmacross away in Round 5 of the Under 16 Division 1B League at 7:30pm and our Under 12 girls B team play Clones away in Round 1 of the LGFA Under 12 Round Robin Group 2 North at 6:45pm. On Friday 26th April our Under 14 Scotstown C team play Donaghmoyne at home in Round 4 of the Under 14 League Competition Division 5B at 7:30pm. On Saturday 27th April our Senior men play Killanny away in the Senior League Round 2 game at 7:00pm; our Junior men play Aghabog at home in the Junior League Round 2 game at 7:00pm and our Under 14 Scotstown A team play Truagh at home in Round 4 of the Under 14 League Competition Division 1 at 11:00am. On Sunday 28th April our Junior 3B Reserves play Killanny away in the Reserve League Football Division 3B Round 2 game at 2:00pm, our Senior Ladies play Emmet Og away in Aghabog in the LGFA Reserve League Division 1 Round 6 game at 11:00am, and our Under 14 Scotstown A team play Inniskeen away in Round 3 of the Under 14 League Competition Division 1 at 11:00am. On Monday 29th April our Under 14 girls play O’Neill Shamrocks at home in Round 2 of the LGFA Under 16 Division 1 at 6:45pm. On Tuesday 30th April the Scotstown Minor B team play Castleblayney away in Round 2 of the Minor Division 5 League at 7:30pm and our Under 16 girls B team play Carrickmacross away in Round 2 of the LGFA Under 16 Division 2 at 6:45pm. On Wednesday 1st May our the Under 16 boys B team play Truagh away in Round 6 of the Under 16 Division 5A League at 7:30pm. On Thursday May 2nd the Under 16 boys play Castleblayney away in Round 1 of the Under 16 Division 1B League at 7:30pm and our Under 18 Minor girls team play Killanny at home in Round 2 of the LGFA Under 18 Division 1 League at 7:00pm. We wish our Blues and managements all the best in their games. Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Jackpot €17,800!! Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw for a €17,600 jackpot on Wednesday 25th April. Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results. In the April 18th draw there was no Jackpot winner. Numbers drawn on the night were 1, 3, 9, 29. There were TWO match 3 winners, Mary Maguire and Dylan Foley who win €50 each. We had 3 Lucky Dip winners, Louise McAleer, Kevin McCormick and Carmel Gargan who win €20 each. Congratulations to all our winners! The Scotstown GAA online Lotto Draw takes place every Wednesday at 8:30pm with last entries at 8pm. The draw is conducted on-line and is fully automated using secure facilities. There are 4 numbers to choose from a range of 1 to 31. Match the 4 numbers to win the Jackpot of €17,800. If no jackpot winner €200 is rolled over to the following week. Also if there is no jackpot winner there will be lucky dips. Next draw is Wednesday May 1st at 8:30pm. Ciste Draw The April Ciste draw will take place this Sunday night, April 28th at 10:00pm, in the Social Club. You can purchase your Ciste tickets in our local shops. There are tickets, envelopes and collection boxes in each of these shops; McMahon Centra, Scotstown; XL Ballinode & Killylough, and McAloon’s Knockatallon. You can also purchase your Ciste tickets using the Scotstown Clubforce website and clicking on ‘buy event tickets’ link. First prize €1,000 and 5 prizes of €100 must be won. In total €18,000 in prize money is won every year! Scotstown GAA Newsletter We are delighted to announce the launch of our inaugural edition of the Scotstown GAA Newsletter! Please see our social media platforms to access the online April 2024 edition. This will cover football and community news, events and fixtures, club initiatives and fundraising and much much more! Thanks to Darragh Stirrat for producing the Newsletter. Scotstown GAA Whatsapp Channel We are delighted to announce the launch of our new Whatsapp Channel, Scotstown GAA. This service is open to everyone and provides information on fixtures and events and crucial news and updates straight to your phone!. Please see the link on Social media and follow us! Or use this address - https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaXnmLEBFLgUlrDsmm30 Please note that this differs from Whatsapp groups, in particular with privacy for users. As a follower, WhatsApp channel admin or all the channel followers cannot see other followers or their details. They can only see the total number of followers. Also there is no reply function. Thanks to Darragh Stirrat for setting up the Scotstown GAA Whatsapp Channel. Review of Gaelic Football 2024/2025 The GAA Football Review Committee are seeking your views and ask that you complete the survey linked; https://www.gaa.ie/article/football-review-committee-202425 Rationale This Football Review emanates from the Strategic Plan Aontas 2026 in its vision statement ‘to be a sustainable community-based and volunteer led association where as many as possible, participate in Gaelic games and culture, for as long as possible’. The Key Focus Area within the Plan is ‘Providing the best possible games experience for players and spectators’ (1 Games) The Vision Description is ‘Gaelic Games will be the most enjoyable amateur games in the world to play and watch. Live Music on May 4th On Bank Holiday Saturday, May 4th, G Mac is playing live music in the Scotstown GAA Social Club from 9:00pm. Join us for a night of fun and top class music! Club Shop The Club Shop is next open on Friday 3rd May from 7pm to 8pm. Social Club open The Social Club is open this Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9pm. Bar Rota: Stephen McKenna and Pauric Connolly. Clothing collection in the Complex on May 3rd weekend There is a Clothing collection on the May Bank holiday weekend organised with thanks by the Scotstown GAA Ladies. A new year calls for a good clear and out with the old! We will be hosting a clothing collecting on Friday May 3rd and Saturday May 4th, a perfect way to get rid of those clothing items that you've been staring at for years! We will have two collection slots: Friday, 3rd May: 6pm - 8pm; Saturday, May 4th: 10 am - 12pm. Clothing items can be dropped at the Complex during these times. Interested in Volunteering? Anyone interested in helping out in one of our many new committees, we are looking for volunteers. Please contact Cyril at 0879628521 . Our Condolences It with great sadness that our club learned of the passing of Mary McKenna. We would like to convey our deepest sympathy and sincere condolences to the family of Mary and our thoughts and prayers are with her daughters Aine (Trevor), Elaine (Damien), her son Frank (Bernie); grandchildren Amy, Jimmy, Lily and Emily; sisters and brothers, Dympna, Sadie, Evelyn, Patsy, Seamus, Sean and Eugene; and her extended family and friends. May Mary’s gentle soul Rest In Peace. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam. Health and Wellbeing Scotstown GAA continues this year with its Healthy Club project which aims to help GAA clubs explore how they support the holistic health of their members and the communities they serve. During the winter months we renewed the Make a Ceili initiative which was launched before Christmas. Earlier in January / February saw the start of the Operation Transformation walk, the Scotstown Ladies hosted a Women’s Health talk, a drugs and Alcohol awareness workshop with our coaches, and we had several card nights throughout the winter. GAA For All Training Scotstown GAA Health and Wellbeing are returning with the GAA for All initiative this year. This is football training specifically aimed at children with Additional Needs. GAA for All 2024 kicked off for a 6 week block on Saturday 13th April at St. Mellan’s GAA Park in Truagh. Please contact Geraldine on 0874269650 for further information. This is part of our Healthy Club initiative. Many thanks to Truagh Gaels for hosting the training sessions. Scór agus Cultúr Tá an Ciorcal Gaeilge sa Spórtlann gach Oíche Mháirt ó 8 go 9pm! Fáilte roimh gach duine.

An Bhoth GAA Club Notes 09/04/2024 Get well soon Darren We wish Darren Hughes a speedy and complete recovery after his injury sustained during the Monaghan v Cavan Ulster Championship game on Sunday last. Our Blues Competitive Games in the past week Under 14s Our Under 14 boys had no games in the past week. The Scotstown A team next play Inniskeen away in Round 3 of the Under 14 League Competition Division 1 on Saturday 13th April at 11:00am. The Scotstown B team next play Monaghan Harps at home in Round 3 of the Under 14 League Competition Division 5A on Sunday April 14th at 11:00am. The Scotstown C team next play Clontibret away in Round 3 of the Under 14 League Competition Division 5B on Friday 12th April at 6:45pm. Under 16s The Under 16 competitive season commenced last week. Hard luck to the Under 16 Scotstown A team in their narrow 2-8 to 2-6 defeat to Tyholland at home in Round 2 of the Under 16 Division 1B League on Thursday of last week, after a good spirited comeback in the second half. They next play Donaghmoyne away in Round 3 of the Under 16 Division 1B League this Thursday 11th April at 7:15pm. Hard luck to our Under 15 boys in their defeat to Carrickmacross away in Round 2 of the Under 16 Division 5A League on Wednesday of last week. They next play Aughnamullen away in Round 3 of the Under 16 Division 5A League this Saturday 13th April at 6:30pm. Minors The Minors season commenced last week. Our Minor A team played Monaghan Harps away in Round 6 of the Minor Division 1 League on Tuesday of last week. Well done in their 3-16 to 3-11 win in an exciting game. They next play Emyvale at home in Round 2 of the Minor Division 1 League this Tuesday 9th April at 7:00pm. Our Minor B team play Monaghan Harps away in Round 1 of the Minor Division 5 League on Monday 15th April at 6:45pm. Senior Men Our Senior men commence their 2024 competitive campaign with a home game against Aughnamullen this Sunday 14th April at 1:30pm in Round 1 of the Senior league. We wish the team and management the very best this year. Junior Men Our Junior men also commence their 2024 competitive campaign with an away game against Oram this Sunday 14th April at 4:30pm in Round 1 of the Junior league. We wish the team and management the very best this year. Senior Division 1A Reserves Our Senior Reserves travelled to Latton for Round 3 of the Reserve League Division 1A on Saturday last where strong gale force winds prescribed the run of play. Scotstown played against the wind in the first half and took an early advantage with a well placed goal. A fine strategically judged free against the wind gave the Blues a half time score of 1-1 against Latton’s 1-3 after fine defending kept the margin within 2 points. Scotstown made use of the wind in the second half against determined Latton defending and won the game by 1-9 to 1-3. Well done to the team and management, and also to Latton for playing an entertaining skilful game in such challenging weather. The Senior reserves next play Monaghan Harps away on Saturday 20th April at 7:00pm in Round 4 of the Reserve League Division 1A. Junior Division 3A Reserves Our Junior 3A Reserves had no games in the past week. They next play Carrickmacross at home on Wednesday 24th April at 7:30pm in Round 4 of the Reserve League Division 3A. Senior Ladies Our Senior Ladies continued their Reserve league campaign against Carrickmacross at home on Sunday last in Round 5 of the LGFA Reserve League Division 1. Hard luck in their 1-6 to 1-4 defeat in windy conditions. They next play Emmett Og away on Sunday 21st April at 11:00am in Round 2 of the LGFA Senior League Division 1. Under 18 Minor Girls The LFGA Under 18 Minor competitive club season starts this week. On Thursday 18th April the LGFA Under 18 girls team play Castleblayney away in Round 1 of the LGFA Under 18 Division 1 at 6:45pm. We wish the team and management the very best. Under 16 Girls The LFGA Under 16 competitive club season started this week. On Monday 8th April our Under 16 girls B team played Emyvale at home in Round 1 of the LGFA Under 16 Division 2. Hard luck in their defeat by 4 points. They next play Carrickmacross away in Round 2 of the LGFA Under 16 Division 2 on Monday 22nd April at 6:45pm. The Under 16 girls A team play Castleblayney away in Round 2 of the LGFA Under 16 Division 1 on Monday 22nd April at 6:45pm. Under 14 Girls The LFGA Under 14 competitive club season starts next week. On Monday 15th April our Under 14 girls A team play Donaghmoyne away in Round 1 of the LGFA Under 14 Division 1 at 6:45pm. The Under 14 girls B team play Carrickmacross away in Round 1 of the LGFA Under 14 Division 2 on Tuesday 16th April at 6:45pm. Ulster Senior Football Championship Preliminary Round – Monaghan 1-12 Cavan 3-12 Last Sunday on a windy day in Clones Monaghan began their senior championship campaign with an Ulster Senior Football Championship preliminary round game against neighbours Cavan. The game was exciting and both sides took the advantage at different stages, but unfortunately Cavan ran out the winners with key scores in the final minutes, winning by 3-12 to 1-12. Hard luck to the team and management, including our Blues who played, Rory, Darren, Jack, Conor, and Ryan, with fine scores by Rory Beggan (0-3, 1 from free from 45 and 1 from play) and Jack McCarron (0-2, 1 from free and 1 from play). Monaghan’s next game will likely be in the All Ireland Group stages in late May. Kieran Hughes Punditry on BBC Northern Ireland Sport Kieran Hughes was part of the pundit team on the BBC NI’s live coverage of the Ulster Championship Monaghan v Cavan game. Well done Kieran on the excellent insights to the game and how it was presented. LGFA Ulster Senior Ladies Intermediate Championship Semi Final The Monaghan Ladies next play Tyrone at home in the Ulster Intermediate Championship Semi Final on Sunday 5th May. We wish our players on the panel, Casey Treanor, Megan Boylan, Eabha Sherry, Hannah Sherlock, Celine Nally, Katie McCaffery and Katie Sherlock, and the rest of the team and management the very best in the Championship campaign. 