Calum (13) leads Scottish U16 boys'


championship by three with 18 holes to go


By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Thirteen-year-old Nairn prospect Calum D Scott leads the field by three strokes with 18 holes to play in the Global Golf Post Scottish Under-16 boys' open stroke-play championships at the Kittocks course, Fairmont St Andrews.

Scott, pictured, shot a three-under-par 68 this morning in the second round - birdies at the second, eighth, 11th and 16th, bogey at the 17th - for a 54-hole tally of seven-under-par 206.
His nearest challenger is France's Jean Bekirian who had a 70 for 209.


LEADING THIRD ROUND SCORES
Par 213 (3x71) SSS 71 CSS 70 70 71
206 C D Scott (Nairn) 67 71 68.
209 J Bekirian (France) 67 72 70.
210 L Ettlin (Switz) 76 65 66, J Robson (Hexham) 76 65 69, T Buru (France) 74 67 69.
211 J Greer (Australia) 71 70 70, C Barbour (St Andrews New) 72 67 67, G Teodoro (Portugal) 72 70 69.
212 M O'Harcourt (France) 73 70 69.
214 C Robinson (Turnhouse) 68 74 72, A O'Hagan (Old Ranfurly) 74 70 70, O Bartram (Notts) 75 70 69, A Bauduin (France) 70 74 70.


OTHER SCOTS' SCORES
220 C Black (Royal Aberdeen) 73 67 80, D Walsh (Lochgelly) 72 72 76

222 H Austin (Dumfries and Co) 75 69 78.