Byrne Cup Semi Final vs. Clara
In Clara this evening, St. Martin’s took on the homeside in the semi final of the Byrne Cup. The first half was a very tame affair with Clara racing into the lead taking their chances. Tom Breen, John Maher, Eoin McGrath and James Dowling pointed to reduce the deficit to six points at half time. (Clara 0-14, St. Martin’s 0-8). The second half saw a rejuvenated Martin’s side come flying out of the traps. Within two minutes, the deficit was cut in half when a long range John Maher free landed in around the goal. Paul Maher pulled on the dropping ball and sent it to the back of the net. After 20 minutes of hard work, stallwart John Maher got the equalizer with a pointed free. Luke Maher and Eoin McGrath traded points with their counterparts, but alas, it was Clara who got the upper hand with 30 seconds left on the clock to take the lead by a point. Final score: Clara 0-22 St. Martin’s 1-18.
Team: Colin McGrath, Bryan Byrne, Ollie Walsh, Jack Dowling, Brian Mulhall, Paddy Nolan, James Dowling (0-1), Thomas Breen (0-3), Paddy Brennan, Paul Maher (1-0), Eoin McGrath (0-3), Luke Maher (0-2), Shane Kinsella (0-1), John Maher (0-7), Robert Shore (0-1).
Subs: Thomas Walsh, Eugene Maher, Shane Egan, Brian Cadigan. Donal Shore, Adrian Farrell.
Team Management: Charlie Carter, Richard O’Shea, Aidan Lawlor.
Referee: John Guinan
26th August 2014
Tom Kinsella Memorial Final
The Annual Tom Kinsella Memorial Cup Final will take place on Sunday 31st at 5pm in Coon. Locals St. Martin’s will take on Rathdowney/Erril in this annual tournament. All support greatly appreciated.
Drive for Liam Radio Quiz
This year’s Drive for Liam Quiz will take place on Thurs 28th August in The Ranchers Return, Coon starting at 8pm. Come out and test your general knowledge! It will be broadcast on local radio to venues across Kilkenny. Please come out and support our County Senior and Minor Hurlers in their quest for All Ireland Glory. Table of 4 is €20. Great Prizes and craic guaranteed!
Check your score time for our All-Ireland Scratch Cards
The times for the winning scratch cards are as follows…….. Best of luck to everyone and don’t forget you have 7 days to get in contact at 087-9558578
First Goal: 21:22
Last Goal: 47:42
St Martins Hurling and Muckalee Football Clubs(s) Fundraiser
Due to the demand last year, we are happy to bring back our Scratch to Match fundraiser this year. See below for details. Contact any committee member or player for your change to win €500!!
Claims Contact: 087-9558578
Terms and Conditions
· Scratch to match All Ireland senior hurling first goal and last goal times
· The winning times will be when the ball crosses the goal line
· Scratchcards cost is 2 Eur each
· The first and last goal times will be posted to stmartinsgaa.ie by 22:00 on Monday Sept 8th. The times will be determined by St Martins Hurling and Muckalee Football clubs and their decision will be final.
· What happens if no goal is scored in game? one scratchcard sold will have “No Goal” on scratchcard in place of an actual time – the holder of this scratchcard card will win the 500 Eur first prize.
· What if only one goal scored in game? This will count as the first goal and the holder of this scratchcard time can claim first goal prize of 500 Eur
· If the first or last goal is scored in injury time in either half the winning time will be the last second of normal time in each half i.e. 35:00 or 70:00
· There will be a 7 day period from the end of the game for people to contact the claim number and present their winning ticket.
All Ireland Tickets Draw
The draw for tickets for the All-Ireland Hurling Final will take place in Coon Hall on Sunday 31st August with registration starting at 7pm. The draw will take place after registration and is open to members only. Members must be in attendance for their name to be entered into the draw. Tickets for the All Ireland Finals will cost €80 for the stands and €40 for the Hill. There will be no family tickets for the final.
Senior Hurling League Rd.5
In the final round of the St. Canice’s Credit Union Senior Hurling League, St. Martin’s and Carrickshock measured up to each other in Tom Ryall Park. While both sides traded scores in the early stages, but Carrickshock forged ahead. However, mid way through the half Martin’s got ahead for the first and only time in the game after a nice passage of play between Canice Maher and Robert Shore connecting with John Maher who finished it to the net. (1-4 to 0-7). After that, St. Martin’s found it hard to get scores from play scoring 3 points from free’s. However, their counterparts faired a bit better scoring two points from play while also converting three free’s and a 65 to leave the half time score Carrickshock 0-13 St. Martin’s 1-7. Colin McGrath did very well in goal making at least four great saves throughout the match, he could do nothing about the goal that beat him as he was lying on the ground been attended to with an injury after making a clearance Luke Maher got a consolation goal for St. Martin’s with two minutes left on the clock but it was a little too late as Carrickshock ran out winners on a scoreline of 1-24 to St. Martin’s 2-12.
Team: Colin McGrath, James Maher, Ollie Walsh, Shane Cadigan, Brian Mulhall, Paddy Nolan, James Dowling (0-1), Bryan Byrne, Mick Morrissey, Paul Maher, Thomas Breen, Canice Maher, Eoin McGrath (0-3), John Maher (1-8), Robert Shore.
Subs: Luke Maher (1-0)(used), Shane Kinsella (used), Jason Shore, Aidan Murphy, Noel D’arcy, Paddy Brennan, Brian Cadigan, Adrian Farrell, Donal Shore, Jack Dowling, Shane Egan, Eugene Maher, Thomas Walsh.
