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Burt and Letterkenny Gaels act as the curtain-raiser to a huge afternoon of hurling in Letterkenny. PHOTO: Paul Patton
Burt are chasing a fourth Donegal JHC title this Saturday when they face Letterkenny Gaels in the final.
The Inishowen heavyweights - 40-time SHC winners - claimed the last of their three Junior crowns back in 2006.
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The other two big wins for the club’s second string were in 2005 and 1998 when the club was out on its own as the real power in Donegal.
“Burt getting to a county final is nearly like a ritual at this stage.” Burt captain Michael Gill explains.
“The important thing about a final is to treat it as any other match. You go to training, show up and eat right throughout the week and play as well as you can just like any other match”.
Letterkenny Gaels have already one up on Saturday’s opponents in an earlier round game in the championship.
The Letterkenny men came out on top in that game with seven points to spare following the 2-12 to 0-11.
So Gill fully understands the challenge facing him and his teammate in Saturday’s showdown by the Swilly.
“Letterkenny Gaels beat us in the group stage by seven points and they have some really good players.
“They’ve some young players too like Donal Farrelly who’s up with the county this year. We have nobody like that in our team.
“We have a very young team and that’s the point of our Junior team - to keep the young lads playing hurling and get them experience under their belt.”
Burt, as a dual club, also has a strong footballing tradition meaning most of the junior hurling team also play football.
Saturday is a big hurling day in the county with O’Donnell Park, hosting JHC, IHC and SHC finals.
“It is a big hurling day in the county and we are happy to be part of it. I think it’s really important that people turn out in big numbers to witness the standard of hurling on the day. This is especially so in the case of the junior and intermediate and games.”
Kevin Glenn, a multiple SHC winner with the club, is the Burt Junior manager and the man that has guided his young team to this year’s final.
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