Lee Slattery retained his one shot lead at the Telenet Trophy after firing a four under par 68 in the second round. The Englishman, at 12 under for the tournament after a stunning 64 on day one, leads by one shot from his compatriot Matt Haines, playing only his second Challenge Tour event having turned professional a fortnight ago. Frenchman Alex Kaleka is two shots behind Haines in third place, having shot up the leaderboard with an eight under par 64, equalling the course record Slattery set in the first round. England’s Simon Wakefield also posted a 64 to move to four under overall. Slattery’s lead could have been greater but he three-putted the last for his only bogey of the first two rounds. “That is really frustrating because I’ve never gone 36 holes without a bogey,” said the 31 year old. “It’s very annoying, but overall I’m very pleased to be where I am and I’m delighted with the way I’m playing. “I think I actually hit the ball better today but the course is playing probably two or three shots tougher. I had to hit the driver a lot more because it was into the wind and it’s swirling around in all directions out there. “The birdies I made were six or eight footers – nothing special. I just played very solid again. The last time I won a tournament was in 2004 at the Telia Grand Prix and since then I’ve had a couple of runner-up finishes on the main Tour so I’m definitely due a win. “It’s a funny category I’ve got this year but the aim is to get back onto The European Tour one way or another.” http://www.europeantour.com/challen...id=122636.html#sublime slattery leads belgium
