Martin’s fail to get going.
On a glorious evening in St. Lachtain’s Park, St. Martin’s, who really failed to get going, took on James Stephen’s in the Quarter final of the Junior Championship. After just half a minute, Shane Kinsella got the Martin’s men off the mark with a pointed free. However, that was to be the last score for 10 minutes. In the mean-time, James Stephen’s were on a roll and had notched up 4 points before Tom Morrissey who made a run from midfield slotted over a fine point with Paul Maher adding another seconds later. Shane Kinsella added another 4 points from frees before half time. James Stephen’s were on top of their game capitalising on their scoring chances and pulled away with two goals in quick succession to leave the half time score at St. Martin’s 0-7 to James 2-12. The second half was damage control for St. Martin’s as they plugged away with scores came from Shane Kinsella, Kieran Kelly and David Breen. The Northern men were unlucky with efforts to convert chances to goals but James Stephen’s were the stronger team on the day as they ran out winners on a scoreline of 2-22 to St. Martin’s 0-11.
Team: Jason Shore, Aidan Murphy, Brendan Maher, Brian Cadigan, Paddy Dowling, Noel D’arcy, Michael Morrissey, Luke Maher, Michael Mulhall, Tom Morrissey (0-1), David Breen (0-1), Shane Kinsella (0-7), Kieran Kelly (0-1), Paul Maher (0-1), Donal Shore.
Subs: Martin Dowling, Eugene Maher, Jack Dowling, Shane Egan, Conor Kinsella, James Kelly, David Walsh, Conor Dowling, Thomas Walsh
Team Management: Anthony Maher, Aidan Lawlor, Nicholas Purcell.
Referee: John Guinan
21st September 2013
Juniors live to fight another day.
In this local derby, St. Martin’s and Erin’s Own battled it out in the second round of the Junior Championship. The St. Martin’s line out got off to a flying start working up a 3 point lead with points from Shane Kinsella, Bryan Byrne and Luke Maher before Erin’s Own got off the mark. However, with all of our half forward line of Tom Morrissey, Brian Mulhall and Shane Kinsella picking off points along with Luke Maher and Bryan Byrne scoring, St. Martin’s kept ahead of the Comer brigade. Just before half time, the towering and hard working Brian Mulhall was lost to injury after sustaining a hard knock and with that came the half time whistle to leave the score St. Martin’s 0-14 to Erin’s Own 0-7. In the second half, a gallant Erin’s Own side came out fighting to whittle down the deficit. They came within 1 point of the leaders when they got a goal to leave the score at 0-16 to 1-12. It was an exciting finish as both sides gathered all they had to make it to the next stage. Once again, Bryan Byrne and Shane Kinsella steadied the ship with the last two scores as St. Martin’s ran out winners on a scoreline of 0-18 to Erin’s Own 1-13.
Team: Jason Shore, Aidan Murphy, Brendan Maher, Brian Cadigan, Noel D’arcy, Bryan Byrne (0-4), Mick Morrissey, Paddy Dowling, Luke Maher (0-4), Tom Morrissey (0-1), Brian Mulhall (0-2), Shane Kinsella (0-6), Kieran Kelly, Paul Maher, Donal Shore(0-1)
Subs: David Breen (used), Martin Dowling (used), Eugene Maher, Shane Egan, James Kelly, Conor Dowling, David Walsh.
Team Management: Anthony Maher, Aidan Lawlor, Nicholas Purcell.
Referee: Maurice Flynn
03rd September 2013
Saints go marching on!
