Young saints go down fighting

A relatively young St Martins u-16 footballers lost to Mullinavat 3-12 to 1-4 with vats 3 goals coming in the last seven minutes after Martins earlier exertions had taken its toll.
At half time they trailed 0-8 to 1-4 but there after a number of wasted efforts came back to haunt them.
St Martins.

Conor Fahy, Thomas Downey, Jason shore, David Healy, David Walsh, Robert Reid, Eoin Murphy, John joe Kelly, Brandon Sheehan, tommy Quirke, Aaron Healy, Sean maher, Aidan Egan, Shane Dowling, Ronan Tynan.
Sub:

Loughlin Hogan

U6 Panel begin training

St. Martin’s U6 panel got together to begin training and learning the skills of the game at the weekend under the guidance of Niall Clancy, Nicholas Purcell, Danny Quirke and Liam Coogan.

There was a great turnout from the enthuastic young hurlers in Coon and we are looking forward to following their progress throughout the year.

U16 Roinn B Hurling League.

u 16 roinn b hurling league

Martins Hold Firm To Win , St Martins opened there U16 hurling league campaign against a very determined Mullinavat, Martins opened with a couple of early points only to be hit with an unstoppable goal after 10 minutes , Mullinavat tacked on a few more points to put it up to St Martins, Our lads rallied well in second quarter and scored a goal after some good team work, a couple of pointed frees left us 1-8 to 1-6 ahead at break , the second half saw martins increase the lead but Mullinavat put in a huge last 15 minutes to score two goals and just leave 2 points in it deep in injury time when Mullinavat were awarded a 21 metre free in front of goal, Credit to our defence the held firm to clear there lines and won on a score of 2-14 to 3-9 .

Team mentors seamus tynan pat murtagh ger o neill joe dowling michéal brennan .

Junior A first out

St Martins Junior A team were the first team  to represent our club in any competition for 2012. The venue was Comerfort Park in  Coon , it was the visitors from Graigue-Ballycallan who were the victors in this Junior A League  game . Wind assisted Graigue built up agood lead in the first half 0-11 to 1-2 our goal coming from Pauric Haughney close to the break. Martins re- started well  to cut the lead to three points after ten minutes, a goal  from a long range free by Shane Kinsella who along with Shane Egan were  making  good  debuts at this level of hurling helped in cutting the lead. Ciaran Brennan while kneeling on the ground recovering from a heavy knock thirty metres out pointed  for a great score after twenty minutes. Two further goals by the the visitors saw them regain control of the game and run out winners 2-18 to 2-8 .

Team Mark Murphy,Aidan Murphy, Nicholas Purcell, Thomas Walsh, David Dooley, Aidan Lalor, Shane Egan,Ruari Kinsella, Martin Dowling, Tom Morrissey,Pauric Haughney 1-2,Ciaran Brennan 0-2,John Haughney, Damien Tynan 0-2, Eugene Maher.

Subs Shane Kinsella 1-3, Eoin Mahony (used),Sean Meany(used),James Callinan, Donal Shore.

Selectors Seamus Tynan ,John Ryan , John Buggy Dick Dooley.

24 March 2012

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St. Martin’s Minors make winning start to league.

The St Martin’s minors got their hurling league off to a good start when they came from being five points down in the middle of the second half to win by a point.
Having being against the breeze they trailed by 0-9 to 0-7 at the break having produced some fine hurling with one score involving six players before a point was landed.
Mooncoin struck early in the second with a fine goal which put them five clear. The young saints eventually got into gear and finally reeled their opponents in winning by 1-12 to 1-11.
Many tough games lie ahead in the league but if they learn from their mistakes in this first game they will improve.
Team:

Jason shore, Eoin Shortall, Alan Kelly, David Healy, Steven Walsh, Patrick Brennan, Tom Davies, Adrian Farrell, Shane Kinsella, Conor Dowling, Donal shore, Jack Dowling, Shane Dowling, James Callanan, David Walsh.
Subs:

John joe Kelly (used), Brian Quirke, Paddy Heffernan, Eoin Murphy, William Trousdell, Damien Egan, Aidan Egan, Ronan Tynan.

