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.
Fr. Delaney Cup & Mick Sommers Shield.
The annual Fr. Delaney cup and Mick Sommers Shield took place in Coon on Saturday 29th June last.
Four teams took up the challenge in the end with The Village playing St. Martins and Ballyragget playing Cloneen. After two great games it was the Village facing Ballyragget in the final with the Village taking home the Fr. Delaney cup but St. Martins finished strong against Cloneen to win the Mick Sommers Shield.
St. Martin’s U10 Shield Winners 2013
Well done to all.
U11s begin a series of matches.
St. Martins U11s played their first home game of the season in Muckalee last Friday 28th June against Bennetsbridge. The game was keanly contested on a lovely evening for hurling.
They continue their series of matches this week with a home game in Coon on Tuesday evening against Dicksboro and then they travel to Ballyragget for the annual Under 11 blitz.
The go-games commence on the 20th July with home and away games right up to the middle of September.
The Panel; Shane O’Neill, Shane Fahy, Tristan Roche, Lorcan Agar, Mathew Shortall, Jack Farrell, Joseph Reid, Cillian Bryan, Cillian Shanahan, Bill Dowling, Aaron O’Dea, Josh Dempsey, Josh Delahunty, Tomas Lawlor and Henry Hueston.
U8 Camogie Blitz
Our U8 team played their second blitz this season in Dicksboro last Saturday 29th June. In the first game the St. Martin’s girls were up against the hosting team Dicksboro 2 and after a great performance by St. Martin’s the hosting team proved too strong on the day. The next game was against Freshford and St. Martin’s provided the supporters to a fine display of Camogie to win the game. The final game was against Johnstown and the St. Martin’s girls showed some great skill and good goal scoring to come out the winners.
Players on the day were Orla Moore, Chloe Ryan, Jessica Drew, Cora Dooley, Sophie Henderson, Sinead Carrigan, Rachel Moloney, Grace Healy, Gráinne Healy, Nora McCarthy, Leanne Patterson, Alison Shortall with trainers Noel Shortall, Marie Healy and Ann Stapleton.
u10 Camogie Blitz
U 10 Camogie Blitz in Coon.
With the Camogie blitz season now in full swing our U10 girls played some great hurling at their home blitz in Coon last evening (Tuesday 26/6). The home team hosted teams from Tullaroan, Danesfort and Ballyragget. The dry evening bought out the crowd and they were treated to some great displays of hurling from all the teams. Some lovely ground hurling lead to some great goals by the home team, including a hat trick by one enthusiastic player. We were also treated to some great displays of lifting and striking the ball especially around midfield. The girls came away with a win and a draw and are looking forward to their next outing on the 6th July in Tullaroan. Our U8 girls will be in action this Saturday morning (28/6) in Dicksboro. Hope to see you all there.
Martin’s through to final
St. Martin’s took on neighbours Erin’s Own of Castlecomer in the Annual Tom Kinsella Memorial this evening. In front of a good crowd, Luke Maher shot a lovely point to get the homeside off the mark. However, Erin’s Own shot 5 unanswered points before John Mulhall and Brian Mulhall got a point each to keep Martin’s ticking over as they settled into the game. With a free taken by Colin McGrath from his own half, David Breen broke the ball down and shot over the first of his 2 points to leave 2 points between the sides. Colin McGrath put over 2 points from free’s to level the game before Erin’s Own got their first point in 13 minutes from a free to go one up again. They added another point from play two minutes from half time but points from Robert Shore and David Breen brought St. Martin’s on a par with Erin’s Own to leave the score at half time 0-8 a piece. On resumption, it was Erin’s Own first off the mark and added four points but the Martin’s men did not give in. With a point from Robert Shore and John Maher been accurate on free’s, the sides were level for the third time in the game. On the 20 minute mark, John Maher gave a good pass to John Mulhall in the corner who travelled in and blasted the ball past the Erin’s Own keeper, Tom Brophy to go one point up. When introduced, Shane Kinsella added a great point along with Mick Morrissey to put 3 points in it. However, Erin’s Own rallied and added 2 points to leave the minimum between the sides but once again, a free from John Maher put 2 points between the sides. Erin’s Own moved the ball quickly down the field with a goal in mind but Colin McGrath made a great save and put the ball out for a 65. A short ball was let into the Erin’s Own forwards but Niall Moran’s clearance up the field was caught by Brian Mulhall and laid off the pass to John Mulhall who pointed for St. Martin’s to run out winners on a scoreline of 1-16 to 0-16. St. Martin’s now await the winners of the second semi-final between Clara and Oulart the Ballagh to be played at a later date.
