a second straight net title in the Mid Ocean Club's Ladies Invitation Tournament, trailing the leaders Airlie Arton and Gykie Kistler by 15 strokes with one round to play.

Arton and Kistler extended their one-stroke lead from the first day with an outstanding round of 59 yesterday which puts them on 122, four shots ahead of Stearns and McCarthy going into tomorrow's final round. Bea Williams and Brenda Helmer are third on 128. Winwick and Tyler slipped off the pace when they could only manage a 71 yesterday, the highest round of any of the contenders.

In the gross division, Deborah Brucker and Cynthia Rogers hold a one-shot lead over Shirley Wildi and Ann Probert, 149 to 150. Valerie Nearon and Carol Ratcliffe are a further six strokes back in third place.

COMET RACE BROUGHT FORWARD SLG Comet race brought forward The West End Sailboat Club's annual long distance comet race is breaking from tradition this year. Traditionally scheduled for the Queens Birthday holiday which is celebrated on a Monday (this year Monday, June 12), the popular race has been brought forward to Sunday, June 11 according to club executive Gladwin Lambert.

The switch has been made so as not to clash with another sailing event that same day, namely the tall ships parade.

"In order to avoid a clash with the parade of the tall ships we've decided to hold the race on the Sunday, we felt it was the appropriate step to escape any confusion,'' said Lambert.

This year the race will start in St. George's Harbour and finish at the West End Sailboat Club in Dockyard, with defending champion Stevie Dickinson going for a record 12th win. He tied Alton Millett's record last year.