CUMBERWELL Park's Laurie Canter gave himself the chance of victory on European golf's third-tier tour - the EuroPro Tour - by claiming a share of the lead at the PDC Golf Championship at Frilford Heath Golf Club in Oxfordshire.

Canter, who earned his European Tour card for this year through Qualifying School but returned to the EuroPro having been stuck on the reserve list for the Irish Open this week, was unblemished in carding a second-round 68, four under par, for a -7 tournament score.

The Cumberwell ace has twice finished second on the EuroPro Tour and shares a one-shot lead with Luke Cornford and Dave Coupland going into the final round tomorrow.

The trio are seven under par after two rounds on the Red Course, with Adam Runcie, Luke Jackson and Rhys Enoch one back on six under. Mark Laskey, who lost out in a play-off here in 2013, is two back in seventh.

Cornford (Cooden Beach Golf Club) shot three under in his second round for a share of the lead, but will be left rueing a double bogey at 8 and a dropped shot on the 12th which denied him the outright lead.

Coupland (Woodhall Spa Golf Club) graduated from the EuroPro in 2014 and has returned with the Challenge Tour not having a tournament this week. He too dropped a shot on the 12th in an otherwise bogey-free round of 69.

The event, with a £10,000 first prize, finishes tomorrow.