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North of Ireland 2008

Final

Shane Lowry bt Andrew Morris 1up; 

Semi-finals

Shane Lowry bt Simon Ward 20th;

Andrew Morris bt Alastair Kerr 2/1;

Quarter-finals

Shane Lowry bt Fergal Rafferty 4/3;

Simon Ward bt Paul Buckley 5/3;

Alastair Kerr bt Gary McDermott 2/1;

Andrew Morris bt Aaron O’Callaghan 3/2;

Third Round

Fergal Rafferty bt Stephen Crowe 20th;

Shane Lowry bt Paul O’Kane 4/3;

Simon Ward bt Ryan Boal 3/2;

Paul Buckley bt James Stevenson 4/2;

Gary McDermott bt Chris Brown 5/4;

Alastair Kerr bt Cathal O’Malley 1up;

Aaron O’Callaghan bt Paul Cutler 2up;

Andrew Morris bt Darren Crowe 3/1;

Second round

First quarter

S Crowe bt Hughes 2 and 1 

Rafferty bt Sutton 2 and 1

O’Kane bt Heaslip 3 and 2

Lowry bt Crangle 5 and 4

Second quarter

Boal bt Dunbar at 19th

Ward bt Campbell 4 and 3

Buckley bt Kelly 2 holes

Stevenson bt O’Leary 5 and 4

Third quarter

Browne bt O’Hanlon 2 and 1

McDermott bt Mulholland 6 and 5

O’Malley bt Doran 4 and 3

Kerr bt Donie at 20th

Fourth quarter

Cutler bt Daly 3 and 2

O’Callaghan bl Bridges 1 hole

Crowe bt Gaynor 4 and 3

Morris bt McNamara (McNamara rtd injured at 9th)

First round

First quarter

S Crowe (Dunmurry) bt D Reilly (Westmaristown) 1 hole

C Hughes (Royal Portrush) bt P McCabrey (Lurgan) 3 and 1

D Sutton (Lockerbie) bt A Hogan (Newlands) 1 hole

F Rafferty (Dungannon) bt D Lernihan (Castle) 1 hole

J Heaslip (Ballyclare) bt D Baker (Downpatrick) 1  hole

P O’Kane (Moyola Park) bt I Kettyle (Rathrnore) 4 and 3

J Crangle (Fortwilliam) bt G Smith (Stirling) 2 holes

S Lowry (Esker Hills) bt N O’Reilly (Clonmel) 7 and 5

Second quarter

R Boal (Castle) bt C Moulds (Lisburn) 4 and 2

A Dunbar (Rathmore) bt D Coghlan (Royal Dublin) 2 and 1

B Campbell(Malone) bt A McKinley (Shandon Park) 4 and 2

S Ward (Co Louth) bt B Galway (Cairndhu) 6 and 5

S Kelly (Lockerbie) bt D Coyne (Galway) 2 and 1

P Buckley (Kanturk) bt G McAuley (Dunmurry) 2 holes

P O’Leary (Lucan) bt R Evans (Moyola Park) at 20th

J Stevenson (Royal Portrush) bt J Caldwell (Clandeboye) 2 and 1.

Third quarter

P O’Hanlon (Curragh) bt L Ashby (Killerrig) 3 and 2

C Browne (Royal Portrush) bt G McGee (Malone) 4 and 3

G McDermott (Co Sligo) bt P Reavey (Warrenpoint) 7 and 5

Donal Mulholland (Castlerock) bt B Best (Rathrnore) 2 holes

C Doran (Banbndge) bt R Cannon (Laytown and Bettystown) Cannon rtd injured at 3rd hole

C O’Malley (Westport) bt T McClements (Holywood) 5 and 3

D Downie (Sutton) bt G Armstrong (Carnckfergus) 2 holes

A Kerr (Clandeboye) bt J Hawthorne (Fortwilliam) 4 and 3.

