Minors show signs of improvement
In a tight tussle at well appointed Coon, Clara emerged with victory in the dying embers of this titanic tussle.
Clara led early in the first half but St Martins showed true courage to fight back and lead 1-8 to 1-6 at the break.
In a sea-saw bout luck deserted the Saints as they spurned a number of goal chances to lose by the minimum. Final score – St Martins 1-11 2-9 Clara.
St Martins: Jason Shore, Paddy Heffernan, Alan Kelly, Loughlin Hogan, Jack Dowling, Paddy Brennan, Steven Walsh, Shane Kinsella, John Joe Kelly, Shane Dowling, James Callanan, Robert Reid, Colm O’Neill, Donal Shore, Conor Dowling.
Subs: David Walsh (used) Tommy Quirke, Damien Egan, William Trousdell, Aidan Egan, Brandon Sheehan, Eoin Murphy, Ronan Tynan
Poor Finish Costs Minors
An excellent start by St Martins saw them earn a 1-11 to 1-1 lead over Tullogher Rosbercon in Tullogher.
However a poor finish to the game cost them as they lost by 1-16 to 4-8 where many harsh lessons need to be learnt.
St Martins:
Jason Shore, Paddy Heffernan, Alan Kelly, Steven Walsh, Jack Dowling, Paddy Brennan, Richard Teehan, Shane Kinsella, James Callanan, William Trousdell, Robert Reid, Conor Dowling, Shane Dowling, Colm O’Neill, Donal Shore.
Subs: Eoin Murphy (Used) Tommy Quirke, Ronan Tynan, Conor Dowling, Aidan Egan, Damien Egan, Brandon Sheehan.
Minors run comes to an abrupt end
An early two goal blast by near neighbours Conahy was enough for them to gain victory in this minor league tie which ended St Martins run of three victories.
Till the young saints eradicate their slow starts they’ll face many tough matches. Final score, St Martins 1-5 2-10 Conahy Shamrocks
Team: Jason Shore, David Healy, Alan Kelly, Paddy Heffernan, Jack Dowling, Paddy Brennan, Loughlin Hogan, Shane Kinsella, James Callanan, William Trousdell, Shane Dowling, Steven Walsh, Brandon Sheehan, Donal Shore, Conor Dowling.
Subs; Tom Davies, Richard Teehan (used), John Joe Kelly (used). Ronan Tynan, Eoin Murphy, Tommy Quirke, Damien Egan, Conor Dowling,Aidan Egan
Minors win entertaining Match
St Martins Minors continued their recent win of good form with a 2-19 to 3-14 win over Bride Rovers of Cork in Muckalee.
As usual the minors began slowly and were 2-3 to 0-2 down after fifteen but credit to them as the deficit was down to the minimum by the break 1-9 to 2-7.
The second half was a see saw bout which ended with a late Bride Rovers goal.
Team: St Martins: Jason Shore, Paddy Heffernan, Alan Kelly, Loughlin Hogan, Jack Dowling, Adrian Farrell, David Healy, Shane Kinsella, James Callanan, David Walsh, Robert Reid, William Trousdell, Colm O’Neill, Donal Shore, Shane Dowling.
Subs: John Joe Kelly, Brandon Sheehan, Damien Egan, Aidan Egan, Tommy Quirke, Paddy Brennan, Eoin Murphy, Ronan Tynan (All Used)
Minors continue winning ways
The recent improvement in the clubs minor hurlers continued with a hard fought victory over Danesfort. St Martins led at the break 1-8 to 0-10. Both sides emptied the benches in the second half but St Martins held on to win by 1-13 to 0-14. They play Bride Rovers of Cork on Sunday in Muckalee at 12.45pm.
Team: Jason Shore, Paddy Heffernan, Alan Kelly, Loughlin Hogan, Jack Dowling, Paddy Brennan, Adrian Farrell, Shane Kinsella, James Callanan, Tommy Quirke, Robert Reid, David Walsh, Colm O’Neill, Donal Shore, William Trousdell.
