Cannon sets the pace in North of Ireland

Balbriggan’s Robbie Cannon fired a four under 68 on the Valley Course to take the first round lead in the North of Ireland Amateur Open at Royal Portrush.

He made an eagle, five birdies and three bogeys to lead by one stroke from Malone’s Matt McClean and recently crowned West of Ireland champion Mark Cadden from Roganstown.

North of Ireland Amateur Open, Royal Portrush

Rd 1 (Valley Course)

68: Robbie Cannon (Balbriggan)

69: Mark Cadden (Roganstown), Matthew McClean (Malone)

70: Patrick Curran (Edmondstown)

71: Dylan Harbourne (Grange), Cian Harkin (The Island), Simon Ward (Belvoir Park), Dylan Keating (Seapoint)

72: Ryan Griffin (The Royal Dublin), Harry Gillivan (Portmarnock), James Hewitt (Tandragee), Matthew Kane (Larne), Max Berrisford (Ilkley), Gerard Dunne (Co. Louth), Liam Abom (Edmondstown), Stephen Coulter (Warrenpoint), Thomas Abom (Edmondstown), Alexander Brand (Bern), Conor Hickey (Dooks)

73: Tom van Balen (Rosendaelsche), Rían Carvill (Warrenpoint), Benjamin Oberholzer (Clandeboye), Ian Lynch (Rosslare), David Reddan (Castleknock), Daryl Callister (Castletown), Alex Kerins (Carton House), Finn Jolly (Dun Laoghaire), John William Burke (Ballyhaunis)

74: Thomas Beaumont (Bangor), Oscar Murphy (Royal Portrush), Marcus Wahlund (Losby Golfklubb), Mark Muldoon (Royal Dublin), James McMaster (Holywood), Cormac Ó Muirithe (Belmullet), Tommy Mangan (Apawamis), Jamie Anderson (Greystones), Dylan Holmes (Greystones)

75: Paul Coughlan (Castleknock), James Marriott (West Surrey), Luke Kelly (Dunfanaghy), Sean Downes (The Royal Dublin), Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock), Patrick Tuffy (Strandhill), Aaron Marshall (Lisburn), Odhrán McBride (Ballybofey & Stranorlar), Luke Cunningham (Galway Bay), David O’Malley (Black Bush), Patrick Keeling (Roganstown), James Fox (Portmarnock), Ollie Marsh (Wanneroo), Bence Bertenyi (Zala Springs)

76: Shea Dorman (Bangor), Adam Christie (Castlerock), Rafael Poli (Holywood), William Walshe (Delgany), Harris Fleming (Galgorm Castle), Jack McKenna (County Louth), Jordan Boles (Carton House), Eoin Sullivan (Portmarnock)

77: Colm Campbell (Warrenpoint), Conor Byers (Langley Park), Max Carson (Royal Belfast), Mikie Grealy (Galway Bay), Samuel Gammell (Naas), Gary Collins (Rosslare), Cormac Pearson (Faithlegg), Graham Donohoe (Enniscorthy), William O’Riordan (Greystones), Jack McIlhatton (Massereene), Charlie McDonnell (Concra Wood), Dylan Beirne (Carrick on Shannon), Eoin Magill (East Clare), Mark Greenwood (Carton House), Matt Murphy (Clandeboye), Noah Bickerstaff (Hilton Templepatrick), Rory McConnell (Belvoir Park), Padraig O’Dochartaigh (Gweedore), Richard Sykes (Dun Laoghaire), David Joyce (Powerscourt), Lorcan O’Connor (Edmondstown)

78: Henry Croft (Ilkley), Jay McWilliams (Tandragee), Ben Best (Rathmore), Gavin Duffy (Edenderry), D A Shaw (Belvoir Park), Harley Phipps (Co. Louth), Jamie Doyle (Rosslare), Ciaran Murphy (Grange), Conor Clarke (Balmoral), Robert Abernethy (Dun Laoghaire), Conor McCarthy (Headfort)

79: Jack Moffett (Fortwilliam), Max Thallon (Bangor), Lewis Gowdy (Bangor), Sean Murphy (Grange), Adam Barr (Ballymena), Patrick Greene (Holywood), Ryan Symington (Lisburn), Stuart Nesbitt (Royal Portrush), Eric West (Mid Ocean Club), Ellis Kinnaird (Mississippi), David Shiel (Enniscrone)

80: Sam Allister (Belvoir Park), Scott Jones (Belvoir Park), Éanna Mulhare (Birr), Ross Healion (Newforest), Evan Hogg (Belvoir Park), Sean Keeling (Roganstown), James Park (County Sligo)

81: Morgan O’Sullivan (Ballyneety), Michael McBride (Gweedore), Conor Toner (Mourne), Matthew Carolan (Royal Belfast), William Beatty (Royal Portrush), Conor McErlane (Hilton Templepatrick), Valter Andersson (Woodbrook), Noe Kappeler (Bern), Adam Allahbachani (Powerscourt), Ruairi O’Connor (Co. Sligo)

82: Kyle Holmes (Portstewart), Conor Madigan (Kanturk), Nathan Sproule (Cliftonville), Tadhg Burns (Headfort), Kosei Kirwan (Knightsbrook), Paddy Quill (Cork)

83: Christopher Caulfield (Carton House), Andrew Mulholland (Castlerock), Andrew Gavin (Black Bush)

84: Jonny Hall (Galgorm Castle), Kevin Robinson (Castlewarden)

91: Ben Murray (Naas)

NR: Stephen Evans (Harleyford)