Portmarnock's Conor Purcell had a hole in one as he was joined by Killarney's Mairead Martin in qualifying for the final day of the Fairhaven Trophy at Fairhaven Golf Club, just half a mile from the back fence of Royal Lytham and St Annes.

Having opened with a 77, Purcell was three over for the day with nine holes to go and hurtling towards the cut line when he birdied the 10th, 12th, 14th and 15th to haul himself back into the mix.

A triple bogey six at the 16th undid most of his good work but he had a hole-in-one at the 17th and parred the last for a brilliant, level par round of 72.

At five-over par, Purcell is six shots behind leader Raphael Geissler from St Leon-Rot Golf Club in Germany, who leads by two shots from Sweden's Joacim Ahlund.

As for the girls competition, Killarney talent Mairead added a two over 77 to her opening 74 to go into the final round just four shots behind England's Elizabeth Prior.

Detailed scores | Sunday tee-times

Fairhaven Trophies

Boys

143 Raphael GEISSLER 66 77

145 Joacim AHLUND 70 75,

146 Niall MCMULLEN 73 73

147 Calum FYFE  76 71, Toby BRIGGS 75 72, Sam DONE 74 73, Gian-Marco PETROZZI 70 77, Joseph BRYCE  70 77, Bailee CURRAN  69 78, 

148 Callam MORRIS 74 74, William ENEFER 73 75, Thomas PLUMB 70 78

149 Conor PURCELL 77 72, Billy SPOONER 74 75, Coby CARTWRIGHT 73 76

150 Thomas FORSTER 75 75

151 Matthew HARRIS 75 76, Oliver CLARKE 75 76

CUT

155 Marc NORTON 74 81

157 Eoin LEONARD 82 75, Rory WILLIAMSON 80 77, Devin MORLEY 76 81

159 Owen CROOKS 83 76

166 Matthew FITZSIMONS 83 83

Girls

147  Elizabeth PRIOR 72 75

149  Chloe GOADBY 75 74, Emma ALLEN 73 76,

151 Hollie MUSE 79 72, Shannon MCWILLIAM 76 75, Mairead MARTIN 74 77

CUT

160 Annabel WILSON 79 81