ENGLAND LEAD CHALLENGE TROPHY IN ICELAND

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England continue to lead the European Men’s Challenge Trophy at Keilir in Iceland and are on course to qualify for next year’s European men’s team championship. 
On day two, with five scores from six to count, England finished on 358 for an aggregate of 710, level par, four strokes ahead of Portugal and the Netherlands in joint second spot.
Ben Stow (Rushmore, Wiltshire), image © Tom Ward,  shot a two-under par 69 containing five birdies to lead the individual standing on five under for the tournament, a shot ahead of Portugal’s Pedro Figueiredo and three ahead of the rest of the field.
Garrick Porteous (Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland),  returned 72, also with five birdies, but he double-bogeyed the short 16^th to drop back and is joint third on two under.
Of the other England players, Jack Hiluta (Chelmsford, Essex), one of the first day leaders, returned 74 for level par overall, Craig Hinton (The Oxfordshire), is on three over after a 70, while Callum Shinkwin (Moor Park, Hertfordshire), carded a 74 and Ben Taylor (Walton Heath, Surrey) 73.