2024 Ulster Minor Football Championship The Electric Ireland Ulster GAA Minor Championship commences this weekend. Monaghan are in Group A with Down, Donegal, Fermanagh & Tyrone. Monaghan’s first game is at home in Clones against Fermanagh in Round 2 on Saturday 13th April 12:00pm Noon. We wish Darcy Foy, Mark McCaffrey and Cathal McElwain and the rest of the Monaghan team and management the very best. Under 20 Monaghan Ulster Championship The Under 20 Monaghan continued their Ulster Campaign on Wednesday of last week where they played Derry at home in Round 4 of the U20 Ulster Championship Section A in Castleblayney. Hard luck in their 1-11 to 2-6 narrow defeat in an exciting game. They next play Tyrone away in Coalisland this Wednesday 10th April at 7:00pm in Round 5. We wish Caolan Foy, James McElwain and Nicholas Sherlock and the rest of the Monaghan team and management the very best. Under 18 Monaghan Minor Girls – Round 4 of Ulster championship The Monaghan LGFA Minors play Armagh at home in Round 5 of Tier 1 in the Ulster Minor LGFA Championship this Saturday 13th April at 2:00pm. We wish our Blues on the panel Micheala Grew and Shannon Corrigan, and the team and management the very best. Under 16 Girls – Ulster Championship The Monaghan LGFA Under 16 Played Armagh away on Saturday last in Round 5 of the Under 16 Ulster Championship. Hard luck in their 3-10 to 1-8 defeat. Under 14 Girls Festival of Football The LGFA U14 Ulster Festival of Football continued last weekend. The Monaghan U14 girls played Donegal and Cavan away in Round 4 of the Under 14’s LGFA Ulster Festival of Football. Hard luck in their defeats. U12 Spring League Well done to everyone involved in the Under 12 Spring League last Saturday. Each week there is a focus on a skill challenge in each game. This not only gives the players a chance to work on the focused skill during a game but also gives the coach something to work on for that week leading up to the game. Referee Recruitment New referees are needed in Co. Monaghan. The number of games played in the county is increasing every year and there is a shortage of active referees. Anyone interested in refereeing at juvenile level should contact any member of the committee. Training and support will be available to any new referees. Under 6 boys training Training for the Under 6 boys will commence on Saturday morning 13th April at 9am. This is for anyone born in 2018. Please note a child has to be registered before being able to start training. You can register for 2024 Membership on our Clubspot app. Please go to Menu, select Memberships, Buy Membership and select your appropriate option. Our Blues Upcoming Competitive Fixtures for the Week On Tuesday 9th April the Scotstown Minor A team play Emyvale at home in Round 2 of the Minor Division 1 League at 7:00pm. On Wednesday 10th April the Under 15 boys play Aughnamullen away in Round 3 of the Under 15 Division 5A League at 7:15pm. On Thursday 11th April the Under 16 boys play Donaghmoyne away in Round 3 of the Under 16 Division 1B League at 7:15pm. On Friday 12th April our Under 14 Scotstown C team play Clontibret away in Round 3 of the Under 14 League Competition Division 5B at 7:15pm. On Saturday 13th April our Junior 3B Reserves play Monaghan Harps at home in the Platinum Tanks Reserve League Football Division 3B Round 1 game at 7:00pm and our Under 14 Scotstown A team play Inniskeen away in Round 3 of the Under 14 League Competition Division 1 at 11:00am. On Sunday 14th April our Senior men play Aughnamullen at home in the Senior League Round 1 game at 1:30pm; our Junior men play Oram away in the Junior League Round 2 game at 4:30pm and our Under 14 Scotstown B team play Maghan Harps at home in Round 3 of the Under 14 League Competition Division 5A at 11:00am. On Monday 15th April the Scotstown Minor B team play Monaghan Harps away in Round 1 of the Minor Division 5 League at 7:15pm and our Under 14 girls A team play Donaghmoyne away in Round 1 of the LGFA Under 14 Division 1 at 6:45pm. On Tuesday 16th April the Scotstown Minor A team play Carrickmacross away in Round 3 of the Minor Division 1 League at 7:15pm and our Under 14 girls B team play Carrickmacross away in Round 1 of the LGFA Under 14 Division 2 at 6:45pm. On Wednesday 17th April the Under 16 boys B team play Magheracloone at home in Round 4 of the Under 16 Division 5A League at 7:30pm. On Thursday 18th April the Under 16 boys a team play Emyvale at home in Round 2 of the Under 16 Division 1B League at 7:30pm and our LGFA Under 18 girls team play Castleblayney away in Round 1 of the LGFA Under 18 Division 1 at 6:45pm. We wish our Blues and managements all the best in their games. The Big Prediction Quiz – Fergal McPhillips is the overall 2024 winner! And so the curtain falls on the 2024 National Football League. After 7 rounds of action, 112 games, 216 goals, 2,785 points and €2,500 in prizemoney, we have a winner!! With a playing career in blue spanning more than two decades, Fergal McPhillips is crowned proud winner of An Bhoth’s Prediction Quiz. Congratulations Fergal, and to Mark Forde and Declan Treanor who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively. Fergal showed remarkable consistency over the course of the competition having occupied a place on the podium since Round 3 of the League and his final round score of 54 was sufficient to surge past Declan Treanor and claim top spot when it mattered most, finishing on 390 points. Many thanks to everyone involved in the successful organising of this quiz and to the all the participants. Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Jackpot €17,400!! Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw for a €17,200 jackpot on Wednesday 11th April. Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results. In the April 4th draw there was no Jackpot winner. Numbers drawn on the night were 10, 20, 22, 27. There were TWO match 3 winners, Evelyn Matthews who win €50 each. We had 3 Lucky Dip winners, Derek Treanor, Caroline Cassidy, and Martina McKenna who win €20 each. Congratulations to all our winners! The Scotstown GAA online Lotto Draw takes place every Wednesday at 8:30pm with last entries at 8pm. The draw is conducted on-line and is fully automated using secure facilities. There are 4 numbers to choose from a range of 1 to 31. Match the 4 numbers to win the Jackpot of €17,400. If no jackpot winner €200 is rolled over to the following week. Also if there is no jackpot winner there will be lucky dips. Next draw is Wednesday April 17th at 8:30pm. Review of Gaelic Football 2024/2025 The GAA Football Review Committee are seeking your views and ask that you complete the survey linked; https://www.gaa.ie/article/football-review-committee-202425 Rationale This Football Review emanates from the Strategic Plan Aontas 2026 in its vision statement ‘to be a sustainable community-based and volunteer led association where as many as possible, participate in Gaelic games and culture, for as long as possible’. The Key Focus Area within the Plan is ‘Providing the best possible games experience for players and spectators’ (1 Games) The Vision Description is ‘Gaelic Games will be the most enjoyable amateur games in the world to play and watch’ Club Shop The Club Shop is next open on Friday 19th April from 7pm to 8pm. Social Club open The Social Club is open this Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9pm. Bar Rota: Gerard McKenna and Niall McKenna Interested in Volunteering? Anyone interested in helping out in one of our many new committees, we are looking for volunteers. Please contact Cyril at 087 9628521. Health and Wellbeing Scotstown GAA continues this year with its Healthy Club project which aims to help GAA clubs explore how they support the holistic health of their members and the communities they serve. During the winter months we renewed the Make a Ceili initiative which was launched before Christmas. Earlier in January / February saw the start of the Operation Transformation walk, the Scotstown Ladies hosted a Women’s Health talk, a drugs and Alcohol awareness workshop with our coaches, and we had several card nights which continues in March. Caitriona Sherlock rendition of Amhrán na bhFiann at Ulster Championship in Clones Well done to Caitriona Sherlock in her beautiful rendition of Amhrán na bhFiann in Clones on Sunday last before the throw-in in the Ulster Championship game between Monaghan and Cavan. Scór agus Cultúr – Scor Sinsir Ulster Semi Final The Scor Ulster Semi-finals took place last weekend. Our cultural officer Paddy Sherlock represented Monaghan in the recitation section in the Ulster Scór Sinsir Semi Final on Saturday in Randalstown. Hard luck to Paddy who lost to the Donegal and Antrim entries, but well done on winning the Monaghan county final this year. Tá an Ciorcal Gaeilge sa Spórtlann gach Oíche Mháirt ó 8 go 9pm! Fáilte roimh gach duine.

An Bhoth GAA Club Notes 27/02/2024 Allianz Division 1 National Football League Round 5 – Monaghan v Galway Monaghan next play Galway at home in Round 5 in Clones this Sunday 3rd March at 3:15pm. All the best to our Blues on the County panel, and the rest of the Monaghan team, and the management. You can get your tickets at McMahon’s Centra Scotstown. On Sunday afternoon last in Round 4 Monaghan lost away to a strong Roscommon side by 1-16 to 0-7. Hard luck to the team and management and to our Blues that played Darren Hughes, Jack McCarron, Micheal McCarville and Ryan O’Toole, with fine scores by Jack McCarron (2 points) and Micheal McCarville (1 point). The full Monaghan National League results and fixture list are as follows. Round 1: Dublin 1-14 Monaghan 3-09, Saturday January 27th, Croke Park; Round 2: Monaghan 1-12 Kerry 3-15, Sunday 4th February, Clones; Round 3: Derry 3-17 Monaghan 0-13, Saturday 17th February, Celtic Park; Round 4: Roscommon 1-16 Monaghan 0-7, Sunday 25th February, 1:45pm, Roscommon Town; Round 5: Monaghan v Galway, Sunday 3rd March, Clones, 3:15pm; Round 6: Tyrone v Monaghan, Saturday 16th March, 7:30pm, Omagh; Round 7: Monaghan v Mayo, Sunday 24th March, 1:45pm, Clones. Lidl Ladies Division 2 National Football League Round 5 The Monaghan ladies next play Cavan at home in Round 5 of the National Ladies League Division 2 on Sunday 3rd March at 1:00pm in Clones. We wish our players on the panel, Casey Treanor, Megan Boylan, Eabha Sherry, Hannah Sherlock, Celine Nally, Katie McCaffery and Katie Sherlock, and the rest of the team and management the very best. Congratulations to Éabha Sherry A massive congratulations to Éabha Sherry who was named on the overall Gaelic Life Team of the week after her amazing 1-8 tally of scores against Donegal on Sunday of last week. Well done Éabha! National League Tickets You can purchase your tickets for the Round 5 Monaghan v Galway National League game in Clones (this Sunday 3rd March 3:15pm) in McMahon’s Centra Scotstown shop through the Ticketmaster system. Under 18 Monaghan Minor Girls – Round 2 of Ulster championship The Monaghan minors next play Antrim at home in Round 2 of Tier 1 in the Ulster Minor LGFA Championship on Saturday 2nd March at 2:00pm. We wish our Blues on the panel Micheala Grew and Shannon Corrigan, and the team and management the very best. Under 16 Girls – Ulster Championship Congratulations to our Scotstown Under 16 girls; Ava mc Ginnity; Aoife Corrigan; Eimear Larmer; Ellie Graham; Hollie Mullen; Isobel Waddington; Katie Mc Cormick; Kristy Mc Cabe for making the Monaghan LGFA Under 16 panel. Their first game of their season was last Saturday in Cloghan where they played Tyrone in Round 1 of the Under 16 Ulster Championship. Hard luck in their narrow 3-8 to 3-6 defeat. They next play Cavan away in Round 2 on Saturday 9th March at 2:00pm. Under 14 Girls Festival of Football This Saturday 2nd March the intercounty Under 14’s LGFA Ulster Festival of Football commences. Monaghan play Armagh at 11:30am and Antrim 12:30pm in Armagh. We wish our players on the panel, Nadine Boylan, Serena Boylan and Mia Corrigan, and the rest of the team and management, the very best. Ulster Junior Club Football League Well done to our Junior team and management in their exciting 1-8 all draw against Newtownbutler in Aghabog on Wednesday night of last week in Round 4 of the Ulster Junior Club League Section B Round 4 game. Thanks to Aghabog for hosting the game. They next play Ballyhegan of Armagh away in Ballyhegan in Round 2 this Sunday 3rd March at 10:30am. We wish the team and management the very best. The Big Prediction Quiz has commenced- €2,500 in Prizes We are having the popular Prediction Competition Quiz from previous years for this year’s National Football League games which commenced 4 weeks ago. First overall prize is €1,000, plus a weekly prize of €100 for score of the week. Prizes = 1st €1,000, 2nd €500, 3rd, €300. Tied scores will split the prize money Many thanks to everyone involved in the successful organising of this quiz and to the all the participants. We wish you all the best and lots of fun! Please note this Competition is now closed and the leaderboard is published on our Social Media platforms and updated every week. Kilmore Hub Facility now open Well done to everyone involved in the Kilmore Hib gym which is now open 2 months. If you have not already downloaded our new gym app for the new Scotstown GAA gym you can do here - https://onelink.to/2gs425 Please also check our Facebook page and the Kilmore Hub Facebook page for updates on classes available. Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Jackpot €16,000!! Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw for a €15,800 jackpot on Wednesday 28th February. Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results. In the February 21st draw there was no Jackpot winner. Numbers drawn on the night were 20, 23, 26, 28. There was Match 1 Winner, Leona Keenan. who wins €100. We had 3 Lucky Dip winners, Siobhan Fitzgerald, Teresa Gallagher, and Dermot McCrudden who win €20 each. Congratulations to all our winners! The Scotstown GAA online Lotto Draw takes place every Wednesday at 8:30pm with last entries at 8pm. The draw is conducted on-line and is fully automated using secure facilities. There are 4 numbers to choose from a range of 1 to 31. Match the 4 numbers to win the Jackpot of €16,000. If no jackpot winner €200 is rolled over to the following week. Also if there is no jackpot winner there will be lucky dips. Next draw is Wednesday February 28th at 8:30pm. Ciste Draw Congratulations to our February €1,000 Ciste winner Kathleen O'Neill, Allgesh. Also congratulations to our 5 x €100 winners, Anthony Holland, Declan Mc Phillips, Jim Cassidy, Eabha Sherry, and Massay Boylan. Sellers prize Michael Owen McMahon & Gerard McKenna. You can purchase your Ciste tickets in our local shops. There are tickets, envelopes and collection boxes in each of these shops; McMahon Centra, Scotstown; XL Ballinode & Killylough. You can also purchase your Ciste tickets using the Scotstown Clubforce website and clicking on ‘buy event tickets’ link. First prize €1,000 and 5 prizes of €100 must be won. In total €18,000 in prize money is won every year! Club Shop The Club Shop is next open this Friday 1st March from 7pm to 8pm. Interested in Volunteering? Anyone interested in helping out in one of our many new committees, we are looking for volunteers. Please contact Cyril at 087 9628521. Scotstown GAA Table Quiz There will be an adult’s Fun table quiz in the Scotstown GAA Social Club on Saturday 9th March at 8:30pm. A fun night of general knowledge, music and picture rounds. Lots of spot prizes. Juvenile Registration this Friday night This Friday 1st March, there will be juvenile registration night in the Scotstown Complex from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Membership 2024 – Now open for payment on Clubspot You can register for 2024 Membership on our Clubspot app. Please go to Menu, select Memberships, Buy Membership and select your appropriate option. Please note players must be registered before they start training. Any teams who have started group trainings should register asap. Health and Wellbeing Scotstown GAA continues this year with its Healthy Club project which aims to help GAA clubs explore how they support the holistic health of their members and the communities they serve. During the winter months we renewed the Make a Ceili initiative which was launched recently. This month saw the start of the Operation Transformation walk, the Scotstown Ladies hosted a Women’s Health talk and we had several card nights. Card Playing night Well done to everyone involved on another successful card night on Friday night last in the Scotstown GAA Social Club. We will be having further Card nights in the future and are inviting everyone to come along and play Cards especially young people who want to learn the game of 45. There will be card players there on the night to guide and help, fun night ahead don’t let our traditional card games become a thing of the past. This is part of our Silver Healthy Club. Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others – G4MO Blitz in the Connacht GAA Air Dome Well done to the G4MO Ladies in their Blitz in the Dome in Claremorris Mayo on Saturday last. Brilliant experience for the ladies and lots of fun. Thanks to Claremorris LGFA for brilliantly hosting the event. Gaelic For Mothers & others outdoor training has ended for the year and training will be indoors from now on. All welcome to come along. As there is no competition for the group there is no pressure to attend every week. You can join in at any stage and come when it suits you. You need to be over 25 and living in the parish. Why not come all and give it a go!! Event Dates for your diary. Scotstown GAA Table quiz will take place on Saturday 9th March in the Scotstown GAA Social Club. We will be having music and food in the bar on St Patrick’s night save the date more info to follow next month. Scór agus Cultúr Scór dates for your diary. Scor sinsir quiz Thursday March 14th in Cremartin at 7:45pm. Scor sinsir County final stage events Friday March 22nd in Emyvale at 7:00pm. Scor Ulster Semi-finals Saturday and Sunday 6th and 7th April. Scor sinsir Ulster final Saturday 20th April; All Ireland final in Killarney Saturday May 11th. Tá an Ciorcal Gaeilge sa Spórtlann gach Oíche Mháirt ó 8 go 9pm! Fáilte roimh gach duine. Gaeltacht Scholarship Applications The Monaghan GAA Gaeltacht Scholarship scheme is open for applications. In order to apply, applicants must complete an application form in full. For application forms please email secretary.scotstown.monaghan@gaa.ie Deadline for applications will be Thursday 29th February 2024.