U14 footballers travel to Urlingford.

Sunday morning 18th March St. Martins U14 football squad travelled to Urlingford to take on League Leaders The Emeralds on their home turf.

This was never going to be easy and St. Martins struggled to find their form for the first 30 minutes and went in loosing 2-5 to only 2 points at the break. After some changes and a lively discussion at half time St. Martins Men came out fighting and put their mark on the game immediately with score after score and came within 3 points with minutes to go. They hit the cross bar aswell as missing a few crusial point opportunities but they battled to the end and finished up loosing out to the stronger Emerals with a final score of 2-7 to 2-4.

Team;

Patrick Darcy, Jack, Nolan, Ciarán Fahy, Ciarán Fitzpatrick, Ciarán Brennan, Adam Kelly, Conor Dowling, Dean Farrell, Adam Grogan, Jack Manning,  Conor Maloney, Matthew Cullen,  Padraig Buggy, Ciarán Cody &  Adam Comerford.

Subs; David Baldwin, Jason Comerford, Robert Dowling,  (all used), Conor Phelan.

Coaches; Tom Cullen, Michael Brennan, Andy Dowling & Martin Stapleton.

 

The visit of Crumlin U11 team

18/03/12

On a glorious sunny morning for hurling, St Martins entertained Crumlin U11s in Coon on Sunday morning. Before the throw in the Crumlin captain presented St. Martin’s with a commerative pendant. In an evenly contested match both sides gave their all and provided much entertainment. Great defensive display in the first half  meant St Martin’s only trailed by 1-2 to 1-0 after playing against the wind.  St Martin’s finished the game stronger with some long range points resulting in a great win for the lads on a score line of 3-2 to 2-3.
After the game Crumlin presented a plaque to St Martins to mark the occasion and everyone enjoyed the refreshments that were provided by the parents of the home team. St Martins panel : Daragh Coughlan, Donal Coughlan, Paul Murphy, Adam agar, James Daniels, tommy butler, Justin manning, Andrew buggy, Colm Kealy, Harry Kealy, Shane  Brennan, Daniel Doyle, Ronan shore, Daragh o Shea , Daragh Quinlan, James Dowling, James Carrigan, John Murphy, Conor Mulhall
Selectors: Donncha Quinlan, PJ Shore, Donal Coughlan, Martin Dowling

Stewards………….. Are you interested?

We are looking to recruit some people interested in Stewarding at up coming matches in Muckalee and Coon but also to help out at games in Nowlan Park.

Training will be provided and is a great way to get involved in your Club.

If you can help us please contact the club as soon as possible.

Thank you.

U14 Footballers display great heart!

Sunday 11th March St. Martin’s U14 Football squad travelled to Tullogeher Rosbercon’s home venue to play their U14 squad in the League.

St.Martin’s were hit by injuries and other obstacles which made making a  squad a big challenge indeed. However they made a squad and a very determinded squad it turned out to be.

From the word go they fought for every ball on the pitch and off the pitch. Spirits were high and the determination each member showed was amazing. They were leading by 4 points and half time and following some badly needed hydration at they came out for the second half as strong as ever. A great performance from the whole team and finished up winning with a final score of 2-6 to  1-1.

Team;

Patrick Darcy, Ciarán Fahy, Ciarán Fitzpatrick, Ciarán Brennan, Adam Kelly, Conor Dowling, Dean Farrell, Adam Grogan, Conor Maloney, Matthew Cullen,  Padraig Buggy, Ciarán Cody, Adam Comerford, David Baldwin and Conor Phelan

Subs; Daniel Comerford (used).

Coaches; Tom Cullen, Michael Brennan, Andy Dowling & Martin Stapleton.

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