Team Management: Charlie Carter, Richard O’Shea, Aidan Lawlor, Ronan Ruane.
Referee: Peter Burke (Emeralds)
16th August 2014
Byrne Cup 5th Round
St. Martin’s took on Erin’s Own in the 5th round of the Byrne Cup in Canon Kearns Park this evening. On a miserable evening with torrential rain, the weather didn’t do either side any favours as both teams struggled to gain scores early on. A four goal blitz in a ten minute spell for the home side saw St. Martin’s chasing at half time with a score of 1-4 to Erin’s Own 4-3. The second half did not improve for the visitors as they missed goal chances, however, the backs did work hard to hold the Comer forwards. Final score: St. Martin’s 1-9 Erin’s Own 4-8.
Team: Colin McGrath, Shane Cadigan, Bryan Byrne, Paddy Brennan, Brian Mulhall, Ollie Walsh, James Dowling, Paddy Nolan, Luke Maher (0-1), Paul Maher, Eoin McGrath (1-1), Shane Kinsella, Adrian Farrell(0-2), John Maher (0-5), Robert Shore.
Subs: Jack Dowling (used), Thomas Walsh (used), Eugene Maher, Donal Shore, Shane Egan, Jason Shore.
Team Management: Richard O’Shea, Aidan Lawlor, Ronan Ruane.
Referee: Eugene Ryan
5th August 2014
Lisdowney 7’s
St. Martin’s u.13’s performed exceptionally well at the Lisdowney 7’s last Saturday. In an evenly contested 1st round against Danesfort the lads played to the final whistle and ran out winners by 2-11 to 3-4. Two opportunist goals from Jack Murphy and some good teamwork from Ronan Shore, Daragh Quinlan and Dan Doyle opened up the Danesfort on a number of occasions to score some good points. With Adam Agar and Justin Manning clearing a lot of ball the lads stayed on top to the end. Our next match was against Graigue Ballycallan. The warm conditions ensured that the full ten man panel were needed and Tristan Roche, Paul Murphy, Tommy Butler and Harry Kealy all contributed to a great team effort. St Martins started strongly and went into a two goal lead after goals from Daragh Quinlan and Dan Doyle. Unfortunately, we missed some other chances when we were on top which was to prove costly in the end. A highlight again in this match was the point scoring and two wonderful sideline cuts for points by Dan Doyle. As the 2nd half wore on, Graigue fought hard and a penalty and a goal in the last minute of the match saw them run out winners on a scoreline if 4-3 to 2-7. While the lads ( and selectors ! ) were devastated with the defeat, the quality of their hurling and effort in both matches augurs well for the future. In what has been a difficult year for them at U14 grade, the future looks bright for this group of players if they keep training and hurling.
J. J Kavanagh & Sons Junior Hurling Championship
St. Martin’s Junior team took on Black’s & Whites in a sunny Clara pitch. Both sides found it hard to gain scores in the early stages as Paul Maher and Shane Kinsella traded points with Thomas Joyce and Emmett Foley. However, mid way through the second half, the skeoghvosteen side roared into action scoring from every angle. Just before half time, a well taken free from Shane Kinsella over on the far sideline dropped over the netminder’s head into the back of the net to leave two points between the sides at the interval. Within five minutes of the restart, Martin’s had taken the lead by one point for what was to be the first and last time in the game. Their opponents sprung back into life with a flurry of points to pull away once again. From there on, St. Martin’s tried hard to gain scores but found the going tough. Points from Luke Maher and Shane Kinsella were not enough in the end as Blacks & Whites won on a scoreline of 1-19 to 1-9.
Team: Jason Shore, Brian Cadigan, Aidan Murphy, Jack Dowling, Kieran Kelly, Noel D’arcy, Thomas Walsh,Shane Coonan, Paddy Brennan, Luke Maher (0-1), Adrian Farrell, Shane Kinsella (1-6), Donal Shore, Paul Maher (0-3), Eugene Maher.
Subs: Tommy Quirke (used), Shane Egan (used) Damien Egan
Team Management: Anthony Maher
Referee: John Bennett
25th July 2014
J. J Kavanagh & Sons Junior B Hurling Championship
On a lovely evening with a great view of Mount Leinster in the distance, St. Martin’s took on the local side Blacks and Whites in the first round of the championship. The visitors found themselves 1-5 to 0-2 down after 10 mins as things looked bleak. However, Adrian Farrell found the back of the net and Donal Shore pointed to reduce the deficit to two points. (1-5 to 1-3) The Skeoughvosteen side were more accurate with their shooting as Jack Dowling and Jamie Byrne traded goals just before half time to leave the score Blacks & Whites 2-10, St. Martin’s 2-5. The second half seemed to go much the same as the first half with the homeside been much more on target than their counterparts who tried hard but were no match for the Blacks and Whites. Final score St. Martin’s 2-10, Blacks & Whites 2-21.
Team: Eugene Maher, Shane Egan, Thomas Walsh, Jack Dowling (1-0), Paddy Brennan, Aidan Murphy, Eoin Murphy, Donal Shore (0-8), Tommy Quirke, David Walsh, Shane Coonan, Robert Reid, Adrian Farrell (1-1), Damien Tynan (0-1), Colm O’ Neill.
Subs: Brandon Sheehan (used), Ruairí Kinsella (used), Nickey Purcell (used), Shane Dowling (used), David Egan (used), Damien Egan, Kevin Tynan.
Team Management: Seamus Tynan, Conor Kinsella, Nickey Purcell.
Referee: Ollie Walsh
24th July 2014
