Scotstown GAA Club Notes. 28/07/2020
Senior Football Championship Round 1 Result - Scotstown 0-17 Truagh 1-12
After a long break our senior men returned to action this weekend following the lifting of the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. Social distancing, hand hygiene and player and supporter welfare were at the forefront of the meeting of Scotstown Senior men and Truagh Gaels. In compliance with public health and government guidance our numbers of attendees were dramatically reduced, for this usually full house local derby meeting. A large effort was placed in putting together a live stream for supporters far and near to watch the game in the comfort and safety of their own homes. Hats off to Gareth, Mark and Frankie for the work in getting the games on TV in such a professional manner and putting this fantastic and high-quality live stream in place. Many thanks also to all our volunteers involved in us hosting the 2 championship games over the weekend safely and adhering to the Covid 19 guidelines.
A wet and gloomy Saturday evening was forecasted for the start time of the Greenfield Foods Senior Football championship but turn game time, the sun broke through. We had three senior debuts on the starting panel, Matthew Maguire, Micheal Meehan and Gavin McPhillips. Truagh were first on the scoreboard with an immediate score from play. Marking his debut with an opening score for Scotstown was Matthew Maguire with an effortless score from play. Rory Beggan was next on the scoreboard converting a 40 metre free. Conor McCarthy followed with an off the side of the boot point from play. Great efforts were made in the middle of the pitch where Scotstown dispossessed a Truagh kick out which was followed by a stunning ball played in by Donal Morgan and won by Matthew Maguire, popping it over the bar for his second score of the day.
Darren Hughes was dispossessed in the Scotstown forward line by Truagh within the scoring zone for Shane Carey to kick it over the bar for his first score of the day. Truagh replied with a point from play. A poor, quick kick out by Scotstown saw the ball delivered to the hands of Truagh’s Chrissy McAnenly and he immediately attacked and punished with a goal. An action filled first 10 minutes left the scoreline at Scotstown 0.05 Truagh 1.02. Truagh were first to enter the referee’s black book with a yellow card award to John McCarron. Some nice play was played by Scotstown and Gavin McPhillips added to the scoreline with his debut score from play.
The second yellow card of the day was awarded to Traugh number 6, Cormac McKenna. At the 20 minute mark Jamie McCarey replaced James Hamill. Truagh were awarded a free which was converted to a score. Scotstown showed great defence and worked the ball out strongly from the backline, delivering the ball to Seanie Mohan who replied with a fantastic long range shot from play. Seanie Mohan was awarded a free kick and Truagh received their 3rd yellow of the day. Conor McCarthy converted the free, marking his 2nd score. Scoreline at half time stood at Scotstown 0.09 Traugh 1.05.
Opening the score of the second half was Conor McCarthy with a 20 metre free, deservedly awarded to Matthew Maguire. 6 minutes into the second half seen Seanie Mohan being replaced by Ross McKenna. Darren Hughes made a great strong attack from the midfield mark, driving hard at the Truagh defence only to be synically dragged down by Truagh number 3, Niall McQuillan. The referee awarded a black card for his offence, which ended his game time. Conor McCarthy converted the foul to a score.
Shane Carey was on the scoreline again, pointing another free for Scotstown. Truagh replied with a well worked score from play. Some great Scotstown play finished with a nice play back by Jamie McCarey to Matthew Maguire who attacked at speed, laying it off to Paul Sherlock who popped it over the bar. Both teams replied with scores leaving the game neck and neck with 15 minutes to go. Brilliant play was seen by Scotstown as they worked to get a much needed goal, however Darren Hughes efforts were denied by the Truagh goalkeeper Caolan McGee. Truagh replied with another score from play.
At 22 minutes into the second half, Kieran Hughes replaced Gavin McPhillips and Francis Maguire replaced Matthew Maguire. Not long after taking to the field, Kieran Hughes and Truagh’s number 3 Niall McQuillan both received yellow cards. His second yellow of the day seen Niall McQuillan sent to the dugout. With 5 minutes to go, Ryan O’Toole put the sides level. A fantastic shot by Conor McCarthy seen his efforts converted with just 3 minutes to go, putting Scotstown ahead. Bouncing back with the final score of the day was Shane Carey with a free kick. An exhilarating game seen Scotstown kick start their Championship campaign with a win.
