Gavin Dear through to last eight of

Spanish amateur championship

Dixie Amateur Championship winner in Florida, Gavin Dear (Murrayshall) is hot on the trail of another overseas title.
Today, Dear reached the last eight of the Spanish men's open amateur golf championship for the King's Cup at Royal Seville Golf Club. The ninth qualifier from the 36-hole stroke-play test, Dear now plays top seed Pontus Widegren from Sweden.
Dear beat Bjorn Akesson (Sweden) 3 and 2 and then England's James Robinson 4 and 3.
The two other Scots who qualified for the match-play stages, Philip McLean (Peterhead) and Steven McEwan (Caprington), were both eliminated in the first round.
McLean lost by 3 and 2 to England's Billy Hemstock who went out in the second round.
McEwan lost by 5 and 4 to Eddie Pepperell who is one of four Englishmen in the quarter-finals.
MATCH-PLAY RESULTS
First round
P Widegren (Swe) bt N Peyrichou (Fra) 5 and 3.
S Lowry (Ire) bt M Nordqvist (Swe) 1 hole.
G Dear (Sco) bt B Akesson (Swe) 3 and 2.
J Robinson (Eng) bt C Ford (Eng) 1 hole.
R Saxton (Net) bt A Hogan (Ire) 2 holes.
H Bacher (Aut) bt O Serres (Fra) 5 and 4.
T Lewis (Eng) bt A Ferrer (Spa) 4 and 3.
P Oriol (Spa) bt P Cutler (Ire) 3 and 2.
K Samooja (Fin) bt A Dunbar (Ire) 2 and 1.
E Pepperell (Eng) bt S McEwan (Sco) 5 and 4.
B Hemstock (Eng) bt P McLean (Sco) 3 and 2.
V Dubuisson (Fra) bt A Hortal (Spa) 7 and 5.
G Cambis (Fra) bt A Kaleka (Fra) 2 holes.
S Hutsby (Eng) bt C Pigem (Spa) 3 and 2.
M Haines (Eng) bt T Adcock (Eng) 2 and 1.
M Nixon (Eng) bt S Nogue (Spa) 1 hole.
Second round
Widegren bt Lowry at 20th.
Dear bt Robinson 4 and 3.
Saxton bt Bacher 4 and 3.
Lewis bt Oriol 1 hole.
Pepperell bt Samooja 2 and 1.
Dubuisson bt Hemstock 2 and 1.
Hutsby bt Cambis 3 and 1.
Haines bt Nixon at 19th.