Martins out

St. Martins bowed out the Senior Hurling Hurling Championship when the lost out to O Loughlin Gaels.On a good day for hurling St. martins trailed at the break 2-5 to 1-5. Martins fought back well into the game following a good second half performance but it was the Gaels who advanced to the semis in a tight finish. Martins will be dissapointed not to make more progress with tallent available. Final score 2-12 to 1-12.

Team Colin McGrath, Shane Cadogan, Oliver Walsh,Brendan Maher,Patrick Nolan,James Dowling,Thomas Breen,Paul Maher ,Shane Coonan, Eoin Mc Grath(Capt.),Canice Maher,John Mulhall 0-3,John Maher 0-7,Joseph Maher ,Robert Shore 1-0.

subs Mark Murphy,Ronan Maher (used),AlanMurphy(used),Pauric Haughney (used),Aidan Lalor (used),Brian Cadogan,Martin Dowling, Patrick Dowling, Aidan Murphy,Michael Murphy,David Shore,BrianMulhall,Brian Byrne,David Breen.

Manager Nicky Cashin.

Selectors Patsy Murphy,Sean Kelly,Liam dowling.

Physio/First Aid Grace McCormack

Venue Castlecomer

Maurice Flynn

26 September 2010

U14 loose out in Championship Semi-final

The u14 played Ogra/Graig Blacks and Whites in the semi-final of the championship. Having scored a penalty early in the first half martins led a half time by 1-03 to 0-01. Scores were hard to get with both sets of backs working very hard. Following the restart Blacks& Whites got 3 unanswered points to leave 2 between the sides. They kept the pressure on and were denied by Martins Goalkeeper on a couple of occasions. But they eventually got the goal to go ahead. Martins kept fighting but were unable to get through the Blacks & Whites defence. Final score St. Martins 1-03 Ogra Blacks/Whites 1-05.

Team: Ciaran Brennan, Diarmuid Murtagh, Jason Shore, David Healy, Loughlan Hogan, Stephen Walsh, Robert Reid, David Walsh, J J Kelly, Mark Dowling, Aaron Healy, Shane Dowling, William Trousdell, Eoin Murphy, Colm O Neill. Subs: Fin Dowling, Tommy Quirke, Richard Teehan,Sean Maher (all used) Ronan tynan, Aidan Egan, Seamus O Keeffe, Jack Nolan, Padraig Buggy, Thomas Downey.

Selectors: Micheal Brennan, John Kelly, Ger O Neill, Pat Murtagh.

Referee: Podge Butler

19/09/10

Martins make Quarters

St.Martins advanced to the quarter finals of the Championship after a six point win over last years Intermediate winners St. Lactains of Freshford.Played in Ballyragget this was always going to be a well contested and so it proved leading at the half way 0-10 to 0-07. Martins had to survive a spirited fight back by Lactains and with minutes remaining it was anyones game but Martins dug deep to make the draw on Monday next when our opponents will be known.

Team Colin McGrath,Shane Cadogan,Oliver Walsh,Brendan Maher,Thomas Breen,Patrick Nolan,James Dowling,Paul Maher,Shane Coonan,John Mulhall 0-5,Canice Maher0-1,Eoin McGrath0-2,John Maher 1-8(1-5f),Pauric Haughney,Robert Shore0-1.

Subs Mark Murphy,Joseph Maher (used),Alan Murphy(used),Aidan lalor(used),Ronan Maher, Brian Cadogan,Martin Dowling,Stephen Murphy,Patrick Dowling,Aidan Murphy,Michael Morrissey,Kieran Kelly,David Shore,Brian Byrne,Tom Morrissey,David Breen, Brian Mulhall(inj.)

Selectors Nicky Cashin,Patsy Murphy,Sean Kelly,Liam Dowling.

First Aid/Physio Grace McCormack.

18 September 2010

Saturday 25th Sept European Racquetball Day

On Saturday 25th September an all day session in racquetball will take place in the Muckalee community centre. This is to celebrate the European racquetball day and every club is asked to take part. The session will start at 9.00am and continue until 3.00pm. There will be refreshments throughout the day. Everyone is welcome at any standard. It is a great opportunity to watch and even play against some of the top players across Kilkenny. Lots of fun is to be had. Please bring googles if you wish to take part in a game or two!

The annual Muckalee racquetball tournament will be commencing towards the end of September. It is hoped that there will be a division one, two and three this year. We hope to get big numbers this year and it is a great way of keeping fit in the months leading up to Christmas. If anyone is interested please contact Maura on 087 0506402 OR Mark on 086 3604192

Juniors bow out

An under strength St Martins bowed out of the Junior Hurling Championship when the lost out to Dicksboro in the first round of the Championship, played in Ballyragget .The first half of the game was a low scoring affair with Dicksboro leading 0-4 to 0-2.St Martins had a better start to the second half but is was who finished the stronger to win 0-15 to 0-7.

Team Mark Murphy,Aidan Murphy,Alan Murphy,Brian Cadogan,Martin Dowling,Aidan Lalor,Patrick Dowling,Noel Darcy,Kieran Kelly,Tom Morrissey,Stephen Murphy 0-7 ( 5f 1 l),David Shore,Pauric Haughney,Conor Kinsella.

Team Brian Malone (used),David Breen(used),Ruari Kinsella(used),Dermot Lalor(used),Luke Maher(used),Nicholas Purcell,Damien Tynan.

Selectors Richard Nolan,Paddy Kehoe,Tom Agar.

Physio/First Aid Grace McCormack.

Ref. Pat Hayes.

12 September 2010

U14 hold on to secure win

The U14 played O Loughlins B in the quarter Final of the championship in Comer on Wednesday. With both sides evenly matched their was nothing in the game at half time. Martins 1-03 O loughlins 1-02. O Loughlins started the better in the second half going ahead by 5 pts but Martins didn’t give up and with some changes came back to lead by 2pts going into injury time. O loughlins kept coming back and got a goal to put them up by 1. Martins secured possession following the puck out and got the vital score a goal to win. Final score St. Martins 3-08 O Loughlins B 3-06.

Team: C Brennan, D Murtagh, J Shore, D Healy, L Hogan, S Walsh, R Reid, J.J. Kelly, D Walsh, E Murphy, A Healy, S Dowling, C O’ Neill, W Trousdell, M Dowling. Subs F Dowling, T Quirke, S O’ Keeffe, S Maher(all used) T Downey, R Tynan A Egan, J Nolan, P Buggy, R Teehan.

Selectors: M Brennan, P Murtagh, J Kelly, G O Neill

Ref: G Grady