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Clitheroe’sMarkYoung has qualified to play in the Open Championship at St Andrews later this month aftershooting afour-un- der-par total of 138 to win the final Open qualifying event at Glasgow Gailes.


c Samantha Murray in action in the combined event in Berlin (s). Brave effort from Murray


World champion goes down fighting in difficult conditions in Berlin Performance Director Jan


Samantha Murray foughtto the end totry and defend her Modern Pentathlon World t i­ tle in Berlin, in energy-sapping heat.


Murray, victorious in Warsaw last year, finished fifth in Ger­ many, but can take great heart from her performance.


q She had a terrific start to the final, recordingjoint first place in the pool, but suffered in the fencing as she won just


12 o f her 35 bouts, leaving her 18 th in the table ahead of the third event. Murray’s riding talent shone


through, however, as she pro­ duced a clear round over a tricky course, picking up just two time faults in the tight time allowed. Every point proved valua-.


ble, as she went into the com­ bined event in nth place, with a 65-second handicap. Medal contention seemed


a long way off, with Germany’s Lena Schoneborn securing a nine-second advantage, after winning a record-breaking 30 of her 35 fencing bouts. But Murray showed her


fighting spirit, displaying ex­ actly why she is a world-class pentathlete. With her precise shooting


and powerful running, Murray scored the third fastest com­ bined time, and clawed her way to a top five finish.


Bartu was extremely pleased with how the 2012 Olympic sil­ ver medallist managed to turn her day around. “The second half of the day


was just perfect, she rode per­ fectly and she had an exception­ ally good combined event, even by her standards. Her fencing was way below par and she couldn’t really break into the competition; you have to be up there in the fencing to be in with


a chance of a medal. “It was a really long day for


thegirlsinthehottestdayofthe week, and it was almost impos­ sible to rehydrate properly due to the demands of the schedule. “For Sam, this will have been


extremely good for her confi­ dence ahead of the European Championships in Bath later this summer. You can see that if she is in good form in August, she will be up there contending fora medal."


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The 33-year-old, who only turned professional in No­ vember last year carded rounds of 68 and 70 to se­ cure his place at the Home of Golfin two weeks’ time. The former conserva­


tory fitter who turned pro after admitting to being a little “fed up" with amateur golf said: “It’s a dream come true.I’veplayedacoupleof Links Trophy tournaments and always loved it there so I’m really looking forward


to the Open.” ' Young had a scare at the


par 514th when a wayward tee shot headed for the railway track, but the ball came to rest on the road and he was able to walk off with a birdie 4. Mark is a three-time


Lancashireamateur cham­ pionship and five-time Northern Order o f Merit winner.


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