Michael Hoey joined Jonathan Caldwell on six-under-par as the Irish challenge held up on the second day of European Tour qualifying school. The pair trail Sweden's Oskar Henningsson by five strokes but share sixth place at the PGA Golf de Catalunya.
Michael McGeady is on five-under while Simon Thornton remains in contention on two-under.
Henningsson is three shots clear of Federico Colombo, Branden Grace and Eirik Tage Johansen after 36 holes of this stern six round examination.
"It was a very pleasing finish to another good day," Henningsson said after a second successive 66. "My round was similar to yesterday's, in that I only really started picking up shots on the back nine. I played well enough on the front nine, but the putts didn't drop.
"It's important not to get frustrated though, because I was creating so many birdie chances that sooner or later I knew I would start taking them. Then to finish with a ten foot birdie putt on the last was extra special - I'll definitely sleep well tonight!"
Danny Willett, the former world amateur number one, is another player alongside Caldwell and Hoey on six under. The 21-year-old English rookie, a former Walker Cup player, fired a four-under 67 on the Red Course.
Willett's fondness for Spain extends back to 2007 when he won the Spanish amateur title. He then finished 19th in the European Tour's Andalucian Open and 10th in the Spanish Open earlier this season, both as an amateur, and is now aiming to seal a full-time place on the main circuit at the first time of asking.
"Spain has been very good to me over the last year or so," said Willett, who won stage one of the Q-school process in Germany back in September. "I have good memories here and hopefully I can add to those this week.
"I was prepared for the tour school, although I feel the final is less stressful than stage two. If I didn't get through that last weekend I would have struggled for starts. At the very least I have a Challenge Tour card but I'm aiming higher than that."
Collated Scores
132Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 66 66
135Federico Colombo (Ita) 68 67, Branden Grace (Rsa) 66 69, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 69 66
136Johan Wahlqvist (Swe) 69 67
137Iain Pyman (Eng) 70 67, Ben Evans (Eng) 70 67, James Kamte (Rsa) 67 70, Michael Hoey(NIrl) 68 69, Inder Van Weerelt (Ned) 66 71, Andreas Hogberg (Swe) 74 63, Dennis Kupper (Ger) 69 68, Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 70 67, Danny Willett (Eng) 70 67, Jonathan Caldwell(NIrl) 67 70, Chris Gane (Eng) 69 68
138Richard Mcevoy (Eng) 71 67, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 71 67, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 68 70, Michael McGeady(Irl) 69 69, Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spa) 69 69, Chris Wood (Eng) 72 66, Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa) 70 68, Ake Nilsson (Swe) 71 67, Callum Macaulay (Sco) 71 67
139Carlos Aguilar (Spa) 67 72, Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 72 67, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 73 66, Juan Abbate (Arg) 69 70, David Drysdale (Sco) 68 71, Dominique Nouailhac (Fra) 69 70, Steven Jeffress (Aus) 72 67
140Greig Hutcheon (Sco) 71 69, Gary Clark (Eng) 70 70, Andrew Coltart (Sco) 71 69, Jochen Lupprian (Ger) 70 70, Lee S James (Eng) 72 68, Tony Carolan (Aus) 67 73, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 68 72, Jean-Nicolas Billot (Fra) 68 72, Stuart Manley (Wal) 67 73, Anders Kristiansen (Nor) 72 68
