J.J Kavanagh & Sons Junior B Hurling League Rd 5
It was a dull, drizzly evening in Paulstown as St. Martin’s took on the homeside Barrow Rangers in the fifth round of the J.J Kavanagh & Sons Junior B league. It was the homeside that got out of the traps first racing into a 1-3 lead with the goal coming from Sean Murphy before a Donal Shore free got Martin’s on the score board. With further scores from Donal Shore, Nicky Purcell, Conor Kinsella and a long range free from Ronan Maher, slowly but surely the deficit was clawed back. Just before the half time whistle, a good clearance from Ronan Maher found Adrian Farrell who in turn passed it to Tom Morrissey who rounded his man and shot to the net to leave two points between the sides at half time. (Barrow Rangers 1-8 St. Martins 1-6) Just after the resumption, a pointed free from Adrian Farrell left one single point between the sides. However, the effects of the loss of Ronan Maher who went off at half time through injury was felt in the defence as Barrow Rangers put away some late goals for them to take the points on a scoreline of 5-17 to 1-8.
Team: Eugene Maher, Jack Dowling, Martin Dowling, Shane Egan, Ruairí Kinsella, Ronan Maher (0-1), Thomas Walsh, Aidan Murphy, Donal Shore (0-4), Robert Reid, Tom Morrissey (1-0), Nicky Purcell (0-1), Adrian Farrell (0-1), Damien Tynan, Conor Kinsella (0-1).
Subs: Tommy Quirke (used), Eoin Murphy (used), John Joe Kelly (used), Shane Dowling (used), Kevin Tynan (used), Colm O’Neill,Ronan Tynan, Aidan Egan
Selectors: Seamus Tynan, Nicky Purcell, Conor Kinsella.
Referee: John Minogue
3rd May 2014
J.J Kavanagh & Sons Junior B Hurling League Rd. 4 vs Graigue-Ballycallan
On a glorious Sunday afternoon in the rolling hills of Kilmanagh, a small crowd gathered to watch St. Martin’s take on locals Graigue-Ballycallan in the J.J Kavanagh & Sons Junior B hurling league. St. Martin’s were desperate to pick up their first points of this league campaign but a goal in injury time dashed all hopes of that happening. There was no separating the sides all through the first half as Graigue-Ballycallan matched points from Ronan Maher (65), Damien Tynan, Donal Shore (0-2) and Adrian Farrell with the sides level at 0-5 a piece at half time. Just like the first half, the sides were again inseparable with each side cancelling out points from the other until a last ditch effort that found its way to the back of the net to put the local side up by 2 points. John Joe Kelly shot a point just on the stroke of full time to leave the final score St. Martin’s 0-13, Graigue-Ballycallan 1-12.
Team: Eugene Maher, Ruairí Kinsella, Martin Dowling, Shane Egan, Jack Dowling, Ronan Maher (0-1), Tom Walsh, Paddy Brennan (0-1), Donal Shore (0-4), James Kelly, Conor Kinsella, Nicky Purcell, Adrian Farrell (0-1), Damien Tynan (0-1), Colm O’Neill.
Subs: Robert Reid (0-2), Eoin Murphy (used), John Haughney (used), Tommy Quirke (0-1), John Joe Kelly (0-2), Kevin Tynan, Ronan Tynan, Aidan Egan, Shane Dowling.
Selectors: Seamus Tynan, Conor Kinsella, Nicky Purcell.
Referee: Julian O’Dwyer
27th April 2013
Junior B Hurling Rd 3 vs Danesfort
On a windy but sunny day in Danesfort, St. Martin’s Junior B’s took on the locals. It looked dismal at half time with only two solitary points on the board compliments of a Donal Shore free and a point from play from Adrian Farrell to Danesfort’s 1-7. As the Martin’s men were heading out in the second half with the wind, they managed to double their efforts from the first half. Donal Shore been accurate on free’s (3) and Ronan Maher back from a long injury scoring 2 points left the full time score Danesfort 2-13 St. Martin’s 0-7.
Team: Eugene Maher, Jack Dowling, Martin Dowling, Eoin Murphy, Aidan Murphy, Conor Kinsella Ronan Maher (0-2), James Kelly, Tommy Quirke, Donal Shore (0-4), Thomas Walsh, Brandon Sheehan, Adrian Farrell (0-1), Damien Tynan, Shane Egan.
Subs: John Joe Kelly (used), Robert Reid (used), Niall Clancy (used), Shane Dowling (used), Loughlin Hogan, John Haughney, Kevin Tynan, Ronan Tynan, Colm O’Neill, Patrick O’Flynn, Damien Egan.
Selectors: Seamus Tynan, John Ryan.
