ALL IRELAND SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTER FINALS PHASE 2

Monaghan v Kerry: St. Tiarnach's Park, Clones: Sunday July 22nd @ 4.00pm

Beware the wounded beast could well be the battle cry for Monaghan as they prepare for their 2nd outing in the All Ireland senior football championship quarter-finals, this time when they face a Kerry team that will be smarting, even hurting deeply, from their defeat by Galway in Croke Park on Sunday last. Kerry will travel to Clones determined to put the record straight and get their championship aspirations back on track as a second defeat would end their season completely, so there is bound to be a sting in the tail that Monaghan have to be prepared for and one that will turn this game into a conflagration right from the very start. An indication of the Kerry mindset was the fact that a deeply disappointed Eamon Fitzmaurice, in the aftermath of their defeat to Galway in Croke Park last Sunday, moved on immediately to what's happening this weekend stating that they have very little time to dwell on that defeat as they need to prepare for their trip to Clones this Sunday.

NAMING RIGHTS TO CLOGHAN SECURED BY MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPANY

Monaghan GAA announced last week that they had secured a major sponsorship partnership with Monaghan and California based company Entekra who purchased the naming rights to the Monaghan Centre of Excellence at Cloghan. The partnership will last for an initial 3 years and will mean that in this period the Monaghan GAA Centre of Excellence in Cloghan will now become known as the "Entekra Monaghan GAA Centre of Excellence"

EntekraT is a design, engineering and manufacturing company that provides a fully integrated off-site solution (FIOSST) for both residential and commercial construction in the US market. The company's main design and engineering department is based at its European Headquarters, which is located in Monaghan town. The company's manufacturing base is located in Ripon, Northern California, where they plan to build a second large scale fully automated manufacturing facility, which will be operational in Mid-2019.

CLONES TO HOST THE 'GAA BE THERE EXPERIENCE'

The GAA be there experience is a match day promotional pop-up area led out by the GAA (as opposed to an associated third party or sponsor) that aims to create a buzz pre-match and an opportunity not normally afforded to the wider GAA fan base (a money-can't buy experience). It will appeal to fans of all ages and seeks to enhance their overall 'day out'. It should draw people to the venue a little earlier than usual and offer families a distraction pre-match.

FIXTURES

This weekend the action on the club scene switches back to the Shoe City senior, Monaghan Electrical intermediate and Euro Tech sponsored Junior football league, with the Junior league now operating a cup and shield section and the games in all 3 competitions all on Friday evening, bar one game in each of the Junior and intermediate football leagues that will take place on Saturday evening.

SFL

In the Shoe City senior football league on Friday evening, all games at 8 PM, Truagh are at home against Magheracloone, Scotstown are away at Monaghan Harps, Ballybay play host to Carrickmacross and Clontibret travel to Latton.

IFL

In the Monaghan Electrical intermediate football league, all games again at 8 PM on Friday evening, Tyholland are at home against Currin, Corduff are away at Toome, Donaghmoyne play host to Sean McDermotts and Doohamlet travel to Aughnamullen, while on Saturday evening at 7 PM, Killanny have home advantage against Blackhill.

JFL

In the Euro Tech sponsored Junior football league, cup section, on Friday evening, Cremartin are at home against Drumhowan and Eire Og travel to Aghabog, while in the shield section, Scotstown are at home against Truagh and Oram travel to Rockcorry, all at 8.00pm, with the other game in the cup section between Emyvale and Clones taking place in Emyvale on Saturday evening at 6 PM.

The O'Duffy Cup final between Scotstown and Monaghan Harps takes place next Wednesday, July 25th in Truagh at 8.00 PM.

HURLING

In round 3 in the round-robin stage of the Silver Hill Farm sponsored senior hurling championship, last Thursday evening, St Macarten's defeated Clontibret by 3 points and Castleblayney HC had 5 points to spare over Inniskeen. This evening Thursday, July 19th in round 4, with both games at 8 PM, Castleblayney HC are at home against Clontibret and its a fairly local south Monaghan affair between Carrickmacross HC and Inniskeen in Emmet Park.

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