Ben Eccles has found some much needed form to finish just outside the top 10 in a weather shortened Finnish Challenge at the weekend.

The former NSW Open winner fired a third round 66, his best of the week, to be 11-under and T11 with one round to play before flooding saw the final day’s play cancelled.

Players began the final round Sunday in torrential rain but with no let-up in conditions the course eventually became unplayable and the tournament was reduced to 54 holes.

It was a welcome performance from Eccles who has found the going difficult in his first full year on the secondary Challenge Tour.

After a fast start to the year with a top 10 result at the European Tour’s Tshwane Open in South Africa, it has been a run of mid field finishes and missed cuts for the promising Victorian who will now leave Finland with some confidence in his game.