Rupak submitted the second successive under-par card for a total of four-under 140, two strokes ahead of Ram Thapa, who shot two-under 70 on Wednesday. Krishna Hari Mizar and Deepak Acharya, elder brother of Rupak, shared the third position at 143. [break]
Overnight leader Mani Rai shot six-over 78 and slipped to fifth position with a total of 146. Purna Sharma (147), Deepak Neupane and Ramesh Nagarkoti (148), Rajan Thapa (149) and Pashupati Sharma (150) rounded up the top 10.
Others who made the cut applied at 13-over are Gopal Nagarkoti (151), Sanjay Lama (151), Surya Sharma (152), Tham Bahadur Rai (152), Deepak Thapa Magar (154), Rabi Khadka (155), Krishna Man Rajbahak (155), Sachin Bhattarai (155), Ram Krishna Shrestha (156) and Raj Pradhan. Yalambar Singh Adhikari, Dhana Thapa, CB Bhandari, Jaya Ram Shrestha and Radhe Shyam Thapa missed the cut.
In amateur section, Ramesh Adhikari carded six-over 78 for a total of seven-over 151 but that was enough for him to take a three-stroke lead over Samundra Giri, who shot 10-over 82. One stroke adrift was Tashi Tsering after a round of 78, while Dipendra Rayamajhi survived the cut at 161.
A total of 20 pros and 4 amateurs made the cut for the last two rounds of the final event under the Surya Nepal Tour 2009-10. Of the total prize money of Rs 350,000, the top three winners will receive Rs 72,000, Rs 41,000 and Rs 32,000 respectively.
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