Referee: Willie Kearney
21st April 2014
J.J Kavanagh & Son’s Junior Hurling League Round 4 vs Tullaroan
On the 19th April, Easter Saturday evening, in Tullaroan, St. Martin’s and Tullaroan lined out for battle in the J.J Kavanagh and Sons Junior Hurling League. A small crowd had gathered to watch proceedings with referee, the youthful James Barry in charge . Shane Kinsella opened St. Martin’s account with a pointed “65”after Conor Kinsella made a good run in towards goal only for his shot to be deflected off a Tullaroan defender. Up until the 14th minute, that was St. Martin’s only score as the Tullaroan side went on the rampage early on, notching up 6 points. Shane Kinsella converted a free when Shane Coonan was fouled to leave five between the sides. The aforementioned Shane Coonan and Thomas Walsh each added points of their own before Shane Kinsella converted two more frees before the half time whistle sounded. (St.Martin’s 0-6, Tullaroan 0-11) The St. Martin’s boys were sluggish in the second half as Tullaroan had scored 1-1 within the first two and a half minutes. Once again, Shane Kinsella converted free’s whilst adding two points from play and Noel D’arcy added one to his account. However, Tullaroan kept pulling away as they were awarded a few handy frees but only scored one point from play in the second half. Most of their scores came from the stick of Tom Fitzgerald as he scored 0-12, 0-10 from free’s. St. Martin’s will be grateful that Tullaroan missed three goal chances but a lot of work remains to be done.Full time score: St. Martin’s 0-11, Tullaroan 1-17
Team: Eugene Maher, Brian Cadigan, Aidan Murphy, Shane Egan, Paddy Dowling, Paddy Brennan, Mick Morrissey, Noel D’arcy, Luke Maher, Shane Coonan, Thomas Walsh, Shane Kinsella, Adrian Farrell, Conor Kinsella, Donal Shore.
Subs: Jack Dowling (used), James Kelly (used), Shane Dowling (used), Tommy Quirke, John Haughney, Thomas Davis.
Selectors: Anthony Maher, John Buggy.
Referee: James Barry
19th April 2014.
J.J Kavanagh & Sons Junior Hurling League Rd.1
On a lovely evening, when Spring had finally seemed to arrive in Coon, a weakened St. Martin’s were no match for a sharp O’Loughlin Gaels side. With Brian Dowling, Nigel Skehan and Michael Henebry all scoring goals before half time, St. Martin’s were playing catch up all through the game with the half time score standing at O’Loughlin Gaels 3-8, St. Martin’s 0-4. The local boys tried hard in the second half to cut the deficit, but alas, it was not enough as the game ended with O’Loughlin’s taking the points on a scoreline of 3-17 to St. Martin’s 0-7.
Team: Jason Shore, Brian Cadogan, Aidan Murphy, Jack Dowling, Shane Egan, Paddy Brennan, Martin Dowling, Luke Maher James Kelly, Shane Dowling, Donal Shore, Tom Walsh, Damien Tynan, Adrian Farrell, Eugene Maher.
Sub: Nicky Purcell (used)
Selectors: Anthony Maher, Eoin Maher, John Buggy, Aidan Lawlor.
Referee: Ger O’Grady
12th April 2014
Juniors at home to Mount Leinster Rangers
Saturday evening saw the Juniors take on Mount Leinster Rangers in the all County League. The first half was evenly contested and both sides were level at the break 7 points apiece. Mount Leinster Rangers opened the scoring in the second half with 2 points before we replied with a goal by Adrian Farrell. Mount Leinster Rangers finished the stronger and won on a margin of St Martins 1-08 Mount Leinster Rangers 1-14.
Team: Jason Shore, Brain Cadigan, Aidan Murphy, Jack Dowling, Patrick Dowling, Michaeal Morrissey, Martin Dowling, Luke Maher, Noel Darcy, Shane Kinsella(0-5), Shane Coonan(0-01), Thomas Walsh(0-01), Shane Egan(0-01), Adrian Farrell(1-0), Donal Shore. subs: Damien Tynan, Shane Dowling both used.
Selectors: Anthony Maher, John Buggy, Eoin Maher, Aidan Lawler.
Referee: Eamon Larkin
Junior B’s first outing for 2014
The Junior B’s traveled to Jenkinstown to take on Conahy on Sunday morning in the first round of the league. Trailing by 3 points at half time they started well in the second half and were level at 8 points a piece with 15 mins left but Conahy finished the stronger and won on a scoreline of St Martins 0-08 Conahy 2-11.
Team; Eugene Maher,Jack Dowling,Martin Dowling, Shane Egan, Eoin Murphy(0-01), Ruairi Kinsella, Richard Teehan, Tommy Quirke(0-02f), John Joe kKelly, Adrian Farrell(0-01), Nicky Purcell(0-01), Aidan Egan(0-01), Shane Dowling(0-01), Damien Tynan(0-01), Ronan Tynan.
