Matharu leads at Templepatrick

England's Kiran Matharu carded a three-under-par 69 today to lead the Northern Ireland Ladies Open at Hilton Templepatrick Golf Club after the second round.

The 18-year-old from Leeds, who carded a level par 72 in the opening round, was on three under in total - one shot ahead of Joanne Mills from Australia, who had a 70 and Austria's Nicole Gergely, who had a career low 68.