Fr. Delaney Tournament
The U10 team played Conahy in the final of the Fr. Delaney tournament in Muckalee on Monday . They were that bit stronger and won the game . It was a good end to the year for them. Many thanks to Fr. Delaney for presenting the medals and to the ladies who provided refreshments.
Team: Ciaran Brennan, Conor Moloney, Matthew Cullen, Adam Comerford, Ciaran Fahy, Patrick Darcy, Darragh O Shea, Jack Nolan, Richard O Shea, Ciaran Fitzpatrick, Daniel Doyle, Dean Farrell, Justin Manning, Colm Kealy, Jason Comerford. Selectors: Tom Cullen, Micheal Brennan.
Patrick Darcy accepting the Fr. Delaney cup.
U10 Team who won the Fr. Delaney tournament.
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
U 14 win County final
u14 roinn c county champions 2009
Patrick Brennan captain of u14 team receiving cup from Bord na Nog chairman Joe Pyke
The u 14 completed the double today by winning the roinn c county final. They beat Tullogher Rosbercon 1-09 to 0-07. This was always going to be a close battle. Martins started well with points from Donal Shore (3) and Shane Kinsella (1) before Tullogher scored their first. Tullogher scored 2 more from frees before William Trousdell stepped up with Martins goal leaving them ahead at half time 1-04 to 0-03. The second half was close with both sides battling hard for everything but Martins held out and secured victory. final score 1-09 to 0-07.
Team: Jason Shore Eoin Shortall J.J. Kelly Alan Kelly Patrick Brennan David Walsh Thomas Davis Adrian Farrell Joshua Dowling Donal Shore Conor Dowling Shane Dowling Shane Kinsella William Trousdell Subs: Mark Dowling for William Trousdell David Healy for Joshua Dowling Ronan Tynan Aidan Egan Damien Egan Aaron Healy Diarmuid Murtagh Eoin Murphy
Selectors Tom Shore John Mc Grath Jimmy Kelly John Kelly Tom Walsh Patrick O Flynn
Team sponsored by Geoff Doyle Ballyfoyle
WELL DONE TO EVERYONE
U14 reach County Final
The u14 played Conahy Shamrocks in the semi-final. This game was all one sided. Martins started well and opened with a goal and a point from Shane Dowling . This was then followed by points from Donal Shore and William Trousdell before 2 more goals coming from Donal Shore and Mark Dowling sent Martins in at half time 3-07 to 0-02. The second half continued the same and Martins ran out easy winners final score 7-17 to 1-05. Final next weekend see Kilkenny People for details.
Team: J Shore J J Kelly E Shortall S Walsh A Kelly P Brennan D Walsh T Davis A Farrell J Dowling D Shore C Dowling S Dowling S Kinsella W Trousdell Subs M Dowling D Healy D Murtagh All Used R Tynan A Egan D Egan E Murphy
Well Done to everyone and best of luck in the Final.
Another good win for U14
The under 14 played Johnstown in the quarter final of the championship. This game was played in Freshford in good conditions. The boys got off to a good start and put over some fine points. Half time scoreSt. Martins 13pts Johnstown 3pts. In the second half Johnstown came back at them but they had enough done to win. Final score St. Martins 17pts Johnstown 1-07.
Team: JShore S Walsh E Shortall J.J. Kelly A Kelly P Brennan D Walsh T Davis A Farrell J Dowling D Shore C Dowling S Dowling S Kinsella W Trousdell. Subs D Egan A Healy D Healy R Tynan A Egan D Murtagh
They play Conahy Shamrocks in the semi-final on sunday at 11 oclock in Ballyraggett.
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
Good win for U14
The under 14 played Dicksboro B in Clara in the first round of the championship. They got off to a good start scoring 1-4 before Dicksboro registered their first point from a free. They continued their good run and led at half time 3-7 to 0-4. They started the second half with some good points and ran out easy winners 4-14 to 1-06. They now meet Johnstown in the quarter final on Monday next.
Team: J Shore J.J. Kelly E Shortall S Walsh A Kelly P Brennan D Walsh T Davis A Farrell J Dowling D Shore C Dowling S Dowling S Kinsella W Trousdell. Subs R Tynan A Healy M Healy D Healy D Egan E Murphy M Dowling A Egan D Murtagh.
U12s travel to Lucan Sarsfields
Our U12 team traveled to Lucan Sarsfields on Saturday29th August last to compete in their Féile Competition. The team travelled by Bus on Saturday morning and played 3 games in total. They finished the day 3rd in their group and all thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
List of players as follows ;
Back row : Ciaran Fahey, Tommy Downey, Eoin Murphy, Loughlin Hogan, Tommy Quirke, John Joe Kelly, Patrick Darcy, Robert Reid, Sean Maher, Finn Dowling, Adam Grogan
Front Row ; Jason Comerford, Jack Nolan, Adam Kelly, Conor Dowling, Colm O’Neill, Padraig Buggy, Conor Fahey, Matthew Cullen, Ciaran Brennan, Dean Farrell, Conor Moloney.
Congratulations and well done to all involved.
