Newmarket hurlers march on to next round
Friday, September 16th, 2011Newmarket defeated neighbours Lismire on 19/08/2011 in a perfect Freemount sod in the Junior B Hurling Championship first round on a score line of 3-9 to 0-12.
Another victory for Junior B hurlers
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011Newmarket recorded their second victory of the week in the junior B hurling league with a well earned home win over Lismire by 1-9 to 0-8 at Newmarket on Friday evening.
Junior B hurlers off to a winning start
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010Newmarket got their junior B hurling league campaign off to a winning start thanks to a very slender victory away to Lismire by 3-6 to 2-8 in difficult conditions on Friday evening.
Newmarket defeated in junior B hurling championship
Thursday, September 17th, 2009Newmarket were defeated by Lismire in the junior B hurling championship clash played in splendid sunshine at the latter’s venue on Sunday afternoon where a strong second half performance saw the home side emerge victorious by 1-14 to 0-7.
Lismire started the brighter and they hit the front thanks to three points in the opening seven minutes. Newmarket settled into the game when Seanie Francis O’Connor converted a free in the eleventh minute before impressive midfielder Liam Murphy added a fine individual point within seconds. Lismire had a fourth point but Newmarket impressed, with Liam Murphy again adding a quality score before a neat finish from Paul Verling had the sides level for the first time at 0-4 each in an entertaining contest. Lismire edged in front again but Newmarket tied the sides for a second time five minutes from the interval when the impressive Seanie Francis O’Connor landed a fine point from a difficult angle. Within a minute a pointed free from Seanie Francis O’Connor had Newmarket in front but a lively first half ended with Lismire restoring parity for the third time in the half which left the sides deadlocked at 0-6 each at half time.
Exchanges were tight in the early period of the second half but critically Lismire struck for a goal in the fourth minute and they gained impetus as a result with two points added despite some resolute defending and goalkeeping from Newmarket’s rearguard. As the end of the third quarter approached Lismire assumed further control on adding two points to enjoy a seven point advantage. Newmarket battled gamely but found a Lismire defence that was a tight unit and withstood Newmarket’s best efforts. Lismire added to their tally before Seanie Francis O’Connor eventually found the target for Newmarket in the closing minutes but it was Lismire who completed the scoring to run out clear victors in the end.
The Newmarket team was…
Kieran Hayes, William O’Flynn, Seán Irwin, David Kelly, Michael Kenneally, Brendan Stack, Denis McCarthy, Timothy Murphy, Liam Murphy (0-2), Timmy O’Keeffe, Seanie Francis O’Connor (0-4), Martin O’Doherty, Paul Verling (0-1), Billy Daly, Kieran Lehane. SUBS: John Cronin, Michael O’Callaghan, James Walsh, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Damien Kelly.
Newmarket were defeated by Lismire in the junior B hurling championship clash played in splendid sunshine at the latter’s venue on Sunday afternoon where a strong second half performance saw the home side emerge victorious by 1-14 to 0-7.
Newmarket junior B hurlers claim first victory of the season
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009Newmarket’s junior B hurlers claimed their first victory of the season when they defeated Lismire at the latter’s venue on Thursday evening last by 3-6 to 0-7, this despite being very wasteful in scoring positions throughout the hour.
Newmarket defeated in Junior B hurling championship
Thursday, October 16th, 2008Newmarket were defeated by Lismire in the Junior B hurling championship game played at Newmarket on Sunday morning by 1-14 to 1-8.
Newmarket suffer first defeat in Junior B league campaign
Monday, September 1st, 2008Newmarket suffered the first defeat of their league campaign when they were on the receiveing end of a fine Lismire comeback at the latters venue on Thursday evening, the game ending 1-13 to 0-14, with Newmarket having enjoyed a six point advantage at the halfway mark.