Fourth quarter

P Cutler (Portstewart) bt P Thompson (Ballyclare) 4 and 3

A Daly (Delgany) by J Turner (Royal Portrush) 2 holes

R Bridges (NUIM/Stackstown) bt B Hobson (Shandon Park) 5 and 4

A O’Callaghan (Douglas) bt JR McDowell (Royal Belfast) 6 and 5

D Crowe (Dunmurry) bt G McDowell (Rathmore) 4 and 3

M Gaynor (South Carolina) bt P Doherty (Ballyliffin/UU) 1 hole

A Morris (Belvoir Park) bt C Crangle (Fortwilliam) 4 and 2

R McNamara (Headfort) bt P Davidson (Dungannon) 5 and 4.

Qualifiers

(Dunluce first, Valley second   Par 142)

136 C Doran (Banbridge) 71 65, J Caldwell (Clandeboye) 71 65 D Lernihan (Castle) 68 68 (Leading qualifier)

138 S Lowry (Esker Hills) 69 69

139 D Downie (Sutton) 71 68, A Dunbar (Rathmore) 72 67 A Morris (Belvoir Pk) 74 65

140 D Crowe (Dunmurry)72 68, C Hughes (Royal Portrush) 71 69

141 R Bridges (NUIM/Stackstown) 73 68, I Kettyle (Rathmore) 73 68, G McDermott (Co Sligo) 75 66, G McAuley (Dunmurry) 71 70

142 D Coyne (Galway) 74 68, Donal Mulholland (CastlerockJ 75 67

143 J Heaslip (BallycLare) 73 70, B Campbell (Malone) 78 65, P Davidson (Dungannon) 74 69, D Reilly (Westmanstown)73 70, A O’Callaghan (DougLas) 71 72, S Ward (Co Louth) 78 65, C O’Malley (Westport) 76 67, P Doherty (BallyLiffin) 75 68, A Kerr (Clandeboye) 74 69, C Moulds (Lisburn) 74 69

144 A Daly (Delgany)74 70, D Sutton (Lockerbie) 74 70, R Evans (Moyola Park) 73 71 P O’Leary (Lucan) 72 72, G McGee (Malone) 71 73, P O’Hanlon (Curragh) 74 70, J Crangle (Fortwilliam) 76 68, P Cutler (Portstewart) 74 70

145 T McClements (Holywood) 77 68, A Hogan (Newlands) 76 69, M Gaynor (South Carolina) 75 70, J Turner (Royal Portrush) 74 71, C Brown (Royal Portrush) 74 71, G Smith (StirlingJ 74 71

146 D Baker (Downpatrick)76 70, P Buckley (Kanturk) 75 71, RJ McDowell (Royal Belfast) 75 71, S Kelly (Lockerbie) 73 73, B Best (Rathmore) 73 73, S Crowe (Dunmurry) 71 75, J Hawthorne (Fortwilliam) 73 73, R Boal (Castle) 79 67, R McNamara (Headfort) 77 69, A McKinley (Shandon Park) 74 72, P Reavey (Warrenpoint)74 72 

147 L Ashby (Killerig) 76 71, N O’Reilly (Clonmel) 76 71, G Armstrong (Carrickfergus) 75 72, P McCabrey (Lurgan) 73 74, P O’Kane (Moyola Park) 73 74, B Hobson (Shandon Park) 71 76, D Coghlan (Royal Dublin) 75 72, J Stevenson (Royal Portrush) 77 70, P Thompson (Ballyclare) 76 71, B Galway (Cairndhu) 75 72, G McDowell (Rathmore) 75 72, C Crangle (Fortwilliam) 74 73, F Rafferty (Dungannon) 76 71, R Cannon (Laytown & Bettystown) 75 72

