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Canadian Golf Tour's Greater Vancouver Charity Classic Day Three Summary
Adam Speirs carded a 3 under par 69 on Saturday to carry a one shot lead over Derek Gillespie into the final round of the Greater Vancouver Charity Classic.
Gillespie made ten birdies in his course record 62, including five in a row starting at the seventh hole.
Canadian Wes Heffernan went out in 32 and closed with a 67 to share third spot with Byron Smith.
In fifth spot are Joe Lanza (68) and Montana's Mike Grob who shot 69.
Australian Adam Bland fired a 67 on AMJ Campbell Moving Day to share seventh spot with Brad Heaven who slipped to a 73.
John Ellis (66), Ryan Carter (69), Ben Fox (70) and Canadians Kent Eger (69), Bryn Parry (70), Graham DeLaet (71) and also first round co-leader James Lepp (72) are in a share of ninth.
Speirs started his day rather inauspiciously with a double-bogey at the second hole before a birdie at the fifth to move back to even for the day.
He had another three-birdie run starting at the tenth before making his final birdie at 15.
"I kind of want to talk about the birdies," said Speirs in a friendly tone, when asked about his start.
"No.I just made a bad swing off the tee. I hit it left and got in trouble right away and made double.
"I righted the ship with the birdie at the fifth and then made those three starting at the tenth.
"There's a stretch of birdie holes on the back side. I hit a nice iron to about 15 feet on the tenth and then hit a 90-yard wedge to six inches at 11 to get to 1 under for the day.
"I hit another nice wedge to about 3 feet at 12 for birdie and made another 15-footer at the 15th hole.
"I'm feeling pretty good," continued Speirs. "I'd love to go right back out there and play again.
"The leaderboard is stacked with some big names and we're all going to be gunning tomorrow. I think you'll see some low scores.
"Derek Gillespie and I have known each other about ten years and I know he'll be going for it when we play together.
"I've got him by a shot but he's not going to sit back and I won't either."
"This round just kind of snuck up on me," said Gillespie of his course record.
"I found something good in my swing halfway through yesterday's round and then it was there again on the range this morning.
"After my birdie at the second from 12 feet I missed a five-footer for birdie at the third and that got me a little ticked off.
"I birdied four and five and when I got to 4 under after making another one at the seventh I knew I had something going.
"I was in a good mindset and made a 30-foot bomb at the eighth and just kept it going."
With laser-like precision, Gillespie did just that as he continued to attack the flags and the putts kept dropping from seemingly everywhere.
"Both the ninth and the tenth hole were from about 12 feet," continued Gillespie, "and the birdie at 11 was a 15-footer.
"I almost chipped in for eagle at 14 after making birdie at 13 and I told my caddie that if we make three of four coming in we've got a 59."
Although he didn't get his 59, Gillespie feels his confidence returning.
"It was one of those days where everything went well and I didn't hit a bad shot all day."
"This is a funny game," he continued. "Some days I'm hitting it straight and others I'm in the bushes and in the water all day.
"My Canadian Tour season has been a disaster so far but this feels really good. I'm looking forward to playing with Speirsy tomorrow.
"You can't force things too much on this course but we'll both be going for it tomorrow. I didn't come here to finish second."
Byron Smith followed his 65 was a 69 to move into contention at 206. "It was a good, clean day," said the 2007 Player of the Year.
"I got a bit stymied at the fifth when I ended up under a tree and made bogey there. I also burned the edge of the cup on 16 for par but other than that it was a very good afternoon.
"I'm feeling good out there and it feels good to be in contention. In some ways it's hard to follow a 65 with another low round because it's a new day but at the same time there is the momentum.
"I tend to put myself under additional pressure because of how I did last year but that is the kind of pressure you want," explained Smith.
"You want to feel the pressure of being in contention."
Gillespie's 10 under par 62 is two better than the previous course record held by Philip Jonas.
Adam Speirs 67-67-69-----203
Derek Gillespie 72-70-62-----204
Wes Heffernan 73-66-67-----206
Byron Smith 72-65-69-----206
Joe Lanza 67-72-68-----207
Mike Grob 71-67-69-----207
Adam Bland 70-71-67-----208
Brad Heaven 67-68-73-----208
John Ellis 72-72-66-----210
Kent Eger 73-68-69-----210
Ryan Carter 69-72-69-----210
Ben Fox 71-69-70-----210
Bryn Parry 73-67-70-----210
Graham DeLaet 73-66-71-----210
James Lepp 67-71-72-----210
Liam Kendregan 75-69-67-----211
Scott Hawley 71-67-73-----211
Patrik Ericson 72-71-69-----212
Ryan Thornberry 74-69-69-----212
Clayton Rask 71-70-71-----212
Tom Stankowski 71-69-72-----212
Mike Sica 71-68-73-----212
Mitch Tasker 67-72-73-----212
Dale Vallely 75-70-68-----213
Brent Schwarzrock 73-72-68-----213
Andy Walker 75-68-70-----213
Michael Harris 72-70-71-----213
Jim Seki 75-67-71-----213
Keven Fortin-Simard 70-71-72-----213
Steve Conway 70-70-73-----213
Michael Walton 74-71-69-----214
Derek Oakey 73-71-70-----214
Daniel Im 71-73-70-----214
Drew Stoltz 69-72-73-----214
Justin Itzen 70-69-75-----214
Jay Choe 70-68-76-----214
Russell Surber 74-71-70-----215
Andrew Parr 72-73-70-----215
Taylor Wood 72-73-70-----215
Philip Jonas 71-73-71-----215
Clint Rice 72-71-72-----215
Stuart Anderson 74-69-72-----215
Yohann Benson 73-69-73-----215
Eugene Smith 71-69-75-----215
Zach Shriver 71-73-72-----216
Andrew Smeeth 68-76-72-----216
Mark Leon 70-74-72-----216
Scott Ford 75-69-72-----216
Dustin Pimm 71-72-73-----216
Jim Lemon 72-71-73-----216
Connor Robbins 70-73-73-----216
Luke Hickmott 71-70-75-----216
Jason Hartwick 71-70-75-----216
Dong Yi 72-69-75-----216
Wil Collins 72-72-73-----217
Shawn Jasper 76-68-73-----217
Ryan Yip 69-72-76-----217
Mark Warman 72-73-73-----218
Mike Mezei 76-68-74-----218
Erick Justesen 77-67-74-----218
Casey Watabu 74-70-74-----218
George Bradford 74-70-74-----218
Kwangsoo Yoon 75-70-74-----219
Mitchell Gillis 73-72-74-----219
Richard Gilkey 76-68-75-----219
Michael Nicoletti 72-73-75-----220
Bob Niger 74-71-77-----222
Brian O’Flaherty 76-69-78-----223
Eric Couture 74-71-79-----224
Dustin Risdon 74-71-82-----227
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