Fahy one clear entering final round at Leinster Boys

Alan Fahy (Bray), pictured during the recent Irish Boys Amateur Open at Thurles, leads the Leinster Boys with a round to go. Picture: Thos Caffrey / www.golffile.ie

Bray's Alan Fahy has a one stroke lead entering today's final round of the Leinster Boys Amateur Open Championship at Kilkenny

He fired a one under 70 this morning to lead on level par 213 from Ring of Kerry's Tommy O'Driscoll as overnight leader Peter Kerr from Royal Portrush slipped eight shots behind after a 79.

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Kerr's clubmate Jamie Knipe shot 71 and is just two behind on two over with Laytown and Bettystown's Thomas Mulligan lurking on 216, just three off the pace.

Leinster Boys Amateur Open Championship 2014

Scores after Round 3

Par 71 CSS R3 72

213 Alan Fahy (Bray) 73 70 70

214 Tommy O'Driscoll (Ring Of Kerry) 71 72 71

215 Jamie Knipe (Royal Portrush) 73 71 71

216 Thomas Mulligan (Laytown & Bettystown) 70 73 73

217 Brian Crowdle (Kilkenny) 74 72 71

218 Ryan Long (Cairndhu) 74 72 72

220 David Carey (Carton House) 77 71 72

221 Charlie Hendrick (Grange) 77 70 74 , Karl Eccles (Clandeboye) 75 72 74 , Peter Kerr (Royal Portrush) 73 69 79

224 Ted Collins (Dun Laoghaire) 75 73 76 , Jack Howard (Fota Island) 70 77 77

226 Alastair McQuillan (Cushendall) 73 81 72 , Cameron Raymond (Newlands) 75 75 76 , Barry Fitzpatrick (Castle) 75 68 83

227 Jamie Dunne (Borris) 82 73 72 , Harry Duggan (Kilkenny) 77 76 74 , Marc Boucher (Carton House) 74 76 77 , Marc McKinstry (Cairndhu) 74 76 77 , James McVicker (Knock) 71 77 79

228 Gareth Carr (Mullingar) 75 76 77 , Luke Cummins (West Waterford) 74 72 82

229 Mark MacGrath (Limerick) 81 74 74 , Michael Cooke (Waterford) 76 76 77 , Jack Madden (Dungannon) 78 72 79 , Oisin Devereux (Carton House) 77 73 79

230 Eoin Kelly (Co. Meath) 80 75 75 , John Cleary (Elm Park) 78 74 78 , Glenn Fry (Greystones) 77 74 79 , John Molyneaux (Ballybunion) 74 74 82

231 John Bolger (Courtown) 77 74 80 , Jack Brown (The Heath) 74 78 79

232 Marc Norton (Belvoir Park) 81 74 77 , David Hill (Roscommon) 77 77 78 , Sean Walsh (Carton House) 75 78 79 , Mark Power (Kilkenny) 76 76 80 , Rob Brazill (Naas) 77 74 81

233 Kevin Power (Kilkenny) 75 73 85

234 Louis O'Hara (Athenry) 81 74 79 , Conor Harte (Castle) 80 74 80 , James Lennon (Carlow) 73 80 81

235 Sean McParland (Greystones) 77 77 81

236 Patrick Brennan (Belvoir Park) 79 75 82 , Jonathan Doherty (Ballina) 79 74 83

237 David Clince (Craddockstown) 80 75 82

238 Ben Graham (Scrabo) 80 74 84 , Darragh Smith (Castle) 78 74 86 , Cameron Mills (Shandon Park) 73 81 84

239 Conor Ryan (Dun Laoghaire) 78 75 86 , Declan Kelly (Hermitage) 76 78 85 , Liam Grehan (Mullingar) 76 78 85