Non-Qualifiers

147 J McKinstry (Cairndhu) 79 68, R Leonard (Banbridge) 77 70, D Beattie (Whitehead) 77 70.

148 C Fairweather (Knock) 78 70, H Diamond (Belvoir Park) 77 71, D McCusker (Moyola Park) 77 71, A Ennis Jnr (Bright Castle) 77 71, P Purdy (Shandon Park) 76 72, S Paul (Tandragee) 76 72, A Taylor (City of Derry/UU) 76 72, D Kyle (Royal Belfast) 76 72, D Ruddy (Thurles) 76 72, C O’Connor (Athlone) 75 73, N Crawford (Mourne) 74 74, J Coey (Clandeboye) 74 74, G Clarke (Lurgan) 74 74, S Doherty (Malone) 74 74, M Moreland (Scrabo) 73 75, C Dunbar (Rathmore) 73 75, B Walton (Island) 72 76, G Hamill (Ardglass) 72 76

149 N Boyd (Donaghadee) 81 68, G Jones (Belvoir Park) 79 70, R Doherty (Ballyliffin) 78 71, A McCully (Banbridge) 78 71, R Oliver (Carrickfergus/UU) 78 71, K Kidd (Lisburn) 77 72, P Kennedy (Strabane) 77 72, R Houston (Rathmore) 77 72, R Forsythe (Ballyclare) 77 72, A Kearney (Castlerock) 77 72, A Adair (Fortwilliam) 77 72, M Sinclair (Knock) 77 72, D Simpson (Malone) 76 73, L Acklin (Mulion) 76 73, S Loftus (Lahinch) 76 73, J Taylor (Shandon Park) 76 73, I Moore (Dunmurry) 76 73, T Conran (Arizona Collegiate) 75 74, D Joyce (The Curragh) 75 74, G McKenna (Fortwilliam) 75 74, D Turner (Castlerock) 75 74, M McGarry (Ballymena) 74 75, S McConnell (Ballyclare) 74 75, K McDonagh (Athlone/NUIM) 74 75, C McCormick (Holywood) 74 75, A Leslie (Ballyclare) 73 76

150 C Curley (Newlands) 80 70, S Webster (Castle) 79 71, S Carruthers (Rathmore) 79 71, A Meharg (Scrabo) 78 72, C Carvill (Belvoir Park) 78 72, N Kearney (Royal Dublin) 78 72, K Magennis (Lisburn) 77 73, D Carvill (Belvoir Park) 77 73, J Harding (City of Derry) 77 73, N Brennan (Dunmurry) 77 73, S Miskelly (Knock) 76 74, D Calder (Helensburgh) 76 74, J Patterson (Knock) 76 74, S Doherty (Ballyliffin) 76 74, J Ward (Westmanstown) 76 74, A Goodrich (Galgorm Castle) 76 74, I Conway (Bangor) 76 74, S Lyttle (Royal Portrush) 75 75, M McAlpin (Royal Portrush) 75 75, S Kyle (Malone) 74 76, C Campbell (Warrenpoint) 71 79

151 R Aston (Portadown) 80 71, D O’Neill (Newlands) 80 71, C Moffett (Cliftonville) 80 71, W Fitzpatrick (Headfort) 79 72, N Grant (Knock) 79 72, J Connolly (Cliftonville) 79 72, M Hammond (Moyola Park) 78 73, S East (Moortown) 78 73, N Murray (Dunmurry) 77 74, D Rawluk (The Island) 77 74, S Rea (Ballyclare) 77 74, B Fennelly (Royal Dublin) 76 75, C Steele (Ballyclare) 76 75, R McCarthy (The Island) 75 76, B Scullion (Lurgan) 75 76, N Molloy (East Clare) 75 76, P Dallat (Ballycastle) 74 77

152 K Quigg (City of Derry) 82 70, J Patterson (Royal Portrush) 81 71, D Mulholland (Castlerock) 81 71, J Owens (Bangor/UU) 81 71, G Lynas (Shandon Park) 81 71, G Stewart (Ballymena) 80 72, G Reid (Spa) 79 73, J Smith (Roe Park) 79 73, P McCullagh (Hampstead) 79 73, D McKee (Massereene) 78 74, M Thompson (Scrabo) 78 74, J Finnegan (Royal Portrush) 78 74, R Knightly (Royal Dublin) 78 74, J McIntyre (City of Derry) 78 74, S McGlynn (Castle) 78 74, B Fitzsimons (Downpatrick) 77 75, E McAnoy (Knock) 77 75, P McCrudden (Royal Portrush) 76 76, R Symington (Lisburn) 76 76, S Stevenson (Co Armagh) 75 77, C Wilson (Belvoir Park) 70 82

