Pictures from John Ryan Tournament
St. Martins Minor captain Shane Kinsella receiving the cup from Anna Ryan with Patrick O Flynn Bord na Nog Chairman.
St. Martins Minor team who defeated Danesfort in the John Ryan tournament.
Minors land John Ryan Memorial Tournament
St Martins produced a fine second half display to gain the 2013 John Ryan Memorial Tournament
Danesfort had the better of the early exchanges and led by the end of the first quarter 0-3 to 0-1.
But the home side goaled to take a lead they never relinquished and were 1-8 to 0-7 ahead at half time.
St Martins emptied the bench in the final quarter and the fresh legs worked a treat as they managed to pull clear in the final stages of the match. Final score, St Martins 2-15 0-12 Danesfort
Anna Ryan presented the impressive trophy after the match to winning Captain Shane Kinsella.
St Martins: Jason Shore, Conor Dowling, Alan Kelly, Tommy Downey, Steven Walsh, Patrick Brennan, David Walsh, Donal Shore, Shane Kinsella(Capt), Finn Dowling, Robert Reid, Mark Cody, Adrian Farrell, Shane Dowling, Mark Dowling.
Subs: John Joe Kelly, Colm O’Neill, William Trousdell, Damien Egan, Aidan Egan, Eoin Murphy, Sean Maher, Tommy Quirke (all used) Ronan Tynan, Loughlin Hogan.
Ref: Eamon Mansfield (Cloonen)
Minors gain win in the sun
With the return of a number players from injury St Martins gained their first win of the year when they defeated Clara.
The game was played in sweltering conditions and was tied after the first ten minutes 0-2 a piece.
A goal after 15 minutes was followed by a couple of pints on the trot which set ‘Martins up nicely at half time to lead 1-8 to 0-6.
Clara hit a goal from a ’21 and the game tightened as a result but the young Saints made better use of their scoring chances to win 2-12 to 1-9.
Credit to both sides for playing in such extreme conditions.
St Martins: Jason Shore, Conor Dowling, Alan Kelly, Loughlin Hogan, Richard Teehan, Patrick Brennan, David Walsh, Donal Shore, Shane Kinsella, Mark Cody, Robert Reid, Finn Dowling, Adrian Farrell (Capt), Shane Dowling, Colm O’Neill.
Subs: Mark Dowling, John Joe Kelly, Tommy Quirke, Steven Walsh, William Trousdell (All used), Damien Egan, Aidan Egan, Ronan Tynan, Tommy Downey, Sean Maher, Eoin Murphy. Brandon Sheehan (injured)
St Martins now play in the John Ryan Memorial Tournament on Sunday:
Schedule for Sundays Minor tournament:
St Martins v Danesfort 10.45am Erin’s Own v Danesfort 11.45am. St Martins v Erin’s Own 12.45pm.
2pts for a win. One for a draw. 20 minutes aside
Ref: Eamon Mansfield
U16 & Minor Hurlers are back in full training.
The U16 and Minor panels are back in full swing at training this week after the hard slog of the exams has passed. There continues to be a great turn out for all sessions with the craic and banter as strong as ever. Keep up the great work.
Deep discussions on the training field
U16 hurling league
Bennettsbridge were our opponents in our first home game of the year with both team on top in defence scores were hard to get we went in at half time 1, 6 to 1, 3 ahead with a different attitude for the second half the players created and got some good team scores to win on a score of st martins 3:17 Bennettsbridge 1:4
Team;
C Brennan, A Kelly, R Reid, L Hogan, C Dowling, P Heffernan, E Murphy, JJ Kelly, B Coady, J Manning, B Sheehan, F Dowling, C Fahy, T Quirke, S Maher.
Subs;
all used C O Neill, T Downey, C Coady, J Nolan.
St.Martins Minors loose out in first league match.
St Martins minor lost out in the first league match of the year where mistakes and a slice of misfortune went against.
The first half was a ding dong battle with it finishing level 0-8 apiece. Danesfort began the second half the brighter opening up a seven point margin before St Martins had whittled the deficit down to two points.
A young Saints side then made a couple of mistakes whilst chasing the game which ultimately proved costly.
Final score St Martins 1-13 2-15 Danesfort
St Martins: Jason Shore, Loughlin Hogan, Alan Kelly, Eoin Murphy, Conor Dowling, Robert Reid, David Walsh, Donal Shore, Shane Kinsella, Tommy Quirke, Brandon Sheehan, Conor Dowling, Mark Dowling, John Joe Kelly, Patrick Brennan.
