EWEN FERGUSON HANGS ON IN THERE IN MCGREGOR TROPHY

Ewen Ferguson (Bearsden) is hanging on in there at the halfway stage of the English Under-16 boys' stroke-play championship for the McGregor Trophy at Trevose GC.
While overnight leader David Brady from Ireland dropped like a stone with an 85 (14 shots worse than his first score), Ferguson battled for a 74 and 146, which sees him in joint third place, only a shot behind the joint leaders, Haydn McCulloch (Delamere Forest) (73-72) and Jake Storey (Alnmouth) (73-72),
Other Scots to make the cut were Blair Gavin (Kilmarnock Barassie, joint 10th on 151 (76-75), Cameron Kirkwood (77-75) and Lewis Bain (Musselburgh) (76-76) joint 18th on 152, Ben Kinsley (St Andrews New), joint 20th on 153 (77-76) and George Burns (Williamwood), joint 35th on 155 (79-76).
The seven other Scots were eliminated.

ENGLISH UNDER-16 OPEN STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
Trevose GC.
LEADING SECOND ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71)
145 Hayden McCulloch (Delamere Forest) 73 72, Jake Storey (Alnmouth) 73 72
146 Klaus Ganter (Spain) 75 71, Ewen Ferguson (Bearsden) 72 74.
OTHER SCOTS SCORES
151 Blair Gavin (Kilmarnock Barassie) 76 75 (T10)
152 Cameron Kirkwood (Bearsden) 77 75, Lewis Bain (Musselburgh) 76 76 (T16).
153Ben Kinsley (St Andrews New) 77 76 (T20).
155 George Burns (Williamwood) 79 76 (T35)
MISSED THE CUT
158 Alasdair McDougall (St Andrews New) 81 77
159 Robert MacIntyre (Glencruitten) 79 80, Fraser Davren (Williamwood) 77 82
161 Murray Naysmith (Marriott Dalmahoy) 84 77
162 Callum Cochrane (Marriot Dalmahoy) 81 81.
171 Innes Ferguson (Drumpellier) 80 91
176 Andreas Frey (Crieff) 83 93