Niall Kearney claimed the silver medal as the leading qualifier for the West of Ireland Championship at Rosses Point.

The Royal Dublin man shot a 69 edged out Baltray's Gareth Bohill for the honour thanks to his better second round score.

Kearney and Bohill (70) finished in five-under par 137 with last year's beaten finalist, Dessie Morgan, three shots back on 140.

Defending champion Shane Lowry rallied with a 67 to make the top 64 qualifiers with eight shots to spare as the cut fell at 151.

Donal O'Brien, Greg Crew and John McGinn were eliminated on countback.

The first matchplay round will be played on Sunday morning. See draw here

137 N Kearney (Royal Dublin) 68 69, G Bohill (Co Louth) 67 70

140 D Morgan (Mullingar) 70 70

141 R Evans ( Moyola Park) 73 68, B Anderson (Co Sligo) 71 70, C Curley (Newlands) 70 71

142 J Hurst (Shawhill ( Eng, UK)) 71 71, M Sinclair (Knock) 70 72, A Dunbar (Rathmore) 69 73

143 S Lowry (Esker Hills) 76 67, G Lawlor (Newbridge) 74 69, R Cannon (L'Town & B'Town) 74 69, A Palmer (Chorley ( Eng, UK) 73 70

144 G O'Connor (Malahide) 74 70, A Morris ( Belvoir Park) 73 71, J Carlota (Vilamoura ( Portugal)) 73 71, N Gorey ( Lee Valley) 71 73

145 C Drumm (Rosslare/NUIM) 76 69, A Harty (West Waterford) 73 72, S Brady (Co Sligo) 72 73, S Crowe (Dunmurry) 72 73, S Loftus (Lahinch) 71 74

146 D Crowe (Dunmurry) 73 73

147 S McConnell (Ballyclare) 77 70, R McNamara (Headfort) 76 71, G McDermott (Co Sligo) 76 71, J Mulready (Castle) 74 73, D Corsby (Royal Lytham (Eng, UK)) 73 74, I Brennan (Greenore) 73 74, M Hearn (Chorley (Eng, UK)) 73 74, P Murray (Limerick) 71 76, D Finn (Mallow) 70 77

148 E McCormack (Galway) 78 70, S Barry ( Lee Valley) 77 71, T McGowan (Strandhill) 75 73, K McDonagh (Athlone/NUIM) 74 74, J Monaghan (The Island) 73 75

149 A Condren (Greystones) 76 73, R Leonard (Banbridge) 75 74, E O'Connor (Ballybunion) 74 75, M Brett (Portmarnock) 74 75, G Kelly (Co Louth / UCD) 74 75, B Daly (Edmondstown) 74 75, A Wynne (Strandhill) 73 76, E Arthurs (Forrest Little) 72 77, L Lennox ( Moyola Park) 72 77

150 B Best (Rathmore) 78 72, J Hughes (Douglas) 78 72, S Dwyer (Newlands) 78 72, D Sutton (Lurgan) 77 73, C Keightley (East Clare) 75 75, R Weldon (Hermitage) 75 75, M Kemmy (Limerick) 74 76, A Duffy (Royal Tara) 74 76, D Kelleher (Portmarnock) 73 77, N Grant (Knock) 73 77

151 C Selfridge ( Moyola Park) 78 73, G Dillon (Heath) 78 73, D McInerney (Lahinch) 78 73, R Bridges (Stackstown/NUIM) 78 73, M Poucher ( Limerick) 77 74, G Dunne (Seapoint) 77 74, R Walsh (Kilkenny) 76 75, A Lynch (Bray) 76 75,

 

NON QUALIFIERS

151 D O'Brien (L'Town & B'Town) 75 76, G Carew (Edenderry) 75 76, J McGinn (L'Town & B'Town) 74 77

152 M Durcan (Co Sligo) 82 70, D Lally (Tuam) 80 72, K Stack (Dungarvan/UCC) 79 73, B Cashman (Belvoir Park) 79 73, C Boggan (Co Meath) 78 74, D Scully (Galway) 77 75, D Vaughan (Ardglass) 77 75, D O'Donovan (Muskerry) 76 76, S Morrison (City of Derry) 75 77, J Tobin (Carrick-on-Suir) 74 78, J Patterson (Knock) 74 78, E Maguire (Seapoint) 73 79, E O'Sullivan (The Island) 72 80

153 D Coyne (Galway) 78 75, S O'Connor (Skerries) 78 75, P Sheehy (Lahinch) 78 75, D Coyle (Co Louth) 76 77, D McCusker ( Moyola Park) 76 77, T O'Connor (Athlone) 76 77, M Kingston ( Bantry Bay) 76 77, J Miller (Gullane ( Sco, UK)) 71 82

154 J Stevenson (Royal Portrush) 80 74, F O'Hagan (Edenmore) 78 76, A Dooley (Glasson) 78 76, A Dowling (Hermitage) 78 76, L Reilly ( Galgorm Castle) 78 76, C O'Connor (Athlone) 76 78, M Shanahan (West Waterford) 76 78, C Martin (Kilkenny) 75 79, D Murphy (Portarlington) 74 80, S O'Hara (Co Sligo) 73 81

155 L Brady (Royal Dublin) 81 74, R O'Donovan (Lucan) 77 78, A Hogan (Newlands) 77 78, W Kelly (Killeen) 74 81, D Glynn ( Galway) 73 82, D Carroll (Grange) 73 82

156 M Hammond ( Moyola Park) 82 74, R Durnin (L'Town & B'Town) 80 76, P McGrath (Dromoland) 79 77, J Hannan (Carton House) 78 78, T O'Flynn ( Fota Island) 75 81

157 N Woods (East Clare) 81 76, T McClements (Holywood) 78 79

158 D Ruddy (Thurles) 82 76, C Doran (Banbridge) 80 78, T Cleary (East Clare) 78 80, I Kettyle (Rathmore) 78 80, G Flynn (Delgany) 78 80, J Gourley (Holywood) 76 82, B Reddan (Co Louth) 76 82

159 B Campbell (Malone) 88 71, D Nolan (Delgany) 80 79, K Cunnane ( Woodstock) 78 81

160 C McKenna (Mallow) 84 76, K Connolly (Portarlington) 81 79, S Heavey (Co Sligo) 81 79

161 G McGrane (Royal Dublin) 81 80, J Lyons ( Galway) 81 80

162 D Hogan ( Killeen) 84 78, K Kennedy (Thurles) 84 78, D McNeill (Rossapenna) 83 79, G Hamill (Ardglass) 82 80

163 M Welsh (Knock) 86 77, R Oliver (Carrickfergus/UUJ) 85 78, D Beattie (Whitehead) 81 82, S Webster (Castle) 81 82

165 L Mulligan (Stackstown) 84 81

168 E Dolan (Woodbrook) 81 87

NR A Kearney (Castlerock) NR, A Harrington ( Cork) 79 NR