BOYS' HOME INTERNATIONALS

NORTH-EAST TRIO KEY PLAYERS FOR
SCOTLAND AT LOSSIEMOUTH

The boys' home internationals will be played over the Lossiemouth links of Moray Golf Club over the next three days.
Scotland look to have a good chance of breaking England's eight-year grip on the title but too much importance should not be placed on their very good performance in finishing second to Norway in the recent European boys' team championship in Sweden.
That championship was contested by six-a-side line-ups. In the boys' home internationals, each country is allowed a squad of ELEVEN players for five foursomes and 10 singles ties.
This is where England's greater strength in depth may come into play. Scotland, Ireland and Wales can match them at the top of the "batting order." It is from Nos 7 to 11, that the matches could be won and lost.
Having said that, as coach Spencer Henderson says, this is one of the strongest Scotland Under-18 boys teams in many years.
Lewis Kirton (Newmachar) and James Byrne (Banchory), a successful pairing for Scotland in the European boys' team championship, will set the ball rolling in Tuesday's match against Wales.
Jordan Findlay (Fraserburgh) will partner Troon's Michael Stewart in the second foursome.
In the singles, Kirton has the honour - and the responsibility - of playing No 1, with Findlay No 2 and Byrne No 3, an indication of how highly rated the North-east trio are by coach Spencer Henderson.
TUESDAY'S TIES
ENGLAND v IRELAND
(England names first)
FOURSOMES
8.0 S Hutsby & L Goddard v N Kearney & G McGrane.
8.09 A Hodkinson & N McCarthy v P Cutler & C Fairweather.
8.18 D Wright & B Fowles v A Hogan & L Lennox.
8.27 A Johnston & J Hiluta v B Keenan & L Reilly.
8.36 T Oliver & D Whitnell v P O'Kane & J Patterson.
SINGLES
12.30 Hutsby v Kearney.
12.39 Goddard v Cutler.
12.48 Hodkinson v Lennox.
12.57 McCarthy v McGrane.
1.06 Whitnell v Hogan.
1.15 Oliver v Fairweather.
1.24 E Pepperell v D Ruddy.
1.33 Wright v O'Kane.
1.42 Fowles v Patterson.
1.51 Hiluta v Reilly.
SCOTLAND v WALES
(Scotland names first)
FOURSOMES
9.0 L Kirton & J Byrne v Z Gould & A Runcie.
9.09 J Findlay & M Stewart v R Enoch & R Merchant.
9.18 S McAllister & Z Saltman v J Howie & J Williams.
9.27 G Stevenson & C Robinson v J Vickery & J Shufflebotham.
9.36 R Kellett & J White v M Lewis & R Bentham.
SINGLES
2.20 Kirton v Merchant.
2.29 Findlay v Enoch.
2.38 Byrne v Gould.
2.47 McAllister v Shufflebotham.
2.56 Stewart v Vickery.
3.05 C Gray v Bentham.
3.14 Saltman v Williams.
3.23 Stevenson v A Torrence.
3.32 White v Lewis.
3.41 Kellett v Runcie.