There's no place like home for Leven leader 

Mitchell at Champion of Champions

Playing over his home links, David Mitchell junior, a member of the Leven Thistle club, leads the field by one shot at the halfway stage of the Scottish Champion of Champions 72-hole tournament over the Leven links in Fife, writes Colin Farquharson.
Mitchell's bag of 10 birdies for the day was not the best - joint third place Barry Hume (Haggs Castle) had 12 - but he had very few bogeys and birdies at the 13th, 14th, 16th and 17th for an inward 33 in his second round earned him the pole position going into Sunday's final two rounds.
Former British and Scottish boys champion Ewen Ferguson (Bearsden) is breathing down Mitchell's neck after rounds of 67 and 69 for 136. He covered his bogey-free last 13 holes in four under par with birdies at the sixth, eight, 13th and 14th.
Two shots behind Ferguson are three men on 138 - Barry Hume (66-72), Graeme Robertson (Glenbervie) 68-70 and Craig Ross (Kirkhill), also 68-70.
Former pro Hume had five birdies in a row from the 10th to the 15th in his first-round 66 but he also ran up a double bogey 7 at the sixth.
Barry boosted his bag of birdies to 12 with gains at the 11th, 12th, 13th and 16th in his second round.
Graeme Robertson strung together four birdies - 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th - in an inward 33 in his second round. He had come home in 32 in the first round, thanks to an eagle 3 at the long 13th
There is no cut in this tournament which is traditionally the first front-line men's amateur event of the season. 

SCROLL PAST SCORES FOR SUNDAY TEE TIMES


SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71) SS 72 CSS 72 72
135 D Mitchell, jun (Leven Th) 68 67.
136 E Ferguson (Bearsden) 67 69
138 B Hume (Haggs Castle) 66 72, G Robertson (Glenbervie) 68 70, C Ross (Kirkhill) 68 70
139 S Fairburn (Torwoodlee) 67 72, S Gison (Southerness) 71 68
140 D Young (Craigie Hill) 67 73, M Clark (Kilmacolm) 70 70, C Maclean (Balmore) 70 70
141 G Davidson (Winterfield) 72 69, E Wood (Crow Wood) 71 70, B Kinsley (St Andrews) 71 70
142 B Edmond (Bon Accord) 72 70, K Gallacher (East Kilbride) 73 69, S Smith (Downfield) 71 71
143 G Marchbank (Thornhill) 72 71, M Brodie (Strathmore) 69 74, R Clark (Erskine) 75 68
144 A Davidson (Charleton) 72 72, S Rennie (Drumpellier) 75 69, F Grant (Ralston) 73 71, B Carnegie (Glenbervie) 71 73
145 J Shanks (Irvine) 72 73, R White (Leven GS) 74 71, D Lawrence (Ballumbie Castle) 71 74, N Macandrew (Royal Aberdeen) 69 76, J Wright (Forres) 68 77
146 K Godsman (Moray) 75 71, G Sangster (Cathkin Braes) 69 77
147 A Farmer (Kilmacolm) 72 75, S Stewart (Clydebank Overtoun) 73 74, M Dailly (Erskine) 74 73, M Lindsay (Broughty) 74 73, R Campbell (Falkirk) 73 74
148 R Johnston (Glenvervie) 75 73, C Watson (East Renfrewshire) 76 72
149 C Hamilton (Ballochmyle) 76 73, F Carr (Crail GS) 70 79
150 J Muir (Braehead) 74 76, S Robertson (Hazlehead) 76 74, D Thorburn (Tain) 75 75, J Tinlin (Hawick) 79 71 
152 D MacFarlane (Greenock) 76 76
153 R Benvie (Braehead) 76 77
154 D Kirk (Drumoig) 75 79 
163 I MacCalman (Clober) 85 78 

SUNDAY TEE TIMES
08:00 and 12.30 MacCalman, Kirk
08:08 and 12.38 Benvie, MacFarlane,
08:16 and 12.46 Syme, Muir.
08:24 and 12.54Thorburn, S Robertson
08.32 and 01.02 Tinlin, Carr.
08.40 and 01.10 Hamilton, Johnston
08.48 and 01.18 Watson, Farmer
08.56 and 01.26 Campbell, Stewart

09.04 and 01.34 Daily, Lindsay
09.12 and 01.42 Sangster, Godsman
09.20 and 01.50 Wright, Macandrew
09.28 and 01.58 Lawrence, Shanks
09.36 and 02.06 White, Carnegie
09.44 and 02.14 A Davidson, Grant
09.52 and 02.22 Rennie, Brodie

10.00 and 02.30 Marchbank, R Clark
10.08 and 02.38 S Smith, Edmond
10.16 and 02.46 Gallacher, Kinsley
10.24 and 02.54 Wood, G Davidson
10.32 and 03.02 Young, Maclean.
10.40 and 03.10 M Clark, Fairburn
10.48 and 03.18 Gibson, Hume.
10:56 and 03.26 Ross, G Robertson.

11:04 and 03.34 Ferguson, Mitchell jun.