A second round of 68 has given Portsmouth's Mark Thistleton the clubhouse lead midway through the second round of the Irish Amateur Strokeplay Championship at Royal Dublin.
At four-under-par, Thistleton is one ahead of Scotland's Paul O'Hara.
Overnight leader Eoin Arthurs of Forrest Little was unable to reproduce yesterday's form but at two-under, following a second-round of 74, he remains the leading Irish challenger at this stage.
Leading clubhouse scores
140: M Thistleton (England) 72 68
141: P O'Hara (Scotland) 70 71
142: E Arthurs (Forrest Little) 68 74
145: J Morris (Rosslare) 76 69, F Keenan (England) 73 72, N Gorey (Lee Valley) 73 72, R Kellett (Scotland) 73 72, B Hemstock (England) 70 75
146: V Guillaume (France) 75 71, R Cannon (L'town & B'town) 74 72
147: H Satama (Finland) 73 74
148: F Rouilleaux (France) 75 73, J Smedley (England) 75 73, M Veijalainen (Finland) 74 74, J Mikkelsen (Norway) 73 75
149: J Lando-Casanova (France) 78 71, T Pollari (Finland) 75 74
150: R McGee (Malone) 78 72, R Leonard (Banbridge) 77 73, C Perrot (France) 76 74, M Hillson (Scotland) 76 74, J Lyons (Galway) 75 75, A Levy (France) 74 76, B Newsome (England) 70 80
