French champion Theo Boulet is on track for a wire-to-wire win in the Irish Boys Amateur Open Championship after he fired a four-under 67 to take a two-shot lead into the final round at Belvoir Park.

Leading by a stroke overnight, the plus one handicapper (15) went out in level par with two birdies and two bogeys on his card before he stormed home in four-under par 31 to lead on eight-under-par from Welsh star Archie Davies, who shot a 68.

Baltinglass star Joseph Byrne shot a 69 and Lisburn's Joshua Robinson a 72 to share third place, six strokes behind Boulet on two-under with Roganstown's Joshua McCabe the next best of the home contingent, tied for fifth with France's Nathan Trey on one-over after a 71.

The cut for the leading 50 players and ties fell at 12-over 225 with 52 players qualifying for today's fourth and final round.

At Loughrea, Kinsale's Eoghan Cassidy fired a four-over 75 to edge out Moyola Park's Corey Scullion and Roganstown's Patrick Keely on countback for the Connacht  U14 Boys Open.

Co Sligo's Sean McLoughlin was fourth with a 77 as Powerscourt's Aiden O'Carroll took the U13 prize with a 78 and Newlands' David Lawley shot 65 to win the nett after a countback from Oughterard's Liam Boyce.

Irish Boys Amateur Open Championship, Belvoir Park (Par 71)

Detailed scores

Qualifiers

205 T Boulet (Fra) 67 71 67;

207 A Davies (Wal) 69 70 68;

211 J Byrne (Baltinglass) 70 72 69, J Robinson (Lisburn) 67 72 72;

214 N Trey (Fra) 74 71 69, J McCabe (Roganstown) 69 74 71;

216 D Li (Ger) 73 70 73, B Pierleoni (Eng) 72 72 72;

217 T McKibbin (Holywood) 73 71 73, H Islam (Eng) 68 77 72, D Kitt (Athenry) 68 73 76;

218 R Galligan (Elm Park) 77 72 69, C Denvir (Elm Park) 73 74 71, C Byrne (Strabane) 73 74 71, A Maguire (Laytown & Bettystown) 73 70 75;

219 J Hill (Galgorm Castle) 74 74 71, C Rabbette (Esker Hills) 74 71 74, D Raher (Dungarvan) 73 71 75, S O'Brien (Nenagh) 73 67 79, D West (Eng) 72 77 70;

220 H Arnold (Eng) 75 73 72, D Rochford (Bray) 74 76 70, A Marshall (Lisburn) 74 74 72, S Dowling (The Island) 70 76 74, S Burrell (Esp) 70 74 76;

221 J Hull (Eng) 77 70 74, E Rowe (Tandragee) 76 73 72, A d'Aurelle de Paladines (Fra) 73 73 75, O Maguire (Slieve Russell) 69 78 74;

222 M Deasy (Bantry Bay) 74 76 72, R Carvill (Warrenpoint) 68 76 78;

223 J Connolly (Lahinch) 81 71 71, A Blair (Scrabo) 75 73 75, D Leufer (Athenry) 73 76 74, S Doyle (Black Bush) 72 75 76, L Nolan (Galway) 71 80 72;

224 E Murphy (Dundalk) 80 71 73, A Hill (Athenry) 77 77 70, P Conroy (Enniscorthy) 76 74 74, P Beauvy (Fra) 75 74 75, K Morrison (Greenacres) 74 72 78, S Miller (Clandeboye) 73 76 75, H Archer (Fra) 73 75 76, J Brady (Rosslare) 73 74 77 ;

225 S Walker (Roscommon) 79 73 73, J O'Riordan (Dungarvan) 77 75 73, S Irwin (Killeen) 76 75 74, P Naughton (Limerick) 75 76 74, A Greville (Wal) 75 72 78, G Herlihy (Castle) 74 73 78, R McNelis (Fintona) 74 71 80, C Murtagh (Balcarrick) 73 77 75 .

