Dara Lernihan is in a three-way tie for the lead as the Irish Amateur Strokeplay Championship nears a conclusion at Royal Dublin.
The 21-year-old from Castle carded a third round of 69 this morning to join Scotland's Keir McNicoll and Billy Hemstock of England on two-under.
Home favourite Niall Kearney remains in contention on level par as the players prepare for this afternoon's final round.
Collated scores after third round
214: K McNicoll (Scotland) 73 72 69, D Lernihan (Castle) 72 73 69, B Hemstock (England) 70 75 69
216: F Abadie (France) 76 70 70, G Dear (Scotland) 74 73 69, N Kearney (Royal Dublin) 72 73 71
218: R Cannon (L'town & B'town) 74 72 72
219: M Veijalainen (Finland) 74 74 71, A Kristiansen (Norway) 70 79 70
220: A Hogan (Newlands) 76 73 71, J Smedley (England) 75 73 72, Z Gould (Wales) 74 75 71, R Carson (Scotland) 74 75 71, J Mikkelsen (Norway) 73 75 72, H Satama (Finland) 73 74 73
221: W Booth (Scotland) 77 72 72, A Knappe (Germany) 77 71 73, J Fox (Portmarnock) 73 75 73, J Brun (France) 73 74 74, P Murray (Limerick) 73 73 75, R Kellett (Scotland) 73 72 76
222: J Lando-Casanova (France) 78 71 73, F Illouz (France) 76 73 73, G Ozcan (Turkey) 75 73 74, E Richardson (England) 73 74 75
223: P O'Hanlon (Curragh) 77 72 74, T Pollari (Finland) 75 74 74, V Guillaume (France) 75 71 77, J Carvill (Warrenpoint) 72 76 75
224: A Gabella-Wenne (Sweden) 80 69 75, F Rouilleaux (France) 75 73 76
