Geoff Lenehan may play for Ireland some day and if it's going to be at Royal Portrush in next month's Home Internationals, this is as good a time as any to play well in the Cathedral Eye sponsored North of Ireland Amateur Open.

An opening four under par 66 on the Valley Course — bogey free to boot — was just what the doctor ordered for the Portmarnock man on day one of strokeplay qualifying.

A good second round on the Dunluce on Tuesday would be ideal but after seeing Lurgan's Shane Magee and Tralee's David McMahon top the scoring there with one under 71s, he may be happy simply to make the matchplay stages without breaking too much sweat.

Going far in the event is quite another matter and a 67 for Rosslare's Gary Collins and 68s for the likes of Faithlegg's Robin Dawson (runner up last year).or that talented trio of Colm Campbell, Richard Bridges and Rowan Lester, shows that there is a quality field in north Antrim.

Cathedral Eye sponsored North of Ireland Amateur Open, Royal Portrush (Valley Par 70, Dunluce Par 72)

Detailed scores

66 Geoff Lenehan (Portmarnock)

67 Noel Crawford (Mourne), Caolan Rafferty (Dundalk Golf Club), Gary Collins (Rosslare Golf Club), Simon McConnell (Ballyclare Golf Club), Rory Williamson (Holywood Golf Club)

68 Robin Dawson (Faithlegg Golf Club), Owen Crooks (Bushfoot Golf Club), Colm Campbell (Warrenpoint Golf Club), Barry Cashman (Belvoir Park Golf Club), Marc McKinstry (Cairndhu Golf Club), Richard Bridges (Stackstown Golf Club), Rowan Lester (Hermitage Golf Club), Ross Dutton (Tandragee Golf Club)

69 Colin Woodroofe (Blainroe Golf Club), Gareth Lappin (Belvoir Park Golf Club), Matthew McClean (Balmoral Golf Club), Greg Mungovan (Headfort Golf Club), Eugene Smith (Ardee), Paul Buckley (Kanturk Golf Club), Dale Jackson (Massereene Golf Club), Keith Egan (Carton House Golf Club), Mark Mullen (Rosslare Golf Club), Stephen Kinch (Hollystown Golf Club), Paul McBride (Island)

70 Ryan McKinstry (Cairndhu Golf Club), Andrew Mulholland (Castlerock Golf Club), Liam Grehan (Mullingar Golf Club), Ryan Gribben (Warrenpoint Golf Club), Jamie Sutherland (Galgorm Castle Golf Club), Ronan Mullarney (Galway Golf Club), Ian Moore (Dunmurry), Colin Fairweather (Knock), John-Ross Galbraith (Whitehead Golf Club)

71 Conor O'Rourke (Naas Golf Club), Cian Geraghty (Laytown & Bettystown), Theo Coffey (Slieve Russell Golf Club), Shane Magee (Lurgan Golf Club), David Mcmahon (Tralee Golf Club), Glenn McAuley (Dunmurry), Richard Knightly (The Royal Dublin), Paul McGuigan (Foyle), Jack McDonnell (Forrest Little.), John Turner (Royal Portrush Golf Club), Stephen Coulter (Warrenpoint Golf Club), Liam Reilly (Ballycastle Golf Club), John Finnegan (Royal Portrush Golf Club), Finlay Mason (Moor Hall Golf Club), Kyle McCarron (North West), Sam Sweeney (Seapoint Golf Club), Connor Doran (Banbridge Golf Club), Eanna Griffin (Waterford), Damien McCusker (Moyola Park)

72 Andrew Clegg (Donaghadee Golf Club), Colin Wilton (Banbridge Golf Club), Daniel Holland (Castle), Simon Bryan (Delgany Golf Club), Patrick McCrudden (Royal Portrush Golf Club), Jonathan Corke (Castletown Golf Club), Jonathan Breen (Kirkistown Castle Golf Club), Kealan Quigg (North West), Craig Melvin (Corrstown Golf Club), Jamie Richardson (Royal Portrush Golf Club), Shane Hogan (Nenagh Golf Club), Jeff Hopkins (The Royal Dublin), Fergal Kennedy (Island), Adam Doran (Ardee), Tom Harris (Castletown Golf Club), James Lindsay (North West), Declan O'Hara (Belvoir Park Golf Club), Shaun Carter (The Royal Dublin), Jack Owens (Bangor Golf Club), Ben Best (Rathmore), Stuart Bleakley (Shandon Park Golf Club), Bryan Martin (Killymoon Golf Club), Ryan Long (Cairndhu Golf Club)

73 David Sutton (Lurgan Golf Club), Graeme Arthur (Carrickfergus Golf Club), Frank McGinn (Ballycastle Golf Club), Andrew Dillon (Carrickfergus Golf Club), Evan Farrell (Ardee), Brian Galway (Cairndhu Golf Club), Ross Steedman (Balcarrick Golf Club), Stephen Barker (Mourne), Mark Sutton (Castletown Golf Club), Gerard Dunne (Co. Louth Golf Club), Alan Lowry (Esker Hills), Robbie Pierse (Grange), Jack Pierse (Portmarnock), Seamus Cullen (Slieve Russell Golf Club), Michael Reid (Galgorm Castle Golf Club), Neil McKinstry (Cairndhu Golf Club), Sean Alley (Co. Tipperary Golf Club), Jonathan Yates (Naas Golf Club), Mark MacGrath (Limerick Golf Club), Matthew Kane (Whitehead Golf Club), Stephen Watts (Cairndhu Golf Club)

