U14 footballers take on Castlecomer
Muckalee was the venue and Saturday evening 31st March was the date when St. Martin’s U14 Football team went head to head with Castlecomer in the Football League.
With a massively depleted squad St. Martin’s went into battle but against their neighbours and friends but Comer proved too strong for our young team. The first half was dominated by Castlecomer with some fine scores being landed on our Boys but St. Martin’s lads bounced back in a thrilling second half but it was too little too late. Comer ran out easy winners in the end.
Team;
Patrick Darcy, Jack, Nolan, Ciarán Fahy, Ciarán Fitzpatrick, Ciarán Brennan, Adam Kelly, Conor Dowling, Dean Farrell, Adam Grogan, Evan Stapleton, Matthew Cullen, David Baldwin, Ciarán Cody, Robert Dowling & Jason Comerford.
Coaches; Tom Cullen, Michael Brennan, Andy Dowling & Martin Stapleton.
Young saints go down fighting
A relatively young St Martins u-16 footballers lost to Mullinavat 3-12 to 1-4 with vats 3 goals coming in the last seven minutes after Martins earlier exertions had taken its toll.
At half time they trailed 0-8 to 1-4 but there after a number of wasted efforts came back to haunt them.
St Martins.
Conor Fahy, Thomas Downey, Jason shore, David Healy, David Walsh, Robert Reid, Eoin Murphy, John joe Kelly, Brandon Sheehan, tommy Quirke, Aaron Healy, Sean maher, Aidan Egan, Shane Dowling, Ronan Tynan.
Sub:
Loughlin Hogan
U6 Panel begin training
St. Martin’s U6 panel got together to begin training and learning the skills of the game at the weekend under the guidance of Niall Clancy, Nicholas Purcell, Danny Quirke and Liam Coogan.
There was a great turnout from the enthuastic young hurlers in Coon and we are looking forward to following their progress throughout the year.
U16 Roinn B Hurling League.
u 16 roinn b hurling league
Martins Hold Firm To Win , St Martins opened there U16 hurling league campaign against a very determined Mullinavat, Martins opened with a couple of early points only to be hit with an unstoppable goal after 10 minutes , Mullinavat tacked on a few more points to put it up to St Martins, Our lads rallied well in second quarter and scored a goal after some good team work, a couple of pointed frees left us 1-8 to 1-6 ahead at break , the second half saw martins increase the lead but Mullinavat put in a huge last 15 minutes to score two goals and just leave 2 points in it deep in injury time when Mullinavat were awarded a 21 metre free in front of goal, Credit to our defence the held firm to clear there lines and won on a score of 2-14 to 3-9 .
Team mentors seamus tynan pat murtagh ger o neill joe dowling michéal brennan .
St. Martin’s Minors make winning start to league.
The St Martin’s minors got their hurling league off to a good start when they came from being five points down in the middle of the second half to win by a point.
Having being against the breeze they trailed by 0-9 to 0-7 at the break having produced some fine hurling with one score involving six players before a point was landed.
Mooncoin struck early in the second with a fine goal which put them five clear. The young saints eventually got into gear and finally reeled their opponents in winning by 1-12 to 1-11.
Many tough games lie ahead in the league but if they learn from their mistakes in this first game they will improve.
Team:
Jason shore, Eoin Shortall, Alan Kelly, David Healy, Steven Walsh, Patrick Brennan, Tom Davies, Adrian Farrell, Shane Kinsella, Conor Dowling, Donal shore, Jack Dowling, Shane Dowling, James Callanan, David Walsh.
Subs:
John joe Kelly (used), Brian Quirke, Paddy Heffernan, Eoin Murphy, William Trousdell, Damien Egan, Aidan Egan, Ronan Tynan.
U14 footballers travel to Urlingford.
Sunday morning 18th March St. Martins U14 football squad travelled to Urlingford to take on League Leaders The Emeralds on their home turf.
This was never going to be easy and St. Martins struggled to find their form for the first 30 minutes and went in loosing 2-5 to only 2 points at the break. After some changes and a lively discussion at half time St. Martins Men came out fighting and put their mark on the game immediately with score after score and came within 3 points with minutes to go. They hit the cross bar aswell as missing a few crusial point opportunities but they battled to the end and finished up loosing out to the stronger Emerals with a final score of 2-7 to 2-4.
Team;
Patrick Darcy, Jack, Nolan, Ciarán Fahy, Ciarán Fitzpatrick, Ciarán Brennan, Adam Kelly, Conor Dowling, Dean Farrell, Adam Grogan, Jack Manning, Conor Maloney, Matthew Cullen, Padraig Buggy, Ciarán Cody & Adam Comerford.