153 T Greeves (Shandon Park) 84 69, P Wallace (Carton House) 84 69, D Vaughan (Ardglass) 83 70, L Connolly (Wexford) 82 71, R Gribben (Warrenpoint) 81 72, G Lawlor (Citywest) 81 72, H O’Sullivan (St Georges Hill) 81 72, N Sweet (Moortown) 81 72, G Kelly (Co Louth) 80 73, M Wylie (Balmoral) 80 73, G Flynn (Delgany) 80 73, A McCormick (Scrabo) 79 74, J Ward (Banbridge) 78 75, K Crawley (Lee Valley) 77 76, C McClenaghan (Spa) 77 76, S Magee (Lurgan) 75 78

154 L Reilly (Galgorm Castle) 86 68, J Hannan (Carton House) 84 70, C Clancy (Stackstown) 83 71, J Mallon (Dungannon) 83 71, B Devlin (Ballyliffin) 83 71, C Montgomery (Malone) 81 73, L Moore (City of Derry) 80 74, R Burke (Castle) 80 74, J Gourley (Knock) 80 74, S Adamson (Royal Belfast) 79 75, C Kinghan (Galgorm Castle) 79 75, G Bradley (Portstewart) 78 76, M Timmins (Mount Wolseley) 78 76, R Naylor (Worplesdon) 77 77, A Mason (Lambeg) 76 78, A Stewart (Portstewart) 75 79, C Miller (Clandeboye) 74 80

155 T Irvine (Clandeboye) 84 71, T Douglas (Lurgan) 82 73, B Cashman (Belvoir Park) 81 74, S Alley (Co Tipperary) 79 76, B Taylor (Worplesdon) 79 76, L Mulligan (Stackstown) 78 77, I Ross (Whitehead) 78 77, A Watt (Holywood) 78 77, K Canavan (Christy O’Connor) 78 77, F Inglis (King James VI) 76 79, L Brady (The Royal Dublin) 76 79, A Stevens (Spa) 76 79, W Hanna (Kilkeel) 75 80, M Hemphill (Portstewart) 75 80

156 R Gordon (Donaghadee) 82 74, D McNeill (Rosapenna) 82 74, D McElroy (Ballymena) 81 75, T Gilliland (Knock) 81 75, C Hull (Massereene) 81 75, M McMurray (Bangor) 80 76, M Smyth (Ballymena) 79 77, M Wylie (Balmoral) 79 77, M McCormick (West Middlesex) 79 77, P MacMahon (Belvoir Park) 79 77, M Dickson (Holywood) 79 77, S Henry (Royal Portrush) 79 77, N Mullen (Kirkistown Castle) 78 78

157 J Monaghan (The Island) 84 73, B Loy (Fortwilliam) 83 74, G Best (Castlerock) 81 76, A Dinsmore (Malone) 81 76, R Navan (Knock) 80 77, N Armstrong (Clandeboye) 80 77, P Gibb (Massereene) 78 79, G Henry (Galgorm Castle) 78 79, S Arthur (The Island) 77 80, S Quigg (City of Derry) 77 80, P Fitzsimons (Downpatrick) 76 81, S McLaughlin (Carrickfergus) 75 82

158 S Reid (Knock) 85 73, G Moore (Castlereagh Hills) 83 75, C O’Prey (Kirkistown Castle) 83 75, P Shaw (Moyola Park) 83 75, N Cooke (Tandragee) 82 76, G Mannagh (Knock) 81 77, P Nelson (Carnalea) 81 77, A Coulter (Lisburn) 81 77, J Murray (Mourne) 79 79, D Holland (Castle) 79 79, A Eagle (Tandragee) 79 79, G Laird (Carnalea) 79 79, A Nixon (Knock) 79 79, S Poole (Portadown) 74 84