An Bhoth GAA Club Notes 13/02/2024 Allianz Division 1 National Football League Round 3 – Derry v Monaghan 17th February Monaghan next play Derry away in Round 3 in Celtic Park this Saturday 17th February at 5:00pm. All the best to our Blues on the County panel, and the rest of the Monaghan team, and the management. You can get your tickets at McMahon’s Centra Scotstown. No ticket sales at the ground. The full Monaghan results and fixture list are as follows. Round 1: Dublin 1-14 Monaghan 3-09, Saturday January 27th, Croke Park; Round 2: Monaghan 1-12 Kerry 3-15, Sunday 4th February, Clones; Round 3: Derry v Monaghan, Saturday 17th February, 5:00pm, Celtic Park; Round 4: Roscommon v Monaghan, Sunday 25th February, 1:45pm, Roscommon Town; Round 5: Monaghan v Galway, Sunday 3rd March, Clones, 3:15pm; Round 6: Tyrone v Monaghan, Saturday 16th March, 7:30pm, Omagh; Round 7: Monaghan v Mayo, Sunday 24th March, 1:45pm, Clones. Lidl Ladies Division 2 National Football League Round 4: Monaghan v Donegal The Monaghan County Ladies next play Donegal at home this Sunday 18th February at 2pm in Round 4 in St Mellans, Truagh. We wish our players on the panel, Casey Treanor, Megan Boylan, Eabha Sherry, Hannah Sherlock, Celine Nally, Katie McCaffery and Katie Sherlock, and the rest of the team and management the very best. National League Tickets You can purchase your tickets for the Round 3 Derry v Monaghan National League game in Celtic Park (this Saturday 17th February 5:00pm) in McMahon’s Centra Scotstown shop through the Ticketmaster system. Ulster Junior Club Football League commenced last Saturday The club’s first competitive game of the year took place last Saturday in Kilmore with Round 1 of the Ulster Junior League against a strong Toome side. Hard luck to our Junior team and management in their defeat. They next play Ballyhegan in Round 2 this Sunday The Ulster Club Football Leagues are an annual football tournament played in Ulster GAA between clubs who choose to enter. It starts with a group stage, with the group winners advancing to the knockout stage, along with the best runner up. Scotstown have been drawn in Group B with our fellow County club Toome GFC, Ballyhegan Davitts from County Armagh, Derrytresk from Tyrone and Newtownbutler. Fixtures are as follows Scotstown GAA v Toome, at home Saturday February 10th; Ballyhegan v Scotstown GAA, Venue TBA Sunday 18th February at 12:00pm; Newtownbutler v Scotstown GAA, in Aghabog, Wednesday 21st February at 8:00pm and Scotstown GAA v Derrytresk, Home, Sunday 25th February. We wish our junior Blues and management the very best. The Big Prediction Quiz has commenced- €2,500 in Prizes We are having the popular Prediction Competition Quiz from previous years for this year’s National Football League games which commenced 2 weeks ago. First overall prize is €1,000, plus a weekly prize of €100 for score of the week. Prizes = 1st €1,000, 2nd €500, 3rd, €300. Tied scores will split the prize money Many thanks to everyone involved in the successful organising of this quiz and to the all the participants. We wish you all the best and lots of fun! Please note this Competition is now closed and the leaderboard is published on our Social Media platforms and updated every week. Kilmore Hub Facility now open Well done to everyone involved in the Kilmore Hib gym which is now open exactly a month. If you have not already downloaded our new gym app for the new Scotstown GAA gym you can do here - https://onelink.to/2gs425 Please also check our Facebook page and the Kilmore Hub Facebook page for updates on classes available. Presentation Nights – This Weekend 9th and 10th February Well done and thanks to everyone involved in last weekend’s magnificent Presentation nights, which were both fully attended and were enjoyable events celebrating the successes over the past year in both Juvenile and Adult levels. Last Friday night was the juvenile presentation night for the year 2023 . 2023 was another successful year, with presentations for the Under 17 Division 4 boys with their League and Championship cup double success, the Under 15 Division 5B Championship winning boys team, the Under 13 Division 6 league shield cup winning boys team, Under 16 Division 1 and Division 2 girls double championship winning teams, the Under 18 minor girls, Under 14 girls and the Under 12 girls. Well done and congratulations to all our juvenile players and managements. The adult presentation night was another amazing night of award giving, warm reflections, food and music. Thanks to Frankie McCarey for MCing both nights and ensuring the award ceremony went smoothly. The presentation night opened with a light-hearted and entertaining quiz show on stage called “lies”, where 2 people challenge each other on the number of questions they can answer on a topic. This included brothers Darren and Kieran Hughes challenging each other, Hannah Sherlock challenging Lee Saunders and Abbie McCarey challenging Jack McDevitt. Next came the formalities of the evening. Our chairperson Cyril McCrudden addressed the audience and praised and thanked all our players and members and volunteers for continuing the club’s successes both on and off the field over the past 2 years. This sentiment was echoed by Monaghan GAA vice chairperson Brendan Casey who praised the club in its commitment to the county, and we thank Brendan for attending and his kind words. The teams awarded and with player of the year awards include; 2022 Reserve Division 3 League Cup winning team, player of the year Adrian Carbin; Junior player of the year, Kieran McGuirk; 2022 Senior Reserve O’Duffy Cup Championship Cup winning team, player of the year, Darragh Murray; 2022 Senior team Owen Ward League Cup winning team, player of the year Shane Carey. 2023 Reserves Division 3 Shield Cup Winning team, player of the year Declan Treanor; 2024 Junior player of the year, Cian McGonnell; 2023 Senior Reserve O’Duffy Cup Championship Cup winning team, player of the year, Joey McKenna; 2023 Senior team Monaghan Championship Mick Duffy Cup winning team, players of the year Rory Beggan and Jason Carey. A pre-recorded interview with Rory Beggan, who is currently in the United States, by Frankie McCarey was shown and we wish Rory all the best and every success in his endeavours in the US over the next few weeks. Conor McCarthy was recognised for his amazing and well deserved Senior County All Star award in 2023 and both Uainin Connolly and Eabha Sherry were recognised in their tremendous PPS Ulster All Star Awards for 2022 and 2023 respectively. 2023 Senior Ladies Division 2 League Cup winners, player of the year Megan Boylan; 2022 Senior Ladies player of the year, Edel Corrigan. Edel was also given a presentation upon her retirement from the senior ladies and praised and thanks for all her commitment and brilliant football for the club. The Scór county final winners in the Table Quiz contest were presented. Please see photos of the night on our Social Media platforms and thanks to Laura Treanor from Lavery photos and Videos for the excellent photos. Thanks to Edel Tierney for the excellent catering, DJ Marty Connors and to the bar and floor staff. Thanks to Father Joyce for attending and his blessing. Thanks to Cormac Sherry and Marc Mullen for the excellent multimedia presentations and thanks to everyone else involved in organising the wonderful night. Congratulations to Éabha Sherry on her PPS All Star award ULGFA presented their PPS All Stars last week. A massive congratulations to Éabha Sherry who was awarded an Ulster PPS All Star for 2023! Well done Éabha! Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Jackpot €15,600!! Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw for a €15,400 jackpot on Wednesday 14th February. Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results. In the February 7th draw there was no Jackpot winner. Numbers drawn on the night were 17, 22, 24, 28. There were 2 Match 3 Winners, Aimee McMahon and Mark Monahan. who win €50 each. We had 3 Lucky Dip winners, Michelle Malley, Geraldine Kettle, and Conor Sherry who win €20 each. Congratulations to all our winners! The Scotstown GAA online Lotto Draw takes place every Wednesday at 8:30pm with last entries at 8pm. The draw is conducted on-line and is fully automated using secure facilities. There are 4 numbers to choose from a range of 1 to 31. Match the 4 numbers to win the Jackpot of €15,600. If no jackpot winner €200 is rolled over to the following week. Also if there is no jackpot winner there will be lucky dips. Next draw is Wednesday February 21st at 8:30pm. Club Shop The Club Shop is next open this Friday 16th February from 7pm to 8pm. Interested in Volunteering? Anyone interested in helping out in one of our many new committees, we are looking for volunteers. Please contact Cyril at 087 9628521. Membership 2024 – Now open for payment on Clubspot You can register for 2024 Membership on our Clubspot app. Please go to Menu, select Memberships, Buy Membership and select your appropriate option. Please note players must be registered before they start training. Any teams who have started group trainings should register asap. Our Condolences Scotstown GAA would like to offer our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Noel McKenna. We would like to pass on our deepest sympathy to his wife Bernadette, his daughter Jennifer (Aidan), his sons Adrian (Barbara), and Kevin (Leontia), his sisters Kathleen, Margaret and Nora and to his extended family and friends. Noel was a lifelong supporter of our club. May his gentle soul Rest In Peace. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. Health and Wellbeing Scotstown GAA continues this year with its Healthy Club project which aims to help GAA clubs explore how they support the holistic health of their members and the communities they serve. During the winter months we renewed the Make a Ceili initiative which was launched recently. This month saw the start of the Operation Transformation walk, the Scotstown Ladies hosted a Women’s Health talk and we had several card nights. RTE Operation Transformation 2024 – Ireland Lights Up Walk The 6th and final Ireland Lights up walk is on Wednesday 14th February at 7:00pm. Feel free to join into the walk at any stage of the event. This initiative involves Scotstown GAA Health and Well-being joining up with Ireland Lights Up 2024 in partnership with RTE Operation Transformation and encourages everyone young and old to get Ireland safely walking. We hosted this initiative at the Kilmore walking track at evening times, every Wednesday for 6 weeks. This is part of our Silver Healthy Club. Card Playing night Well done to everyone involved on another successful card night on Friday night last in the Scotstown GAA Social Club. We will be having further Card nights in the future and are inviting everyone to come along and play Cards especially young people who want to learn the game of 45. There will be card players there on the night to guide and help, fun night ahead don’t let our traditional card games become a thing of the past. This is part of our Silver Healthy Club. Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others Gaelic For Mothers & others outdoor training has ended for the year and training will be indoors from now on. All welcome to come along. As there is no competition for the group there is no pressure to attend every week. You can join in at any stage and come when it suits you. You need to be over 25 and living in the parish. Why not come all and give it a go!! Event Dates for your diary. Scotstown GAA Table quiz will take place on Saturday 9th March in the Scotstown GAA Social Club. We will be having music and food in the bar on St Patrick’s night save the date more info to follow next month. Scór agus Cultúr Scór dates for your diary. Scor sinsir quiz Thursday March 14th in Cremartin at 7:45pm. Scor sinsir County final stage events Friday March 22nd in Emyvale at 7:00pm. Scor Ulster Semi-finals Saturday and Sunday 6th and 7th April. Scor sinsir Ulster final Saturday 20th April; All Ireland final in Killarney Saturday May 11th. Tá an Ciorcal Gaeilge sa Spórtlann gach Oíche Mháirt ó 8 go 9pm! Fáilte roimh gach duine.

