ENGLISH GOLF UNION PRESS RELEASE

ENGLAND SENDING TOP BOY PROSPECTS
TO EUROPEAN YOUNG MASTERS

Two of the England's brightest prospects, Eddie Pepperell (Drayton Park) and Oscar Sharpe (Minchinhampton), will represent England in the European Young Masters tournament at Golf de Bondues in France from July 26 to 28.
Both are members of the English Golf Union’s training squads, Pepperell of the under 18s while Sharpe is included in the under 16s, and both will be heading for France after representing England in the European boys' team championships in Denmark next week.
Pepperell, 16, from BB&O, won the English Under 14 title in 2005 and was runner-up to Sharpe in last year’s English Under-16 championship. He represented England at under-16 level before making his debut at boys level in last year’s boys home internationals. He played in South Africa earlier this year before losing a playoff for the Hampshire Hog, finishing tied fourth in the McEvoy Trophy.
Sharpe, who won't be 15 until September, is one of the youngest players ever to represent England at boys' level, having made his debut for the under-16 team in last year’s match with Spain at Heswell. The Gloucestershire lad had a triumphant 2006, winning the under 14, 15 and 16 national titles as well as the Douglas Johns Trophy and the North of England boys' championship. He also won the Gloucestershire under 15, 16 and 18 titles. The Millfield Schoolboy has enjoyed top-10 finishes in the Selborne and Hampshire Salvers and the McEvoy Trophy this year before winning the Ashton Vase at Long Ashton recently.
The European Young Masters includes a girls' competition - ELGA is sending Alex Peters from Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire’s Helen Searle - with a Nations Cup covering both, three of the four cards each day to count.
+++There has been no indication from the Scottish Golf Union or the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association about whether or not they are sending players to the European Young Masters.