Crowe swoops to stay in hunt

Charlie Mulqueen, Rosses Point

Through to the morning semi-finals are 20-year-old Brian McElhinney from the North West club in Donegal; Mark Ryan, 23, of Grange; Alan Dowling of Hermitage, the old man of the quartet at 32, and another 22-year-old, Darren Crowe from Dunmurry.

Crowe is the only survivor to have played senior golf for Ireland but in truth the destination of the title is wide open.