Subs: William Trousdell, Jack Manning (both used), Damien Egan, Aidan Egan, Ronan Tynan, Diarmuid Murtagh, Tommy Downey, Sean Maher, Brian Cody, Colm O’Neill, Shane Dowling, Adrian Farrell.
Minor Footballers bow out of League
St Martins bowed out of the Minor Football League where the early concession of goals in both halves proved very costly. Missing over ten players due to injury & county commitments they found themselves 1-2 to no score down after 7 minutes but they rallied back to 1-4 to 0-3 before St Fiacres struck another 1-2 to leave it 2-6 to 0-4 at the break.
Another early St Fiacres goal put them 3-8 to 0-4 clear but Martins fought back getting three goals and two points but they ran out of steam towards the end and time.
Final score; St Martins 3-6 to 3-11 St Fiacres
St Martins: Conor Fahy, David Healy (c), Robert Reid, Eoin Murphy, Conor Dowling, Alan Kelly, Mark Dowling, Conor Dowling, John Joe Kelly, Aaron Healy, Brandon Sheehan, Tommy Quirke, Adrian Farrell, Jason Shore, Damien Egan.
Subs: Ronan Tynan, Sean Maher, Aidan Egan (All used)
Minors loose in Semi final stage.
St Martin Minor Hurlers lost to Glenmore in the County Semi Final in Bennetsbridge last Saturday 29th September. In fairness they were a much older and stronger team.
St Martins never gave up in difficult circumstances but can look back at a year of progress despite the loss and can look forward to the minor football league final as some consolation.
St Martins: Jason Shore, Loughlin Hogan, Alan Kelly, Paddy Heffernan, Jack Dowling, Paddy Brennan, Adrian Farrell, Shane Kinsella, Steven Walsh, James Callanan, Robert Reid, Conor Dowling, Donal Shore, Shane Dowling, Colm O’Neill.
Subs: David Walsh, Tommy Quirke, John Joe Kelly, Richard Teehan, William Trousdell (all used), David Healy, Aidan Egan, Brandon Sheehan, Ronan Tynan, Eoin Murphy, Damien Egan & Mark Dowling.
Minors Move into County Semi Final
St Martins reached the Minor B County Semi Final for the first time since 2009 with a fine first half display that set them on their way to victory leading by 3-6 to 0-4 at the break.
The second half was a more even game which the young saints also won & they now face the favourites for the County Final Glenmore in the next match on Sat 29th September. Final score St Martins 3-14 0-6 Mullinavat.
Team: Jason Shore, Paddy Heffernan, Alan Kelly, Loughlin Hogan, Jack Dowling, Paddy Brennan, Adrian Farrell, Shane Kinsella, Steven Walsh, Conor Dowling, Robert Reid, James Callanan, Donal Shore, Shane Dowling, Colm O’Neill.
Subs: David Walsh, Damien Egan (Both Used), John Joe Kelly, David Healy, Richard Teehan, Tommy Quirke, Aidan Egan, Eoin Murphy, Brandon Sheehan, William Trousdell, Ronan Tynan.
Selectors: Patrick O’Flynn, Liam Dowling, Tom Shore, Seamus Tynan & Jimmy Kelly.
Umpires & Linesmen: Damien Tynan & Mark Reid
Minors Triumph
St Martins Minors are through to the quarter final of the championship after a fine win in Ballyragget.
Martins got off to a flyer leading by 0-10 to 0-3 as the game headed towards the end of the first half but they then conceded a goal.
Soon after the young Saints foaled themselves to leave it 1-11 to 1-4 at the break.
Despite playing against the breeze in the second half Martins actually won the half. Final score, St Martins 2-18 1-13 Galmoy/Windgap
St Martins: Jason Shore, Paddy Heffernan, Alan Kelly, Loughlin Hogan, Jack Dowling (Capt), Paddy Brennan, Adrian Farrell, Shane Kinsella, Steven Walsh, Shane Dowling, Robert Reid, James Callanan, Conor Dowling, Donal Shore, Colm O’Neill.
Subs: John Joe Kelly (Used), David Healy, David Walsh, William Trousdell, Tommy Quirke, Damien Egan, Aidan Egan, Brandon Sheehan, Eoin Murphy & Ronan Tynan.
