Home boy Dominic Pollock blasted a five under 66 to grab a share of the halfway lead in the Ulster Youths Amateur Open at Belvoir Park.

Keith Egan proved that his brother Tom is not the only dangerous fighter in the family when he took out veteran Pat Murray with a brilliant birdie at the 23rd to reach the semi-finals of the South of Ireland Amateur Open at Lahinch.

Pat Murray kept his dream of second South of Ireland and a third amateur major alive when he came back from two down after 12 to oust defending champion Stuart Bleakley in the third round at Lahinch.

Defending champion Stuart Bleakley insists that reputations will count for nothing when he tees it up against Lahinch legend Pat Murray in the last 16 of the South of Ireland Amateur Open on Saturday.

Tullamore’s Stuart Grehan birdied two of his last three holes for a second round 69 and the biggest halfway lead in the CityNorth Hotel sponsored East of Ireland Amateur Open for eight years.

Twelve months after being ousted in the first round in the first match on the first morning, Shandon Park’s Stuart Bleakley was the last man standing at Lahinch as he become the third player from the great Belfast club to capture the Clare Coast Hotels sponsored South of Ireland Amateur Open Championship.

Shandon Park's Stuart Bleakley pulled off the biggest win of his short career when he beat Potrmarnock's Darragh Coghlan 3 and 2 to claim the Clare Coast Hotels sponsored South of Ireland Amateur Open at Lahinch.