Good start
St. Martins u16 hurlers made an encouraging start to their Roinn B League with a home win in Muckalee. On a beautifull warm evening both sides played some great hurling and it was the ability of the St Martins forwards to convert the goal chances that made the difference. Tullogher Rosbercon trailed at the break 3.4 to1.4 . Both sides scored a goal in the second half to leave the Final score 4.8 to 2.6.
Team Ciaran Brennan , Colin Kealy, Patrick Darcy, Adam Agar, Ciaran Fitzpatrick, Jack Nolan, Daniel Comerford, Dean Farrell 1-2, Robert Dowling 1-1, Matthew Cullen 0-2, Darragh o Shea 1-0, Jason Comerford, James Dowling 1-0, Ronan Shore 0-3, Andrew Buggy.
Selectors Martin Dowling , Tom Cullen.
Ref. Sean Brennan.
6/4/2015
U16 league semi final
St Martins took the long trip to Glenmore for this semi-final. With ideal weather conditions both teams traded early points and a goal before half time left the score St Martins 1-7 to Glenmore 10 points. Second half started in the same fashion with point for point on the scoreboard with never more than 2 points in it at any time. St Martins goaled again to go ahead with ten minutes remaining but three pointed frees gave Glenmore a win on a score of 19pts to 2-11. Well done to all players on a big effort.
Team; Ciaran Brennan Jason Comerford Ciaran Coady Adam Comerford Matthew Cullen Jack Nolan Ciaran Fitzpatrick Brian Coady Dean Farrell Robert Dowling Conor Dowling Padraig Buggy Daniel Comerford Patrick Darcy Colm Kealy.
Subs; Ronan Shore Darragh O Shea Jack Manning(used) Adam Kelly (inj)
Team mentors; Tom Cullen, Andy Dowling & Micheal Brennan.
It’s been all go for St. Martin’s U16 in Roinn B.
St Martins first outing in the U16 roinn B league was a home game v Glenmore with both defences on top we went in at half time 1-4 to 4 pts up the second half saw us create some good chances but were unlucky and held on to win St Martins 1-8 to Glenmore 8 pts well done to all on a good start to 2014.
Team – Ciaran Brennan Jason Comerford Ciaran Coady Adam Kelly jack Nolan Conor Dowling Ciaran Fitzpatrick Brian Coady Dean Farrell Matthew Cullen Jack Manning Padraig Buggy Patrick Darcy Adam Comerford Daniel Comerford Subs Robert Dowling used Darragh O Shea Daniel Doyle . mentors Tom Cullen Andy Dowling Micheal Brennan .
St Martins U16 headed to Gowran for there second game the first half saw us build up a commanding lead aided by a strong wind to lead St Martins 1-9 to Gowran 3 pts the defence came under a lot of pressure in the second half but with some good team work we held on to win St Martins 2-12 to Gowran 1-9.
Team Ciaran Brennan Robert Dowling Ciaran Coady Adam Kelly Jack Nolan Conor Dowling Ciaran Fitzpatrick Brian Coady Dean Farrell Matthew Cullen Jack Manning Padraig Buggy Patrick Darcy Richard O Shea Mentors. Tom Cullen Andy Dowling Micheal Brennan.
St Martins hosted Dunnamaggin in Coon for the 3rd round of league. Getting of to a good start with a couple of nice points followed by a goal got us to half time ahead St Martins 1-4 to dunnamaggin 5 pts. Second half saw us create some good chances but with the visitors defence getting on top giving a good supply of ball to there forwards saw us finish as runner up on a score line of St Martins 2-6 to Dunnamaggin 1-11.
Team Ciaran Brennan Jason Comerford Ciaran Coady Adam Kelly Jack Nolan Conor Dowling Ciaran Fitzpatrick Brian Coady Dean Farrell Matthew Cullen Jack Manning Padraig Buggy Patrick Darcy Adam Comerford Robert Dowling Subs. Darragh O Shea used Colm Kealy Ronan Shore Mentors Tom Cullen Andy Dowling Micheal Brennan.
U16 team shine under lights in Football County Final
St. Martins U16 lads claimed an early Christmas present when they won the Roinn B U16 football championship under lights in Muckalee. Playing against a strong wind in the first half Emeralds were first to score with a point from play after eight minutes. St. Martins forwards created some good chances and eventually got a point to level matters. After a few missed efforts we goaled and added two more points to 3 pointed frees from emralds to leave half time score St. Martins 1-3 Emeralds 0-4. With the rain now falling and the wind up our lads put some serious pressure on the opposition resulting in well taken scores. The lads playing well and backing each other up around the field driving forward from the half backs the scores eventually came to close out the game on a scoreline of St. Martins 3-8 Emeralds 0-8. Congrats to all members of this panel as a lot of hard work was put in all year resulting in this hard fought win. Thanks to Muckalee football field committee for having the pitch in such good condition at this time of year.