Subs: David Healy, Shane Dowling, John Joe Kelly, Brandon Sheehan, Damien Egan, Aidan Egan, Ronan Tynan, Eoin Murphy (All used)
Minors stun St Lachtains
St Martins qualified for the final of the Conahy tournament with a fine win at Freshford. It didn’t always looked good for St Martins as they trailed at one stage by 1-8 to 0-2 against the breeze but the young saints fired over a hat trick of points in the run up to half time.
It was all square at 1-10 apiece at the end of full time but Martins powered away in extra time for a well deserved win.
Final score; St Martins 2-13 1-13 St Lachtains (aet)
St Martins: Jason Shore, Eoin Murphy, Alan Kelly, Loughlin Hogan, Jack Dowling, Paddy Brennan, Adrian Farrell, James Callanan, Shane Kinsella, David Walsh, Robert Reid, Tommy Quirke, Sean Maher, Donal Shore, William Trousdell.
Subs: Paddy Heffernan, Colm O’Neill, Damien Egan, Brandon Sheehan, Aidan Egan, Ronan Tynan
Minors continue to show signs of improvement
St Martin’s Minor hurlers were in hard luck to lose out to Conahy Shamrocks where an early two goal blast proved to be decisive.
Martins had the deficit down to three by the break and despite having the majority of play in the second half they came up by two points. This young players will be heartened by their display. Final score St Martins 1-11 3-7 Conahy Shamrocks.They face old rivals Erin’s Own next Monday in Coon at 7pm.
St Martin’s: Jason Shore, Paddy Heffernan, Alan Kelly, Adrian Farrell, Paddy Brennan, Loughlin Hogan, Shane Kinsella, James Callanan, David Walsh, Robert Reid, Eoin Murphy, William Trousdell, Donal Shore.
Subs: Tommy Quirke & Tom Davies (both used)
Minors show signs of Improvement
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St Martin’s reversed their minor league defeat to the same opposition with a late surge of 1-2 in the dying embers of the game.
The men clad in red and green were 1-8 to 0-8 clear at the break. They were most effective when they produced simple direct hurling. Final score, St Martins 2-15 2-13 Barrow Rangers
They now face Galmoy/Windgap next week.
St Martin’s: Jason Shore, Paddy Heffernan, Alan Kelly, Eoin Shortall, James Callanan, Patrick Brennan, Jack Dowling, Conor Dowling, Adrian Farrell, Robert Reid, Shane Kinsella, David Walsh, Sean Maher, Donal Shore, Brian Quirke. Subs: William Trousdell, Loughlin Hogan, Eoin Murphy (Used), Conor Fahy, Damien Egan & Tommy Quirke
St. Martin’s Minors struggle again
A young and depleted St Martins Minors travelled to Glenmore for this fourth round league. This was their fifth trip to south Kilkenny this year from eight games and a total of 8 from 12 games between u-16 and minor.
The travelling and injuries seemed to take their toll on the team but they were still in with a shout at the break 1-8 to 1-5 without playing well.
In the second half they again failed to fire as a unit and lost out 2-17 to 2-7.
Team; Jason Shore, Steven Walsh, Alan Kelly, David Healy, Jack Dowling, Patrick Brennan, Conor Dowling, John Joe Kelly, Shane Kinsella, James Callanan, Adrian Farrell, Shane Dowling, Brian Quirke, Donal Shore, David Walsh.
Subs: Eoin Murphy, Tom Davies (Both used), Damien Egan, Ronan Tynan, Aidan Egan. Paddy Heffernan (injured)
Martin’s Minors lose out to more efficient Piltown
St. Martin’s lost their second minor B league match going down to Piltown by four points.
Despite being 1-8 0-7 down at the break, St. Martin’s would have fancied their chances with the use of the wind for the second half.
A slow start to the second period proved costly and they eventually came up short. Final score, St Martins 1-13 – 1-17 Piltown. They face Glenmore next in the league.
Team: Jason Shore, Eoin Shortall, Alan Kelly, Steven Walsh, Richard Teehan, Patrick Brennan, Tom Davies, John Joe Kelly, Shane Kinsella, Donal shore, Adrian Farrell, James Callanan, Shane Dowling, Damien Egan, Conor Dowling
Subs: Paddy Heffernan(used), Aidan Egan, Ronan Tynan.