St. Martin’s went to Danesfort to take on Mooncoin in search of their second win in the Junior Hurling Championship. Both teams started out trading points with Martin’s points coming from Shane Kinsella on free’s and Donal Shore pointing from play. While Mooncoin drove a lot of wides, the northerners continued making scores with Shane Kinsella adding another 2 points to his tally courtesy of Paddy Dowling and Paul Maher winning puck-outs and getting the passes in. However, in the 25th minute, St. Martin’s suffered a set back when a player was sent off with a straight red card, for what, no one knows, but the lads didn’t let that get them down as Kieran Kelly got a great goal made from a pass from Tom Morrissey just before half time. The half time score stood at St. Martin’s 1-5 to Mooncoin’s 0-4 Mooncoin came out fighting in the second half in the hope of turning the game around but while they were shooting wides, Shane Kinsella and Bryan Byrne kept the scoreboard ticking over. Tom Morrissey extended the lead even further in the 16th minute of the half. In a great display of team work, Brendan Maher cleared a ball from the back line to Bryan Byrne who laid a quick pass off to Paddy Dowling. Great vision by Paddy saw the ball been delivered to Paul Maher who gave a pass to Tom. There was no doubt he was intent on goal as he hammered it to the back of the net to put 9 points between the sides. Mooncoin rallied in the last 15 minutes with Stephen Crowley, Cormac Fleming, Jamie McGrath and Eric Wall all pointing to reduce the deficit somewhat. The Southern men were in hard luck when Jason Shore and his defenders did well to clear away a goal attempt. To finish the game off nicely, Shane Kinsella and Tom Morrissey both scored points to help St. Martin’s run out winners with a score of 2-11 to Mooncoin’s 0-10. After a great team display, they now await the winners of neighbours Erin’s Own and Clara in the next round.
Team: Jason Shore, Martin Dowling Brendan Maher, Brian Cadigan, Noel D’arcy, Bryan Byrne(0-1), Jack Dowling, Michael Mulhall, Paddy Dowling, Luke Maher, Tom Morrissey(1-1), Shane Kinsella(0-8), Kieran Kelly(1-0), Paul Maher, Donal Shore(0-1).
Subs: Eugene Maher, Conor Kinsella, Conor Dowling, David Walsh, James Kelly.
Team Selectors: Aidan Lawlor, Nicholas Purcell, Anthony Maher.
Referee: John Walsh
18th August 2013.
Goals win games
Goals win games as St. Martin’s made sure to come away with a win in the Junior hurling Championship against Tullaroan this evening. The men from St. Martin’s settled into the game scoring 1-2 with a lovely goal when Paul Maher gave a great pass to Shane Kinsella who duly finished it to the net. However, that was to be the last score for a while as Tullaroan started to hurl and got the deficit down to a point with their full forward line of Peter Walsh, Michael Brennan and Shane Walsh all scoring. But then in the 27th minute, a second goal was on the cards for St. Martin’s as a high ball was lobbed into the square by Shane Kinsella, and it was Paul Maher who finished it to the net. Tom Morrissey slotted over the final score of the half to leave the half time score St. Martin’s 2-5, Tullaroan 0-7. In the second half, St. Martin’s increased their lead with fine points from James Kelly, Shane Kinsella, Donal Shore and Paul Maher whilst Tullaroan tried hard to reduce the deficit with points from Edmund Campion, Josh Moore and Richard Butler. Donal Shore made sure that Tullaroan didn’t get too close as he finished a bullet of a shot to the net and Luke Maher added 2 points to put 11 between the sides. Tullaroan staged somewhat of a late rally when a Richard Butler free dropped into the back of the net. In the final minute of the game, the aforementioned goaled a penalty but it was a little too late for Tullaroan as St. Martin’s ran out deserving winners with a score of 3-13 to Tullaroan’s 2-11. The team played well as a whole and now look forward to meeting either James Stephen’s or Mooncoin in the next round of the Championship.
Team: Jason Shore, Martin Dowling, Brendan Maher, Brian Cadigan, Noel D’arcy, Bryan Byrne, Jack Dowling, Michael Mulhall, James Kelly (0-1), Luke Maher (0-2), Tom Morrissey (0-1), David Breen (0-1), Shane Kinsella (1-5), Paul Maher (1-2), Donal Shore (1-1).
Subs: Conor Kinsella, Conor Dowling, Eugene Maher, David Walsh, Ciaran Brennan.
Team Selectors: Aidan Lawlor, Nicholas Purcell, Anthony Maher
Referee: John Guinan
12th August 2013
Junior A’s bow out.
