UCD's Alex Gleeson has a seven-shot lead heading into the final round of the Irish Intervarsity Championship at The European Club in Co Wicklow.

The Castle golfer added a splendid second round of 71 to his opening 75 at the stunning Brittas Bay links to lead on four over par 146 from club-mate Jack Walsh (Maynooth University), who followed his opening 79 with a 74.

One shot further back are Walsh’s fellow Maynooth students Sean Flanagan and Stuart Grehan while defending champion Declan Loftus, who carded an opening 76, faded with a second round of 86.

Queens' Jessica Ross leads the Ladies Championship by six shots on 157 from Sinead Sexton (Maynooth) after overnight leader Carla Reynolds slipped 11 strokes off the pace.

Irish Intervarsity Championship (After two rounds)

The European Club (Thursday 19th February)

146 Alex Gleeson (UCD) 75 71 

153 Jack Walsh (Maynooth) 79 74 

154 Sean Flanagan (Maynooth) 79 75 , Stuart Grehan (Maynooth) 77 77 

156 Ted Collins (UCD) 77 79 

157 Paul Cullen (DKIT) 81 76 

158 Stephen Kinch (Maynooth) 80 78 , Matthew McClean (Ulster) 79 79 

160 Jonathan Yates (UCD) 88 72 , Ronan Mullarney (Maynooth) 87 73 

161 Andrew McCormack (UL) 82 79 , Alastair McQuillian (Ulster) 79 82 

162 Declan Loftus (Maynooth) 76 86 

163 Alan Lowry (Maynooth) 88 75 , Jack Mc Donnell (Maynooth) 83 80 , Eoghan O' Donovan (Maynooth) 81 82 , Peter Fleming (NUIG) 77 86 

164 John Robinson (Ulster) 84 80 

166 Sean Walsh (Maynooth) 90 76 , Colin Woodroofe (Maynooth) 88 78 , Colm Hughes (NUIG) 86 80 , Kyle McCarron (Maynooth) 85 81 

167 Jake Whelan (Maynooth) 88 79 , Jim McKee (Ulster) 87 80 , Ryan Gribben (Ulster) 86 81 

168 Daragh Congdon (Mayooth) 88 80 , Darragh Flynn (Maynooth) 86 82 , Conor Stone (Maynooth) 86 82 , Shane McGlynn (DCU) 82 86 

169 John Mccarthy (UCD) 96 73 , Eoin O'Hehir (DIT) 88 81 , Alex Doyle (DIT) 84 85 

170 Gavin Young (WIT) 87 83 , Neil McKinstry (Ulster) 80 90 

171 Ben Murray (UCC) 93 78 , Daniel O'Byrne (TCD) 89 82 , Gareth Mann (UCD) 89 82 , Derek Power (WIT) 84 87 , Iain Collins (NCI) 83 88 

172 Cillian Byrne (DIT) 87 85 

173 Matthew McGowan (Maynooth) 92 81 , Ross Dutton (Ulster) 86 87 , Eoin O'Brien (Maynooth) 86 87 , Cian Kidney (UCC) 86 87 , Nicholas Armstrong (TCD) 86 87 

174 Stefan Greenberg (Ulster) 89 85 , Andrew Stokes (TCD) 88 86 , Jack Ryan (UCD) 86 88 

175 Declan Reidy (IT Sligo) 91 84 , Cathal Nolan (NUIG) 88 87 

176 Kieran Lynch (Maynooth) 93 83 , Gerard Macnamara (Maynooth) 92 84 , Niall O'Connor (Maynooth) 91 85 

177 James Lindsay (Ulster) 86 91 

178 Craig Melvin (Maynooth) 93 85 

179 Andrew Bonham (DCU) 99 80 , Sean O’Connor (Maynooth) 99 80 , Marcus Looby (IADT) 93 86 

183 Darren O'Brien (UCC) 95 88 , Joseph Neiland (UCD) 93 90 

186 Glenn Austin (WIT) 106 80 , Liam Grehan (Maynooth) 101 85 

188 Niall Kennedy (WIT) 104 84 

189 Mark Mulvanney (IT Sligo) 95 94 

191 Jamie Cronin (UCC) 89 102 

196 Dylan O'Connor (WIT) 103 93 

204 Michael Gielty (NCI) 108 96 

NR/DQ/WD  Ryan McKinstry (QUB) NR 78 , Roy O'Neill (IT Sligo) NR 87 , Brian Dunne (DKIT) 93 DQ , John Conroy (UCD) 82 WD , Tiarnan McLarnon (Ulster) 86 WD , Andrew Gorman (DKIT) 87 WD , Conor Nolan (IADT) 94 WD , Ryan O'Dwyer (Hibernia) 96 WD

 

Irish Ladies Intervarsity Championship

After two rounds, the European Club (Thursday 19th February)

157 Jessica Ross (QUB) 81 76 

163 Sinead Sexton (Maynooth) 86 77 

168 Carla Reynolds (Maynooth) 79 89 

173 Laura Doherty (TCD) 94 79 

174 Shannen Brown (Maynooth) 91 83 , Roisin Brady (Ulster) 88 86 

178 Shannon Burke (Maynooth) 97 81 

184 Maeve Kelly (Maynooth) 96 88 

201 Clare Martyn (DIT) 110 91 

207 April Timothy (DIT) 109 98 

NR  Kate Whyte (Maynooth) 92 NR