Wood, Shields and O'Hara share lead at

halfway in Lanark's Newlands Trophy

The stage is set for a final 36 holes of fluctuating fortunes in the SGU 72-hole Order of Merit event, the Newlands Trophy, at Lanark Golf Club on Sunday.
Three players - Ed Wood (Crow Wood), Paul Shields (Kirkhill) and Paul O'Hara (Colville Park) - are sharing the lead on level par 140.
Shields has been beaten in the last two Scottish boys' match-play finals. Walker Cup reserve O'Hara has already won the Edwards Trophy over 54 holes at Glasgow Gailes and the Sutherland Chalice at Dumfries.
Three shots cover the leading eight players with young James Hendrick (Pollok) on 141 followed by Andrew Wallace (Glenbervie) and Chris Lawton (Stirling) on 142, and North-east challenger Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh), recent winner of the North-east District Open at Peterhead, and last year's Scottish boys' stroke-play champion Mark Bookless (Sandyhills) on 143.
A total of 46 players qualified with totals of 155 or better for the final two rounds.

QUALIFIERS
Par 140 (2x70) CSS 73 73
140 Ed Wood (Crow Wood) 70 70, Paul Shields (Kirkhill) 69 71, Paul O'Hara (Colville Park) 67 71.
141 James Hendrick (Pollok) 70 71.
142 Andrew Wallace (Glenbervie) 73 69, Chris Lawton (Stirling) 72 70.
143 Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh) 71 72, Mark Bookless (Sandyhills) 67 76.
145 Michael Smyth (Royal Troon) 74 71, Ben Sloan (Cathkin Braes) 72 73.
146 Philip McLean (Peterhead) 68 78.
147 Fraser Campbell (Clober) 78 60, Fraser Fotheringham (Nairn) 78 69, Stuart Boyle (Harburn) 76 71.
148 Andrew McLachlan (Bonnyton) 75 73, Craig Watson (East Renfrewshire) 73 75, Marco Russo (Craigielaw) 72 76.
149 Steven McEwan (Caprington) 77 72, Scott Adams (Lanark) 74 75.
150 Colin Thomson (East Renfrewshire) 79 71, Stewart Henderson (Hamilton) 76 74, Mark Hillson (Craigielaw) 74 76, Stephen Wills (Lanark) 74 76.
151 James Johnston (Greenburn) 77 74, Gordon Stevenson (Whitecraigs) 76 75, Graeme Duncan (Shotts) 76 75, Robert Carson (Dalmahoy Hotel) 76 75, James Aitken (Alloa) 75 76, Chris Robb (Inchmarlo) 73 78.
152 Scott Borrowman (Dollar) 75 77, Chis Orr (Lanark) 75 77, Kristofer Harper (Carnoustie) 74 78, Sean McGarvey (Glen Gorse) 72 80.
153 Ross Bell (Downfield) 82 71, Ben Renfrew (The Wynyard) 77 76, Steven Rennie (Drumpellier) 76 77.
154 Tom Blennerhassett (Dalmahoy Hotel) 79 75, Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 78 76, Alistair Lauder (Paisley) 73 81.
155 Alastair McPhail (Ratho Park) 78 77, Alan Sutherland (Ladybank) 77 78, Paul Gault (Kirkhill) 77 78, Chris Carson (Innerleithen) 77 78, Malcolm Campbell (Swanston) 77 78, Michael Burnett (Harburn) 76 79, William Steele (Carnwath) 73 82.
MISSED THE CUT
156 Graeme McDougall (Bishopbriggs) 81 75, Peter Scanlon (Hamilton) 81 75, Fraser Moore (Glenbervie) 80 76, Jamie Lamb (Lanark) 77 79, Alan Welsh (Torrance House) 77 79, Darryn Grant (Renfrew) 76 80, Steven Smith (Dalmahoy Hotel) 75 81.
157 Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar) 83 74, Laurie Clark (Kinghorn Municipal) 81 76, Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle) 80 77, Sean Thompson (St Andrews) 79 78, Aaron Howard (Murrayshall) 79 78.
158 Greg Paterson (st Andrews New) 79 79.
159 Alistair Ritchie (Strathaven) 79 80.
161 John Johnston (Lanark) 80 81, Craig Deerness (Harburn) 79 82.
162 Garry Duncan (Carnoustie) 81 81.
163 Ian Redford (St Andress New) 79 84.
165 Robbie Allan (Lanark) 84 81.