Big three lead North
Reeve Whitson. Picture: Thos Caffrey / www.golffile.ie
Internationals Reeve Whitson, Rory McNamara and Gary McDermott got their North of Ireland Amateur Open Championship bids off to the perfect start with opening 67s on the Valley Course at Royal Portrush.
Valley Course
67 Reeve Whitson (Mourne), Rory McNamara (Headfort), Gary McDermott (Carton House)
68 Sean Flanagan (Co. Sligo), Aaron Grant (Dundalk)
69 Conor Coyne (Youghal)
70 Daniel Holland (Castle), Barry Anderson (The Royal Dublin), Ben Best (Rathmore), Michael Reid (Galgorm Castle), Richard Knightly (The Royal Dublin)
71 Colm Campbell (Warrenpoint), Steffan O'Hara (Co. Sligo), William Russell (Clandeboye), Eugene Smith (Ardee), Jonathan Corke (Castletown), Jonathan Yates (Naas)
72 Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene), Darragh Coghlan (Portmarnock), Rory Leonard (Banbridge), Simon Bryan (Delgany), Gary McDowell (Rathmore), Robert Cannon (Balbriggan), John-ross Galbraith (Whitehead), Marc Judge (Stackstown), Matthew McClean (Balmoral), Michael Sinclair (Knock), Chris Selfridge (Moyola Park)
73 Robin Dawson (Faithlegg), Simon Miskelly (Knock), Greg Mungovan (Headfort), Richard Bridges (Stackstown), Tom Harris (Castletown), Jeff Hopkins (The Royal Dublin), Ryan McKinstry (Cairndhu), Alexander Wilson (Portmarnock), Richard O'Donovan (Lucan), Ryan Gribben (Warrenpoint), Gavin McKenna (Fortwilliam), Mark Mullen (Wexford), Jack Owens (Bangor), Daniel Vaughan (Ardglass), Jordan Hood (Galgorm Castle), Stuart Grehan (Tullamore)
74 Jake Whelan (Newlands), Keith Egan (Carton House), Mark Morrissey (Mount Wolseley), Gareth Lappin (Belvoir Park), Cian Geraghty (Laytown & Bettystown), Ryan Long (Cairndhu), Robbie Pierse (Grange), Gary Collins (Rosslare), Shaun Carter (Stackstown), Tom Gandy (Castletown), Evan Farrell (Ardee), Alan Lowry (Esker Hills), Chris Carroll (Shandon Park), David Sutton (Lurgan), James Tisdale (USA), Conor O'Rourke (Naas), David Mulholland (Castlerock)
75 Stephen Barker (Mourne), Mark Sutton (Castletown), Andrew Morris (Belvoir Park), Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock), Harry McHugh (Skerries), Ally Purdy (Ballyclare), Chris Moulds (Lisburn), Patrick McCrudden (Royal Portrush), Daryl Callister, Shaun O'Connor (Luttrellstown Castle), James Lindsay (North West), Ros Carvill (Warrenpoint)
76 Declan Reidy (Co. Sligo), Brian O'Reilly (Athenry), Chris Tormey (Corballis Links), Eanna Griffin (Waterford), Graeme Laird (Clandeboye), Shane McGlynn (Carton House), Stephen Walsh (Portmarnock)
77 Stephen Coulter (Warrenpoint), David Carvill (Belvoir Park), Marc Nolan (Delgany), Ruairi Kennelly (Portmarnock), Paul Fitzsimons (Downpatrick), Adam Mulhall (Ardglass), Joseph Timlin (Dungannon), Aaron Taylor (City of Derry), Glenn McAuley (Dunmurry), Paul Reavey (Warrenpoint), Keith Murphy (Charlesland), Theo Coffey (Slieve Russell), Finlay Mason (Moor Hall), Sean Ross (Kilkeel), Barry Fitzsimons (Downpatrick), Jamie Richardson (Royal Portrush)
78 Bryan Martin (Killymoon), Ronan Mullarney (Galway), Ryan Symington (Lisburn), Jonathan Gourley (Shandon Park), Damien McCusker (Moyola Park), Keagan Cummings (Elm Park), Seamus Cullen (Slieve Russell), Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk), Stephen Kinch (Hollystown)
79 Alex Gleeson (Castle), Ryan Campbell (Falkirk), Kealan Quigg (Foyle), Matt McKnight (USA), Jamie Sutherland (Galgorm Castle), William Hanna (Warrenpoint), Chris Johnston, David Turner (Castlerock), Sean Maloney (Dunmurry Springs), Paul McBride (Island), Paul Coughlan (Moate), Greg Telfer, Barry Daly (Edmondstown)
80 Stephen Egan (Castle Barna), Frank McGinn (Ballycastle), Chris Morrison (Spa), Noel Crawford (Mourne), Sean Alley (Co. Tipperary), Ian Smyth (Clandeboye)
81 John Finnegan (Royal Portrush), Michael McSherry (Lurgan), Timothy Jordan (Dungannon), Colin Fairweather (Knock), Patrick Neville (Bearna), Adam Doran (Ardee), Barry Cashman (Belvoir Park)
82 Matthew Kane (Whitehead), Chris Watt (Silverwood), Paddy Delaney (Arklow), Adam Gallagher (Shandon Park)
84 Cameron Mills (Shandon Park), Jamie Fletcher (Warrenpoint), Leif Svensson (Spain)
85 Adam Welsh (Knock), Luke Robinson (Bundoran)
86 Dwayne Mallon (Dungannon)
87 Liam Burns (Mourne), Gavin Young (Birr)
88 Lee McMillan (Craddockstown)
90 David Moore (Carton House)
