Adam Tribe has shot himself to a handy lead at Chalambar Golf Club's men's championships in round two on Saturday.
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The plus one golfer sits seven shots clear of Michael Harricks - in a commanding lead to take out his second consecutive championship at the club.
Tribe started with a birdie then shot three bogeys in a row - but pulled it together to shoot a score of 69.
"I was two over through five and told myself to pick up my game," Tribe said.
"Mike (Harricks) can really turn it on at Chally and if the opportunity presents itself he can putt everything in sight so I knew I needed to shoot a good score.
"I got back to one under for the first nine and knew I was in a good position."
Tribe said he was happy with the two first rounds going into the last.
"I know Mike has shot some really low scores around the course," he said.
"I was happy if I went out and shot under par for the championships. I've done that in the first two rounds, now to concentrate on the last."
"Due to a number of circumstances it didn't eventuate," he said.
"I called around some other clubs but they had already appointed trainees due to the time of year.
"I decided to go another way about beginning to become a professional golfer and have started a course at Sandhurst - that will give me an exemption for my first year of a traineeship."
The action continues with the last round to be contested on Saturday.
Tee times are as follows;
Front Nine
11:58am W. Seadon, D. Phillips, C. Lacey; 12:05pm B. Heard, B. Ward, C. Vearing; 12:12pm J. Brennan, R. Tucker, J. Shaw; 12:19pm A. Williamson, I. Gibson, D. Biddle, S. O'Connell; 12:26pm P. Kerber, D. Jennings, S. Muller, N. Lloyd; 12:33pm A. Tribe, M. Harricks, D. Crawford, R. Harricks.
Back Nine
11:44am A. Evans, B. Marriott, C. Fresle; 11:51am F. Kitchen, P. Brady, P. Hall; 11:58am L. Webb, M. Harris, A. Marx, D. Hull; 12:05pm D. Beer, G. Graham, B. Hosking, H. Page; 12:12pm T. Philip, S. Hunt, T. Farrar, E. Thomason; 12:19pm J. Evans, J. Berg, A. Mahoney; 12:26pm M. Chamings, P. Clark, P Goudie, P. Gemmola; 12:33pm P. Roberts, B. Smart, D. O'Connell, N. Clark; 12:40pm G. Kerr, K. Farrar, N. Pearse, R. Thomas.
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