DICK LEADS BY THREE IN WEATHER-DELAYED NEWLANDS TROPHY

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Defending champion Allyn Dick (Kingsknowe) is the clear halfway leader in the SGU Order of Merit 72-hole competition, the Newlands Trophy, at Lanark GC this weekend.
After the longest day in the tournament's history - there were two suspensions because of the threat of lightning and bad weather - players were still out on the course after 9pm with light fading fast.
Scotland international Dick (pictured by Tom Ward Photography), Scottish mid-amateur champion in 2005 and 2006 and Cameron Corbett Vase winner in 2009, tagged a second-round 66 on to a 68 to go three shots clear of the field on six-under-par 134.
Although now listing Kingsknowe as his home club, Dick has strong Lanarkshire connections. He has been club champion of Shotts for the past seven years.
His closest rivals going into Sunday's final two rounds are Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle) (69-68) and first-round leader Steven Rennie (Drumpellier) (67-70).
A total of 41 players survived the halfway cut with two-round totals of 151 or better.


SECOND-R0UND TOTALS
Par 140 (2x70) CSS 72 72
134 Allyn Dick (Kingsknowe) 68 66.
137 Sam Binning (Ranfurly Castle) 69 68, Steven Rennie (Drumpellier) 67 70.
138 Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) 68 70.
139 James White (Lundin) 72 67, Paul Ferrier (Baberton) 68 71.
140 James Ross (Royal Burgess) 73 67, Paul Shields (Kirkhill) 69 71.
141 Ross Noon (Craigielaw) 70 71, Scott Crichton (Aberdour) 70 71, Conor O'Neil (Pollok) 68 73, Horacio Leon (Chile) 68 73.
142 Brian Soutar (Leven GS) 73 69, Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh) 69 73, John Duff (Newmachar) 69 73, Kyle McClung (Wigtownshire Co) 68 74.
143 James Hendrick (Pollok) 75 68, Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 72 71, Alexander Culverwell (Dunbar) 72 71, Steven Maxwell (Windyhill) 70 73.
144 Greig Marchbank (Dumfries and Co) 74 70, Fraser Moore (Glenbervie) 74 70, Mark Bookless (Sandyhills) 74 70.
145 Sean McGarvey (Glencorse) 75 70, Daniel Kay (Dunbar) 75 70, Fraser McKenna (Balmore) 70 75.
146 Alan Webb (Cathkin Braes) 76 70, Scott Borrowman (Dollar) 75 71, Stewart Henderson (Hamilton) 74 72,Scott Ritchie (New Zealand) 73 73.
147 Jamie Lamb (Lanark) 73 74, Lee Morgan (Swanston New) 73 74, Matthew Clark (Kilmacolm) 71 76, Stuart McKechnie (Lanark) 71 76.
148 Malcolm Campbell (Swanston New) 73 75.
149 Stephen Neilson (Dunbar) 73 76, Stephen Speirs (Portpatrick) 72 77.
150 Colin Thomson (East Renfrewshire) 78 72.
151 Michael Campbell (Renfrew) 76 75, Richard Docherty (Bearsden) 75 76, Craig Deerness (Harburn) 74 77.
MISSED THE CUT
152 Gordon Yates 77 75, Graham Robertson 77 75, Alan Sutherland 77 75, Scott Brownlie 74 78, Stephen Wills 71 81.
153 Alastair Rogers 77 76.
154 Thomas Sharkey 77 77, Andrew Wallace 72 82.
155 Graeme McDougall 79 76.
156 Alistair Hain 79 77, Malcolm Pennycott 78 78.
157 Kevin Duncan 81 76, James Johnston 79 78, Grant Carnie 77 80, Steven Smith 75 82.
158 Ben Renfrew 83 75, Lawrie Clark 77 81.
165 James Barrett 80 84.
167 Craig Boyd 86 81.