St. Martin’s and Emeralds lined out against each other in the North Junior A Championship this evening. In a poorly attended St. Lachtain’s Park, it was the Emeralds that got out of the trap first and went into a 1-4 lead. St. Martin’s took some time to get settled but once they had, they took their scoring chances as they came and lead at half time by a solitary point 0-11 to Emeralds 1-7. In the second half, Emeralds came back with a vengeance but St. Martin’s kept them at bay courtesy of 1-1 from David Breen and points from Shane Kinsella and Donal Shore. However, with the loss of Aidan Lawlor through injury, Emeralds pulled away to secure the game and leave St. Martin’s looking down the tracks at a Relegation final. Final score Emeralds 1-17, St. Martin’s 1-14.
Team: Jason Shore, Nicholas Purcell, Martin Dowling, Shane Egan, Patrick Brennan, Aidan Lawlor (0-1), Jack Dowling, Luke Maher (0-1), James Kelly (0-1), David Walsh (0-1), David Breen(1-3), Shane Kinsella (0-4), Donal Shore (0-2), Conor Kinsella (0-1), Eugene Maher.
Subs: Tom Morrissey (used), Conor Dowling (used), Damien Egan, Ronan Tynan.
Team Management: Seamus Tynan, John Ryan, John Buggy
Referee: Denis O’ Sullivan
10th August 2013
Lady Luck deserts Juniors
Neighbours St. Martin’s and O’ Loughlins squared up this evening in the North Junior Hurling Championship in a wet, dark Canon Kearns Park. The game ebbed and flowed with both sides trading points. When St. Martin’s gained the lead, it looked like things were going well. However, O’ Loughlin’s were awarded a free and when it it looked as if it was going over the bar, it suddenly dropped into the left top corner of the net. Both sides added a point to their name as well as each side having missed chances. The half time score stood at St. Martin’s 0-8, O’ Loughlin’s 1-7. St. Martin’s tried hard in the second half and could only get within 2 points before their city neighbours began pulling away and with a goal in the final minute for the winners, it finished St. Martin’s 0-14 to O’ Loughlin’s 2-16.
Team: Jason Shore, Martin Dowling, Brendan Maher, Brian Cadigan, Paddy Dowling, Bryan Byrne (0-4), Jack Dowling, Noel D’arcy (0-1), Donal Shore (0-1), Shane Kinsella (0-2), Paul Maher (0-1), Eugene Maher, Conor Dowling, Michael Mulhall (0-2), Kieran Kelly (0-1).
Subs: Aidan Lawlor (0-2), David Walsh
Selectors: Anthony Maher, Aidan Lawlor, Nicholas Purcell
Referee: John Guinan
01st August 2013
Junior A’s narrowly miss out.
On a damp evening in Coon, St. Martin’s took on St. Lachtains in the first round of the North Junior A Championship. The Martin’s men went ahead from the start notching up 3 points before St. Lachtain’s kicked into life and outscored St. Martin’s by 1-4. St. Martin’s battled back and with points from Shane Kinsella and Tom Morrissey kept them in touch. The Freshford men were determined on scoring goals and narrowly missed a chance by putting it wide. However, they weren’t going to make the same mistake again and their second goal put 4 points between the sides coming up to half time. Once more, St. Martin’s didn’t give up and a well worked ball from Donal Shore, saw David Breen finish the ball to the back of the Lachtain’s net to leave the half time score 1-6 to St. Lachtain’s 2-4. On resumption, Freshford extended their lead before Martin’s levelled matters with 2 points from Shane Kinsella. With the homeside tapping over the points and Freshford bearing down on goal, it was clear that this was going to be a close finish. A goal by Conor Kinsella, from a high ball let in by Donal Shore put Martin’s up by two points. Lachtain’s fought back with 3 points of their own and once more, Martin’s had to pick it up a gear to get their 2 point lead back again. With 2 minutes left on the clock, St. Martin’s struggled to keep a determined Freshford side at bay, but alas, they scrambled in the square to finish the ball to the net and secure the game with a one point win. Final score: St. Martin’s 2-13, St. Lachtain’s 4-8
Team: Jason Shore, Nicholas Purcell, Martin Dowling, Jack Dowling, David Walsh, Aidan Lawlor, Paddy Dowling, James Kelly, Donal Shore (0-1), David Breen (1-1), Tom Morrissey (0-5), Shane Kinsella (0-6), Conor Dowling, Conor Kinsella (1-0), Eugene Maher.
