Whites ready for opener

Lisburn Distillery manager Tommy Kincaid. Pic by David Hunter. (Permission granted for use in The Ulster Star only).

Tommy Kincaid and his men have been preparing for the new season over the summer months and the real test lies ahead tomorrow.

“It’s a hard game, but we’re looking forward to it,” Kincaid said. “We’ll be glad to get started into the campaign.”

Despite several suspenions ahead of the new season, with Olly Wilson out for 2 matches, and Stuart Thompson and Ryan Irvine missing for one each, Kincaid is still confident his men can do what is required.

“We have a half decent squad, I would have like one or two more and we’ve a few suspenions, but we’re at home and hopefully we will have plenty of people getting behind us and supporting us.”

Speaking of the opposition, Kincaid commented: “Institute are a good side, they are one of the favourites for the title in our league, the only way it would have been harder would have been if we were away.

“They are a quality side, it will be a difficult game, but hopefully we can make it difficult for them too.”