St. Martins U16 County Football Champions 2013
team: Conor Fahey, Adam Kelly, Brian Coady, Colm O’Niell, Eoin Murphy, John Joe Kelly, Loughlin Hogan, Brandon Sheehan (capt), Jack Manning, Connor Dowling, Robert Reid, Fin Dowling, Tommy Downey, Tommy Quirke, Sean Maher.
subs: Ciaran Coady, Ciaran Brennan, Jack Nolan, Ciaran Fitzpatrick, Cian Morrissey, Adam Comerford.
mentors: Andy Dowling, Ger O’Niell, Micheal Brennan
U-16 Football Championship Semi Final v Rower Inistoige
After a good performance in the previous round we headed to Inistoige knowing we had every chance against a fancied Rower Inistoige side. Due to a mix up with the refferee the game started thirty minutes late. St. Martins lads kept focused and settled quickly into the game with a goal and two points on the board in the first ten minutes. The Rower added two points before we got another goal after creating a lot of chances.Rower Inistoige got a goal five minutes before half time leaving the score St. Martins 2-4 Rower Inistoige 1-2 ahead. Still all to play for our backs came under serious pressure early in the second half but held tough and with the midfield and fordwards making life hard for Rower Inistoige we added 1-5 to win on a scoreline of St. Martins 3-9 to Rower Inistoige 1-2.
Team:
Conor Fahey, Adam Kelly, Brian Coady, Colm O’Neill, Eoin Murphy, John Joe Kelly, Loughlin Hogan, Brandon Sheehan (capt.), Jack Manning, Conor Dowling, Robert Reid, Finn Dowling, Sean Maher, Tommy Quirke, Tommy Downey.
Subs:
Ciarán Brennan, Jack Nolan, Cian Morrissey, Ciaran Fitzpatrick (all used), Ciarán Coady (inj.)
Mentors:
Andy Dowling, Ger O’Neill, Micheál Brennan
U-16 Football Championship quarter final v Danesfort
After recieving a walk over in the first round against Callan, we travelled to Danesfort hoping to progress further. The lads created some good chances with good runs being made from midfield and half fordwards to go in at half time 2-3 to 0-4 ahead. Keeping the pressure on in the second half with some fine scores we ran out comfortable winners on a scoreline of St. Martins 6-5 Danesfort 0-7.
Team:
Conor Fahey, Adam Kelly, Brian Coady, Colm O’Neill, Ciarán Brennan, John Joe Kelly, Ciarán Coady, Brandon Sheehan (capt.), Jack Manning, Tommy Quirke, Conor Dowling, Finn Dowling, Sean Maher, Robert Reid, Padráig Buggy.
Subs:
Jack Nolan, Tommy Downey, Adam Comerford (all used)
Mentors:
Andy Dowling, Ger O’Neill, Micheál Brennan
Harsh decisions to drive U16 on to greater victories!
Our U16 team suffered disappointment when losing by a point to Thomastown in the hurling championship.
For two teams who had played well in the league this was always going to be a close game. With both defences in good form, scoring chances were hard to take with conditions very greasy due to heavy rain as the match started. We went in at half time three points behind. A big effort in the last quarter saw our lads turn the game in our favour, from being five points down to score one goal and four points without reply to lead by two points deep into injury time. With five minutes of injury time played a free was awarded to Thomastown in front of the goal, which was converted to a goal and we lost the game on a score line of 3-8 to 2-10.
U16 Panel:
Ciarán Brennan
Loughlin Hogan John Joe Kelly Tommy Downey
Conor Dowling Robert Reid Eoin Murphy
Brandon Sheehan Brian Coady
Finn Dowling Paddy Heffernan Jack Manning
Tommy Quirke Colm O’Neill Sean Maher
Adam Kelly, Ciarán Coady, Evan Stapleton, Padraig Buggy, Jack Nolan, Adam Comerford.
St. Martin’s underage Star John Joe to go international.
Congratulations to John Joe Kelly on making the International Schools Athletic Team. It’s truly a remarkable achievement for the young man who has also being part of Kilkenny Hurling teams in the past couple of years.
We also wish the best of luck to all our underage hurlers partaking in this weekends national athletic finals.
U16 take on Conahy Shamrocks at home in the Duggan Steel League.
Monday evening 1st July saw St. Martins U16 hurlers taking on Conahy Shamrocks in Muckalee. Conahy opened their account first by pointing a free but the Martins Lads found their stride and began to take their scores from some great play. A little indiscipline seemed to keep Conahy in the game as most of their scores came from the placed ball while the St. Martins defence kept control of the Conahy attack. 1-8 to 1-5 in favour of the home side was on the board at the break.
From the second half throw in St. Martins piled on the pressure and seemed in complete control of the game while showing some great skill and commitment in defence and able to pick off great scores in the forwards. St. Martins finished up victors with a final score of 1-18 to 1-11.
Team;
Loughlin Hogan, A Kelly, T Downey, C Dowling, R Reid, E Murphy, JJ Kelly, B Coady, Brandon Sheehan, J Manning, F Dowling, T Quirke, S Maher, C O’Neill, E Stapleton.
Subs;
P Buggy, Adam Comerford, C Coady, J Nolan. Ciaran Brennan ( absent).
Mentors;
Micheál Brennan, Andy Dowling, Ger O’Neill.
Team talk after a tough game.
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
