 On 10 December 2006, Reid was selected at centre-forward when Ballyhale Shamrocks reached a fourth successive Kilkenny Under-21 Championship final.He collected a fourth successive winners' medal after scoring five points from play in the 2-17 to 1-04 defeat of Erin's Own.Reid was just 16-year-old when he joined the Ballyhale Shamrocks senior team in advance of the 2004 Kilkenny Senior Championship.