91 Phillip Tanham (Woodenbridge)
NR Andrew Niblock (Carrickfergus), Jamie Foley (Letterkenny)
DQ Robert McNeill (Gracehill)
WD Alastair McCully (Spa)
Dunluce Links
73 Andrew Clegg (Donaghadee)
75 Garry McGrotty (Portstewart), Mark Timmins (Mount Wolseley)
76 Shane McClean (Foyle), Simon McConnell (Ballyclare), Matthew Fitzsimons (Ardglass)
77 Jason Murphy (Warrenpoint), Stuart Bleakley (Shandon Park), Rory Williamson (Holywood), Stuart Winsby (Whitehead)
78 Glen Mowat (Enniskillen), James McVicker (Knock), Dean Crawford (Moyola Park), Mark Rea (Donaghadee), Ross Dutton (Tandragee), Jack McDonnell (Forrest Little.), Karl Murray (Delgany), Colin Jenkins (Ballyclare), Lee Crawford (Clandeboye)
79 Stephen Jeffers (Castletown), Andrew Mulholland (Castlerock), Lester Moore (City of Derry), Gareth Moore (Lurgan), Mark Rooney (Co. Sligo), Michael Wilson (Castle)
80 Dan Hinds (City of Derry), Henry Clark (Shandon Park), Eoin Lisibach (Castlebar), Robert Emerson (Lurgan), Jonathan Heaslip (Ballyclare), Mathew Murphy (Clandeboye), Colm McIlroy (Holywood)
81 Steven Kelly (Lurgan), David Barber (Portstewart), Simon Lyttle (Royal Portrush), Neil Cromwell (Co. Armagh), Michael O'Donovan (Castlerock), Conor Curran (Dundalk), Christopher Blackmore (Dundalk), Colin Wilton (Banbridge), Ruairi O'Connor (Co. Sligo), David Foy (Laytown & Bettystown)
82 Darragh Doonan (Slieve Russell), Sebastien McShane (Holywood), Stuart Cave (Holywood), Gary Flynn (Delgany), James Rodgers (Knock), Eamonn McDermott (Portsalon), Michael Abram (Cairndhu), Paul Murphy (Rosslare), Christopher Morgan (Dunmurry), Conor Rankin (Royal Portrush), Harry Scott (Castle), Blane Lynch (Ballinrobe), Paul McGuigan (Foyle), Adam Leslie (Ballyclare), Conor McGurgan (Foyle), Kyle McCarron (North West), Andrew Dillon (Carrickfergus)
83 Derek Turkington (Massereene), Michael McGarry (Ballymena), Dominic Pollock (Belvoir Park), Neil McKinstry (Cairndhu), Andrew Pigott (Dunmurry), John McCarthy (Stackstown), Glenn Baxter (Cairndhu), Brian Galway (Cairndhu), David Barron (Warrenpoint), Gavin O'Connor (Malahide), Michael Gielty (Grange), Sidney Henry (Royal Portrush), Mark Hammond (Moyola Park), Philip Sheldon (Whitehead), Colin Hull (Massereene)
84 Bill McCormack (Thurles), Gary Clarke (Lurgan), Darragh Flynn (Carton House), Declan O'Hara (Belvoir Park), Stefan Greenberg (Tandragee), Dale Jackson (Massereene), Michael Molloy (Lurgan), Alastair Kerr (Clandeboye)
85 Daniel O'Connor (Athlone), Conor McCaughey (Dungannon), Sean Quigg (City of Derry), Karl McCormack (Portarlington), Caolan McCann (Lurgan), Conor McGrogan (The Heritage), Daniel Cosgrove (Kilcock), Michael McCormick, Ross McCormack (Naas)
86 Jonathan Webb (Royal Co. Down), Jonathan Breen (Knock), Ryan O'Doherty (Enniscrone), Stephen Hamill (Massereene), Liam Doran (Ardee), Gary Black (Ballymena), Gary Hamill (Ardglass), James Clarke (Co. Louth), Liam Mulligan (Stackstown), Stephen Murray (Moyola Park), Michael McHugh (Castleblayney), Aaron D'arcy (Ballinrobe), Jonathan Crawford (Lenzie)
87 David Lowry (The Heritage), Jamie Hore (Roganstown G & CC), Steven Hughes (Killymoon), Kieran Lynch (Skibbereen & West Carbery), Kevin Barry (Castlebar), Nicholas McClay (Cairndhu), Declan Kelly (Hermitage), Eoghan O'Donovan (Craddockstown), Dessie Timbs (Strandhill), Simon Irwin (Holywood), Scott Campbell (Greenacres)
88 Alan Stevens (Spa), Shane Magee (Lurgan), Darren McCormack (Arklow), Nils Conway (Grange), Andrew Montgomery (Old Conna)
89 Sean Clancy (Carton House), Philip Gibb (Massereene), Ryan McLarnon (Fortwilliam), Lord Gort (Castletown), William Bamber (Royal Portrush)
90 Jack Dempsey (Newbridge), Michael Furlong (Arklow)
91 Peter McKeever (Castle), John McDonald (Druid's Heath), Niall McGlynn (Carton House), Michael Eaton (Holywood), Charlie Miller (Clandeboye), Marty Monaghan (Killymoon)
92 Keith Walker (Portadown)
93 Matthew Cochrane (Dunmurry)
94 Andrew Keenan (Dundalk), Leo Connolly (Wexford)
95 Jarlath McReynolds (Co. Armagh)
NR Conal Cooke (Strabane), Michael Rae (Rowany), Marc McCusker (Holywood), Jonathan Greer (Greenisland), Glenn Managh (Knock), Gavin Moir (Castleblayney), Patrick Dean (Malone)
WD Ian Scott (Massereene), Tony McClements (Holywood), Peter Henry (Fintona), Richard Ross Alexander (Holywood), Ernie Heywood (City of Derry)
