U14s play championship hurling

Conahy grounds was the venue for the 1st round of the U14 Hurling Championship with St. Martin’s up against Danesfort.

St. Martin’s came out running from the word go leaving nothing to chance. It was a tough physical encounter but St. Martin’s fough hard to take the lead into half time.  The second half saw an even tougher game but St. Martin’s dug deep and played super hurling and picked their scores when the chances came and went  to win easy with a score of 5-4 to 2-3.

Team;

Ciarán Brennan, Seamus O’Keeffe, Paddy Heffernan, Thomas Downey, Conor Dowling, Robert Reid, Eoin Murphy, John Joe Kelly, Jack Manning, Sean Maher, Loughlin Hogan,  Finn Dowling,  Colm O’Neill, Brandan Sheehan and Tommy Quirke.

Subs;

Conor Fahy (used), Padraig Buggy (used), Evan Stapleton, Jack Nolan, Conor Dreeling, Patrick Darcy and Adam Kelly.

Mentors;

Michael Brennan, Johnny Kelly, Ger O’Neill, Andy Dowling and Martin Stapleton.

U14 Hurlers meet O’Loughlin’s B in the League

Thursday night 26th May in Muckalee saw St. Martin’s U14 hurlers take on O’Loughlin’s B team in the League. A great panel of 24 togged out to play for the home side.

St. Martin’s commanded the game from the throw in and found their scores with ease while O’Loughlin’s struggled to get anything past our magnificent backs for most of the first half. After half time St. Martin’s made many changes to the line up so as to give the younger players more experience and they each played their part. Well done to all.

Final score 3-11 to 1-4.

Team;

Ciarán Brennan, Seamus O’Keeffe, Paddy Heffernan, Tommy Downey, Conor Dowling, Robert Reid, Adam Kelly, John Joe Kelly, Jack Manning, Finn Dowling, Tommy Quirke, Eoin Murphy, Sean Maher, Colm O’Neill and Evan Stapleton.

Subs;

Conor Fahy, Padraig Buggy, Brandan Sheehan, Loughlin Hogan, Jack Nolan, Adam Comerford, Cieran Fitzpatrick, Dean Farrell and Ciaran Cody.

Mentors;

Johnny Kelly, Ger O’Neill, Michael Brennan, Andy Dowling and Martin Stapleton.

U13’s shine in Kilcoole.

Well done to all the U13 players who travelled to Kilcoole on Saturday to compete in their Mini  Feile. They competed in 3 games against Camross, Ratoath Meath and Kilcoole before meeting St. Patrick’s from Wexford in the final. They won each game convincingly and were a credit to the Club.

The team are, John Joe Kelly, Robert Reid, Eoin Murphy, Sean Maher, Finn Dowling, Paddy Heffernan, Conor Fahy, Evan Stapleton, Tommy Downey, Tommy Quirke, Colm O’Neill, Seamus O’Keeffe, Conor Dowling, Adam Kelly, Jack Manning, Padraig Buggy, Ciarán Brennan, Jack Nolan, Mathew Cullen, Patrick Darcy, Conor Moloney, Adam Comerford, Ciarán Fahy, Ciarán Fitzpatrick, Richard O’Shea and Dean Farrell.

The Lads showed great team work and played brilliant hurling on a sunny day in Wicklow. Everyone put in great effort and the scores on the board proved it.

The team were led by 4 captains on the day Robert Reid, Eoin Murphy, John Joe Kelly and Colm O’Neill and John Joe was named payer of the tournament. Great work lads and well done.