Final score Scotstown 0.17 Truagh 1.12.
Next up for the Seniors is Latton away this Sunday 2nd August at 5pm.
Junior Football Championship Round 1 Result – Scotstown 0-13 Clones 1-16
Hard luck to our Junior Blues in their 1-16 to 0-13 defeat to Clones on Sunday last 26th July in the Universal Graphics Junior Football Championship Group 2 Round 1 game. Scotstown started strongly leading by 3 points to 1 point after 10 minutes with 2 well taken points from play by Ruairi Sheehan and Ryan Caulfield and a well placed free from the 45 metre line by goalkeeper Cian Mohan. Jack Mohan restored the 2 point advantage with a fine score from play after he turned his marker. Clones upped their game and scored 6 points without reply before Jason Carey scored a well taken point from the left to make it 8 points to 5 points to Clones. Shane Rice closed the gap to 2 points with a strong strike over the bar from close range. At half time Clone led by 3, 9 points to 6 points.
5 minutes into the 2nd half, Clones were awarded a penalty and Damien Freeman converted giving Clones an 8 point lead. Jack Mohan scored the next 3 points for the Blues all through converting well placed frees, but Clones were still 8 points ahead with 10 minutes remaining. Ruairi Sheenan converted another well placed free and Fergal McPhillips scored a well placed point from the right reducing the gap to 6 points at 1-14 to 0-11. Jack Mohan scored another well placed free before Mark Treanor scored an impressive point from the 45 metre line from play. Full time Scotstown 0-13 Clones 1-16. Good performance by our Juniors and they next play Drumhowan away this Friday 31st July at 7:30pm.
Ladies Intermediate Championship Round 1 Result – Scotstown 3-08 Truagh 1-09
Like the Senior men, Scotstown ladies began their championship campaign on Sunday 26th of July against local rivals Truagh Gaels. Their first year playing in a combined senior-intermediate league, the ladies opened their campaign against a strong Truagh side. Four senior debuts were made by Eadaoin McCarron, Uainan Connolly, Aimee McGuirk and Grace Kelly. An exciting first 20 minutes resulted in a tight scoreline, seeing Hannah Sherlock rattle the back of the net with a brilliant goal. Truagh replied back with their own goal edging them one ahead at half time with a scoreline of Truagh 1.05 Scotstown 1.04. Truagh opened the scoreline in the second half putting them 2 ahead. Trailing by 3 points, Casey Treanor found the back of the net with a superb goal which left the sides level. Great scores by Grace Kelly, Laura Carey and a goal from Aoife McCarvill allowed for the girls to take the lead by 5. Scotstown came out on top with a full time score line of Truagh 1.09 Scotstown 3.08. Congratulations to the girls and management on their win. Next up for the ladies is Donaghmoyne B on the weekend of the 8th/9th of August. Date TBC.
2020 Monaghan Club Senior and Juvenile Championship – Attendance at Round 2 matches
The maximum outdoor attendances for GAA games are still limited to 200. This includes players, officials, backroom staff, media etc. We have established a system of applying for limited tickets for the major championship fixtures over the next number of weeks. This involves completing a short questionnaire, giving your contact details, on our Survey Monkey account or filling out the forms available in the 4 shops in the parish. These applications are then drawn with precedence given to members of the club. For ticket allocation.
In Round 2 our Senior men play Latton away this Sunday 2nd August at 5:00pm in the Greenfield Foods Senior Club Championship Group 2. Our Junior men are away to Drumhowan this Friday 31st July at 7:30pm in the Round 2 Universal Graphics Junior Football Championship Group 2.
The Monaghan Ladies Club Championship competitions commence this weekend. Our Blue Ladies play Donaghmoyne B in the Intermediate Championship on weekend 8th/9th August. All the best to our adult blues!
Our Juvenile Blues Results in the past week
Under 13s
Well done to our Under 13 Division 5 Boys with their 6-12 to 4-6 win over Castleblayney Faughs on Saturday last. Hard luck to our U13 Division 1 and Division 6 Boys who both lost to Castleblayney Faughs on the same day.
Under 15s
Well done to our Under 15 Division 1 Blues in their 4-20 to 2-15 home win over Truagh in Kilmore on Thursday last and to our Under 15 Division 5 Blues with their away victory over Castleblayney Faughs.
