Clark equals Craigmillar Park

record with a 61 for lead

Kilmalcolm's Matthew Clark, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, equalled the course record of nine-under-par 61 on his way to going to strokes clear of the Craigmillar Park Open field with two rounds to play on Sunday.
Clark had shot a first-round 69 before his great effort to match the record held by local member Kenneth Mail.
Clark led by two shots after the opening two rounds from English "invader" Jack Senior from Heysham who had a pair of 66s for 132 on a day of low scoring and Murrayshall's Gavin Dear.
Dear, a member of the trio who won the Eisenhower Trophy for Scotland in Australia last October, led at the end of the first round with a seven-under-par 63 but he slipped back to a share of second place after a 69 in the afternoon.
Only those with 36-hole aggregates of 138 or better qualified for Sunday's final two rounds.
There were two holes in one during the day. Scott Michie (Thornton) aced the 204yd seventh and Colin Thomson (East Renfrewshire) had a hole in one at the 13th (152yd.

LEADING TWO-ROUND TOTALS
Par 140 (2 x 70)
130 Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) 69 61.
132 Jack Senior (Heysham) 66 66, Gavin Dear (Murrayshall) 63 69.

+More scores later, hopefully!