159 K Poole (Tandragee) 85 74, N Kearns (Omagh) 83 76, B Loftus (Ennis) 82 77, B Crawford (Mourne) 79 80, K McGarry (Malone) 79 80, G Hutchinson (Clandeboye) 79 80, A Burns (Antrim) 79 80

160 R Callan (Carton House) 85 75, T Finnegan (Gort) 84 76, M Rae (Rowany) 84 76, S Keelan (Douglas) 84 76, G Dallas (Castlerock) 83 77, T Cummins (Lurgan) 82 78, C McIlroy (Holywood) 80 80, D O’Neill (Carton House) 79 81, S Jeffers (Castletown) 78 82, D Gallagher (Dunfanaghy) 77 83

161 G Crawford (Lurgan) 86 75, M McAvoy (Silverwood) 84 77, J Jamieson (Ballymena) 80 81, R McCrudden (Royal Portrush) 78 83

162 K Quigg (City of Derry) 78 84

163 A Lowe (Foxrock) 88 75, J Hutton (Castle Hume) 86 77, A Dooley (Glasson) 84 79, A Porter (Cliftonville) 82 81, C Cooney (Gort) 82 81, D O’Hara (Belvoir Park) 79 84

164 P Benson (Castlebar) 92 72, M Jones (Moortown) 78 86

165 J Gardner (Carnalea) 94 71, A Norrby (Balmoral) 86 79

166 K Lowry (Royal Belfast) 85 81, R Coleman (Tullamore) 83 83

171 R Loney (Tandragee) 90 81

175 M McIlroy (Royal Co Down) 89 86

178 T Collins (Dungannon) 80 98

NR S Glover (Scrabo) NR, C Ruane (Tullamore) NR, S Smyth (County Louth) 80 NR, B Keating (Clonmel) NR, A Wilson (Cairndhu) NR, R Kane (Bangor) NR, E Heywood (City of Derry) NR, G Abernethy (Dunmurry) 82 NR, G McGrotty (Portstewart) 80 NR

RT W McCully (Donaghadee) RT, K Sheehy RT

WD C Cunningham (Carton House) WD

First round

Valley Course (par 70)

65 - J Caldwell (Clandeboye) S Ward (County Louth) A Morris (Belvoir Park) C Doran (Banbridge) B Campbell (Malone)

66 - G McDermott (County Sligo),

67 - Donal Mulholland (Castlerock) R Boal (Castle) C O’Malley (Westport),

68 - J McKinstry (Cairndhu) D Crowe (Dunmurry) D Downie (Sutton) I Kettyle (Rathmore) J Crangle (Fortwilliam) D Lernihan (Castle) L Reilly (Galgorm Castle) N Boyd (Donaghadee) T McClements (Holywood) D Coyne (Galway)

69 - T Greeves (Shandon Park) S Lowry (Esker Hills) A Hogan (Newlands) R McNamara (Headfort) C Hughes (Royal Portrush)

70 - P Cutler (Portstewart) P 0’Hanlon (Curragh) J Stevenson (Royal Portrush) R Leonard (Banbridge) J Hannan (Carton House) D Vaughan (Ardglass) C Curley (Newlands) D Beattie (Whitehead) D Baker (Downpatrick) M Gaynor (South Carolina) J Heaslip (Ballyclare) D Sutton (Lockerbie) G Jones (Belvoir Park) K Quigg (City of Derry)

71 - J Patterson (Royal Portrush) F Rafferty (Dungannon) P Buckley (Kanturk) S Webster (Castle) G Smith (Stirling) J Mallon (Dungannon) H Diamond (Belvoir Park) J Turner (Royal Portrush); J Owens (Bangor/UU) R McDowell (Royal Belfast) R Aston (Portadown) G Lynas (Shandon Park) D O’Neill (Newlands) D McCusker (Moyola Park) C Moffett (Cliftonville) R Evans (Moyola Park) T Irvine (Clandeboye) S Webster (Castle) R Oliver (Carrickfergus/UU) David Mulholland (Castlerock) K Sheehy (?) C Browne (Royal Portrush)