An Bhoth GAA Club Notes 23/01/2024 Allianz Division 1 National Football League Roinn 1 We’re not long into 2024 and the Intercounty football action rises up a gear following the Dr. McKenna Cup competition with the opening fixtures of the National Football League this weekend. Monaghan retained their position in Division 1 and are the same league as Derry, Dublin, Mayo, Galway, Tyrone, Kerry and Roscommon. Monaghan are playing Dublin away in Croke Park, on Saturday 27th January at 7:30pm. All the best to our Blues on the County panel, and the rest of the Monaghan team, and the management. You can get your tickets at McMahon’s Centra Scotstown. No ticket sales at the ground. The full Monaghan fixture list is as follows. Roinn 1: Dublin v Monaghan, Saturday January 27th 7:30pm, Croke Park; Roinn 2: Monaghan v Kerry, Sunday 4th February, 1:00pm, Clones; Roinn 3: Derry v Monaghan, Saturday 17th February, 5:00pm, Celtic Park; Roinn 4: Roscommon v Monaghan, Sunday 25th February, 1:45pm, Roscommon Town; Roinn 5: Monaghan v Galway, Sunday 3rd March, Clones, 3:15pm; Roinn 6: Tyrone v Monaghan, Saturday 16th March, 7:30pm, Omagh; Roinn 7: Monaghan v Mayo, Sunday 24th March, 1:45pm, Clones. Lidl Ladies Division 2 National Football League Roinn 1 Result: Kildare 1-6 Monaghan 0-5 Hard luck to the County Monaghan Ladies team in their 1-6 to 0-5 defeat against Kildare away last Sunday. Well done to Éabha Sherry who scored a point on her Monaghan senior debut. We have 7 of our Blues on the panel this year, Casey Treanor, Megan Boylan, Eabha Sherry, Hannah Sherlock, Celine Nally, Katie McCaffery and Katie Sherlock. The County Ladies next play Westmeath at home this Sunday 28th January at 2pm. We wish them all the best. National League Tickets You can purchase your tickets for the Round 1 Monaghan v Dublin National League game in Croke Park this Saturday 27th January in McMahan’s Centra Scotstown shop through the Ticketmaster system. Kieran Hughes steps back from Intercounty Football for Monaghan GAA. As Kieran Hughes steps back from Intercounty Football we would like to acknowledge his tremendous, outstanding and exemplary performances, football and career with Monaghan GAA which saw 2 Ulster Championship medals, Division 2 and Division 3 medals, 2 All Ireland Semi Finals and an immense amount of top level intercounty games from his debut in 2009 till now which has been such a glory age of prosperity for Monaghan football. Kieran has played an influential role during this period for Monaghan with beautiful creative football, amazing scores and dedication that has no doubt inspired fans and future players. The Big Prediction Quiz - €2,500 in Prizes!!!! – Deadline this Friday The Big Prediction Quiz - €2,500 in Prizes!!!! Please get your entries in before the deadline this Friday January 26th. Show your GAA expertise! You have always fancied yourself as a fountain of GAA knowledge with regards to matters on the field. Now is the time, join the big prediction quiz, see can you be crowned the champion and win the top prize of €1,000 plus any number of the weekly €100 winner prize! The proof is in the predictions! We are having the popular Prediction Competition Quiz from previous years for this year’s National Football League games which will commence at the end of this month. You can now easily enter our NFL Prediction Quiz 2024 simply by filling in the online form linked https://www.scotstowngaa.ie/nfl-prediction-quiz-2024 Pick the result of each game of the National Football League for a chance to Win €1,000, plus a weekly prize of €100 for score of the week. Prizes = 1st €1,000, 2nd €500, 3rd, €300. Tied scores will split the prize money Cost of Entry is €50. This year, after round 3 we are allowing players to resubmit predictions for the remaining rounds 4 to 7. This can be done easily online and a reminder will be sent to you for it. Entries must be in by Friday January 26th. We also have manual copies for people to fill in who do not have online access. Please ask any committee member for a copy, and there are sheets available in the local shops and pubs. Kilmore Hub Facility now open Well done to everyone involved in the Kilmore Hib gym which is now open. If you have not already downloaded our new gym app for the new Scotstown GAA gym you can do here - https://onelink.to/2gs425 Please also check our Facebook page and the Kilmore Hub Facebook page for updates on classes available. Presentation Nights – Weekend of 9th February We are 2 presentations nights for 2023 on the weekend of 9th February. On Friday 9th February we are having our Juvenile Presentation night in the Complex. On Saturday 10th February we are having our adult Presentation night, also in the Complex. Please see our social platforms for more details and ticket info for the adult presentation night. Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Jackpot €15,000!! Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw for a €14,800 jackpot on Wednesday 24th January. Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results. In the January 17th draw there was no Jackpot winner. Numbers drawn on the night were 1, 9, 22, 29. There was 1 Match 3 Winner, Niamh Sinéad Maguire. We had 3 Lucky Dip winners, Michelle McCarey, Brendan McKenna, and Chloe McPhillips who win €20 each. Congratulations to all our winners! The Scotstown GAA online Lotto Draw takes place every Wednesday at 8:30pm with last entries at 8pm. The draw is conducted on-line and is fully automated using secure facilities. There are 4 numbers to choose from a range of 1 to 31. Match the 4 numbers to win the Jackpot of €15,000. If no jackpot winner €200 is rolled over to the following week. Also if there is no jackpot winner there will be lucky dips. Next draw is Wednesday January 31st at 8:30pm. Ciste Draw The January Ciste draw will take place on Sunday night, January 28th at 10:00pm, in the Social Club. You can purchase your Ciste tickets in our local shops. There are tickets, envelopes and collection boxes in each of these shops; McMahon Centra, Scotstown; McAloons Knockatallon; XL Ballinode & Killylough. You can also purchase your Ciste tickets using the Scotstown Clubforce website and clicking on ‘buy event tickets’ link. First prize €1,000 and 5 prizes of €100 must be won. In total €18,000 in prize money is won every year! Club Shop The Club Shop is next open on Friday 2nd February from 7m to 8pm. Social Club opening hours and rota The Social Club is open this Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9pm. Bar Rota: Gerard McKenna and Niall McKenna. Interested in Volunteering? Anyone interested in helping out in one of our many new committees, we are looking for volunteers. Please contact Cyril at 087 9628521. Congratulations to Glen Congratulations to Watty Graham’s Glen in their All Ireland Club Final win on Sunday last and well done to Jody McDermott (son of Roger McDermott) who scored Glen's first goal. Table Quiz in Scotstown Complex Table Quiz in Scotstown Complex on Friday 2nd February hosted by Urbleshanny N.S. Parents Association. Health and Wellbeing Scotstown GAA continues this year with its Healthy Club project which aims to help GAA clubs explore how they support the holistic health of their members and the communities they serve. As we entered the winter months we renewed the Make a Ceili initiative which was launched recently. This month saw the start of the Operation Transformation walk and the Scotstown Ladies hosted a Women’s Health talk. RTE Operation Transformation 2024 – Ireland Lights Up Walk and Blood Pressure Check We have registered with the Transformation 2024 initiative again this year. It commenced last Wednesday 10th January from 7pm. Many thanks to everyone involved. There will be health check again with blood pressure checks available on Wednesday evening. Feel free to join into the walk at any stage of the weekly event. This initiative involves Scotstown GAA Health and Well-being joining up with Ireland Lights Up 2024 in partnership with RTE Operation Transformation and encourages everyone young and old to get Ireland safely walking. We host this initiative at the Kilmore walking track at evening times, every Wednesday for 6 weeks. This is part of our Silver Healthy Club. Card Playing night – Friday night 26th January Following up on the successful card nights this winter, we are inviting everyone to come along and play Cards in the Scotstown complex this Friday 26th January at 8:00pm especially young people who want to learn the game of 45, there will be card players there on the night to guide and help, fun night ahead don’t let our traditional card games become a thing of the past. This is part of our Silver Healthy Club. Playing pitches closed for the Winter Please note that all the pitches at Kilmore and Pairc Mhuire are closed for the Winter. Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others Gaelic For Mothers & others outdoor training has ended for the year and training will be indoors from now on. All welcome to come along. As there is no competition for the group there is no pressure to attend every week. You can join in at any stage and come when it suits you. You need to be over 25 and living in the parish. Why not come all and give it a go!! Scór agus Cultúr Scór dates for your diary. Scor sinsir quiz Thursday March 14th. Scor sinsir County final stage events Friday March 22nd. Scor Ulster Semi-finals Saturday and Sunday 6th and 7th April. Scor sinsir Ulster final Saturday 20th April; All Ireland final in Killarney Saturday May 11th. enues and times for above events to be confirmed. Tá an Ciorcal Gaeilge sa Spórtlann gach Oíche Mháirt ó 8 go 9pm! Fáilte roimh gach duine.

An Bhoth GAA Club Notes 16/01/2024 2024 Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup Monaghan qualified for the Semi Final for the 2024 Dr McKenna Cup after defeating Fermanagh away in an exciting Round 3 group stage game on Wednesday evening last in Enniskillen. Monaghan finished top of Group C and well done to Jack, Conor, Michael and Ryan in that game along with the Monaghan team and management. Unfortunately Monaghan lost to Donegal in the Semi Final on Sunday last in Castleblayney. They next play Dublin away on Saturday 27th January in Round 1 of the National League Division 1 in Croke Parke at 7:30pm. The Big Prediction Quiz - €2,500 in Prizes!!!! Show your GAA expertise! You have always fancied yourself as a fountain of GAA knowledge with regards to matters on the field. Now is the time, join the big prediction quiz, see can you be crowned the champion and win the top prize of €1,000 plus any number of the weekly €100 winner prize! The proof is in the predictions! We are having the popular Prediction Competition Quiz from previous years for this year’s National Football League games which will commence at the end of this month. You can now easily enter our NFL Prediction Quiz 2024 simply by filling in the online form linked https://www.scotstowngaa.ie/nfl-prediction-quiz-2024 Pick the result of each game of the National Football League for a chance to Win €1,000, plus a weekly prize of €100 for score of the week. Prizes = 1st €1,000, 2nd €500, 3rd, €300. Tied scores will split the prize money Cost of Entry is €50. This year, after round 3 we are allowing players to resubmit predictions for the remaining rounds 4 to 7. This can be done easily online and a reminder will be sent to you for it. Entries must be in by Friday January 26th. We also have manual copies for people to fill in who do not have online access. Please ask any committee member for a copy, and there are sheets available in the local shops and pubs Kilmore Hub Facility now open Well done to everyone involved in the Kilmore Hib gym which is now open. If you have not already downloaded our new gym app for the new Scotstown GAA gym you can do here - https://onelink.to/2gs425 Please also check our Facebook page and the Kilmore Hub Facebook page for updates on classes available. Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Jackpot €14,800!! Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw for a €14,600 jackpot on Wednesday 17th January. Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results. In the January 10th draw there was no Jackpot winner. Numbers drawn on the night were 21, 23, 27, 30. There was 1 Match 3 Winner, Mark McKenna. We had 3 Lucky Dip winners, Katherine Lynskey, Olivia Greene and Chloe McPhillips who win €20 each. Congratulations to all our winners! The Scotstown GAA online Lotto Draw takes place every Wednesday at 8:30pm with last entries at 8pm. The draw is conducted on-line and is fully automated using secure facilities. There are 4 numbers to choose from a range of 1 to 31. Match the 4 numbers to win the Jackpot of €14,800. If no jackpot winner €200 is rolled over to the following week. Also if there is no jackpot winner there will be lucky dips. Next draw is Wednesday January 24th at 8:30pm. Club Shop The Club Shop is next open at the end of the month. Social Club opening hours and rota The Social Club is open this Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9pm. Bara Rota: Sean McKenna and Kevin Boylan. Monaghan GAA Annual Awards 2023 The Monaghan GAA Annual awards 2023 ceremony took place last Saturday night in the 4 Seasons Monaghan. Scotstown GAA achieved 5 Monaghan GAA Annual Awards for 2023 at December's County Convention and well done to everyone involved. Thanks to everyone involved in Monaghan GAA and the Four Seasons Hotel Monaghan for organising and hosting an amazing night of talk, music, reflection and appreciation to what was an outstanding year for Monaghan Gaelic sports. Well done to Gráinne McElwain for her excellent performance as Master of Ceremonies and local traditional band Ceolinn from Tydavnet parish for a fine start to the evening with their brilliant music. The 5 awards were as follows; Congratulations to Rory Beggan, Senior Footballer of the Year. Since making his Monaghan debut in 2013, Rory has played over 120 consecutive league and championship games for the county, while also being an ever-present in Scotstowns championship games for more than a decade. In 2023 Rory was a consistent performer for club and county. He was central to Monaghan retaining their Division 1 status this year and in their run all the way to the All-Ireland semi-final and was an All Star nominee. He was also pivotal in Scotstown winning the Mick Duffy cup and their run to the Ulster Club final. From shot stopping, saving penalties, support play, contesting opposition kick outs, scoring from placed balls or from play, Rory has displayed a range of skills and abilities few other goalkeepers can match. Next award; Congratulations to Conor Mc Carthy, Club Monaghan Senior Footballer of the Year. A former Ulster Minor medal winner and Sigerson Cup winner, Conor became the 10th Monaghan player to win an All Star after his performances in 2023 as the county made it to the All-Ireland Semi Final. Lining out at left-half back, he scored two second half points in the Ulster Championship win over Tyrone, 0-3 in the drawn All Ireland Group game away to Derry and 1-2 in the home victory over Clare. Monaghan supporters will long remember his brilliant winning point in the Preliminary Quarter-Final win over Kildare on a great day for Monaghan football. His form continued in Croke Park with three points in the Quarter Final win over Armagh and he gave another fully committed performance in the Semi-Final defeat against Dublin. Conor was also an important player for Scotstown as they won the Mick Duffy Cup and he got vital scores in the Ulster Club Championship. We had 2 former Blues entering the Hall of Fame, Tom Moyna and Gerard McGuirk. Congratulations to Tom Moyna. Tom comes from a family with a long association with Scotstown and Monaghan – his father Tommy and uncle Mackey played for club and county. Tom had a successful juvenile career with Scotstown and made his way into the senior team in the mid-seventies. He gave some memorable performances when Scotstown won five Monaghan Senior football championships in a row and won three successive Ulster club titles in the late seventies. He lined out at full forward for Monaghan in 1979 when the county won the Ulster Senior Football Championship after a gap of 41 years. Tom has managed various underage teams in Scotstown and is a current Trustee of the club. Congratulations to Gerard Mc Guirk. Gerard also comes from a family with strong Scotstown history – his father Hugh was a member of the 1960 championship winning team. Gerard was a regular on the Scotstown team that won the Ulster Club title in 1989 and won back-to-back Monaghan Senior Football titles in 1992 and 1993, winning the Man of the Match award in the 1992 drawn final. He was a regular for Monaghan throughout the 1990’s, capable of playing in defence, midfield or attack. After retirement, Gerard got involved with management of various Scotstown teams and was a selector in 2011 when they narrowly lost the county final to Latton. Gerard’s family continue the tradition by playing for Scotstown Ladies. To round it all off, Scotstown GAA were named Club of the Year! So well done to all our members, players, coaches and volunteers for achieving club of the year 2023! Scotstown GAA has enjoyed another busy and fruitful year both on and off the field, and we are delighted and grateful to awarded Club of the year for 2023. Through our health and well-being initiatives and other activities in our club we continue to serve the community as community comes first. Football is nothing without the people you enjoy it with, the people to share in those moments, the people in the community. Having recently achieved the Silver Healthy Club GAA award, we are further enabled to further support the holistic health of our members and all the community that we serve. Healthy Club Initiatives and other community related activities included Operation Transformation, Make a Ceili, Nutritional talks, Scór successes, Card playing nights, table quizzes, blood pressure health checks, various charity collection events with the senior ladies, and Gaelic Mothers 4 Others. Our new Kilmore building is now open which includes community gym and meeting room facilities. This year has been an eventful and successful year for our juveniles again following up on the recent years’ achievements. Our Minor B boys won the Division 4 League Cup and Championship Double. Our Minor A side narrowly missed out on retaining the Under 17 Division 1 League cup to a strong Castleblayney side and made the Semi Finals of the Championship. Our Under 15 B team won the Division 5B Championship and our U15 A team won the Division 1 League Shield Cup. Our Under 13 Division 6 team won the League Shield cup. Our juvenile girls had success, with the Under 16 A team winning the league Cup and Championship double and the U16B team winning the Division 2 Championship. Our Under 18 girls made the Division 1 Championship final and our Under 14 girls made the shield cup final. Our Under 15 girls won the Ulster Feile competition. In adults, our Senior ladies won the Division 2 Reserve League cup and made steady progress in the Senior Division 1 Championship and League, losing narrowly to the Ulster champions Donaghmoyne in the Championship Semi Final. In Mens our 3 reserve teams had success with our Senior reserves retaining the O’Duffy Championship cup and our Junior Reserves winning the Division 3A League Shield Cup. Our Junior men made brilliant progress this year making the quarter final of the Junior Championship. Our Senior men qualified for their 11th Senior Championship County final in a row and won against a strong Inniskeen side to win the club’s 22nd Senior County Championship, including 8 out of the last 11 finals in a row. The Senior team went on an amazing run in the Ulster Club Championship, defeating 2021 All Ireland Champions Kilcoo in a thrilling quarter final and a strong Trillick side in a tense Semi Final before losing narrowly in a tight Final to last year’s All Ireland runners up, Glen. It was also an amazing year in Intercounty level, with 8 of our players part of the Monaghan Senior team that went on an exceptional run to the All-Ireland Semi Final and 5 of our representatives were part of the historic Monaghan minor team that made the All-Ireland Final. Our juvenile girl representatives had success as well with the minors winning the Platinum Ulster Championship and our Under 14 girls winning the Silver Ulster championship and qualifying for the All-Ireland Final. Well done to all our teams, management, players, members, volunteers, supporters and our community! An Bhoth Abú. Thanks to Shane Stirrat for accepting the award and to Michael Owen McMahon for presenting some of the awards last night. Interested in Volunteering? Anyone interested in helping out in one of our many new committees, we are looking for volunteers. Please contact Cyril at 087 9628521. Our Condolences Scotstown GAA would like to offer our deepest condolences and sincerest sympathy to the family and friends of Laurence McKenna. We would like to pass on our sympathy to his children, Alan (Christine), Lorraine (Ray Hughes), Paul (Kate) & Joanne (Stephen Clarke), grandchildren, his sisters Kathleen, Margaret, Nora and his brother Noel, nieces, nephews, cousins, neighbours and his wide circle of friends. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. Health and Wellbeing Scotstown GAA continues this year with its Healthy Club project which aims to help GAA clubs explore how they support the holistic health of their members and the communities they serve. As we entered the winter months we renewed the Make a Ceili initiative which was launched recently. Last week saw the start of the Operation Transformation walk and the Scotstown Ladies hosted a Women’s Health talk. RTE Operation Transformation 2024 – Ireland Lights Up Walk We have registered with the Transformation 2024 initiative again this year. It commenced last Wednesday 10th January from 7pm. Many thanks to everyone involved in the Health Check and blood pressure check onsite during that evening. Feel free to join into the walk at any stage of the weekly event. This initiative involves Scotstown GAA Health and Well-being joining up with Ireland Lights Up 2024 in partnership with RTE Operation Transformation and encourages everyone young and old, especially families / household bubbles, to get Ireland safely walking. We host this initiative at the Kilmore walking track at evening times, every Wednesday for 6 weeks. This is part of our Silver Healthy Club. Free Talk on Women’s Health Well done to the Scotstown ladies and everyone involved in the Women’s Health talk which was expertly presented by Tara McCarville on Thursday evening of last week in the Scotstown Complex. There was a large turnout and thanks to everyone who attended and all those involved in organising the event and to the speaker Tara McCarville. The talk was geared to an over 23 year old audience based on some of the content but everyone was welcome. Please note there will be a talk more suitable to u16s and minors scheduled later in the month or early February. This is part of our Silver Healthy Club. Card Playing night Well done to everyone involved on another successful card night on Friday night last in the Scotstown GAA Social Club. We will be having further Card nights in the future and are inviting everyone to come along and play Cards especially young people who want to learn the game of 45. There will be card players there on the night to guide and help, fun night ahead don’t let our traditional card games become a thing of the past. This is part of our Silver Healthy Club. Make a Ceili during the cold snap Please keep in mind to check in on your friends and neighbours during the cold snap. Playing pitches closed for the Winter Please note that all the pitches at Kilmore and Pairc Mhuire are closed for the Winter. Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others Gaelic For Mothers & others outdoor training has ended for the year and training will be indoors from now on. All welcome to come along. As there is no competition for the group there is no pressure to attend every week. You can join in at any stage and come when it suits you. You need to be over 25 and living in the parish. Why not come all and give it a go!! 80th Birthday wellwishes Happy 80th Birthday to John James McKenna, who celebrated his birthday last week. John is a lifelong supporter of our club and Ciste fundraising. Scór agus Cultúr Scór dates for your diary. Scor sinsir quiz Thursday March 14th. Scor sinsir County final stage events Friday March 22nd. Scor Ulster Semi-finals Saturday and Sunday 6th and 7th April. Scor sinsir Ulster final Saturday 20th April; All Ireland final in Killarney Saturday May 11th. enues and times for above events to be confirmed. Tá an Ciorcal Gaeilge sa Spórtlann gach Oíche Mháirt ó 8 go 9pm! Fáilte roimh gach duine.

An Bhoth GAA Club Notes 12/09/2023 2023 Monaghan Club Football Championships The 2023 Men’s Monaghan Club Championships resumed last weekend with Round 4 and the Ladies Championship Semi Finals. Our Senior Men travelled to Donaghmoyne in the Greenfield Foods Championship Group 2 Round 4 game on a hot and sunny Saturday afternoon. This was the Senior blues third game in the championship. Well done to the Senior men in their 2-14 to 0-11 win and superb performance. The Blues started strongly and opened up a 4 point advantage with superb points by Shane Carey. Mattie Maguire, Micheal McCarville, Conor McCarthy. Ryan O’Toole, Jack McCarron and Darren Hughes (1 point each) making the score 0-7 to 0-3. Donaghmoyne reduced the margin to 2 points before an excellent point by Jason Carey made it 8 points to 5 going into injury time. Donaghmoyne scored another point and pressed on in injury before neat work by Jack McCarron at the forward corner gave Michael McCarville a clear goal opportunity but was brought down earning the Blues penalty. Jack McCarron placed the penalty perfectly into the left corner of the goal giving the Blues a 5 point advantage at half time with a score of Scotstown 1-08 Donaghmoyne 0-6. Scotstown maintained a 6 point advantage during the first 15 minutes of the second half with superb points by Ryan O’Toole, Darren Hughes and Rory Beggan making the scoreline 1-11 to 0-8. Then a superb pass by Jason Carey was brilliantly caught by James Hamill who fired the ball into the net giving the Blues the decisive winning goal. Further well placed points by Rory Beggan, Jack McCarron and James Hamill maintained Scotstown 9 point advantage and finished out the game winning 2-14 to 0-11. Well done to the team and management. They next play Clontibret in the final round robin game this Sunday 17th September at 5:00pm. Scotstown are guaranteed a quarter final place. Later that Saturday evening in Donaghmoyne the Senior Ladies played the current Ulster Senior Champions and All Ireland finalists Donaghmoyne ladies in the Semi Final of the Combi-Lift LGFA Senior Ladies Championship. The Scotstown ladies put in an excellent performance on a balmy warm evening and at half time were just 1 point behind at 0-7 to 0-6, all 6 points superbly scored by Éabha Sherry. Donaghmoyne started the second half strongly and opened up a 5 point lead before 3 brilliant points, 1 each from Éabha Sherry, Casey Treanor, and Hannah Sherlock kept the Blues within 4 points with 1 minute remaining of normal time. However