Subs: Ronan Tynan, Aidan Egan, Damien Egan.
Team Selectors: Seamus Tynan, John Buggy, John Ryan
Referee: Peter Burke
31st July 2013
Junior’s hold on for win
On a pleasant evening for hurling, St. Martin’s took on Dicksboro in the Junior Hurling League. Dicksboro were the first to get off the mark scoring 3 unanswered points before St. Martin’s settled into business with a free pointed by Bryan Byrne. With a further 2 points from Byrne and a free from Kieran Kelly, the sides were level. St. Martin’s pulled away adding 2 more points before a pass into Kieran Kelly from David Breen saw the ball been driven to the back of the Boro net. Kieran Kelly added another pointed free just before the half time whistle to leave the score 1-7 to 0-4. St. Martin’s ploughed on to extend their lead before Dicksboro were denied a goal when Brendan Maher blocked the shot. However, Dicksboro rallied and with 5 minutes left on the clock, got two goals within minutes of each other. However, with daylight fading, St. Martin’s held on for the win on a scoreline of 1-15 to 2-10.
Team: Jason Shore, Brian Cadigan, Brendan Maher, Aidan Murphy, Noel D’arcy, Aidan Lawlor, Mick Morrissey, Paddy Dowling, Bryan Byrne (0-6), Luke Maher (0-3), Paul Maher, Michael Mulhall (0-1), Martin Dowling, David Breen (0-1), Kieran Kelly (1-5)
Subs: Eugene Maher, Jack Dowling (all used)
Selectors: Anthony Maher, Nicholas Purcell, Aidan Lawlor
Referee: John Guinan
26th July 2013
Junior A’s loose out
The Junior A’s took on Young Irelands in Gowran on Sunday in the north championship. The first half was evenly contested with both sides level at 4pts a piece at half time. There was still little between the sides in the second half but Young Ireland finished the better and won on a score of 0-16 to St. Martins 0-13.
Team: Jason Shore, Nicky Purcell, Martin Dowling, Thomas Walsh. Ruairi kinsella, Aidan Lawlor(-3pt), Patrick Brennan, Luke Maher(-6pt), Patrick Dowling, Eugene Maher(-1pt), David Breen(-1pt), James Kelly(-1pt), Damien Tynan, Tom Morrissey(1pt), Donal Shore. Subs: Jack Dowling, Ciaran Brennan, Shane Egan (all used) David Walsh, John Haughney,Damien Egan , Aidan Egan.
Selectors: John Ryan, John Buggy, Seamus Tynan
Referee: Paul Hunston
Junior A’s outclassed
St. Martin’s Junior A’s took on Lisdowney this evening in Muckalee in the first round of the North Junior A Championship. Lisdowney seemed to settle first as they took their chances and had notched up 5 points before St. Martin’s got their first score, when John Haughney was fouled and Shane Kinsella duly pointed the free. However, things did not improve for St. Martin’s as that was their only score of the half and Lisdowney eased ahead to work up a considerable lead. The half time score was not pretty reading as it read St. Martin’s 0-1 to Lisdowney’s 1-15. In the second half, St. Martin’s improved somewhat and within 6 minutes, Jason Shore blasted a free to the net to get the sides first goal. The team worked hard adding a further 7 points courtesy of Luke Maher, Damien Tynan, Shane Kinsella and Paddy Dowling while Damien Tynan added another goal to his tally from 15 metres out. However, Lisdowney were too strong as they were keeping their tally running up and been first to the ball helped them to run out winners on a scoreline of 3-21 to St. Martin’s 2-8.
Team: Jason Shore, Nicholas Purcell, Martin Dowling, Shane Egan, Ruairi Kinsella, Paddy Dowling, James Kelly, Luke Maher, Donal Shore, Eugene Maher, Tom Morrissey, Damien Tynan, Shane Kinsella, John Haughney, David Walsh.
Subs: Ronan Tynan, Damien Egan, Aidan Egan.
Scorers: Shane Kinsella 0-2, Jason Shore 1-0, Damien Tynan 1-2, Luke Maher 0-3, Paddy Dowling 0-1.
Selectors: Seamus Tynan, John Buggy, John Ryan
Referee: Ger O’Grady
05th July 2013