Under 17s
Well done to our Under 17 men in their 2-17 to 1-8 win over Tyholland away.
Our Blues Upcoming Competitive Fixtures for the Week
On Thursday 30th July our Under 15 Division 1 boys play Castleblayney Faughs away at 7:30pm.
On Friday 31st July our Under 15 Division 5 boys play Truagh Gaels at home 7:30pm.
Also on Friday at 7:30pm our Junior men play Drumhowan away in the Universal Graphics Junior Football Club Championship.
On Saturday 1st August our Under 13 Division 6 boys play Inniskeen away at 2:30pm. Our Under 13 Division 1 Boys and Under 13 Division 5 boys play again on the weekend of the 8th August.
On Sunday 2nd August as mentioned previously our Senior men play Latton away at 5:00pm in the Greenfield Foods Senior Football Club Championship
On Tuesday 4th August our Under 17 Division 2 men play Latton away at 7:30pm
All the best to our Blues next week. An Bhoth Abu!
July Ciste Draw
Our Ciste Draw returned last Saturday 25th of July. As you are aware we had to suspend our monthly draw in March and subsequent draws due to Covid-19 regulations. All tickets which were due to go into the March draw will now be carried forward to the July draw. Tickets for the April draw will be forwarded to the August draw and so on.
Congratulations to Mary McCarron, Mullaghmore, Tydavnet, our €1,000 July Ciste winner! Also congratulations to our 5 other €100 winners; Colm McElwain; Michelle & Kathleen McElwain; Charlie Meehan; Mark Johnstone; Evan Quigley.
Sellers prizes: Cyril McCrudden, Dermot Maguire
Scotstown Gaa would also like to promote our online option to buy our ciste tickets. You can do this by accessing our Clubforce website and clicking on 'Buy Event Tickets' link. Tickets are also available in McMahons shop and from committee members. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their continued support and patience.
Scotstown GAA Online Club Lotto – Next Draw Wednesday 5th August.
Thanks to everyone involved in our online lotto draw on Wednesday 29th July. Please see our Social Media platforms for more details of the results.
There was no winner of our draw on July 22th. Lucky Dip winners of €20 of July 15th draw were Breah Hand, Donal Rice and Karen McCague. Congratulations.
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 €3,100.
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 Wednesday 5th August at 8:30pm.
Clubforce App
Our Clubforce app is an invaluable means of receiving instant updates of when events, fixtures and activities are scheduled to commence. Please see our Scotstown GAA Facebook page for the link to downloading the app.
Scotstown GAA Club Shop
If you would like to purchase Scotstown GAA merchandice please contact Kevin on 087 742 2519. The Club Shop remains closed until further notice and guidelines from the GAA on the reopening of indoor facilities. We are in the process of developing an online shop and will notify you when we expect this to commence.
GAA Revised ‘Safe Return to Gaelic Games’ Guidance and our continuing community help
Phase 4 of the Government’s Reopening the country’s roadmap has been postponed from July 20th to Monday August 10th. This would have seen more restrictions eased. The GAA had issued a revised statement regarding its own guidelines of reopening for us, which are already in effect. This included for pitches to reopen for training and competitive football only. This is on the understanding that players and all participants have completed the eLearning module and are following the control measures in place (health questionnaire etc) and is on the basis of a maximum of 15 players in a designated area of the field. For games a maximum of 200 in attendance including players, officials, backroom staff, media etc.
Please note that our GAA indoor facilities including dressing rooms, club shop, social club, gyms etc. will remained CLOSED until further notice. This is in accordance with the GAA's Covid Advisory Group's guidelines. Whenever we are given the guidelines to enable us to give definitive dates of resumption of any of our activities and facilities, we will update you here and on our Clubforce app. Thanks for your patience and understanding.
We would also like to continue and reinforce our message that we are here to help. Scotstown GAA would like to reassure those in our community that we are still here to help, even as we slowly unwind this notice here. Football is nothing without its people and the community past and future.
Please continue to follow the HSE and government guidelines which are frequently posted. We would also like to praise and thank the front-line staff in the services during this time and all the goodwill that is happening in our community. Thanks everyone for abiding by the latest staying safe, washing hands and social distancing guidelines and for being patient during this time. Many thanks to all our volunteers involved.