Scotland girls are eight shots ahead in team event

Carly shows her class to go

three clear in Belgium

Carly Booth came out of her recent dip in form to take over the lead in the girls' championship of the Belgian international junior tournament at Royal Golf Club Belgium today.
The Comrie 16-year-old, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency (all rights reserved), shot a three-under-par 69 for a 36-hole total of two-under-par 142 and a three-shot lead at the halfway stage.
Carly used her long-hitting power to birdie the three par-5s on the course, the first, fifth and 13th. She also birdied the seventh and ninth in a flawless outward half of four-under-par 32.
Coming home, she dropped shots at the 11th and 17th, either side of her birdie at the 13th, just when she looked like building an unassailable lead.
Scottish Under-21 champion Kelsey MacDonald (Nairn Dunbar) returned a tidy 73 for 147 and a share of fourth place. Kelsey could have been in joint second place but for late bogeys at the 15th and 17th. She had dropped an early shot at the second but birdies at the seventh and short 12th had her one under par for the day until the last few holes.
In the boys' championship, Aberdeen's David Law (Hazlehead), who had a 9 at a par-4 hole plus eagles at the first and last holes in his first round 76, scored a less spectacular, par-matching 72 for 148 and a share of 20th place. David bogeyed the first and sixth but cancelled them out with birdies at the 10th and 13th.
Paul Shields (Kirkhill) improved from 78 to 72 for joint 36th place on 150. Paul was three over par for the day after bogeys at the third, fifth and 12th but he finished strongly with birdies at the 13th, 16th and 18th to salvage a par round.
Sharing the boys' lead are Ireland's Rory McNamara and Dimitri Van Doren (Belgium) on four-under-par 140.

In the team events, the great efforts by Carly and Kelsey have put Scotland at the top of the table with a running tally of 289, which has given them an eight-stroke lead over Spain and Wales, both 297, with Italy next on 301. Ireland are lying 15th with 374.

Scotland are 10 shots off the lead in the boys' team event with a 36-hole tally of 298.

Wales and Ireland are sharing the pole position on 288, five ahead of Italy (293) with Finland and Denmark (both 294), just ahead of the Czech Republic (295).
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
BOYS
140 D Van Doren (Bel) 71 69, R McNamara (Ire) 68 72.
142 K Broders (Lat) 70 72, C Nugent (Wal) 72 70.
Other scores:
146 R McLister (Wal) 73 73 (jt 12th).
148 D Law (Sco) 76 72, A Hogan (Ire) 77 71 (jt 20th).
150 P Shields (Sco) 78 72 (jt 36th).
GIRLS
142 C Booth (Sco) 73 69.
145 A Fernandez de Mesa (Spa) 74 71.
146 K O'Connor (Wal) 72 74.
147 K MacDonald (Sco) 74 73, V Van Hecke (Bel) 75 72.
Other scores:
149 S Faller (Ire) 76 73 (jt 6th).
151 A Boulden (Wal) 72 79 (jt 13th).

152 L Mernagh (Ire) 76 76 (jt 17th).