Subs; David Baldwin, Jason Comerford, Robert Dowling, (all used), Conor Phelan.
Coaches; Tom Cullen, Michael Brennan, Andy Dowling & Martin Stapleton.
The visit of Crumlin U11 team
18/03/12
On a glorious sunny morning for hurling, St Martins entertained Crumlin U11s in Coon on Sunday morning. Before the throw in the Crumlin captain presented St. Martin’s with a commerative pendant. In an evenly contested match both sides gave their all and provided much entertainment. Great defensive display in the first half meant St Martin’s only trailed by 1-2 to 1-0 after playing against the wind. St Martin’s finished the game stronger with some long range points resulting in a great win for the lads on a score line of 3-2 to 2-3.
After the game Crumlin presented a plaque to St Martins to mark the occasion and everyone enjoyed the refreshments that were provided by the parents of the home team. St Martins panel : Daragh Coughlan, Donal Coughlan, Paul Murphy, Adam agar, James Daniels, tommy butler, Justin manning, Andrew buggy, Colm Kealy, Harry Kealy, Shane Brennan, Daniel Doyle, Ronan shore, Daragh o Shea , Daragh Quinlan, James Dowling, James Carrigan, John Murphy, Conor Mulhall
Selectors: Donncha Quinlan, PJ Shore, Donal Coughlan, Martin Dowling
crumlin captain presents pendant to st. martins captain.
Pendant presented to St. Martins by Crumlin U11 Team
Tom Dowling receiving Plaque from Crumlin
U14 Footballers display great heart!
Sunday 11th March St. Martin’s U14 Football squad travelled to Tullogeher Rosbercon’s home venue to play their U14 squad in the League.
St.Martin’s were hit by injuries and other obstacles which made making a squad a big challenge indeed. However they made a squad and a very determinded squad it turned out to be.
From the word go they fought for every ball on the pitch and off the pitch. Spirits were high and the determination each member showed was amazing. They were leading by 4 points and half time and following some badly needed hydration at they came out for the second half as strong as ever. A great performance from the whole team and finished up winning with a final score of 2-6 to 1-1.
Team;
Patrick Darcy, Ciarán Fahy, Ciarán Fitzpatrick, Ciarán Brennan, Adam Kelly, Conor Dowling, Dean Farrell, Adam Grogan, Conor Maloney, Matthew Cullen, Padraig Buggy, Ciarán Cody, Adam Comerford, David Baldwin and Conor Phelan
Subs; Daniel Comerford (used).
Coaches; Tom Cullen, Michael Brennan, Andy Dowling & Martin Stapleton.
U14 footballers begin their League Campaign
Monday night 20th February saw our U14 football team begin their League campaign when the met with St. Fiacres under lights in Muckalee.
The game was well fought but our lads were on the trail from early on with but they never gave up and actually were with 2 points at half time.
The second half began in a similar fashion but St. Martin’s Men dug deep and found new life in the last 15 minutes after trailing for most of the game they came back to level the game with a final score of 2-5 each.
Team;
Ciarán Fahy, Ciarán Fitzpatrick, Ciarán Brennan, Jack Nolan, Adam Kelly, Conor Dowling, Dean Farrell, Jack Manning, Adam Grogan, Conor Maloney, Matthew Cullen, Padraig Buggy, Evan Stapleton, Ciarán Cody and Adam Comerford.
Subs; Conor Phelan, Patrick Darcy (all used).
Coaches; Tom Cullen, Michael Brennan, Andy Dowling & Martin Stapleton.
Minor footballers qualify for Shield final.
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St martins minor football qualified for the Kilkenny Citroen Football shield final after an explosive opening 15minutes which saw them gain a 3-2 to 0-1 advantage. In fairness to Clara they hauled themselves back into contention leaving it 3-2 to 0-6 at the break.
The second half saw both sides swap scores at will but the Martins will know they’ll have to produce a 60minute performance in order to land their first minor title in 7 years next weekend. Final score 4-6 to 1-7.
St Martins: Jason shore, David Walsh Alan Kelly capt Robert Reid Shane Kinsella, Patrick Brennan Tom Davies James Callanan Conor Dowling jack Dowling adrian Farrell Brandon Sheehan Shane Dowling Damien Egan Donal shore.
Subs: Aaron Healy, Eoin Murphy Aidan Egan William Trousdell Ronan Tynan
Selectors: Patrick o Flynn Seamus Tynan Tom shore jimmy kelly Liam Dowling
