STIRLING UNIVERSITY INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT DAY 2 REPORT

 FERGUSON AND SHARVIN LEVEL WITH 

ROUND TO GO AT DUNDONALD LINKS

 REPORT FROM DR ROB MACHERSON

Another flat calm and sunny day at Dundonald Links in Ayrshire ensured that the 4th Stirling Invitational Golf Tournament moves to its conclusion on Wednesday with a tight battle for both the men's and women's individual trophies. 

Round of the day was a four under par 68 by Ewan Ferguson (SGU Select) which ties the 2013 British Boys Amateur champion with defending champion Cormac Sharvin (Stirling/ Ardglass) at a two-under par total. 

Robin Dawson (Maynooth) duplicated his first round level par 72 to lie third and Craig Howie (Stirling/ Peebles) is in with an outside chance of victory, lying one shot further back after a one under par 71. 

In the Men's Team competition, Stirling lost hold of their trophy for the first time ever, as the SGU Select Team - Ferguson (Bearsden), Duncan McNeill (Powfoot), Murray Naismith (Dalmahoy), Connor Syme (Dumfries and Co), Calum Fyfe (Cawder) and Daniel Young (Craigie Hill) - pipped them by virtue of the best fifth score.
In the ladies draw, Abertay Dundee's Nastja Banovec shot the round of the day, one under par 71, to leap to the head of affairs in front of Gemma Batty (Stirling; Formby) whose 75+74=149 leaves her one shot back. 

Third is Shannon Flynn from the Independent Schools Golf Association, as overnight leader Shannen Brown (Maynooth) slipped back, adding an 83 to her first round 74. 

The ladies team event reverted to type, with the impressive Stirling squad - Batty, Hannah McCook (Abernethy) and 2013 Welsh Girls Champion Nia Greville (Ashburnham) - recovering their trophy from last year's winners ISGA (who finished third) with Maynooth five shots adrift in second place.