By Matthew Wilson
Burt’s Conor Gartland was delighted with his side’s performance as they overcame the challenge of St Eunan’s on Friday evening.
The pair took to the field at Hibernian Park on Friday for the latest round of the Donegal Senior Hurling Championship.
The Letterkenny men started brightly in the first number of minutes but the hosts rallied back and took control of proceedings to secure a convincing win.
“It was very good, that was our best performance of the year”, said Gartland. “We were disappointed with our performance against Setanta, we just felt that we didn’t show up.
“We were really targeting this match to still give ourselves a chance of topping the table.
“All in all, it was a good performance on the day and we’re happy enough with that.”
The Hibernian Park residents enjoyed a fruitful opening period in this encounter which saw them lead by nine points at the midway point.
The O’Donnell Park outfit battled back to reduce the arrears to six after the restart.
But the home side had an answer for everything St Eunan’s threw at them in the second stanza to help them get over the line.
Speaking afterwards, Gartland was content with the efficiency in front of the posts during Friday’s encounter.
“There was quite a big breeze in the first half, we went with it and we were nine up at half-time.
“We didn’t really know if it was enough but playing in the game, I felt that a lot of our good play in the first half was irrespective of the wind.
“It wasn’t as if we were taking shots from the halfway line, we were working it well and we were really happy.
“Everyone played well there today and we’re pleased with them all.”
With one round of fixtures to go in the Donegal Senior Hurling Championship, Enda McDermott’s side are in a positive position in the group standings.
Burt will travel to The Scarvey in Buncrana for their last group outing this Friday evening.
They’ll want to finish with another strong display ahead of the knockout stages of the competition but Gartland is expecting a tough test against the Buncrana men.
“As we said coming into the championship group stages, a semi-final was the big one first.
“Sean MacCumhaills were no push overs in the first game, we were just trying to get over that.
“I think we’ve put ourselves in a fairly good position now. We need St Eunan’s to do us a favour next week and take points off Setanta.
“Then it’ll come down to score difference if we beat Buncrana which will be no mean feat, they’re always up for it against us.”