Tim Sluiter of The Netherlands and Ricki Neil-Jones of England hold the halfway lead at The London Club at the First Qualifying Stage Section A.

Sluiter added a second round 69 to his opening 65 to advance to ten under par, a 36 hole total matched by Neil-Jones after the Englishman shot his second consecutive 67.

They lead the way at The London Club, a European Tour Destination hosting the first leg of the Qualifying School along with Ribagolfe in Portugal.

Swede Jonas Pettersson continues to lead the way at Ribagolfe after adding a level par 72 to his opening 68 to lead by one from Portugal’s Tiago Cruz.

The First Qualifying School Section A is taking place at two venues this week – in England and Portugal. A further six venues will also take part in the First Qualifying Stage over the next three weeks across Austria, England, France, Germany, Italy and Scotland.

The successful players from each of the eight venues will progress to the Second Qualifying Stage, held in Spain across four venues at the end of November.