GARETH WRIGHT JT 2ND IN SPAIN AFTER LEADER CRICHTON SLUMPS

         GARETH WRIGHT ... SIX BIRDIES IN HIS FINAL ROUND

Aberdour amateur Scott Crichton dropped out of the lead with a second-round 75 - 10 shots more than his first-round effort - at the Corvera Open at Corvera Golf and Country Club, Murcia in south-east Spain.
The Scotland international finished joint seventh in the field of 30 behind three-stroke winner Phillip Mejow (Germany) who shot 66-68 for 10-under-par 134.
West Linton's Welsh tour pro Gareth Wright tied for second place with David Callaway (England) with scores of 69-68 for seven-under 137. Wright had six birdies and two bogeys in his final round.
Former Scottish boys' match-play champion Paul Ferrier from Baberton finished joint fourth on 138 with a pair of 69s.
Neil Fenwick (Dunbar) shot 70-74 for level par 144 and a joint 17th place finish.

CORVERA OPEN
Corvera Golf and Country Club, Murcia, SE Spain
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 144 (2x72)
134 Phillip Mejow (Ger) 66 68.
137 Gareth Wright (Wal) 69 68, David Callaway (Eng) 67 70
138 Paul Ferrier (Sco) 69 69, George Woolgar (Eng) 66 72

OTHER SCOTS' SCORES
140 Scott Crichton 65 75 (T7)
144 Neil Fenwick 70 74 (T17).