Grant in contention in Germany

Stephen Grant is just three shots off the lead in the Aegean Airlines Challenge Tour by Hartl Resort in Germany.

The man from The Heritage had four birdies and three bogeys in a one under 71 to share 21st on three under.

England's Andrew Johnston has continued where he left off last week in Scotland to form part of a five way tie for the lead.

Fresh off his maiden title at the Scottish Hydro Challenge hosted by Macdonald Hotels and Resorts less than seven days ago, the Englishman fired a five under par round of 67 on Friday to join the front runners in Germany.

Johnston is tied for the lead with Sweden's Björn Åkesson (72), South Africa's Jake Roos (69), England’s Chris Hanson (67) and Italian Alessandro Tadini (66).

Gareth Shaw (73) and Niall Kearney (72) are tied for 34th, five shots off the pace on one under. But Rathmore's Alan Dunbar missed the cut by nine shots after rounds of 76 and 78.

Scores after round  2:

138 B Åkesson (Swe) 66 72, A Tadini (Ita) 72 66, C Hanson (Eng) 71 67, A Johnston (Eng) 70 68, J Roos (RSA) 69 69,

139 F Fritsch  (Ger) 75 64, M Delpodio  (Ita) 68 71, S Little (Eng) 67 72, J Legarrea (Esp) 69 70, C Bouniol (Fra) 67 72, J Makitalo  (Fin) 71 68, M Jonzon (Swe) 69 70,

140 M Lampert (Ger) 70 70, P Maddy (Eng) 70 70, J Gibb (Eng) 70 70, N Ravano (Ita) 70 70, M Orrin (Eng) 69 71, M Haastrup  (Den) 70 70, S Matus  (Cze) 69 71, M Schneider (Ger) 71 69,

141 D Frittelli (RSA) 71 70, A Marshall (Eng) 69 72, M Lafeber (Ned) 70 71, S Grant  (Irl) 70 71, P Oriol (Esp) 70 71, J Fahrbring (Swe) 70 71, R McGowan  (Eng) 71 70,

142 R Coles (Eng) 72 70, L Kennedy  (Eng) 72 70, J Huldahl (Den) 71 71, N Raymond (Eng) 72 70, B Ritthammer (Ger) 71 71, J Barnes (Eng) 71 71,

143 G Shaw (Nir) 70 73, P Edberg (Swe) 73 70, R Kind (Ned) 71 72, B Parker  (Eng) 70 73, A Bernadet  (Fra) 72 71, N Kearney (Irl) 71 72, D Gavins (Eng) 70 73, H Bacher (Aut) 72 71, N Kimsey (Eng) 71 72, S Buhl (Ger) 71 72, W Harrold (Eng) 72 71, J Sjöholm (Swe) 66 77, J Palmer (Eng) 72 71,

144 C Mivis  (Bel) 71 73, J Senior (Eng) 70 74, F Becker (Ger) 72 72, N Quintarelli (Ita) 72 72, B Stone (RSA) 71 73, R McEvoy  (Eng) 72 72, H Joannes  (Bel) 69 75, M Wiegele  (Aut) 72 72, B Hebert  (Fra) 69 75, A Björk (Swe) 71 73, A Maestroni  (Ita) 71 73,

145 O Lieser (Cze) 68 77, G Main (USA) 71 74, L Jensen (Den) 72 73, M Southgate  (Eng) 70 75, D Vancsik (Arg) 71 74, A Velasco (Esp) 72 73, T Pilkadaris (Aus) 73 72, S Hutsby  (Eng) 71 74,

Missed the cut

146 X Guzman (Esp) 72 74, O Floren  (Swe) 75 71, M Glauert (Ger) 74 72, R Pettersson (Swe) 71 75, M Stewart (Sco) 70 76, R Enoch  (Wal) 70 76, J Abbott (Eng) 78 68, G Woolgar (Eng) 73 73, N Thommen  (Sui) 73 73, C Ford (Eng) 70 76, D Law (Sco) 72 74, L Tintera  (Cze) 70 76,

147 G Boyd  (Eng) 77 70, A Engell  (Nor) 71 76, A Knappe (Ger) 74 73, L Nemecz (Aut) 71 76, N Nissen (Den) 73 74, M Trappel  (Aut) 75 72, L Goddard  (Eng) 73 74, J Sarasti  (Esp) 75 72, S Einhaus (Ger) 72 75, M Haines  (Eng) 76 71, P Widegren  (Swe) 74 73,

148 J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 75 73, B Virto  (Esp) 73 75, P Figueiredo  (Por) 74 74, D Kemmer (USA) 73 75, M Rominger  (Sui) 75 73, D Gaunt (Eng) 73 75, J Rask (Swe) 74 74, G Cambis  (Fra) 70 78, B Evans  (Eng) 73 75, G Houston (Wal) 75 73, E Kemaloglu (am) (Tur) 72 76,

149 K Benz (Sui) 69 80, A Kirstein (Ger) 76 73, E Johansen  (Nor) 71 78, J Timmis (Eng) 76 73, J Fly (USA) 74 75,

150 R Steiner (Aut) 73 77, F Colombo (Ita) 74 76, M Novy  (Cze) 78 72, C Lawrie (Sco) 76 74, C Pigem (Esp) 71 79, L Gagli  (Ita) 74 76, W Booth  (Sco) 77 73, N Johansson (Swe) 76 74, C Brazillier  (Fra) 72 78, J Gallegos  (Esp) 71 79,

151 T Nørret (Den) 73 78, T Murray (Eng) 73 78, D Stewart (Sco) 79 72,

152 X Ruiz Fonhof  (Ned) 75 77, E Bertheussen (Nor) 78 74, J Moul  (Eng) 76 76, W Besseling  (Ned) 76 76,

153 G Lockerbie  (Eng) 76 77,

154 D Suchan  (Cze) 75 79, G Pinto (Por) 78 76, M Hocaoglu (Tur) 80 74, A Rota (Ita) 78 76, L Corfield  (Eng) 76 78, A Dunbar (Nir) 76 78,

155 J Kennegard  (Swe) 80 75, N Meitinger  (Ger) 80 75, F Bergamaschi (Ita) 73 82,

156 O Stark (Swe) 81 75, J Winther (Den) 83 73,

157 S Piaget  (Mon) 77 80, Y Bludau (Ger) 83 74,

158 C Nikopoulos (Gre) 76 82, A Perrino  (Ita) 82 76, V Gkinis (Gre) 78 80,

159 R Hahn (Hun) 84 75, H Sayin (Tur) 80 79, S Campbell (Eng) 79 80, D Geminiani (Ita) 82 77, S Kannler (Ger) 82 77,

160 A Rajmont  (Cze) 78 82, J Lagergren (Swe) 80 80,

163 Y Kafelnikov (Rus) 81 82,

164 J Townsend (Aus) 80 84,

165 J Howarth (Eng) 80 85,

166 M Breitenwischer (Ger) 84 82,

169 R Gruber (Aut) 80 89, H Esmer (am) (Tur) 92 77,

** Z Scotland  (Eng) 77 RT, J Camargo (Esp) 74 RT, D Pietzsch  (Ger) WD  0, S Garcia Rodriguez (Esp) DQ  0,