Selectors: Conor Kinsella, Seamus Tynan, Nicky Purcell
Referee: Pascal Connolly
All County Junior Hurling Rd. 1
St. Martin’s Junior team travelled to Clara to take on the home team in the first round of the All County Junior Hurling League this morning . While they got off on the scoreboard early on with a Shane Kinsella free, it was Clara who raced into an early lead scoring 1-1 in the first 10 minutes. The forwards did not have much luck finding the posts until mid way through the half when they started to cut into Clara’s deficit. Points from Noel D’arcy, Luke Maher and Shane Kinsella left a goal between the sides (0-4 to Clara 1-4). However, Clara bounced back with a goal when awarded a free in front of the goal. Shane Kinsella and Luke Maher tagged a point each onto Martin’s tally before half time to leave the score St. Martin’s 0-6, Clara 2-5 at the break. On the resumption, St. Martin’s worked to reduce the deficit with Shane Kinsella scoring once more and Jason Shore sending a free to the back of the net to leave a goal between the sides (1-7 to Clara 2-7). However, with the lads struggling, Clara powered on scoring a further 2-5. with Shane Kinsella and Noel D’arcy tagging on more scores and Jason Shore being in hard luck when his 21 yard free was saved, it was not to be our day with the final score St. Martin’s 1-10 to Clara 4-12.
Teams: Jason Shore (1-0), Richard Teehan, Aidan Murphy, Jack Dowling, Paddy Dowling, Mick Morrissey, Paddy Brennan, Luke Maher (0-2), Noel D’arcy (0-2), Shane Egan, Shane Kinsella (0-6), Thomas Walsh, Donal Shore, Adrian Farrell, Eugene Maher.
Subs: (all used) James Callinan, Shane Dowling, Tommy Quirke, Eoin Murphy, Damien Egan.
Selectors: Anthony Maher, John Buggy, Eoin Maher
Referee: Paul Hunston
23rd March 2014
Child Protection and Welfare training night
The rescheduled child protection and welfare training night will be held in coon hall at 8pm on 27th February, Conor Brennan the county children’s officer will be talking about the code of best practice. This training is a REQUIREMENT for all involved in coaching ,training, running of the fields and committee members, also anyone interested in coaching from this year on should attend.
2014 Draws
| St Canices Credit Union SHC | ||||
| Group A | ||||
| O Loughlin Gaels | St Martins | |||
| Tullaroan | Carrickshock | |||
| Clara | Ballyhale Shamrocks | |||
| Group B | ||||
| Danesfort | James Stephens | |||
| Rower Inistioge | Dicksboro | |||
| Erins Own | Fenians | |||
| Michael Lyng Motors IHC | ||||
| Group A | ||||
| Thomastown | Tullogher Rosbercon | |||
| Young Irelands | Conahy Shamrocks | |||
| St Patricks | Glenmore | |||
| Group B | ||||
| Graigue Ballycallan | Lisdowney | |||
| Emeralds | Dunn maggin | |||
| Mullinavat | St Lactains | |||
| J J Kavanagh & Son JHC | ||||
| Section A – Group A | ||||
| Mooncoin | Barrow Rangers | |||
| Graignamanagh | Bennettsbridge | |||
| Cloneen | Slieverue | |||
| Section A – Group B | ||||
| Galmoy | Kilmacow | |||
| John Lockes | Windgap | |||
| Piltown | Blacks & Whites | |||
| Section B – Group A | ||||
| St Martins | O Loughlin Gaels | |||
| Mullinavat | Clara | |||
| Tullaroan | ||||
| Section B – Group B | ||||
| Erins Own | Dicksboro | |||
| Ballyhale Shamrocks | James Stephens | |||
| J J Kavanagh & Son SFC | ||||
| Group A | ||||
| Railyard | Clara | |||
| Kilmoganny | St Patricks | |||
| Group B | ||||
| O’Loughlin Gaels | Mullinavat | |||
| James Stephens | Conahy Shamrocks | |||
| Group C | ||||
| Muckalee | Mooncoin | |||
| Dicksboro | Glenmore | |||
| J J Kavanagh & Son IFC | ||||
| Group A | ||||
| Blacks & Whites | Rower Inistioge | |||
| Ballyhale | Bye | |||
| Group B | ||||
| Piltown | Erins Own | |||
| Thomastown | Bye | |||
| J J Kavanagh & Son JFC | ||||
| Group A | ||||
| Railyard | Young Irelands | |||
| Carrickshock | Danesfort | |||
| Graigue Ballycallan | Bye | |||
| Group B | ||||
| Carrigeen | Windgap | |||
| Muckalee
Graignamanagh |
Tullogher Rosbercon
Bye |
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