a strong injury time play by Donaghmoyne secured them a final place in the Championship with a final score of Scotstown 0-9 Donaghmoyne 1-16. Hard luck and commiserations to the Scotstown Ladies, but well done on a brilliant performance and on making the Semi final of the Senior Ladies Division 1 Championship. Our Junior Men had a bye in Round 4 and were not playing last weekend. Our Junior Men next play Killeevan at home this Saturday 16th September in Round 5 of the Junior Championship at 5:30pm. The Fixture and results for the Men’s Championships are; In the Greenfield Foods Senior Football Championship, our senior men drew Donaghmoyne, Inniskeen, Clontibret and Magheracloone and are in Group 2. The fixtures are; Sunday 13th August away to Inniskeen (L 0-12 to 1-11); Sunday 27th August home to Magheracloone (W 4-19 to 0-11); Saturday 9th September away to Donaghmoyne (W 2-14 to 0-11); Sunday 17th September home to Clontibret at 5:00pm. In the Universal Graphics Junior Football Championship, our Junior Men drew Tyholland, Killeevan, Oram and Rockcorry and are in Group 2. The fixtures are; Friday 11th August away to Oram (W 1-9 to 2-5); Sunday 20th August home to Tyholland (L 0-10 1-12); Saturday 26th August away to Rockcorry (W 0-12 2-2); and Saturday 16th September home to Killeevan at 5:30pm. We wish the players and management on both teams all the best in this year’s Championships. Our Blues Competitive Games in the past week Under 13s Our Under 13 boys has no games in the past week. The U13 Scotstown B team are playing Magheracloone in the U13 Division 5 Cup competition final this Friday in Cloghan Monaghan GAA Centre of Excellence at 7:00pm. We wish the team and management all the best in the final. Under 15s Our Under 15 Scotstown B side played Inniskeen at home in Kilmore on a warm Saturday afternoon in the Semi Final of the U15 Division 5B Championship. Inniskeen started strongly and were leading by 6 points after 15 minutes. Scotstown responded well and reduced the deficit to 2 points going into half time with a score of Inniskeen 1-3 Scotstown 0-4. Scotstown started the second half with great intensity and found themselves 7 points ahead with 3 superb goals and 1 point after 7 minutes. The Blues maintained their lead throughout the second half with brilliant play and scores and won the game 6-11 to 1-5. Well done to the team and management and they play Killanny in the Final on the weekend of the 22nd September. We wish the team and management the very best in the final. Our Scotstown A team had no games in the past week. Under 17s Our Under 17 Scotstown A team had no games in the past week. They next play St Tiarnach’s Patrick away this Saturday 16th September in Round 2 at 12:00 noon in Clones. The Scotstown B team were drawn to play Truagh Gaels at home in the Semi Final of the Under 17 Championship Division 4 and the game was played on Sunday last on a hot sunny late morning throw in. This was a tense exciting local derby with never more than 3 points between the sides throughout the game. The Blues had taken a 3 points to 1 lead after 12 minutes but within the next 10 minutes Truagh took a 0-4 to 0-3 point lead. Scotstown responded well and retook the lead through a well placed free and superb point but Truagh went in at half time a point ahead with quick points at the end of half time making the score Scotstown 0-5 Truagh 0-6. The second continued in the same as the 1st half, with both sides matching each other’s score with a scoreline of 0-9 all after 15 minutes. Truagh scored a goal giving them the edge going into the final quarter, but the Blues responded strongly and equalised within the next 6 minutes. The final 10 minutes were exciting with never more than a point between the sides and both sides taking the lead before a brilliant decisive winning point in injury by Scotstown secured the final place in the Division 4 Championship. Final Score Scotstown 0-16 Truagh 1-12. Well done to the team and management and all the best in the final. They play Monaghan Harps in the Final of the Under 17 Division 4 Championship which takes place this weekend. Junior Division 3B Reserves Last Saturday evening our Division 3B Reserves faced Latton in the final of the Division 3B Reserve League in Sean McDermotts. The first half was challenging for the Blues and Latton ahd a commanding lead at half time of 3-6 to 0-5. Scotstown scored 5 superb points in that half, 3 from Nessan McCrudden and one each from Adrian Carbin and Jason Boylan. In the first 10 minutes the Blues went further behind with another goal from Latton and the score at 4-8 to 0-5. Scotstown put in a tremendous spirited comeback, reducing the deficit to just 5 points with just over 5 minutes to go after superb scores including a goal from Jason Boylan, a point from Jason Boylan and Sahil Arya with a score line of 4-8 to 2-9. However Latton, responded strongly in the final few minutes to secure the cup with 3 further points. Full time Scotstown 2-9 Latton 4-11. Hard luck and commiserations to the Reserve 3B team and management, but well done on making the League Cup final. Congratulations to Latton and many thanks to Sean McDermotts for superbly hosting the final as always. Scotstown Team: Jamie Maguire, Darren Treanor, Bobby Boylan, Cillian Sherry, Darragh McDwyer, Oisin Murray, Ciaran McQuaid, Sahil Arya, Reuben Sheridan, Adrian Carbin, Nessan McCrudden, Jason Boylan, Daniel Roddey, Glen Treanor, Shea Beggan, Conor Caulfield, Aaron Boylan, Ben Sherlock, Caolium Mullen, Declan Treanor, Shane Maguire, Cathal Caulfield, Finton Treanor, John Sherry, Adam Monahan, James McElwain, Michael Connolly, Peter Hamill, Paul Maguire, Tiernan McGonnell. Management: Cormac Sherry / Stephen Corley, Cillian Sherry Under 18 Girls Well done to our Under 18 girls in their win against Killanny at home in the Under 18 girls Division 1 League Round 9 game on Thursday of last week. They next play Castleblayney at home in Kilmore in the Semi Final of the Under 18 girls Division 1 League this Sunday 17th September at 12:00pm. Under 16 Girls Well done to our Under 16 Scotstown B girls team in their 4-8 to 2-3 win against Sean McDermotts at home in the Quarter Final of the Under 16 Division 2 Championship on Tuesday of last week. They next play Truagh at home in the Semi Final of the Under 16 Division 2 Championship next Monday 18th September at 6:15pm. Our Under 16 Scotstown A team had no games in the past week. They next Magheracloone at home in the Semi Final of the Under 16 Division 1 Championship next Wednesday 20th September at 6:15pm. Under 14 Girls Our Under 14 girls had no games in the past week. Under 12 Girls The Under 12 girls had no games in the past week. The U12 Scotstown A team have qualified for the Under 12 Division 2 Final and face Inniskeen in the final this Friday 15th September at 6:30pm. Venue TBC. We wish them all the best in the final. Our Blues Upcoming Competitive Fixtures for the Week Om Friday 15th September our Under 13 Scotstown B team play Magheracloone in Cloghan Monaghan GAA Centre of Excellence in the Under 13 Division 5 Cup Competition Final at 7:00pm and our Under 12 Scotstown A team play Inniskeen in the Under 12 Division 2 Final at 6:30pm. On Saturday 16th September our Junior Men play Killeevan at home in Round 5 of the Junior Championship Group 2 game at 5:30pm and our Under 17 Scotstown A side play St. Tiarnachs Patricks away in Clones in Round 2 of the Under 17 Division 1 Championship Group A at 12:00pm On Sunday 17th September our Senior Men play Clontibret at home in Round 5 of the Senior Championship Group 2 game at 5:00pm and our Under 18 girls play Castleblayney at home in Kilmore in the Semi Final of the Under 18 girls Division 1 League at 12:00pm. On Monday 18th September our Under 16 Scotstown B girls play Truagh at home in the Semi Final of the Under 16 Division 2 Championship at 6:15pm. On Wednesday 20th September our Under 16 Scotstown A girls play Magheracloone at home in the Semi Final of the Under 16 Division 1 Championship at 6:15pm. We wish our Blues and managements all the best in their games. 2023 Gloria Memorial Tournament Last weekend, Emyvale Ladies GFC hosted the 2023 Gloria Memorial Tournament, an event that commemorates their former player, and club member Gloria Corrigan in St Oliver Plunkett Park Emyvale. In total 160 U14 Girls representing clubs from Monaghan, Armagh, Tyrone, and Dublin with 16 teams participated. The tournament showcased some outstanding skills and an exceptional standard of football from all the young players involved. Well done and congratulations to our Under 14 girls team who played at the Gloria tournament The girls finished runners up and narrowly lost to O'Neill Shamrocks. Thanks to Emyvale Ladies GFC for hosting the superb event and to all the other participants. Please see the superb photos and more details on our Facebook page. An Bhoth On the Ball Live Event On Friday night 29th September at 8:30pm we are hosting a live podcast in the Scotstown Complex. Guest speakers include Paddy Andrews, James O’Donoghue, Tommy Rooney and more to be confirmed. Tickets €22.50. All welcome. Please see our Facebook event page for more details. Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Jackpot €10,600!! Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw for a €10,500 jackpot on Wednesday 13th September. Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results. In the September 6th draw there was no Jackpot winner. Numbers drawn on the night were 4, 8, 18, 22. We had 3 Lucky Dip winners who wins € 50 each - Aishling McGuirk, Nuala Smyth, and Caroline McArdle. Congratulations to all our winners! The Scotstown GAA online Lotto Draw takes place every Wednesday at 8:30pm with last entries at 8pm. The draw is conducted on-line and is fully automated using secure facilities. There are 4 numbers to choose from a range of 1 to 31. Match the 4 numbers to win the Jackpot of €10,600. If no jackpot winner €200 is rolled over to the following week. Also if there is no jackpot winner there will be lucky dips. Next draw is Wednesday September 20th at 8:30pm. New Online Lotto provider Clubspot We changed our club lotto provider recently, if you have an auto-renew ticket on the ClubForce system please cancel it and set up a new one using the link below on our new customised ClubSpot system. You can also play the lotto using our new Scotstown GAA Club app which you can download on your App Store. Please note that all tickets purchased via clubforce that still have draws remaining have been moved over to our new platform and will be included in the Lotto until they expire. Third draw on the ClubSpot system takes place this Wednesday 16th August. Any tickets bought using the new link will only be included on that draw or draws after that date Play the lotto here: https://member.clubspot.app/club/scotstown-gaa/fundraisers Umpires required Anyone willing to help our referees out and act as umpires for their games please contact Shane at 0868367997. New Clubspot App. We are delighted to have our new Member Relationship Management software platform ClubSpot up and running. This app provides our members and supporters with all they need in one place. Members can keep up to date with the latest news and events, pay membership, purchase fundraising tickets and more - anytime, anywhere. Please enter the web address below to sign up for all you need to know about our club! For Android https://sites.google.com/clubspot.app/scotstowngaaclub/home For Apple https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/scotstown-gaa/id6448809669 Club Shop The Club Shop is next open this Friday September 15th from 7pm to 8pm. Social Club opening hours and rota The Social Club is open this Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9pm. Bara Rota: Sean McKenna and Kevin Boylan. Ladies Night in the Social Club last Saturday night Well done to the Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others for organising a superb social night for the ladies in our community on Saturday night last. Health and Wellbeing Scotstown GAA continues this year with its Healthy Club project which aims to help GAA clubs explore how they support the holistic health of their members and the communities they serve. We recently had nutritional talks for our U13 to U16 boys and girls’ players and parents. As we now enter the autumn months and the football championships are currently running, we will be implementing Healthy initiatives soon and will update everyone as these happen. Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others Gaelic For Mothers & others continues every Wednesday evening at 8.30pm in Kilmore. All welcome to come along. Great way to meet new ladies and catch up with a bit of fun. As there is no competition for the group there is no pressure to attend every week. You can join in at any stage and come when it suits you. You need to be over 25 and living in the parish. Why not come all and give it a go!! Coming up this Saturday 9th September party night in the Social Club! Thanks very much to Frankie Smyth from Smyth Carpentry for sponsoring the Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others jerseys and to TM3 Clothing for supplying them to the team. Scotstown Complex hosting Scór County Final Table quiz The Scotstown Complex is hosting the Scór Table quiz on Thursday 22nd September. Scór agus Cultúr There are Scór senior events happening in September. The Acorn Life Monaghan County GAA Scór Sinsir Stage events take place on Friday 22nd September in Tullycorbet and the quiz takes place on Thursday 21st September in the Scotstown complex. Beidh an Ciorcal ag tosnú arís ar an Mháirt 19 ú lá ag 8 a chlog sa Spórtlann! Fáilte roimh gach duine!

