U14s are Roinn C County Champions 2011

Date; Saturday 24th September 2011.

Venue; Nolan Park;

Game; Duggan Steel hurling Championship County Final against The Emerals.

After 56 training sessions, dozens of broken hurls, scores of lost sliothars, winning game after game the final eventually came to St. Martin’s Under 14 squad. The Emeralds were not going to be easy and all precautions and preparations were taken seriously for this contest.

The game began with great defensive play from both sides with the first score taking over ten minutes to register. On the fifteenth minute St. Martin’s were dissalowed a goal and hit the woodwork on more than one occasion.  Scores were matched on both sides with St. Martin’s leading at half time by only 4 pints.  After the break St. Martin’s Lads moved up a gear and took and made all the opportunuties and ran out strong winners with a final score of 3-15 to 2-4.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The celebrations began immediately with the presentaion by Joe Pike to captain Robert Reid and all the panel and theirfriends and families were invited back to The Cave Bar where Iris & Frank laid on food and refreshments for everyone involved.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team;

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

Subs;

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

Mentors;

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

Big thanks to;

Jeff Doyle  Sponsor

Frank & Iris, The Cave Bar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U14s represented at County Level

Congratulations and best wishes to Rober Reid who is on the Kilkenny U14 Hurling panel that will play  this Sunday 28th August in the Sonny Walsh Hurling Tournament at St. Saviours’s pitch in Ballybeg Waterford. The teams involved in their group are Cork, Clare and Wexford. Robert is Captain of St. Martin’s U14 team at the moment and continues to be an inspiration to his team.

St. Martin’s U14 Footballers are County Champions.

On a beautiful sunny evening in Thomastown on Friday 20th May St. Martins U14 Footballers took on Gowran in the County Final.

The game was  fought hard from the throw in with scores being hard to find for both sides  at the beginning but St. Martin’s gradually pulled away once they found their confidence between the posts.  St. Martin’s showed their strength and commitment in all quarters of  the field and were well in command at half time. After the break St. Martin’s never faltered picking their scores with great accuracy and finishing up worthy winners with a final score of 3-11 to 4 points.

Celebrations kicked into full swing with the winners reception being held in Mc Donalds for the hungry bunch.

Team;

Conor Fahy, Adam Kelly,  Paddy Heffernan, Colm O’Neill, Conor Dowling, Robert Reid, Tommy Downey, John Joe Kelly, Eoin Murphy, Loughlin Hogan, Finn Dowling, Sean Maher, Jack Manning, Brandan Sheehan, Tommy Quirke.

Subs;

Seamus O’Keeffe, Padraig Buggy, Jack Nolan, Ciarán Brennan (all used), Evan Stapleton, Cian Morrissey, Adam Comerford and Dean Farrell.

Mentors;

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

Well done to all involved in a great victory.

U14 Duggan Steel Hurling League

St. Martin’s  U14 team travelled to Mullinavat to play their  squad in the League on Saturday 7th May. Conditions were for the most part ideal despite a heavy shower of rain in the 2nd half.  St. Martin’s got into the  lead early and went from strength to strength with 11 memebers of the team registerig scores. They never backed off and went on to win very comfortably.

The team was Cierán Brennan, Jack Nolan, Paddy Heffernan, Tommy Downey, Conor Dowling, Robert Reid, Adam Kelly, John Joe elly, Jack Manning, Seamus Keeffe, Loughlin Hogan, Sean Maher, Tommy Quirke, Brandan Sheehan and  Conor Fahey and our subs were  Padraig Buggy and Adam Comerford who were both used.

Well done lads and keep up the good work.

Mixed fortune for U14

17/05/10    20/05/10

The U14 played two games this week. On Monday they played Cloneen and had a good win. They proved that bit strong for Cloneen and led throughout the game.  Then on Thursday they had conahy at home.  This game was more even and even though they started slowly and were down at half time 0-02 to 1-07 the second half was different, they up their game and and scored 2-04 but it just wasn’t enough.  Final score St. Martins 2-06 Conahy 1-15.

Panel for both games;  Ciaran Brennan,Diarmuid Murtagh, Jason Shore, David Healy, J J Kelly,Stephen Walsh, Robert Reid, Mark Dowling, David Walsh, Loughlin Hogan, William Trousdell, Seamus O Keeffe, Eoin Murphy, Shane Dowling, Colm O Neill ,Ronan Tynan, Fionn Dowling, Aidan Egan, Sean Maher, Tommy Quirke, Padraig Buggy, Thomas Downey, Jack Nolan.

Next game Monday in Johnstown at 7.30