Fionn Dobbin and Thomas Abom lead Mullingar Scratch Trophy

Malone’s Fionn Dobbin and Edmondstown’s Thomas Abom lead the Pinergy and Sherry Fitzgerald Davitt & Davitt sponsored Mullingar Scratch Trophy at halfway.

Dobbin shot rounds of 70 and 67 as reigning Irish Close champion Abom followed a 68 with a 69 to leave them a shot clear of Edmondstown’s Lorcan O’Connor (70-68) on seven under par.

Greystones’ West of Ireland champion Dylan Holmes shot a best of the day, second-round 66 to lie just two shots adrift alongside Douglas’s Jack Murphy and home hope Adam Smith.

The cut fell at three over 147.

Mullingar Scratch Trophy, sponsored by Pinergy and Sherry Fitzgerald Davitt & Davitt, Mullingar GC (Par 72)

After 36 holes

137 T1 -7 Fionn Dobbin (Malone) 70 67, Thomas Abom (Edmondstown) 68 69

138 3 -6 Lorcan O'Connor (Edmondstown) 70 68

139 T4 -5 Dylan Holmes (Greystones) 73 66, Adam Smith (Mullingar) 70 69, Jack Murphy (Douglas) 68 71

140 T7 -4 Mark Gazi (Tralee) 69 71, Cian O’Connor (Roscommon) 73 67, David Reddan (Castleknock) 71 69

141 T10 -3 Charlie Cooley (Belvoir Park) 71 70, Darren McCormack (Corrstown) 72 69, Benjamin Oberholzer (Clandeboye) 67 74, Morgan Cain (Fota Island) 74 67, David Kitt (Athenry) 72 69

142 T15 -2 Darragh Grehan (Carton House) 72 70, TJ Ford (County Sligo) 72 70, Peter O'Keeffe (Douglas) 74 68, Jake Foley (Elm Park) 72 70

143 T19 -1 Jordan Boles (Charleville) 71 72, Calum Ward (Carton House) 73 70, Jack McDonnell (Royal Dublin) 71 72

144 T22 E Matthew Giles (Greenore) 72 72, Grant Tabar (NCR Country Club) 73 71, Luke O'Neill (Connemara Links) 73 71, Darragh Flynn (Carton House) 70 74

145 T26 1 Rory Gallagher (Galway Bay) 74 71, Evan Monaghan (Tullamore) 72 73, Ben Cahill (Dundalk) 77 68, James O’Rourke (Naas) 74 71, Gavin O Neill (Malahide) 76 69

146 T31 2 Ross McCormack (Palmerstown House Estate) 74 72, Finn Jolly (Dun Laoghaire) 72 74, Aaron Ryan (Thurles) 72 74, Conor Hickey (Dooks) 76 70, Eoin Sullivan (Portmarnock) 74 72, Kevin Robinson (Castlewarden) 74 72

147 T37 3 Harris Fleming (Galgorm Castle) 76 71, Harry Gillivan (Portmarnock) 73 74, David Shiel (Enniscrone) 71 76, Conor McCarthy (Headfort) 71 76, Ian O’Connell (Castleknock) 74 73, Liam Abom (Edmondstown) 78 69, Cathal Penney (Athenry) 77 70, Conor Stapleton (Westport) 76 71, Gerard Dunne (Co. Louth) 72 75

Missed the cut

148 CUT 4 Jason Rackard (Bunclody Golf & Fishing Club) 75 73, Mark Muldoon (Royal Dublin) 76 72, Cole Haygood (Heathrow Country Club USA) 74 74

149 CUT 5 Adam Allahbachani (Powerscourt) 74 75, Dylan Harbourne (Grange) 74 75, James Maginn (Mourne) 75 74, Charlie McDonnell (Concra Wood) 71 78, Sam Allister (Belvoir Park) 78 71, Ciaran Murphy (Grange) 72 77, Colum Kenny (Portmarnock) 75 74

150 CUT 6 Brian Lane (Muskerry) 73 77, Ryan Lyons (Blarney) 78 72, William Josh Nicholl (Galgorm Castle) 79 71, Mark Cadden (Roganstown) 78 72, Colin Woodroofe (Dun Laoghaire) 72 78, James Walsh (Douglas) 77 73, Allan Kiernan (Forrest Little) 77 73, Brendan Farrell (Rosslare) 77 73

151 CUT 7 Mikie Grealy (Galway Bay) 72 79, Jamie Larkin (Palmerstown House Estate) 76 75, Samuel Gammell (Naas) 75 76

152 CUT 8 Darcy Hogg (Belvoir Park) 80 72, John McCarthy (Grange) 80 72

153 CUT 9 Ruairi O'Connor (Co Sligo) 80 73, Brian Doran (Millicent) 73 80, Conor Clarke (Balmoral) 76 77, Seán Cloonan (Dunmore Demense) 75 78, Ryan Griffin (Ballybofey & Stranorlar) 78 75

