Come out and support St. Martin’s Minors
St. Martin’s minors are taking on Graigue Ballycallan in the Minor County Semi final on Saturday 8th November in Clara at 1pm.
Let’s get behind your minors.
St. Martin’s Minors progress to Semi Final
St Martins qualified for the Minor B hurling Semi Final with a win over near neighbours Clara in a tight game at Johns Park.
St Martins ability to get goals proved to be the difference with custodian Jason Shore pulling super saves to keep Clara at bay.
Martins got to the break 2-7 to 1-5 ahead after playing with the elements.
The cushion proved to be enough and they held onto to win to avenge last years extra time loss to the same opponents.
Final score; St Martins 3-9 1-9 Clara
St Martins: Jason Shore, Loughlin Hogan, Brian Cody, Paddy Heffernan, Steven Walsh, David Walsh, John Joe Kelly, Eoin Murphy, Robert Reid, Finn Dowling, Mark Dowling, Shane Dowling, Mark Cody, Conor Dowling, Brandon Sheehan.
Subs: William Trousdell, Ciaran Brennan, Diarmuid Murtagh, Jack Nolan, Colm O’Neill, Padraig Buggy, Jack Manning, Ronan Tynan, Ciaran Fitzpatrick, Aidan Egan, Tommy Quirke, Richard Teehan, Sean Maher.
Selectors: Patrick O’Flynn, Michael Brennan, Andy Dowling, Joe Dowling & Seamus Tynan
Some action shots from St. Martin minors win over Galmoy.
Photography by John Dowling.
U12 hurlers bring the curtain down on a busy year
St Martins Under 12 contested the finals of the Jim Comerford tournament in Conahy recently. Earlier round victories over Mullinavat, Conahy and Lisdowney insured a semi-final against great rivals O Loughlins. After a hard fought and high quality game the City team and eventual winners, emerged victorious. While disappointed the whole panel gained invaluable experience playing at this level and will no doubt stand to them in the future.
St. Martins Under 12 brought down the curtain on a very busy year with a three game blitz in Danesfort last Saturday. Three games V Dicksboro, Young Irelands and Glenmore provided a large attendance with a great mornings hurling. All panel members gave their all and an outstanding attitude allied with some great performances insured the year ended on a bright note. Great credit to the players who provided great entertainment not only last Saturday but throughout the whole year. Well done lads.
Panel: Matthew Shortall, Shane Fahey, Josh Dempsey, Sean Farrell, Thomas Lawlor, Jack Farrell, Luke Burke, Joseph Reid, Cillian Byran, Shane O Neill, Lorcan Agar, Tristan Roche, Bill Dowling, Patrick Brennan, Russell Kealy, Kyle Walshe, Aaron Meaney, Aidan Kelly, Oisin Kelly, Conor Egan, Rory Buggy, Tommy Flynn and Mick Brennan.
CUPS
Thanks to Sean Kelly for bringing the All-Ireland and Leinster Minor trophies to training in Muckalee last Thursday evening. Great excitement ensued with all the lads getting a chance to see the trophies and get photos taken.
U16 league semi final
St Martins took the long trip to Glenmore for this semi-final. With ideal weather conditions both teams traded early points and a goal before half time left the score St Martins 1-7 to Glenmore 10 points. Second half started in the same fashion with point for point on the scoreboard with never more than 2 points in it at any time. St Martins goaled again to go ahead with ten minutes remaining but three pointed frees gave Glenmore a win on a score of 19pts to 2-11. Well done to all players on a big effort.
Team; Ciaran Brennan Jason Comerford Ciaran Coady Adam Comerford Matthew Cullen Jack Nolan Ciaran Fitzpatrick Brian Coady Dean Farrell Robert Dowling Conor Dowling Padraig Buggy Daniel Comerford Patrick Darcy Colm Kealy.
Subs; Ronan Shore Darragh O Shea Jack Manning(used) Adam Kelly (inj)
Team mentors; Tom Cullen, Andy Dowling & Micheal Brennan.
Check your scratch cards now!!!
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: 20:22
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.
Great squad for U12 Go Games.
St. Martins Under 12 panel completed their go-games fixtures in Erins Own (Castlecomer) last Saturday with two excellent displays against the home team and St.Patricks (Ballyragget). With a great turnout of 26 players including 4 Under 10’s we fielded two teams and after two absorbing clashes emerged victorious in both games. Great credit to the players who showed great qualities of skill, determination and teamwork not only today but all through the year. A big thank-you to all the parents for all their efforts and a mention must go to Tom Shore who repairs the lads hurls and who does such a great job on them. The lads were presented with medals by fellow clubman Sean Kelly to round off a great mornings hurling.
Panel: Thomas Lawlor, Jack Farrell, Sean Farrell, Josh Dempsey, Tristan Roche, Shane Fahey, Shane O Neill, Bill Dowling, Matthew Shortall, Mick Brennan, Joseph Reid, Oisin Kelly, Aidan Kelly, Rory Buggy, Aaron Meaney, Kyle Walshe, Lorcan Agar, Conor Egan, Luke Burke, Russell Kealy, Tommy Flynn, Patrick Brennan, Cillian Byran, Conor Dooley, Cathal Keagan, Killian Dowling and Tadhg Gill.
Field Day memories
A great big thank you for all your support to our recent Field Day. Thankfully the weather was very kind to our Club on Sunday and great fun was had by all on the family fun day.
Minors hang in for draw in League Semi final
A number of wides cost St Martins as they were unlucky to draw in this Minor League semi final.
Having played against the breeze the Saints would have being confident of turning things around trailing 0-6 to 0-4 at the break.
Instead Dunamaggin gained a 0-8 to 0-6 lead in the middle of the second half where ‘Martins shooting was an issue.
A number of switches saw St Martins take the lead which they held until the dying embers of the game when Dunamaggin fired over a disputed free.
Unfortunately the young saints were to suffer a further blow when Shane Dowlings injuries suffered on the field proved to be far more serious after being taken off.
Final score; St Martins 0-11 0-11 Dunamaggin
Team: Jason Shore, Loughlin Hogan, Richard Teehan, Eoin Murphy, Conor Dowling, David Walsh (Capt), Steven Walsh, Brian Cody, Brandon Sheehan, William Trousdell, Robert Reid, Colm O’Neill, Shane Dowling, Tommy Quirke, Mark Cody.
Subs: John Joe Kelly, Sean Maher, Jack Nolan (Used), Aidan Egan, Diarmuid Murtagh, Ronan Tynan, Ciaran Cody, Ciaran Brennan.
Under 8s play in Croke park for Leinster Go Games
On Tuesday 15th July st Martins under 8s had the honour of playing in Croke park , 30 of our boys took part. The boys got to visit the dressing rooms and warm up area before playing in 2 games and having their official photogaph taken. Both of our teams performed very well.
Getting ready for action
Afterwards we headed to the phoenix park for our lunch and a mighty kick around. A great day was had by all the parents and children, especially the children who this day was all about.
Thanks to the coaches who enjoyed it as much as the boys, thanks to our bus drivers and thanks to Croke park for inviting us.