74 Graeme Laird (Clandeboye), William Russell (Clandeboye), Bobby Rice (Ardee), Jake Whelan (Newlands), Gary Mcgrane (The Royal Dublin), Gareth Mann (Tullamore Golf Club), Dwayne Mallon (Dungannon Golf Club), Marc Nolan (Delgany Golf Club), Adam Cromwell (Co. Armagh Golf Club), Declan Reidy (Co. Sligo Golf Club), Stefan Greenberg (Tandragee Golf Club), Ryan Symington (Lisburn Golf Club), Barry Fitzsimons (Downpatrick Golf Club), Christopher Blackmore (Dundalk Golf Club), Simon Miskelly (Knock), Keith Murphy (Charlesland Golf Club), Nicholas Mcclay (Whitehead Golf Club), Stuart Winsby (Whitehead Golf Club), Andrew Morris (Belvoir Park Golf Club), Kevin Connolly (Portarlington Golf Club), Alastair McQuillan (Cushendall Golf Club)

75 Ian Lynch (Rosslare Golf Club), Dan Murphy (Portarlington Golf Club), Peter McKeever (Castle), Paul Mclarnon (Fortwilliam Golf Club), Max Thallon (Bangor Golf Club), Gareth Moore (Lurgan Golf Club), Neill Simpson (Kirkistown Castle Golf Club), Mathew Murphy (Clandeboye), Dean Crawford (Moyola Park), David Turner (Castlerock Golf Club), Adam Mulhall (Ardglass Golf Club), Chris Moulds (Lisburn Golf Club), Sean Walsh (Carton House Golf Club), Garth Boyd (Donaghadee Golf Club), William Hanna (Kilkeel Golf Club), Christopher Morrison (Rockmount Golf Club), Conor Ryan (Dun Laoghaire Golf Club), Neil Cromwell (Co. Armagh Golf Club), Danny Cullen (Walton Heath Golf Club), Shane Underwood (Co. Sligo Golf Club), Colin Steele (Ballyclare Golf Club), Alan Stevens (Spa)

76 Tiarnan McLarnon (Massereene Golf Club), Mark Morrissey (Mount Wolseley Golf Club), Alastair Kerr (Clandeboye), Martin McAvoy (Lurgan Golf Club), Timothy Greeves (Shandon Park Golf Club), Gary McDowell (Rathmore), Barry Daly (Edmondstown Golf Club), Philip Kelly (Co. Armagh Golf Club), Frank O'Donoghue (Belvoir Park Golf Club), Karl Murray (Delgany Golf Club), David Carvill (Belvoir Park Golf Club), Johnathan Hewitt (Loughgall Golf Club), Pat Fitzpatrick (Kanturk Golf Club), Darragh Crawford (Bundoran Golf Club), Daniel Daly (Castle Hume Golf Club), Ryan McLarnon (Fortwilliam Golf Club), Blane Lynch (Ballinrobe Golf Club), Paul Fitzsimons (Downpatrick Golf Club), Michael P O'brien (Delgany Golf Club), Declan O'neill (Carton House Golf Club), Jamie Knipe (Royal Portrush Golf Club)

77 Derek Turkington (Massereene Golf Club), Andrew Keenan (Dundalk Golf Club), Rob Brazill (Naas Golf Club), Jack Walsh (Castle), Rory Leonard (Banbridge Golf Club), Joseph Timlin (Dungannon Golf Club), Randolph Loney (Tandragee Golf Club), Philip O'Sullivan (Malone), Marc Mccusker (Shandon Park Golf Club), Patrick Neville (Bearna Golf Club), Stuart Cave (Holywood Golf Club), Colin Jenkins (Ballyclare Golf Club), Lester Moore (City of Derry Golf Club), Nicky Wilson (Enniskillen Golf Club), Ally Purdy (Ballyclare Golf Club), William Bamber (Royal Portrush Golf Club), Noel Mcgrane (The Royal Dublin), Michael McSherry (Lurgan Golf Club), Patrick Jordan (Silverwood Golf Club), Conal Patterson (Lurgan Golf Club), Shane McClean (Foyle), Mark McKenna (Fortwilliam Golf Club)

78 Andrew Lowe (Dun Laoghaire Golf Club), Jonathan Webb (Royal Co. Down), Paul O'sullivan (Bray), Richard Moore (Castle Hume Golf Club), John Hickey (Cork Golf Club), Patrick Dallat (Ballycastle Golf Club), Christopher Morgan (Dunmurry), Jamie Fletcher (Warrenpoint Golf Club), Anthony Doyle (Littlestone Golf Club), Ryan Thompson (Greenacres Golf Club)

