ADAM DUNTON HALFWAY LEADER IN NICK FALDO QUALIFIER

By COLIN FARQUHARSON Colin@scottishgolfview.com  Adam Dunton from McDonald Ellon Golf Club shot a fine round of 67 - five under par and seven under CSS - to be the halfway leader of a field of 64 players in today's Nick Faldo Series' Scottish qualifying round at The Roxburghe Golf Club, Kelso. Dunton, pictured left, finished the first round a shot ahead of England's Richard Pickard who travelled north from the Mere club in a bid to qualify for the national grand final later in the season. Joint third on 70 are Kyle McClung (Wigtownshire Co), Sam Lavelle (Lancaster), Jamie Arthur (Mllnathort), Jordan Milne (Elgin) and Patrick Horsting (Royal St George's). Ayrshire women's county champion Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies) and last year's Scottish Under-18 girls champion Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies) are disputing the halfway lead in the girls' section with one-over-par 73s. Joint third on 74 arere Jordana Graham (Southerness) and Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe). East Lothian's youngest-ever women's county champion, 14-year-old Clara Young (North Berwick), who played for Great Britain and Ireland in the Junior Vagliano Trophy match at Royal Porthcawl last weekend, is not out of it on the 78 mark. Leading first-round scores BOYS Par 72. CSS 74. 67 Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon). 68 Richard Pickard (Mere). 70 Kyle McClung (Wigtownshire Co), Sam Lavelle (Lancaster), Jamie Arthur (Milnathort), Jordan Milne (Elgin), Patrick Horsting (Royal St George's). 71 Daniel Kay (Dunbar), Christopher Low (Tantallon), Craig Howie (Peebles), Euan Walker (Kilmarnock Barassie). 72 Cameron Marr (Musselburgh), Alasdair MacDougall (Elderslie), Ben Craggs (Glenbervie). 73 Blair Carnegie (Dunblane New). 74 Jeff Wright (Forres), Rodger Clarke (Moray), Greg Smail (Craigielaw), Richard Robson-Crosby (Ponteland), Kris Rae (Tyneside), Jamie Savage (Cawder), Fraser Lauder (Paisley), Jack Brown (Cathcasrt Castle), Calum Hill (Tantallon. GIRLS Par 72 73 Rachael McQueen (Troon Ladies), Lesley Atkins (Gullane Ladies). 74 Jordana Graham (Southerness), Hannah Scott (Broomieknowe). 76 Danielle Burrell (Weybrook Park). 77 Gillian Monteith (Portpatrick Dunskey), Kate McIntosh (Broomieknowe). 78 Clara Young (North Berwick. 80 Nicola Robertson (Dunblane New). 82 Tara Mactaggart (Minto). 87 Kirsten Pryde (Deeside).