By Philip Croucher Cape Breton Post Peter Campbell is no longer leading the Nova Scotia junior golf championship. The 18-year-old Baddeck resident shot a 78 Tuesday to drop into fourth place, five strokes behind juvenile-aged golfer David Williamson of Ashburn following round two of the provincial junior golf championship at the Bell Bay Golf Club in Baddeck. Campbell took a one stroke lead into Tuesday's round after opening the 72-hole tournament with an even par 72. "Three doubles didn't help," said Campbell, referring to the opening nine holes of his round Tuesday. "It was pretty much everything today." Williamson, who fired a 69 Tuesday, leads the championship by one stroke over fellow juvenile competitor Josh Burbidge of Avon Valley, who has a two round total of 146. Ryan Burke of Brightwood, also a juvenile player, stands alone in third place at 149 following a second round 73. The top seven overall finishers in the boys division from Bell Bay qualify to represent Nova Scotia at the Canadian junior golf championship Aug. 14-17 at Ken-Wo. An eighth and final team member will be chosen by the Nova Scotia Golf Association. "I don't really care if I win actually, I just want to make the team," said Campbell, who was a member of the Nova Scotia junior team in 2000 and 1998. Just five strokes behind Campbell is Seaview's Aaron Barrington, who carded a second round 78 Tuesday to sit at 155 for the tournament. Barrington is in a three-way tie for ninth at the tournament with Adam White of Abercrombie and Andrew MacPherson of Antigonish. "They had the course playing pretty long today," said Barrington, a Grade 12 student at Riverview Rural High School in Coxheath. "The tees were moved back, so some of the holes were playing pretty long." Barrington said his goal heading into the final 36 holes of the tournament will be to earn himself a spot on the provincial team. But he adds to do that he'll have to play very well today and Thursday. "It will take two rounds under 75," said the 17-year-old. "I need at least one low round." Just one stroke back of Barrington and ninth place are Lingan's Ethan Ardelli and Bell Bay's Matthew Davis, who both stand at 156 for the tournament. Ardelli shot a 78 Tuesday, while Davis carded a 79. In the midget division, leading the way is Mark Pothier of Clare, who fired a second round 82 Tuesday to sit at 158 for the tournament. Five strokes back of Pothier is Trevor Larade of Le Portage, who shot an 81 Tuesday. In the ladies division, Bea White of Grandview has a five-stroke cushion over Carolyn Shaffner of Ken-Wo. White shot a 79 and sits at 155 after 36 holes. The top Caper is Sarah Murphy of Lingan, who shot a 97 Tuesday and sits at 194 through two days. The top-four finishers in the ladies division qualify for junior nationals at Ken-Wo. Play resumes today with round three. The tournament will wrap up Thursday. By Philip Croucher Cape Breton Post BADDECK - David Williamson of Ashburn showed the poise of a champion Thursday. After watching his three stroke lead over Peter Campbell of Baddeck drop to just one at the turn, the 16-year-old Halifax resident shot a three-under par 33 on the back nine in Thursday's final round to win the Nova Scotia junior boys golf championship by seven strokes at the Bell Bay Golf Club in Baddeck. In the ladies division, Michelle Williams of Ken-Wo staged a dramatic comeback over the final 18 holes to erase a nine shot deficit to beat third round leader Bea White of Grandview by two strokes. In Williamson's triumph, the juvenile-aged golfer sank back-nine birdie putts at No. 13, 16 and 18 to finish with a two-under par 70 for his round, which was more than enough to conquer the boys provincial junior golf title. "Campbell played really solid on the front nine and gave me a little scare," said Williamson. "On the back (nine), I hit every green and just tried to stay out of the woods. I didn't hit the trees once during the entire week." Heading to the 14th tee, Williamson's lead still remained at just one stroke over Campbell, but on the short par three, Campbell's tee shot went past the hole into the rough. After he chipped it about 10 ft. past the hole, the 18-year-old missed his par putt to fall two shots back. On the par four, 15th, Campbell's tee shot found the woods and he ended up carding a double bogey to Williamson's par. "That was a big let down," said Campbell of the bogey at No. 14. "The double on the next hole kind of hurt (too)." "He's a great player. He played awesome today. He deserved to win." Although he carried a commanding five-stroke lead over Campbell to the par five, 18th tee, Williamson wouldn't back down a bit, putting his third shot to about five feet of the cup and capping off the 72-hole tournament in style with a birdie. "Finishing off, I knew I had fair lead over Peter," Williamson said. "I just didn't want that to sink in and say you won provincials. You can't say that or you'll screw up on 18 and take a 12. When that putt went in at 18, that's when I knew that I won." Also playing in the final group with Campbell and Williamson was Josh Burbidge of Avon Valley. But Burbidge struggled all day, firing an 85 to finish in fourth place. Taking third spot was Andre Aymar of Clare, who fired a final round 72 Thursday. While Campbell, who finished with a 74 in the final round, failed in his last attempt to win a provincial junior golf title, he did earn one of the seven available spots for the Canadian junior golf championship Aug. 14-17 at Ken-Wo. "It's going to be fun," said Campbell of nationals, which will be his third trip to the annual event. "It's a great tournament." Also garnering one of the seven spots was Ethan Ardelli of Lingan, who fired a closing round 75 to finish at 308 for the tournament, good for sixth spot. "I'm really happy," said the 17-year-old Sydney Academy student. "I wanted to make the overall team (top-four), but one of my goals going into the tournament was to make it to nationals." In the ladies division, Williams carded a 74 in her final round, including a birdie at No. 2, to capture the provincial title from White, who fired a 85 Thursday. "It hasn't really hit me yet, but I'm sure it will," said Williams following her come-from-behind victory. "Today everything just fell into place." Both Williams and White, along with Carolyn Shaffner of Ken-Wo and Stephanie Carpentier of Truro, earned spots for the provincial team at nationals next month in Winnipeg. Shaffner finished third in the ladies division, while Carpentier placed fourth. The alternate position went to 12-year-old Laura Harris of Ken-Wo, who fired a closing round 87 Thursday to finish in fifth place. The only Caper to play in the final round for ladies was Lingan's Sarah Murphy, who finished the tournament at 390 following a closing round 95. In the midget division, Mark Pothier of Clare shot a final round 83 to beat Le Portage's Trevor Larade by five strokes. Larade fired a 84 Thursday. <- BACK

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