Institute slammed the brakes on Glenavon’s three match unbeaten run at rain drenched Mourneview Park last night.

Neil Harkin’s grabbed the winner with just over an hour gone to lift John Gregg’s battlers into a healthier mid-table position.

And it was nothing more than Stute deserved leaving the home side to reflect on what might have been.

Boss John Gregg beamed: “We fully deserved the points. We came to team on a high after a good run of results and matched them all over the pitch.

“Only a single goal separated the teams but in truth we might have had a couple more.

“I don’t think our keeper had a worthwhile save to make during the entire 90 minutes.”

Trevor Molloy was unlucky when he swivelled and rifled a shot just wide of Alan Ryan’s right hand post.

And after Grant’s spectacular overhead effort drifted wide of the target the Lurgan fans’ favourite smashed a close range effort against the crossbar.

Institute enjoyed a little purple patch in the second half and made it count with Harkin latching on to Roddy’s measured pass to rifle a low drive across goal and into Robinson’s right hand corner.

That was the signal for Glenavon to bring Davy Larmour into the action hoping he might find another late equaliser but it was Institute who went closest through Paul Brown.

Glenavon: Robinson; Magee, Walsh, Dickson, Mallon (Larmour 65 mins); Murray, Harper, McDonagh, Carville; Grant, Molloy. Subs: Murphy, Blayney, Scott, Haughey.

Institute: Ryan; Roddy, McLoughlin, Ogilby, Seydak; Semple, Quigley (Kee 90 mins), Harkin, Lowry; Brown, Boyle. Subs: Divin, McClean, Doherty, McCreadie

Referee: Hugh Carville (Belfast).