Non-Qualifiers

226 D Marshall (Naas) 80 73 73, T Smyth (Castle) 77 72 77, O O’Driscoll (Golf Clementader Paris) 76 75 75, C Glennon (Glasson) 75 79 72;

227 D Kelly (Cill Dara) 80 78 69, R Cowhey (Elm Park) 77 75 75, A Flynn (Dun Laoghaire) 75 76 76;

228 R McCrory (Lurgan) 79 76 73, B Crawford (Greenacres) 77 77 74, T Plunkett (Crover House) 75 79 74, C Dunn (Foyle) 75 76 77, J Rooney (Co, Armagh) 75 75 78;

229 N Kirwan (Mount Juliet) 77 74 78, J Doherty (Carton House) 77 72 80, J Egan (Muskerry) 76 81 72, L Keyes (Dun Laoghaire) 76 75 78, P McNelis (Fintona) 74 76 79, D Keating (Seapoint) 73 77 79;

230 S Whelan (Royal Tara) 83 76 71, P Byrne (Ballybunion) 81 76 73, N Van Caneghem (Fra) 77 74 79, C Dawson (Tramore) 76 77 77, A Smith (Mullingar) 76 75 79, D Gurr (Eng) 73 73 84;

231 S Downes (Royal Dublin) 83 75 73, S Murphy (Portumna) 82 77 72, L Abom (Edmondstown) 81 76 74, B Phipps (Ardee) 77 80 74, K Robinson (Castlewarden) 77 73 81, D Connolly (Castle Dargan) 76 80 75, M Kennedy (Royal Dublin) 73 74 84;

232 E Sullivan (Carton House) 76 79 77;

233 K McArdle (Powerscourt) 81 75 77, S Leonard (Mitchelstown) 78 79 76, D Twomey (Elm Park) 78 76 79, E McArthur (Massereene) 76 78 79;

234 J Napier (Scrabo) 83 76 75, P Arundel (Eng) 79 74 81, S Jones (Belvoir Park) 77 83 74, A Naughton (Grange Castle) 76 79 79, J Shellard (Lisburn) 75 81 78, C French (Carton House) 72 81 81, R Goodyear (Eng) 72 80 82, E Shipp (Headfort) 72 78 84;

235 C Hickey (Dooks) 78 80 77;

236 T Kelly (Royal Dublin) 86 75 75, B McCarthy (Kinsale) 82 73 81, T Stout (Royal Belfast) 81 79 76, D Lynch (Clonmel) 80 73 83;

237 A Collins (Laytown & Bettystown) 84 77 76, R Goodall (Royal Portrush) 79 81 77, J Boles (Charleville) 78 82 77, T Higgins (Roscommon) 76 81 80, K Rafferty (Dundalk) 75 79 83;

238 D Boden (Belvoir Park) 83 80 75, K Patton (Lisburn) 79 76 83, P Greene (Holywood) 78 81 79;

239 S Murtagh (Mullingar) 83 79 77, C Cooley (Belvoir Park) 79 84 76, K Honer (Roganstown) 79 81 79, S Carroll (Castle Dargan) 74 89 76;

240 M Troy (Dungarvan) 85 74 81, C Cunningham (Galway Bay) 80 83 77, I Halpin (Cahir Park) 78 78 84, A Carroll (Citywest Resort) 77 77 86, B Beaumont (Bangor) 74 77 89;

241 J Brown (The Heath) 81 81 79;

243 C Connell (Newlands) 85 75 83, S Kearns (Elm Park) 78 81 84, L Mitchell (Knock) 76 83 84;

244 D Mulligan (Laytown & Bettystown) 83 81 80, M Fitzgibbon (Portmarnock) 83 80 81, O Reilly (Newlands) 80 81 83;

245 E O'Shaughnessy (Muskerry) 76 85 84;

246 C Steel (Esp) 86 78 82;

248 M McCormack (Mullingar) 81 85 82;

249 A Doherty (Carton House) 84 80 85, D O'Malley (Black Bush) 84 78 87;

251 L Travers (Ardee) 87 84 80, O Twomey (The Island) 81 84 86;

NR A Doyle (Silverwood) 78 89;

NS J Duffy (Buncrana) 80 77;

RTD E McGrath (Athlone) 82 82, D Carton (New Forest) 87 83, S Young (Fintona), G Keogh (Galway), J Black (Lisburn);

NS J Mackin (Dundalk);

RTD D Keery (Shandon Park);

NS A Bocquet (Fra);

RTD P Taylor (Tandragee).

Connacht  U14 Boys Open, Loughrea (Par 71)

Detailed scores

1. E Cassidy (Kinsale) 75;
2. C Scullion (Moyola Park) 75;
3. 3, P Keeling (Roganstown) 75
4. 4, S McLoughlin (Co. Sligo) 77.

• U13 Class: 1, A O'Carroll (Powerscourt) 78.
• Nett: D Lawley (Newlands) 65 (last 9); 2, L Boyce (Oughterard) 65 (last 6).