TWO SCOTS MAKE IT, TWO SCOTS FAIL AT LADIES SLOVAK OPEN

Pamela Pretswell and Vikki Laing made the cut but Pamela Feggans and Kylie Walker were eliminated after two rounds of the Allianz Ladies Slovak Open at Brezno, Tale in Slovakia today (Friday).

Pretswell, representing The Nairn Golf Club, and Musselburgh's Laing had identical rounds of 75-73 for four-over-par 148, one shot inside the limit mark in joint 44th place.

Feggans (Doon Valley) had rounds of 76-78 for 154 while Walker (Carrick on Loch Lomond) totalled 157 with scores of 81-76.

Line Videl (Denmark) (67-71) and Gwladys Nocera (France) (70-68) share the lead on six-under 138.

NEWS RELEASE FROM THE LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR   REPORT BY BETHAN CUTLER, LET Media Manager

Brezno, Slovakia: Former European No.1 Gwladys Nocera shot a four-under 68 on Friday to join the defending champion Line Vedel of Denmark in a share of the lead after the second round of the Allianz Ladies Slovak Open presented by Respect. First-round co-leader Vedel added a one-under 71 to her opening 67 to end tied at six-under after a second day of scorching conditions at Golf Resort Talé near Brezno. Sweden’s Camilla Lennarth was two strokes back on four-under after a 69. Playing in temperatures of 30C with barely a breeze, Nocera fired five birdies and a bogey on the mountainous Gray Bear Golf Course. The 38-year-old Frenchwoman said: “I just played well. I hit 17 greens and I’m hitting the ball better than yesterday so I really tried to stay patient. This course is really demanding, physically and mentally.” While several players struggled with the heat and the steeply inclined fairways, Nocera took the conditions in her stride. “You’ve got to drink a lot of water. If you have energy drinks and it works for you, it’s good. Normally I drink water and eat a little bit frequently. I try to stay in the shade, which is hard, because there are not many trees around. I’ll try to stay patient and not get mad, because it’s a waste of energy,” she said. Vedel, who won her maiden title by two strokes from Caroline Masson at the venue 12 months ago, was also managing her physical fitness, despite suffering from a bad back. “I swim quite a lot when I’m here. It’s so warm that I don’t feel like going for a run but I stretch a lot and drink vitamin water. You need to eat and when it’s this warm I don’t really feel like eating,” said the 24-year-old from Denmark. Vedel mixed five birdies with four bogeys, but lamented: “I had so many chances but missed quite a lot. I hit some bad shots in between and made some bogeys so it was up and down. I’m happy I was under par.” Lennarth was also delighted with her 69 after struggling with her driver for most of the round and missing the fairways left off the tee. The Swedish rookie said: “Driving is normally my strength, but this week it’s my weakness. I would say that I’m happy with my round, especially after yesterday when I struggled the first 15 holes and birdied the last three holes.  "I missed the ball left a lot but it was much better today.” First round co-leader Nikki Campbell’s second-round 78 was 11 shots worse than her opening 67, but the Australian LET rookie was still only seven shots from the lead in a share of 19th. The current ISPS Handa Order of Merit leader Charley Hull was looking precariously close to the cut line after going out in six over par, but birdied her last three holes for a four-under back nine to finish two shots inside the cut at three-over-par.     SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD Par 144 (2x72) 138 Gwladys Nocera (FRA)  70 68, Line Vedel (DEN)  67 71 140 Camilla Lennarth (SWE)  71 69 141 Lee-Anne Pace (RSA)  71 70, Trish Johnson (ENG)  69 72, Linda Wessberg (SWE)  71 70 142 Rebecca Artis (AUS)  73 69, Hannah Burke (ENG)  72 70, Nontaya Srisawang (THA)  74 68, Daniela Holmqvist (SWE)  70 72, Louise Larsson (SWE)  70 72, Mikaela Parmlid (SWE)  72 70 143 Emily Taylor (ENG)  72 71, Veronica Zorzi (ITA)  73 70, Klara Spilkova (CZE)  71 72, Lucie Andre (FRA)  71 72 144 Margherita Rigon (ITA)  73 71, Noora Tamminen (FIN)  73 71 145 Zuzana Kamasova (SVK)  72 73, Whitney Hillier (AUS)  75 70, Nikki Campbell (AUS)  67 78, Melanie Maetzler (SUI)  70 75, Holly Aitchison (ENG)  74 71, Jade Schaeffer (FRA)  71 74, Stacy Lee Bregman (RSA)  71 74, Jacqueline Hedwall (SWE)  72 73, Florentyna Parker (ENG)  69 76 146  Connie Chen (RSA)  70 76, Mireia Prat (ESP)  75 71, Valentine Derrey (FRA)  73 73, Malene Jorgensen (DEN)  75 71, Beth Allen (USA)  73 73, Laura Davies (ENG)  70 76, Rebecca Hudson (ENG)  75 71, Diana Luna (ITA)  71 75 147  Sophie Sandolo (ITA)  70 77, Minea Blomqvist (FIN)  71 76, Celine Herbin (FRA)  71 76, Liz Young (ENG)  73 74, Julie Greciet (FRA)  72 75, Sahra Hassan (WAL)  75 72, Jessica Karlsson (SWE)  73 74, Charley Hull (ENG)  73 74 148 Pamela Pretswell (SCO)  75 73, Isabella Ramsay (SWE)  74 74, Ann-Kathrin Lindner (GER)  76 72, Sophie Giquel-bettan (FRA)  70 78, Maria Hernandez (ESP)  77 71, Vikki Laing (SCO)  75 73, Caroline Afonso (FRA)  77 71, Marianne Skarpnord (NOR)  76 72 149 Vittoria Valvassori (ITA)  74 75, Marion Ricordeau (FRA)  76 73, Ursula Wikstrom (FIN)  76 73, Tania Elosegui (ESP)  78 71, Stefania Croce (ITA)  76 73, Eleanor Givens (ENG)  74 75, Elisabeth Esterl (GER)  74 75, Virginie Lagoutte (FRA)  77 72, Galina Rotmistrova (RUS)  75 74 Missed the cut: 150 Charlotte Ellis (ENG)  73 77, Viva Schlasberg (SWE)  74 76, Anais Maggetti (SUI)  78 72, Steffi Kirchmayr (GER)  75 75, Bree Arthur (AUS)  75 75, Danielle Montgomery (ENG)  78 72, Rebecca Sorensen (SWE)  71 79, Lydia Hall (WAL)  72 78, Alison Whitaker (AUS)  73 77 151 Henni Zuel (ENG)  72 79, Emma Cabrera-bello (ESP)  78 73, Cathryn Bristow (NZL)  78 73, Lauren Mielbrecht (USA)  76 75, Maria Beautell (ESP)  76 75, Christine Wolf (AUT)  77 74, Caroline Rominger (SUI)  76 75, Helena Callahan (SWE)  74 77, Titiya Plucksataporn (THA)  76 75, Stefanie Michl (AUT)  78 73 152 Melissa Reid (ENG)  77 75, Megan Grehan (USA)  77 75, Margarita Ramos (MEX)  75 77, Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA)  78 74, Morgana Robbertze (RSA)  75 77 153 Benedikte Grotvedt (NOR)  78 75, Jessica Yadloczky (USA)  76 77, Alexandra Vilatte (FRA)  80 73, Mallory Fraiche (USA)  76 77, Karen Lunn (AUS)  80 73 154 Joanna Klatten (FRA)  76 78, Pamela Feggans (SCO)  76 78, Louise Kristersson (SWE)  78 76, Stephanie Na (AUS)  79 75 155 Sophie Walker (ENG)  77 78, Elina Nummenpaa (FIN)  81 74, Cheyenne Woods (USA)  80 75, Laura Jansone (LVA)  82 73 156 Tara Davies (WAL)  80 76, Aneta Abrahamova (SVK)  75 81, Carmen Alonso (ESP)  76 80 157 Kylie Walker (SCO)  81 76, Miriam Nagl (GER)  82 75, Julia Davidsson (SWE)  78 79, Becky Brewerton (WAL)  78 79, Kym Larratt (ENG)  80 77 158 Marjet Van Der Graaff (NED)  78 80 159 Karolina Vlckova (CZE)  83 76 160 Sarah King (AUS)  82 78, Kaisa Ruuttila (FIN)  79 81, Ana Larraneta (ESP)  83 77 161 Isabell Gabsa (GER)  81 80, Klara Kaminska (CZE)  83 78 162 Daniela Prorokova (CZE)  84 78, Danielle McVeigh (IRL)  80 82 164 Julie Tvede (DEN)  85 79, Georgina Simpson (ENG)  79 85 168 Sara Wikstrom (SWE)  84 84 170 Katarina Chovancova (SVK)  82 88 RTD Nina Holleder (GER)