Jamaica's juniors fall to third position JAMAICA'S junior team to the 14th Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships faltered yesterday, dropping to third position, after leading in the first round on Tuesday. Only Ava Lee, Xavier Rose, Matthew Lee and Lindsay Chang improved on their first round scores. Lee, competing in the Girls 16-18 section took back a shot from first round leader Maria del Mar Colon from Puerto Rico and added a two stroke buffer to take the lead with 86 / 82. Rose, one of the two-man team in the Boys 16-18 section scored 81/78 to move to 8th place from ninth, while first round low gross scorer Paul Thompson, competing in the individual section, carded 75/79 and is currently in fifth position. Damian Spencer, the third player in the group remained steady with 81, but dropped to 11th from being tied in 9th. John Streibich from the US Virgin Islands leads with 76/72. Two of yesterday's leaders, Tiffany Terrier (79) in the Girls 13-15 section and Raisa Woodstock (97) breaking 100 for the first time in the Girls 12 & Under, both felt the pressure today of being in front and Terrier managed a 94 for third place, while Woodstock fell to fourth. Trinidad and Tobago's Victoria Seenath leads with 101/99. In the Boys 12 and under, Adrian Bradford also remained steady and carded his second 86 and is now in fifth place, but has his work cut out for him if he is to remain competitive with leader Omorry James from the OECS on 76/76. The Boys 13-15 section is being led by Sean Edey from Barbados with 75/77 while Jamaica's Sean Green is tied sixth with 79 / 85. The OECS has taken the lead with 77.25 overall points, followed by Puerto Rico with 76.25 and Jamaica with 75.5. The event is being played at the Barbados Golf Club in Barbados. The third and final round will tee off tomorrow.
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