141Julien Guerrier (Fra) 72 69, Andrew Mcarthur (Sco) 70 71, Brett A Taylor (Eng) 69 72, Simon Thornton(Irl) 69 72, Julien Grillon (Fra) 69 72, Julien Quesne (Fra) 67 74, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 66 75, Roope Kakko (Fin) 68 73, Roland Steiner (Aut) 68 73, Michele Reale (Ita) 69 72, Nathan Smith (USA) 71 70, Marco Ruiz (Par) 66 75, Dale Whitnell (Eng) 71 70
142Simon Griffiths (Eng) 67 75, Anthony Summers (Aus) 71 71, Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 67 75, Thomas Feyrsinger (Aut) 76 66, Nicola Maestroni (Ita) 68 74, Sam Walker (Eng) 71 71, Joakim Backstrom (Swe) 69 73, Manuel Quiros (Spa) 68 74, Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 71 71, James Morrison (Eng) 71 71, Ben Mason (Eng) 70 72, Florian Fritsch (Ger) 74 68
143John Mellor (Eng) 68 75, Adilson Da Silva (Bra) 72 71, Darren Fichardt (Rsa) 79 64, Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 70 73, Peter Richardson (Eng) 72 71, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 73 70, Jens Dantorp (Swe) 69 74, Rory Hie (Ina) 71 72, Mark F Haastrup (Den) 75 68, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 73 70, Alex Haindl (Rsa) 69 74, Garry Houston (Wal) 70 73, Andrew Butterfield (Eng) 73 70, Matthew Millar (Aus) 74 69, Martin Wiegele (Aut) 72 71, Jamie Little (Eng) 74 69, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 71 72, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 69 74, Matthew Mills (Eng) 71 72, Benjamin Miarka (Ger) 73 70, Mikko Korhonen (Fin) 70 73, Anthony Grenier (Fra) 73 70
144Michael Curtain (Aus) 67 77, Jan-Are Larsen (Nor) 73 71, Scott Hend (Aus) 71 73, Antti Ahokas (Fin) 69 75, Santiago Luna (Spa) 70 74, Ian Garbutt (Eng) 71 73, Stuart Davis (Eng) 75 69, Lloyd Saltman (Sco) 69 75, Adrien Bernadet (Fra) 69 75, Robert Coles (Eng) 69 75, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 74 70, Petter Bocian (Swe) 71 73, Carl Suneson (Spa) 70 74, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 72 72
145Sion E Bebb (Wal) 70 75, Gary Marks (Eng) 71 74, Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 74 71, Philip Golding (Eng) 79 66, Gerald Gresse (Bel) 68 77, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 73 72, Sebastian L Saavedra (Arg) 71 74, Chinnarat Phadungsil Tha 78 67, David Carter (Eng) 70 75, Rolf Muntz (Ned) 69 76, John Parry (Eng) 71 74, Nicolas Meitinger (Ger) 69 76, Julio Zapata (Arg) 70 75, Ally Mellor (Eng) 74 71, Peter Whiteford (Sco) 67 78, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 71 74
146Francois Calmels (Fra) 71 75, Jamie Moul (Eng) 75 71, Peter Baker (Eng) 72 74, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 73 73, Jaakko Makitalo (Fin) 76 70, Leif Westerberg (Swe) 73 73, Liam Bond (Wal) 75 71, Gary Boyd (Eng) 72 74
147Jordi Garcia Pinto (Spa) 75 72, Benjamin Alvarado (Chi) 73 74, Christopher Hanell (Swe) 75 72, Craig Lee (Sco) 76 71, Gary Emerson (Eng) 73 74, Chris Doak (Sco) 75 72
148Javier Colomo (Spa) 75 73, Tobias Dier (Ger) 75 73, Guy Woodman (Eng) 77 71, Marcel Haremza (Ger) 77 71
149Robin Swane (Ned) 76 73, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 76 73, Warren Bennett (Eng) 71 78, Van Phillips (Eng) 72 77
150Pedro Linhart (Spa) 75 75, Andrew Oldcorn (Sco) 77 73, Jarrod Moseley (Aus) 75 75
151Gareth Davies (Eng) 72 79, James Ruth (Eng) 77 74, Andrew Tampion (Aus) 78 73, Graham Gordon (Sco) 77 74, Malcolm Mackenzie (Eng) 76 75, Matthew Morris (Eng) 77 74
152Scott Henry (Sco) 75 77
153Sven Struver (Ger) 77 76
154Andrew Crux (Eng) 76 78
155Oscar Floren (Swe) 73 82
159Raphael De Sousa (Swi) 76 83
Withdrawn: Matthew Cryer (Eng) 75