79 Finnian O'Doherty (Letterkenny Golf Club), Glen Mowat (Enniskillen Golf Club), Adam Leslie (Ballyclare Golf Club), Gerard Brennan (Dundalk Golf Club), Conor McCaughey (Dungannon Golf Club), Michael Rae (Rowany Golf Club), Barry Stevens (Spa), Conal Cooke (Strabane Golf Club), Henry Clark (Shandon Park Golf Club)

80 Ian Spillane (Mallow Golf Club), Daryl Callister (), Andrew Montgomery (Old Conna Golf Club), Ronan O'Callaghan (Mannan Castle Golf Club), Mark Rooney (Co. Sligo Golf Club), Cameron Mills (Shandon Park Golf Club), Michael McHugh (Castleblayney Golf Club), Sean Clancy (Carton House Golf Club)

81 Liam Bresnahan (Omagh Golf Club), Michael O'Donovan (Castlerock Golf Club), Jason Murphy (Warrenpoint Golf Club), Stephen Hamill (Massereene Golf Club), Scott Campbell (Ballyclare Golf Club), Stephen Jeffers (Castletown Golf Club), Sean Quigg (City of Derry Golf Club), Jonathan Heaslip (Ballyclare Golf Club), Christian Kennedy (Lisburn Golf Club), Marty Monaghan (Killymoon Golf Club), Lee Crawford (Scrabo Golf Club), Mark Timmins (Coollattin Golf Club)

82 Joseph Rafferty (Castle Hume Golf Club), Mark Wehrly (Strandhill Golf Club), Conor Curran (Dundalk Golf Club), Eamon Lynch (Lurgan Golf Club), Donald Beggs (King Edward Bay Golf Club), Mervyn Kelly (Massereene Golf Club), Darren Donohoe (Slieve Russell Golf Club), Karl Eccles (Clandeboye), Colin Hull (Massereene Golf Club), Peter Crawley (Castleknock), Michael Sinclair (Knock), Dominic Pollock (Belvoir Park Golf Club), Andrew Pigott (Dunmurry), Gary Flynn (Delgany Golf Club), David McAleenon (Edenmore Golf Club)

83 Simon Irwin (Holywood Golf Club), Gary Clarke (Lurgan Golf Club), Adam Mcintyre (Ballyclare Golf Club), Gary Hamill (Ardglass Golf Club), Jack Mcelroy (Dungannon Golf Club), Adam Price (Delgany Golf Club), Liam Doran (Ardee), Nial O'connor (Castlerock Golf Club), Marc Judge (Edmondstown Golf Club), Aaron Taylor (City of Derry Golf Club), Ian Smyth (Clandeboye), Ciaran Corcoran (Royal Tara Golf Club), Jarlath McReynolds (Co. Armagh Golf Club), Daniel Reilly (Galgorm Castle Golf Club), Rory O'connor (Strandhill Golf Club)

84 Philip Gibb (Massereene Golf Club), Ruairi O'Connor (Co. Sligo Golf Club), Jamie Hore (Roganstown G & CC Golf Club), Ryan Cunningham (Rathmore), John Maguire (Co. Armagh Golf Club), Andrew Miller (Co. Armagh Golf Club), Glenn Managh (Knock), Kenny Topping (Carrickfergus Golf Club)

85 Conor Rankin (Royal Portrush Golf Club), Ryan K. Gordon (Donaghadee Golf Club), Paul Mccarthy (Mallow Golf Club), Andrew Porter (Rathmore), Christopher Hull (Massereene Golf Club), Michael McGarry (Ballymena Golf Club), Declan Mcconville (Warrenpoint Golf Club), Shea Brady (Co. Armagh Golf Club), Steven Kelly (Silverwood Golf Club), Sean Denny (Castleblayney Golf Club), Colin Rayfus (Knightsbrook)

86 Simon Corey (Whitehead Golf Club), Peter Henry (Fintona Golf Club), Matthew Kiernan (Glen of the Downs Golf Club)

87 James Rodgers (Knock), Keith Walker (Portadown Golf Club), Ciaran Henry (Strandhill Golf Club), Ronan Doyle (Chart Hills Golf Club), Arran Smith (Ardglass Golf Club), Peter Wallace (Mullingar Golf Club)

88 Aaron Darragh (Belvoir Park Golf Club), Patrick Brennan (Belvoir Park Golf Club), Stewart Stevenson (Co. Armagh Golf Club), Bruno Lupo (Malahide Golf Club)

89 Conor McGurgan (Foyle)

90 Jamie Foley (Letterkenny Golf Club)

91 Robert Kelly (Co. Sligo Golf Club), Darragh Flynn (Carton House Golf Club)

92 Steven Hughes (Killymoon Golf Club), Bert Lamar (USA)

NR  Adam Mcateer (Whitehead Golf Club), Bill McCormack (Thurles), Alastair Mccully (Mannan Castle Golf Club),

DQ Darragh Hobbs (Courtown Golf Club)

WD Jonathan Greer (Greenisland Golf Club)