Conor Doherty says Newbridge have had their “eyes on the prize” in Ulster this year as they booked their place in the semi-final with a six-point win over Madden in Armagh.
Last year, the Derry champions fell at the first hurdle against the Orchard County’s representatives Clann Eireann, but having retained their county title, the ambitions for 2025 are greater.
Newbridge got the ball rolling with a preliminary round win over Dunloy last weekend and carried that momentum into the Athletic Grounds on Sunday.
Although well aware the challenges will get tougher, Doherty is happy to have a semi-final against Scotstown to look forward to on the weekend of 22/23 November.
“If you had have told us this at the start of the year, we would have taken the leg off you,” he told BBC Sport NI.
“This is a competition we have a real appetite for and we’re really happy to keep moving forward in it.
“It was new territory for us last year and kind of shocked everybody what we did, but I think we had our eyes on the prize a bit earlier this year after the celebrations.
“The game (against Dunloy) stood to us and it was good to get the cobwebs dusted off. That was another test and Scotstown will be a different animal again.”
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