155 CUT 11 Danny Lyne (Lahinch) 77 78, Ross Latimer (Knock) 78 77, Kosei Kirwan (Knightsbrook) 78 77

156 CUT 12 Conor Toner (mourne) 79 77, Sean Murphy (Grange) 81 75

157 CUT 13 Jamal Sabir (Moate) 81 76, Aidan Collier (Link Hills Country Club) 82 75

158 CUT 14 Mikey Mina Ronayne (Portmarnock) 84 74

160 CUT 16 David O'Malley (Black Bush) 78 82

162 CUT 18 Eoin O Carroll (St Annes) 81 81

163 CUT 19 Luke O'Dwyer (Forrest little) 84 79

168 CUT 24 Sam Kelly (The Island) 83 85

169 CUT 25 Josh Higgins (Beaverstown) 81 88

WD - Robert Walsh (Douglas) 72 WD

WD - Robert Abernethy (Dun Laoghaire) 75 WD

WD - Paraic Connolly (The Links Portmarnock) 78 WD

WD - Adrian Hiney (Moate) WD

After 18 holes

1. 67 (-5) Benjamin Oberholzer (Clandeboye)

T2. 68 (-4) Jack Murphy (Douglas), Thomas Abom (Edmondstown)

4. 69 (-3) Mark Gazi (Tralee)

T5. 70 (-2) Adam Smith (Mullingar), Lorcan O'Connor (Edmondstown), Darragh Flynn (Carton House), Fionn Dobbin (Malone)

T9. 71 (-1) Charlie Cooley (Belvoir Park), David Shiel (Enniscrone), Conor McCarthy (Headfort), Charlie McDonnell (Concra Wood), Jordan Boles (Charleville), Jack McDonnell (Royal Dublin), David Reddan (Castleknock)

T16. 72 (E) Evan Monaghan (Tullamore), Matthew Giles (Greenore), Mikie Grealy (Galway Bay), Darren McCormack (Corrstown), Colin Woodroofe (Dun Laoghaire) , Darragh Grehan (Carton House), Robert Walsh (Douglas), Finn Jolly (Dun Laoghaire), Aaron Ryan (Thurles), David Kitt (Athenry), TJ Ford (County Sligo), Ciaran Murphy (Grange), Jake Foley (Elm Park), Gerard Dunne (Co. Louth)

T30. 73 (+1) Brian Lane (Muskerry), Harry Gillivan (Portmarnock), Brian Doran (Millicent), Dylan Holmes (Greystones), Grant Tabar (NCR Country Club) , Luke O'Neill (Connemara Links), Calum Ward (Carton House), Cian O'Connor (Roscommon)

T38. 74 (+2) Rory Gallagher (Galway Bay), Adam Allahbachani (Powerscourt), Dylan Harbourne (Grange), Ian O'Connell (Castleknock), Ross McCormack (Palmerstown House Estate), Morgan Cain (Fota), Eoin Sullivan (Portmarnock), Cole Haygood (Heathrow Country Club USA), James O'Rourke (Naas), Peter O'Keeffe (Douglas), Kevin Robinson (Castlewarden)

T49. 75 (+3) James Maginn (Mourne), Jason Rackard (Bunclody & Fishing Club), Samuel Gammell (Naas). Robert Abernethy (Dun Laoghaire), Seán Cloonan (Dunmore Demesne), Colum Kenny (Portmarnock)

T55. 76 (+4) Harris Fleming (Galgorm Castle), Jamie Larkin (Palmerstown House Estate), Conor Clarke (Balmoral), Mark Muldoon (Royal Dublin), Conor Hickey (Dooks), Conor Stapleton (Westport)., Gavin O'Neill (Malahide)

T62. 77 (+5) Danny Lyne (Lahinch), Ben Cahill (Dundalk), James Walsh (Douglas), Allan Kiernan (Forrest Little), Cathal Penney (Athenry), Brendan Farrell (Rosslare)

T68. 78 (+6) Ryan Lyons (Blarney), David O'Malley (Black Bush), Paraic Connolly (Links Portmarnock), Mark Cadden (Roganstown), Ross Latimer (Knock), Liam Abom (Edmondstown), Sam Allister (Belvoir Park), Kosei Kirwan (Knightsbrook), Ryan Griffin (Ballybofey & Stranorlar)

T77. 79 (+7) Adrian Hiney (Moate), Conor Toner (Mourne), William Josh Nicholl (Galgorm Castle)

T80. 80 (+8) Ruairi O'Connor (Co Sligo), Darcy Hogg (Belvoir Park), John McCarthy (Grange)

T83. 81 (+9) Josh Higgins (Beaverstown), Eoin O'Carroll (St Anne's), Sean Murphy (Grange), Jamal Sabir (Moate)

87. 82 (+10) Aidan Collier (Link Hills Country Club)

88. 83 (+11) Sam Kelly (The Island)

T89. 84 (+12) Mikey Mina Ronayne (Portmarnock) , Luke O'Dwyer (Forrest Little)