An Bhoth GAA Club Notes 05/09/2023 2023 Monaghan Club Football Championships The 2023 Men’s Monaghan Club Championships had a break last weekend. Round 3 of the Ladies Championship took place over the weekend. The Ladies played O’Neill Shamrocks in Round 3 of the Combi-Lift Senior Ladies Division 1 Group A Championship on Saturday last. The Ladies required a win to secure a Semi Final Place. O’Neill Shamrocks started strongly and opened up a 4 point lead after 5 minutes at 1-5 to 0-1. The Blues responded well and took a lead after 15 minutes with superb goal by Éabha Sherry making the score 1-5 to 1-3. After the waterbreak the game was a tight affair, but Scotstown sustained their lead with a half time score of 1-9 to 1-6 after fine points by Eabha Sherry, Grace Kelly, Hannah Sherlock and Casey Treanor during the 1st half. O’Neill Shamrocks started the second half strongly and reduced their deficit to just 1 point, before an excellent goal by Hannah Sherlock gave Scotstown a 4 point lead. Scotstown took momentum from that and increased their lead further, with 2 more goals, super finishes by Hannah Sherlock and by Meghan Boylan, and well placed points by Eabha Sherry, Celene Nally, and Aimee McGuirk making the final score Scotstown 4-12 O’Neill Shamrocks 1-10. Well done to the Ladies and congratulations to the team and management in booking their spot in the Semi Final. They next play Donaghmoyne away in the Championship Semi Final this Saturday 9th September at 6:00pm. Our Senior Men next play Donaghmoyne away in Round 4 of the Senior Championship this Saturday 9th September at 3:00pm. Our Junior Men next play Killeevan at home on Saturday 16th September in Round 5 of the Junior Championship at 5:30pm. The Fixture and results for the Men’s Championships are; In the Greenfield Foods Senior Football Championship, our senior men drew Donaghmoyne, Inniskeen, Clontibret and Magheracloone and are in Group 2. The fixtures are; Sunday 13th August away to Inniskeen (L 0-12 to 1-11); Sunday 27th August home to Magheracloone at (4-19 to 0-11); Saturday 9th September away to Donaghmoyne at 3:00pm; Sunday 17th September home to Clontibret at 5:00pm. In the Universal Graphics Junior Football Championship , our Junior Men drew Tyholland, Killeevan, Oram and Rockcorry and are in Group 2. The fixtures are; Friday 11th August away to Oram (W 1-9 to 2-5); Sunday 20th August home to Tyholland (L 0-10 1-12); Saturday 26th August away to Rockcorry (W 0-12 2-2); and Saturday 16th September home to Killeevan at 5:30pm. We wish the players and management on both teams all the best in this year’s Championships. Our Blues Competitive Games in the past week Under 13s Our Under 13 Scotstown B team played Tyholland away in the Under 13 Division 5 Cup Competition Semi Final on Sunday last. In a superb and exciting Semi Final our U13 Blues won the game by a point 2-6 to 2-5 and booked their spot in the U13 Division 5 Cup competition final where they face Magheracloone. Well done to the team and management! Under 15s Our Under 15 Scotstown A boys played their Round 3 Championship games last week. Well done to the Scotstown A team in their 6-8 to 3-16 win against Magheracloone away in a superb and exciting game in the Under 15 Division 1 Group 2 Round 3 on Wednesday last. Our Scotstown B team had no games in the past week. Well done on finishing the top of Group 2. They next play in the U15 Division 5B Championship Semi Final against Inniskeen at home this Saturday 9th September at 12:00 Noon. Under 17s The Under 17 Championship started last weekend. The Scotstown A team were drawn in the U17 Division 1 Group A along with Monaghan Harps, St. Tiarnach’s Patrick and Truagh Gaels. The Scotstown A team first game was against Monaghan Harps at home on Saturday last in Round 1 of the Under 15 Championship Division 1 Group A. The first half was a tight affair, with well placed points by Sean Óg McElwain, Max Maguire, and Mark McCaffery, and the Blues took a 3 point lead going into injury time at 0-6 to 0-3 before Monaghan Harps equalised with a goal just before the break. The Harps started the second half strongly and were leading by 5 points after 10 minutes. But within 3 minutes the Blues took the lead with 2 superb goals by Darcy Foy. The Blues stretched their lead further with another brilliant goal, this time by Darragh McMeel making the score, 3-8 to 2-7. Sean Óg McElwain scored the final point for Scotstown, adding to his 2 earlier excellent second half points. The Harps reduced their margin to 3 points ensuring a tense final minute. But Scotstown held their nerve and won the Round 1 game. Well done to the team and management. They next play St Tiarnach’s Patrick away on Saturday 16th September in Round 2 at 12:00 noon. The Scotstown B team were drawn to play Truagh Gaels at home in the Semi Final of the Under 17 Championship Division 4 and that game is this Sunday 10th September at 12:00pm noon in Kilmore. We wish the teams and management the very best in their championship campaigns. Junior Division 3B Reserves Our Division 3B Reserves had no games in the past week. They have qualified for the Division 3B Reserve League final and play Latton which takes place this Saturday 9th September at 6:00pm in Sean McDermotts. We wish the team and management the very best in the final. Under 18 Girls Hard luck to our Under 18 girls Scotstown A Team who lost to Castleblayney away in the Under 18 girls Division 1 League Round 8 game on Thursday of last week. They next play Killanny at home in Round 9 of the Under 18 girls Division 1 League this Thursday 7th September at 6:45pm. Under 16 Girls Well done to our Under 16 Scotstown A girls in their 3-14 to 0-4 win against O’Neill Shamrocks away in the Quarter Final of the Under 16 Division 1 Championship on Monday last. Our Under 16 Scotstown B team had no games in the past week. They next play Sean McDermotts away in the Quarter Final of the Under 16 Division 2 Championship this Tuesday 5th September at 6:45pm. Under 14 Girls Our Under 14 girls had no games in the past week. Under 12 Girls Our Under 12 Scotstown A girls have qualified for the Under 12 Division 2 Final after defeating Aughnamullen at home on Saturday last in a superb Semi Final. Well done girls! Our Under 12 girls’ Scotstown B team had no games in the past week. Our Blues Upcoming Competitive Fixtures for the Week On Tuesday 5th September our Under 16 Scotstown B team play Sean McDermotts away in the Quarter Final of the Under 16 Division 2 Championship at 6:45pm. On Thursday 7th September our Under 18 girls Scotstown A Team play Killanny at home in the Under 18 girls Division 1 League Round 9 game at 6:45pm. On Saturday 9th September our Senior Men play Donaghmoyne away in Round 4 of the Senior Championship Group 2 game at 3:00pm and our Reserve 3B men play Latton in the Final of the Reserve Division 3B League in Sean McDermotts at 6:00pm. Our Senior Ladies play Donaghmoyne away in the Semi Final of the Senior Ladies Division 1 Championship at 6:00pm. Our Under 15 Scotstown B boys team play Inniskeen at home in the U15 Division 5B Championship Semi Final at 12:00 Noon. On Sunday 10th September our Under 17 Scotstown B side play Truagh at home in Kilmore in the Semi Final of the Under 17 Division 4 Championship at 12:00pm We wish our Blues and managements all the best in their games. Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Jackpot €10,400!! Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw for a €10,200 jackpot on Wednesday 6th September. Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results. In the August 30th draw there was no Jackpot winner this week. Numbers drawn on the night were 6, 11, 17, 26. We had 3 Lucky Dip winners who wins € 50 each - Chloe McPhillips. Emma McKenna and Brendan McKenna. Congratulations to all our winners! The Scotstown GAA online Lotto Draw takes place every Wednesday at 8:30pm with last entries at 8pm. The draw is conducted on-line and is fully automated using secure facilities. There are 4 numbers to choose from a range of 1 to 31. Match the 4 numbers to win the Jackpot of €10,400. If no jackpot winner €100 is rolled over to the following week. Also if there is no jackpot winner there will be lucky dips. Next draw is Wednesday September 13th at 8:30pm. New Online Lotto provider Clubspot We changed our club lotto provider recently, if you have an auto-renew ticket on the ClubForce system please cancel it and set up a new one using the link below on our new customised ClubSpot system. You can also play the lotto using our new Scotstown GAA Club app which you can download on your App Store. Please note that all tickets purchased via clubforce that still have draws remaining have been moved over to our new platform and will be included in the Lotto until they expire. Third draw on the ClubSpot system takes place this Wednesday 16th August. Any tickets bought using the new link will only be included on that draw or draws after that date Play the lotto here: https://member.clubspot.app/club/scotstown-gaa/fundraisers Umpires required Anyone willing to help our referees out and act as umpires for their games please contact Shane at 0868367997. New Clubspot App. We are delighted to have our new Member Relationship Management software platform ClubSpot up and running. This app provides our members and supporters with all they need in one place. Members can keep up to date with the latest news and events, pay membership, purchase fundraising tickets and more - anytime, anywhere. Please enter the web address below to sign up for all you need to know about our club! For Android https://sites.google.com/clubspot.app/scotstowngaaclub/home For Apple https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/scotstown-gaa/id6448809669 Club Shop The Club Shop is next open Friday September 15th from 7pm to 8pm. Social Club opening hours and rota The Social Club is open this Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9pm. Bara Rota: Trevor McKenna and Damian Mohan. Ladies Night in the Social Club in September There is a social night this Saturday September 9th from 8:00 in the Scotstown GAA Social Club for the Ladies in our community. This event is kindly organised by the Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others. Health and Wellbeing Scotstown GAA continues this year with its Healthy Club project which aims to help GAA clubs explore how they support the holistic health of their members and the communities they serve. We recently had nutritional talks for our U13 to U16 boys and girls’ players and parents. As we now enter the autumn months and the football championships are currently running, we will be implementing Healthy initiatives soon and will update everyone as these happen. Our Condolences The club would like to offer deepest condolences to the family and friends of Owen Clerkin. We would like to pass on our sympathy to his sisters Sadie, Mary & Margaret, his brother Arthur, nieces, nephews, neighbours & friends. Owen was a volunteer for Scotstown GAA in the 1970s and 1980s, and was a lifelong supporter of our club. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. Scotstown GAA would like to offer our sincere condolences and sympathy to the family and friends of Mary McArdle. We would like to pass on our sympathy to her sons and daughters, Gerard (Vonnie), Martin (Patricia), Marian (Fintan Larmer), Briege (Conor Brannigan) and Siobhan (Karol Fitzgerald); her grandchildren including Damien McArdle; great-grandchildren, daughters-in-law, sons-in-law, extended family, and friends. May Mary Rest In Peace. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam. Vote of Sympathy The following votes of sympathy were passed at our last Committee meeting. Boylan Family on the death of Maureen Cassidy Family on the death of Margaret Connolly Family on the death of Pat Early Family on the death of Seamus Gray Family on the death of Rosaleen McArdle Family on the death of Mary McDaid Family on the death of Bishop Liam McKenna Family on the death of Jim Pat O’Sullivan Family on the death of Benedict Lamb We would like to offer our condolences to all the family and friends who lost loved ones during this time. Scotstown GAA Golf Classic Well done to everyone involved in the 2023 Scotstown GAA Golf Classic in Rossmore Golf Club on Friday and Saturday. Thanks to all our organisers, to Rossmore Golf Club for superbly hosting the event and to all our sponsors and participants. Please see our Facebook page for list of our Sponsors and attached photos. Congratulations to the 2023 Scotstown GAA Golf Classic winners, Barry McGurgan, Gary Hughes, Brian Daly & Martin Daly. Congratulations to the 2nd place team kindly sponsored by Jim McConnon; Ricky Cannon, Jim Fannin, Declan McNally & Shane Williams and to the 3rd overall placed team sponsored by Chris McBride; Kieran McCaffrey, Jim Hages, Collie Walker, and Jake McBride. Congratulations to the winning Ladies team, lady captain Rossmore Marion McDonald, Catriona Bolger, Finola Hunt & Helen Murphy. Congratulations to the closest to the pin Rory Sherry and thanks to Paddy Mulligan for accepting on his behalf. Congratulations to the Longest drive winner Cillian Sherry and congratulations to Peader O'Hare winner of the draw for "Putter in a box". Well done and many thanks to all those who participated, our sponsors including Primary Event Sponsors; Finance Ireland; Greenfield Foods; Key Capital Colin Morgan; Maguire Transport; Moynas Bar; Our Generous Prize Sponsors; Brian Rafferty Construction Ltd.; Carey Family Nua Construction Ltd.; DMACS Electrical; Ignite 23 / Rory Beggan; McAree Engineering and to all our general sponsors. We were also blessed with the weather! Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others Gaelic For Mothers & others continues every Wednesday evening at 8.30pm in Kilmore. All welcome to come along. Great way to meet new ladies and catch up with a bit of fun. As there is no competition for the group there is no pressure to attend every week. You can join in at any stage and come when it suits you. You need to be over 25 and living in the parish. Why not come all and give it a go!! Coming up this Saturday 9th September party night in the Social Club! Thanks very much to Frankie Smyth from Smyth Carpentry for sponsoring the Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others jerseys and to TM3 Clothing for supplying them to the team. Scotstown Complex hosting Scór County Final Table quiz The Scotstown Complex is hosting the Scór Table quiz on Thursday 22nd September. Scór agus Cultúr There are Scór senior events happening in September. The Acorn Life Monaghan County GAA Scór Sinsir Stage events take place on Friday 22nd September in Tullycorbet and the quiz takes place on Thursday 21st September in the Scotstown complex. Tá an Ciorcal sa Spórtlann gach Oíche Máirt ag a 8 a chlog! Buail isteach don craic is comhrá!