Scorers: John Mulhall 1-2, John Maher 0-4, Colin McGrath 0-2, Robert Shore 0-2, David Breen 0-2, Brian Mulhall 0-1, Luke Maher 0-1 Mick Morrissey 0-1, Shane Kinsella 0-1
Team: Colin McGrath, Shane Cadigan, Ollie Walsh, Aidan Murphy, Niall Moran, Paddy Nolan, Paddy Dowling, James Dowling, Mick Morrissey, John Mulhall, Brian Mulhall, Robert Shore, David Breen, John Maher, Luke Maher.
Subs: Bryan Byrne, Shane Kinsella, Brian Cadigan, Jack Dowling, Donal Shore, Noel D’arcy, Thomas Walsh, Eugene Maher, Jason Shore.
Team Management: Charlie Carter, Richie McCarthy, Aidan Lawlor.
Referee: Eamon Mansfield.
30th June 2013
Piltown Draw 2013: Winners Draw 1
| 1st. Prize : Car valued €12,000 Or Cash €10,500 Joe Wall , Lower Corluddy, Mooncoin, Co. Kilkenny Mooncoin Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd. Prize: Holiday valued €2,500 or Cash €2,000 John & Eileen Walker, Coolagh, Callan, Co. Kilkenny. John Locks Club |
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Tom Kinsella Memorial game refixed
Please note that the Tom Kinsella Memorial match between Clara and Oulart the Ballagh due to be played on Saturday night in Coon is now off on account of the Kilkenny game vs Dublin. It will be refixed at a later stage.. Sunday’s game St. Martin’s vs Erins Own is going ahead as scheduled at 7:00pm in Coon.
Hard Earned win in Aylward Cup tie
This Aylward Cup tie between St. Martin’s and Mooncoin turned out to be a game of two halves. In the first half, St. Martin’s found it hard to get scores. The hard working Noel D’arcy found Mick Morrissey to get the opening score with Luke Maher, pointing from a nice ball let in by Paddy Nolan and a long range clearance from Bryan Byrne resulted in a free which John Mulhall pointed to keep the scoreboard ticking over. The half time score stood at St. Martin’s 0-3 to Mooncoin’s 0-6. The second half saw a much improved St. Martin’s. John Mulhall and Brian Mulhall added points to reduce the deficit to one point before Mooncoin added a point of their own. Robert Shore got the first of his two fine points to leave a point in it again. The lads worked hard and when they weren’t taking their own scores, they were making scores for each other. The leveller came from Luke Maher 6 minutes into the half. While Mooncoin went up again, a well taken free from John Mulhall mid way through the half levelled again. Mooncoin took over the lead once more but David Breen, taking a clearance from Niall Moran, levelled matters and St. Martin’s powered on with some well-worked scores. With the score at 0-13 to 0-10, Mooncoin prised an opening in the St. Martin’s defence and looked certain to goal but a brave save from the fast advancing Colin McGrath denied them. Less than 30 seconds later, they threatened again and a brave stop this time from Brendan Maher relieved the danger and as the ball was swept clear, James Dowling found Brian Mulhall and he landed the insurance point to leave the full time score at St. Martin’s 0-14 to Mooncoin’s 0-10. The defence were generally solid, in particular, the full back line of Aidan Murphy, Brendan Maher and Paddy Dowling, while our mid-fielders dominated and with the forwards finding the target when it mattered.
Team: Colin McGrath, Aidan Murphy, Brendan Maher, Paddy Dowling, Niall Moran, Bryan Byrne 0-1, Paddy Nolan, James Dowling, Mick Morrissey 0-1, John Mulhall 0-4, Noel D’arcy, Brian Mulhall 0-2, David Breen 0-2, Robert Shore 0-2, Luke Maher 0-2.
Subs: Thomas Walsh, Brian Cadigan, Jack Dowling.
Team Management: Charlie Carter, Aidan Lawlor, Richie McCarthy
Referee: Eamon Larkin
25th June 2013
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