72 - A McKinley (Shandon Park) K Kidd (Lisburn) R Cannon (Laytown) S Paul (Tandragee) W McCully (Donaghadee) N Grant (Knock) A Taylor (City of Derry/UU) G Lawlor (Citywest) D Kyle (Royal Belfast) J Connolly (Cliftonville) N Kearney (Royal Dublin) M Sinclair (Knock) C Carvill (Belvoir Park) D Ruddy (Thurles) P Purdy (Shandon Pk) A O’Callaghan (Douglas) R Forsythe (Ballyclare) B Galway (Cairndhu) A Meharg (Scrabo) N Sweet (Moortown)

73 - G Kelly (County Louth) M Wylie (Balmoral) G Reid (Spa) R Kane (Bangor) J Monaghan (The Island) J Taylor (Shandon Park) T Douglas (Lurgan) D Simpson (Malone) D Carvill (Belvoir Park) S Reid (Knock) C O’Connor (Athlone) M Hammond (Mayola Pk) S Loftus (Lahinch) S East (Moortown) G McGee (Malone)

Dunluce Course (Par 72)

70 - C Wilson (Belvoir Park)

71 - B Hobson (Shandon Park) C Campbell (Warrenpoint) G McAuley (Dunmurry),

72 - P O’Leary (Lucan)

73 - A Leslie (Ballyclare) J Hawthorne (Fortwilliam) C Dunbar (Rathmore) R Bridges (Stackstown) M Moreland (Scrabo) S Kelly (Lockerbie) B Best (Rathmore)

74 - A Daly (Delgany) K McDonagh (Athlone/NUIM) P Dallat (Ballycastle) M McGarry (Ballymena) S Kyle (Malone) C Miller (Clandeboye) C Crangle (Fortwillam) S Poole (Portadown) C McCormick (Holywood) P Reavey (Warrenpoint) J Coey (Clandeboye) A Kerr (Clandeboye) S McConnell (Ballyclare) C Moulds (Lisburn) T Davidson (Dungannon)

75 - G Armstrong (Carrickfergus) W Hanna (Kilkeel) N Molloy (East Clare) S Lyttle (Royal Portrush) S McLaughlin (Carrickfergus) S Magee (Lurgan) A Stewart (Portstewart) B Scullion (Lurgan) P Doherty (Ballyhffin) S Stevenson (County Armagh) G McDowell (Rathmore) D Coghlan (Royal Dublin) D Joyce (Curragh)

76 - P Thompson (Ballyclare) I Conway (Bangor) D Calder (Helensborough) I Moore (Dunmurry) P McCrudden (Royal Portrush) J Ward (Westmanstown) N 0 Reilly (Clonmel) A Mason (Lambeg) L Ashby (Killerig) S Doherty (Ballyhffin) F Inglis (King James VI) L Acklin (Mulion) A Stevens (Spa) A Goodridge (Galgorm Castle) C Steele (Ballyclare)

77 - R Houston (Rathmore) R Naylor (Worplesdon), A Adair (Fortwilliam), D Gallagher (Dunfanaghy), S Quigg (City of Derry), J Harding (City of Derry) SArthur (The Island) S Rea (Ballyclare) A Kearney (Castlerock) N Murray(Dunmurry) K Magennis (Lisburn) A Enms Jnr (Bright Castle) C McClenaghan(Spa), N Brennan (Dunmurry)

78 - K Canavan (Christy 0 Connor) M Thompson (Scrabo) G Henry (GalgormCastle), K Quigg (City of Derry). C Fairweather (Knock), M Jones (Moortown) JMclntyre (City of Derry), M Timinins (Mount Wolseley), D McKee(Massereene) R Doherty (Ballyliffin), N Mullen (Kirkistown Castle), A Watt(Holywood) S McGlynn (Castle), R Knightly (Royal Dublin) A McCully(Banbridge),S Jeffers (Castletown) P Gibb (Massereene) G Bradley (Portstewart), L Mulligan (Stackstown), I Ross (Whitehead), R McCrudden (Royal Portrush).