An Bhoth GAA Club Notes 29/08/2023 Congratulations to our Under 16 girls Division 1 League Champions! A massive congratulations and well done to the Under 16 Scotstown A girls team and management for winning the U16 LGFA Division 1 League Cup on Monday last in Castleblayney against Magheracloone by 1-12 to 2-6. Scotstown started strongly and were leading by 5 points after 20 minutes 0-6 to 0-1. However Magheracloone responded well and reduced their margin to just 1 point with a goal just before half time making the half time score 0-6 to 1-2. Scotstown started the second half and after 3 minutes Eva Sherlock scored a superb goal. After 12 minutes Scotstown had restored their 5 point advantage making the score 1-8 to 1-3. However Magheracloone chipped away at the Scotstown lead again and with 3 minutes remaining Scotstown were 1 point ahead at 1-10 to 2-6. Scotstown held their nerve and showed great resilience to hold on to their lead, scoring 2 further points to secure the Division 1 League cup with a final score of Scotstown 1-12 Magheracloone 2-6. A superb performance and well done girls and management. Scotstown team and scorers: Hannah McMahon; Annie McGinnity, Emer Larmer, Melissa Mulligan, Shannon Corrigan (0-1), Aoife Corrigan, Isobel Waddington, Michaela Grew, Caoimhe Kelly, Kate McKenna (0-3), Hollie Mullen, Eva Sherlock (1-0), Eadaoin Gallagher, Ava McGinnity (0-1), Trea MacCinna (0-4), Abbie Monaghan, Katie McCormick (0-1), Ellie Graham, Aoife Prunty, Aoife McNamee, Kaoimhe Treanor, Sarah McCormick, Jessica Sheridan, Madeline sherry, Lucy McKenna. Management: Brian McGinnity, Colm MacCinna, Gareth Graham, Eamonn Treanor, Sara Mullen, Jenny McCarra, Caroline Corrigan. 2023 Monaghan Club Football Championships The 2023 Monaghan Club Championships continued last weekend with all 3 of our adult participating teams involved with Round 2 of the Ladies Senior Championship and Round 3 of the Men’s Championship. Our Senior Men welcomed Magheracloone to Páirc Mhuire in the Greenfield Foods Championship Group 2 game. This was the Senior blues second game after having a bye last week. Well done to the Senior men in their 4-19 to 0-11 win and superb performance. The Blues had opened up a 5 point lead after 20 minutes at 1-5 to 0-3, with superb scoring, including a brilliant goal by James Hamill, and well placed points by Rory Beggan (2 from free), Mattie Maguire, James Hamill and Ryan O’Toole. Magheracloone responded strongly and closed the gap to 2 points, before Scotstown restored the lead to 5 points at half time with 3 excellent frees against the wind by Rory Beggan (2) and Jack McCarron making the half time score Scotstown 1-8 Magheracloone 0-6. Scotstown started the second half strongly and had increased their lead to 11 points after 10 minutes with further fine scoring, including a goal by Jack McCarron, 2 well placed frees by Shane Carey, a fine point from play by Ryan O’Toole and a wonderful point by Conor McCarthy. Further scores by the Blues secured the win including a superb goal by Jason Carey, and a well placed goal and point by Mattie Maguire, 4 more fine points by Jack McCarron (1 from free), another well placed free from Shane Carey, and a brilliant point by Killian McKenna making the full time score Scotstown 4-19 Magheracloone 0-11. They next play Donaghmoyne away in Round 4 on Saturday 9th September at 3:00pm. Our Junior Men travelled to Rockcorry last Saturday for Round 3 of the Universal Graphics Junior Championship Group 2. Scotstown started strongly and scored their opening point after 3 minutes with the first of 5 well placed frees by Ruairi Sheehan. The Blues kept decent possession and were 3 points up after superb points by Adam Monahan and Caolan Foy. However Rockcorry responded with a goal after 20 minutes of the first half levelling the game at 0-3 to 1-0. The Blues had another good spell of possession for the next 10 minutes and restored their 3 point advantage with 3 fine points, 1 each from Caolan Foy, Ruairi Sheehan (from free), and Nicky Sherlock. Rockcorry pulled a point back before another well placed free by Ruairi Sheehan gave the Blues a 3 point advantage right at the end of half time with a score of Scotstown 1-1 Rockcorry 0-4. After 10 minutes of the second half Scotstown increased their advantage to 5 points with fine scores from Ruairi Sheehan (from free), Finlay Foy and James McElwain. However with 12 minutes to go Rockcorry scored a goal from a penalty reducing their deficit to just 2 points at 0-10 to 2-2. Scotstown responded strongly with another well placed free by Ruairi Sheehan, and 4 minute later Shay McKenna increased the advantage to 4 points with a superb point. Scotstown held their nerve to the end and won the game by 0-12 to 2-2. Well done to the team and management on a superb performance. They are currently second in Group 2 on 4 points behind Tyholland who are on 6. They next play Killeevan at home on Saturday 16th September in Round 5. The Ladies played a strong Emyvale side away in Round 2 of the Combi-Lift Senior Ladies Division 1 Group A Championship on Saturday last. The Ladies continued their brilliant performance from the previous game against Corduff and had led at half time 2-3 to 2-2 and started strongly in the second half increasing their advantage to 5 points after 15 minutes. However Emyvale made a strong comeback and took the lead with 2 quick goals and secured the win in the final 10 minutes with a final score of 6-5 to 3-7. Hard luck to the ladies, but well done on another brilliant performance with superb scores. Their next game is against O’Neill Shamrocks in Round 3 this Saturday 2nd September at 6:30pm. The Fixture and results for the Men’s Championships are ; In the Greenfield Foods Senior Football Championship, our senior men drew Donaghmoyne, Inniskeen, Clontibret and Magheracloone and are in Group 2. The fixtures are; Sunday 13th August away to Inniskeen (L 0-12 to 1-11); Sunday 27th August home to Magheracloone at (4-19 to 0-11); Saturday 9th September away to Donaghmoyne at 3:00pm; Sunday 17th September home to Clontibret at 5:00pm. In the Universal Graphics Junior Football Championship , our Junior Men drew Tyholland, Killeevan, Oram and Rockcorry and are in Group 2. The fixtures are; Friday 11th August away to Oram (W 1-9 to 2-5); Sunday 20th August home to Tyholland (L 0-10 1-12); Saturday 26th August away to Rockcorry (W 0-12 2-2); and Saturday 16th September home to Killeevan at 5:30pm. We wish the players and management on both teams all the best in this year’s Championships. Our Blues Competitive Games in the past week Under 13s Our Under 13 boys had no games in the past week. Our Under 13 Scotstown B team next play Tyholland away in the Under 13 Division 5 Cup Competition Semi Final this Sunday 3rd September at 11:00pm. Under 15s Our Under 15 boys played their Round 2 Championship games last week. Hard luck to the Scotstown A team in their narrow 4-12 to 4-11 defeat in a superb and exciting game against Killanny at home in the Under 15 Division 1 Group 2 Round 2 on Thursday last. They next play Magheracloone away this Wednesday 30th August in Round 3 at 6:45pm. Our Scotstown B team played Aughnamullen at home on Wednesday of last week. Well done in their 2-12 to 1-5 win in Round 2 of the Under 15 Division 5B Group 2 and on finishing the top of Group 2. They next play in the U15 Division 5 Championship Semi Final against the runners up of Group 1. Under 17s On Monday last our Under 17 Scotstown A team played Castleblayney in the U17 Division 1 League Cup Final in Clontibret. This was another top quality fixture between the 2 sides who previously met in the Round Robin series which ended in an amazing 5-16 all draw. The final was equally as exciting and enthralling and a superb spectacle of football. Hard luck to our Minor team and management in losing by the narrowest of margins 3-13 to 3-12, but well done on reaching the final and putting in a superb performance with brilliant scores. Our minors next play in the Championship which starts this weekend. The Scotstown A team were drawn in the U17 Division 1 Group A along with Monaghan Harps, St. Tiarnach’s Patrick and Truagh Gaels. The Scotstown A team first game is against Monaghan Harps at home this Saturday 2nd September in Round 1 of the Under 15 Championship Division 1 Group A at 12:00 Noon. The Scotstown B team were drawn to play Truagh Gaels at home in the Semi Final of the Under 17 Championship Division 4 and that game is on this Sunday 3rd September at 12:00pm noon. We wish the teams and management the very best in their championship campaigns. Junior Division 3B Reserves Our Division 3B Reserves had no games in the past week. They have qualified for the Division 3B Reserve League final and play Latton which takes place on Saturday 9th September at 6:00pm. Under 18 Girls Hard luck to our Under 18 girls Scotstown A Team who lost to Carrickmacross at home in the Under 18 girls Division 1 League Round 7 game on Thursday of last week. They next play Castleblayney away in Round 8 of the Under 18 girls Division 1 League this Thursday 31st August at 7:00pm. Under 16 Girls Well done and congratulations to our Under 16 Scotstown A girls in their 1-12 to 2-6 win against Magheracloone in the U16 Division 1 league Final on Monday last in Castleblayney. Please see match report above. They next play O’Neill Shamrocks away in the Quarter Final of the Under 16 Division 1 Championship next Monday 4th September at 6:45pm. Our Under 16 Scotstown B team had no games in the past week. They next play Sean McDermotts away in the Quarter Final of the Under 16 Division 2 Championship next Tuesday 5th September at 6:45pm. Under 14 Girls Our Under 14 girls had no games in the past week. Under 12 Girls Hard luck to our Under 12 girls’ Scotstown B team who lost to Truagh away in the Under 12 Division 3 Semi Final yesterday evening. Our U12 Scotstown A team had no games in the past week. They next play Aughnamullen at home in the Under 12 Division 2 Semi Final on Saturday 2nd September at 11:00am. Our Blues Upcoming Competitive Fixtures for the Week On Wednesday 30th August our Under 15 Scotstown A team play Magheracloone away in Round 3 of the Under 15 Championship Division 1 Group 2 at 6:45pm. On Thursday 31st August our Under 18 girls Scotstown A Team play Castleblayney away in the Under 18 girls Division 1 League Round 8 game at 7:00pm. On Saturday 2nd September our Senior Ladies play O’Neill Shamrocks at home in Round 3 of the Senior Ladies Championship Group A game at 6:30pm and our Under 17 Scotstown A side play Monaghan Harps at home in Round 1 of the Under 17 Division 1 Championship Group A at 12:00pm. Our Under 12 Scotstown A girls play Aughnamullen at home in the Under 12 Division 2 Semi Final at 11:00am. On Sunday 3rd September our Under 17 Scotstown B side play Truagh at home in the Semi Final of the Under 17 Division 4 Championship at 12:00pm and our Under 13 Scotstown B team play Tyholland away in the Under 13 Division 5 Cup Competition Semi Final at 11:00pm. On Monday 4th September our Under 16 Scotstown A team play O’Neill Shamrocks away in the Quarter Final of the Under 16 Division 1 Championship at 6:45pm. On Tuesday 5th September our Under 16 Scotstown B team play Sean McDermotts away in the Quarter Final of the Under 16 Division 2 Championship at 6:45pm. On Thursday 7th September our Under 18 girls Scotstown A Team play Killanny away in the Under 18 girls Division 1 League Round 9 game at 7:00pm. We wish our Blues and managements all the best in their games. Ulster All-Stars Awards nominees Well done to Rory Beggan, Conor McCarthy and Jack McCarron for making the nominees list for the Ulster All-Stars Awards. Please vote for Rory, Conor and Jack on the link here; https://allstars.irishnews.com/football-team/ Also please vote for fellow Farney men on the nominees list; Kieran Duffy from Latton GAA, Karl O'Connell from Tyholland GFC, Micheál Bannigan from Aughnamullen GAA and Conor McManus from Clontibret GAA. Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Jackpot €10,200!! Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw for a €10,000 jackpot on Wednesday 30th August. Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results. In the August 23rd draw there was no Jackpot winner this week. Numbers drawn on the night were 3, 18, 24, 26. We had 3 Lucky Dip winners who wins € 50 each - Caroline McArdle, Helen Headen and Brendan Carbin. Congratulations to all our winners! The Scotstown GAA online Lotto Draw takes place every Wednesday at 8:30pm with last entries at 8pm. The draw is conducted on-line and is fully automated using secure facilities. There are 4 numbers to choose from a range of 1 to 31. Match the 4 numbers to win the Jackpot of €10,200. If no jackpot winner €100 is rolled over to the following week. Also if there is no jackpot winner there will be lucky dips. Next draw is Wednesday September 6th at 8:30pm. New Online Lotto provider Clubspot We changed our club lotto provider recently, if you have an auto-renew ticket on the ClubForce system please cancel it and set up a new one using the link below on our new customised ClubSpot system. You can also play the lotto using our new Scotstown GAA Club app which you can download on your App Store. Please note that all tickets purchased via clubforce that still have draws remaining have been moved over to our new platform and will be included in the Lotto until they expire. Third draw on the ClubSpot system takes place this Wednesday 16th August. Any tickets bought using the new link will only be included on that draw or draws after that date Play the lotto here: https://member.clubspot.app/club/scotstown-gaa/fundraisers Ciste Draw Congratulations to Dermot Lynch, Killeevan our €1,000 August Ciste Winner! Also congratulations to our 5 x €100 winners; Anthony Corr, Marie Mohan, Gussie McGorman, Michael Owen & Breege McMahon and Eileen Keenan. Sellers prize Frank McKenna & Seamus McElwain. You can purchase your Ciste tickets in our local shops. There are tickets, envelopes and collection boxes in each of these shops; McMahon Centra, Scotstown; McAloons Knockatallon; XL Ballinode & Killylough. You can also purchase your Ciste tickets using the Scotstown Clubforce website and clicking on ‘buy event tickets’ link. First prize €1,000 and 5 prizes of €100 must be won. In total €18,000 in prize money is won every year! Umpires required Anyone willing to help our referees out and act as umpires for their games please contact Shane at 0868367997. New Clubspot App. We are delighted to have our new Member Relationship Management software platform ClubSpot up and running. This app provides our members and supporters with all they need in one place. Members can keep up to date with the latest news and events, pay membership, purchase fundraising tickets and more - anytime, anywhere. Please enter the web address below to sign up for all you need to know about our club! For Android https://sites.google.com/clubspot.app/scotstowngaaclub/home For Apple https://apps.apple.com/ie/app/scotstown-gaa/id6448809669 Club Shop The Club Shop is next open this Friday September 1st from 7pm to 8pm. Social Club opening hours and rota The Social Club is open this Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9pm. Bara Rota: Stephen McKenna and Pauric Connolly. Ladies Night in the Social Club in September There is a social night on Saturday September 9th from 8:00 in the Scotstown GAA Social Club for the Ladies in our community. This event is kindly organised by the Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others. Health and Wellbeing Scotstown GAA continues this year with its Healthy Club project which aims to help GAA clubs explore how they support the holistic health of their members and the communities they serve. We recently had nutritional talks for our U13 to U16 boys and girls’ players and parents. As we now enter the summer months and the football is up and running, we will be implementing Healthy initiatives soon and will update everyone as these happen. Our Condolences Scotstown GAA would like to offer our deepest condolences and sincerest sympathy to the family and friends of Maureen Boylan. We would like to pass on our sympathy to her daughters Shelia, Maureen, Geraldine, Kathleen, Margaret, and Anne; sons Nicholas and Maurice; daughters-in-law, sons-in-law, her sister Ann (Slowey); her 25 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, neighbours and friends. May Maureen’s gentle soul Rest In Peace. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam. Scotstown GAA Golf Classic The 2023 Scotstown GAA Golf Classic is on in Rossmore Golf Club this Friday 1st September and Saturday 2nd September. Team of 4 with 3 course Dinner €200. Tee sponsorship is 100 euros and we over €2,500 worth of prizes for the event. To book your tee time, phone Shane Stirrat on 086 836 7997 or Jim 085 174 3569. We wish all participants a enjoyable time and thanks to all the sponsors and supporters and those who organised it. Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others Gaelic For Mothers & others continues every Wednesday evening at 8.30pm in Kilmore. All welcome to come along. Great way to meet new ladies and catch up with a bit of fun. As there is no competition for the group there is no pressure to attend every week. You can join in at any stage and come when it suits you. You need to be over 25 and living in the parish. Why not come all and give it a go!! Coming up in September party night in the Social Club! Scór agus Cultúr There are Scór senior events happening in September. The Acorn Life Monaghan County GAA Scór Sinsir Stage events take place on Friday 22nd September in Tullycorbet and the quiz takes place on Thursday 21st September. Tá an Ciorcal sa Spórtlann gach Oíche Máirt ag a 8 a chlog! Buail isteach don craic is comhrá! Congratulations and well done to Póilín Uí Ruanaidh for the excellent mini documentary on our Parish on the BBC Gaeilge programme Radharcanna Rúnda. Wellwishes to Michael McKenna We wish Michael McKenna a speedy recovery from a recent injury. Wellwishes to Jack Mohan We wish Jack Mohan a speedy recovery after an injury during the Junior Championship game on Saturday last. Many thanks to our Stewards and Field Committee Many thanks to all the stewards and the Field committee for the excellent traffic management and all the hard work in superbly hosting the Scotstown v Magheracloone Senior Championship game on Sunday last, and also for all the other recent games over the past few weeks. Thanks to Leah McDonald for the beautiful renditions of Amhrán na bhFiann and to Cormac Sherry for superbly MCing and announcing at the recent home championship games. Grainne McElwain MCing at American Football event in Dublin Congratulations and well done to Grainne McElwain for her superb MCing of the Notre Dame v Navy Aer Lingus College American Football Series game in Dublin on Saturday last