Minors beaten by stronger Emeralds team
The Minors played Emeralds in the first round of the championship in Freshford. Martins started well with 2 points (f) before emeralds scored their first. Then Emeralds got a goal and continued on from their going in a half time 1-09 to Martins 0-06. Emeralds continued to dominate in the second half.Final score Martins 2-10 to Emeralds 3-16.
Team: David Breen, Shane Egan, Thomas Walsh, Alan Kelly, Alan Lawlor, Brian Byrne, Paddy Brennan(1-0), Thomas Davis, Eoin Mahony, Adrian Farrell, Dave Dooley(1-0), Luke Maher0-02 (1f), Shane Kinsella0-01, Ruairi Kinsella0-07 (6f), Jack Dowling. Subs: Patrick Hanlon (used), Joshua Dowling, Damien Egan.
Selectors: Seamus Tynan, Patrick O Flynn, Tom Walsh
Referee: Ger Grady.
Win for Minors in Shield Qtr Final
21/07/10
The Minors played neighbours Conahy in the shield Quarter Final on Wednesday evening in conahy. Heavy rain made conditions hard for hurling but the lads worked hard and were ahead at half time 1-07 to 0-05. Conahy started the better in the second half and had 4 unanswered points before Martins settled and then added 3 points. Conahy then got a goal to leave all square with 8 mins left. Martins held on to win 1-12 to 1-10.
Team: David Breen, Alan Kelly, Thomas Walsh, Shane Egan, Adrian Farrell, Brian Byrne, Alan Lawlor, Thomas Davis, Eoin Mahony, Jack Dowling, Dave Dooley, Luke Maher, Donal Shore, Ruairi Kinsella, Shane Kinsella. Subs Paddy Hanlon, Damien Egan.
Selectors: Seamus Tynan, Patrick O Flynn, Tom Walsh.
Minors win
19/04/10
The Minors played Camross on Monday in Muckalee. Martins started well with 4 unanswered points before Camross pointed a free. This was followed with a free for Martins by Luke Maher. Just before half time Martins had 2 goals and a point by Ruairi Kinsella to lead at half time 3-06 to 0-05. Early in the second half Ruairi Kinsella struck again with another goal. Camross replied with 2 points and got a late goal to leave the final score St. Martins 3-09 Camross 1-09.
Team: David Breen,Shane Egan, Thomas Walsh, Alan Kelly, Patrick Brennan, Brian Byrne, Alan Lawlor, Luke Maher, Thomas Davis, Adrian Farrell, Dave Dooley, Jack Dowling, Eoin Mahony, Ruairi Kinsella, Donal Shore. Subs: Patrick Hanlon, Eoin Shortall, Anthony Mc Neill, All used Shane Kinsella Damien Egan .
Minors win
The Minors played Johnstown away on Friday evening and won. They were that bit stronger and held the lead throughout the game . Final score St. Martins 6-09 Johnstown 0-06. Next game against Camross.
Team: David Breen, Alan Kelly, Thomas Walsh, Shane Egan, Patrick Brennan, Brian Byrne, Alan Lawlor, Luke Maher, Thomas Davis, Adrian Farrrell, Dave Dooley, Jack Dowling, Eoin Mahony, Ruairi Kinsella, Donal Shore. Subs: Shane Kinsella, Patrick Hanlon, James Callanan, Anthony Mc Neill, Damien Egan (all used).
Minors loose to Lisdowney
4/4/10
The minors played Lisdowney in the first round of the league in Muckalee. Conditions were not good with strong wind and rain. Martins played with the wind in the first half and got some fine points but Lisdowney got the goals and led at half time 4-03 to 0-11. Playing with the wind in the second half Lisdowney continued to dominate and won on a final score Lisdowney 7-10 St. Martins 2-12.
Team; D Breen, S Egan, T Walsh, A Kelly, P Brennan, R Kinsella, A Lawlor, T Davis, L Maher, E Mahony, B Byrne, J Dowling, A Farrell, D Dooley, J Callan. Subs: E Shortall, S Kinsella, P Hanlon (used) D Egan, C Dowling.
Minor match off.
Minor match against Lisdowney in Muckalee on Monday 29th March is off. Will confirm new date later.
Minors loose out to Lisdowney
The minors bowed out of the Championship this afternoon. They started well and opened the scoring with a free by Canice maher. This was followed by 3 more also by Canice before Lisdowney got their first a point from a free. They followed this by another point and then they got 2 quick goals to leave them ahead by 2 points. But Martins regrouped and got back to go in level at half time. St. Martins 0-10 Lisdowney 2-04. After the restart their was exchanges of points before Martins were down to 14 men with the sending off of Luke Maher. The lads worked hard and after 18 mins they were ahead by 2 points but this was to be their last score and Lisdowney shot over 6 unanswered points to win. Final score St. Martins 0-15 Lisdowney 2-13.
Team: David Breen Cathal Healy Geoff Doyle Keith Davitt Paddy Dowling Brian Byrne (2pt f )Jamie Heffernan Cornelious O Flynn Ruairi Kinsella Paddy Lawlor(1pt) Canice Maher(12 pts 7 f) Luke Maher Sean Meany Damien Tynan Dave Dooley. Subs: Thomas Walsh for Keith Davitt Eoin Mahony for Sean Meany Paddy Meany Jason Allen Paddy Hanlon Shane Egan Alan Lawlor
Selectors: Nial Moloney Seamus Tynan Tony Maher
Minors reach semi-finals
The minors beat Tullaroan to reach the semi-final stage of the championship. This was a tough game played in ideal conditions. Martins started well and led at half time 1-10 to 0-07. They continued to dominate in the second half and eventually won 3-17 to 0-15. Their next match is against Lisdowney next weekend.
Team: D Breen C Healy G Doyle K Davitt P Dowling B Byrne J Heffernan R Kinsella C O Flynn P Lawlor C Maher L Maher D Dooley D Tynan S Meany Subs: E Mahony for P Lawlor T Walsh for K Davitt J Allen A Lawlor J Dowling A Mc Neill P Meany S Egan
Win for Minors
11/09/09
The Minors took on Dunnamaggin in the first round of the championship. This game was played in ideal conditions. They started well and fought for every ball and took a 10pts to 3 lead at half time. Following the break we got 2 quick goals and after that we added on some fine points to win easily. Final score St. Martins 2-18 Dunnamaggin 0-10.
Team: D Breen C Healy G Doyle K Davitt J Heffernan P Dowling B Byrne R Kinsella C O Flynn P Lawlor C Maher L Maher D Dooley D Tynan S Meany. Subs: T Walsh J Allen P Meany E Mahony A Lawlor(all used) J Callanan A Mc Neill S Egan P Hanlon .
Next match against Tullaroan in the quarter-final. Date /time to be arranged.
Minor match changed
The minor match against Dunnamaggin fixed for saturday will nowbe played on Friday 10th in Gowran at 6.30pm
