THERE’S only one round of the League over and already the vultures are gathering for a few managers.
John Martin: One hour from glory
February 13, 2016
SIXTY minutes of hurling. That’s all that lies between Cushendall’s dream of bringing the Tommy Moore Cup to Antrim.
John Martin: Cushendall have the ability to reach final
February 6, 2016
IT’S around this time in February that I get my first dose of UTS of the year. The Ulster Tinted Specs affliction hits me at various times throughout the year when I convince myself that victory over southern opposition is all but guaranteed for the Ulster representatives.
John Martin: The Kingdom’s rules
January 30, 2016
IT may have been hailed as a victory for common sense by the Kerry county board (what else would they say?) but is the dispensation granted to the Kingdom hurlers to continue using ‘outside’ players fair, and is it in the long-term interests of Kerry hurling?
John Martin: Brennan’s point is off the money
January 23, 2016
IS it just me, or is it more than a little ironic that a county manager who chose to field an u-21 side in a senior inter-county preseason competition then complained about the number of games that 19 and 20-year-olds have to play at this time of year?
John Martin: Between a sliothar and a hard place
January 16, 2016
CAVAN county board’s resistance to putting forward a senior hurling team for the Lory Meagher has some merit, but their vagueness about the future of the game is confusing.
John Martin: Five reasons to admire 2015
January 3, 2016
THE past 12 months’ action has already taken a bit of a battering in hurling circles for being a year to forget. Certainly the Championship of 2015 didn’t live up to recent years, but it still provided some highlights. On the final day of 2015, here’s my five most memorial moments of the year.