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Friday, September 08, 2006

WORLD UNIVERSITIES CHSHIPS

YATES SLIPS BACK TO JOINT THIRD
- AND SO TOO DO GREAT BRITAIN

Stirling student Gordon Yates had his worst round so far – a par 72 – and slipped down to joint third place on eight-under 208 in the men’s individual standings with one round to go in the world university golf championship at Circolo Golf Torino in Italy today.
Team-mate Daniel Willett from Sheffield and Jacksonville State University is in sixth place on 212 after a 71.
Great Britain fell back in the men’s team event to joint third place behind Japan.
In the women’s championship, Dunblane’s Heather MacRae had her best round so far, a one-over-par 73, and improved to 11th place in the individual table. The Great Britain women are ninth behind United States in the team event.



THIRD ROUND TOTALS

MEN – Individual
202 Chen-Chih Chiang (Chinese Taipei) 70 66 66.
206 Y Ikeda (Jap) 74 64 68.
208 G Yates (GB) 67 69 72, A Manning (US) 71 67 70.
211 A McAllister (Ire) 69 75 67.
212 D Willett (GB) 69 72 71, P Relecom (Bel) 68 71 73.
213 W Mitchell (Can) 78 69 66, M Campbell (Ire) 73 71 69, M Studen (Slo) 71 73 69, J Gill (NZ) 71 73 69, A Lethem (US) 70 73 70.
Other scores:
214 N O’Connor (Ire) 72 72 70.
215 A McCloy (Ire) 70 72 73.
219 P Hanlon (Ire) 73 73 73.
220 J Palmer (GB) 75 71 74.
222 E Parker (GB) 77 70 75.
224 A McKinley (Ire) 78 74 72.
MEN– Team
635 Japan.
636 United States.
638 Chinese Taipei, Great Britain.
641 Ireland, Canada.
644 New Zealand.
650 South Africa.
653 France.
657 Thailand.
660 Italy.
671 Switzerland.
687 Russia.
705 Slovenia.
739 Germany.
WOMEN – Individual
214 S Lewis (US) 72 71 71.
219 S Brown (US) 71 77 71, E Hara (Jap) 72 71 76.
221 M Vertchenova (Rus) 75 73 73, M Bazin de Jessey (Fra) 76 67 78.
Other scores:
225 H MacRae (GB) 76 76 73.
230 C Tucker (Ire) 77 76 77.
234 N Kitching (Ire) 82 78 74.
237 F Sanderson (GB) 77 83 77.
238 G O’Leary (Ire) 81 74 83.
246 O Briggs (GB) 82 83 81.
265 E Getty (Ire) 85 92 88.
WOMEN – Team
433 United States.
438 Japan.
443 Italy.
444 Chinese Taipei.
449 Russia, France.
459 Ireland.
461 Thailand.
462 Great Britain.
479 Germany, South Africa.
480 New Zealand.
492 Canada.
534 Slovenia.