ENGLAND NAME U-16 TEAM FOR MATCH
AGAINST U-18 GIRLS AT OGBOURNE DOWNS

England will field seven members of the side that overcame Scotland 12-3 in the recent Under- 16 boys' international for the annual match with England Under-18 Girls at Ogbourne Downs Golf Club in Wiltshire on Sunday, October 14.
The seven are Jonathan Bell, Tom Berry, Adam Carson, Billy Downing, Chris Lloyd, Adam Myers and Max Smith. The rest of the team will be James Burnett, Matthew Chapman and Harry Whittle, all earning their first England call.
Burnett has achieved several top three finishes in Lincolnshire events including third place in the 2006 under 16 Championship and runner-up this year. He has been a member of the county’s under 16 team for the past two years and has won both his matches for the Lincolnshire second team. He also finished seventh in this year’s McGregor Trophy.
Chapman is highly regarded in Surrey and is a member of their junior squad, having returned the low afternoon round during the Colts Championship. He also finished fourth in this year’s Douglas Johns Trophy and won the men’s championship at Bletchingley Golf Club.
Whittle won this year’s Scottish Under-s14 open championship and the Douglas Johns Trophy, beating Carson in a play-off in the latter. He was also named as reserve for the match against Scotland, having finished tied sixth in the English Under-14 championship at Porters Park. He is the current BB&O under 14 Champion and has played for the county at under 14 and under 16 levels for three years.
Bell, the English Under 14 Champion in 2004, finished second in the 2005 Douglas Johns and third last year and has played against the English girls for the past two years.
Berry, second in the 2005 Reid Trophy, was the Surrey under 14 Champion that year and finished fourth in this year’s North of England under 16 Championship. He played for Surrey in the 2006 Boys County Finals and his team came third in the 2007 Dutch Junior Masters.
Carson is the English under 16 Champion following his victory at Southport & Ainsdale in July. He is also the Long Ashton Club Champion, the Gloucestershire Youths Champion and apart from his runner-up place in the Douglas Johns he finished tied second in the South West Boys Championship.
Downing, the South West Boys Champion, has played against the girls for the past two years. The Cornish player has finished runner-up in the 2003 Reid Trophy, tied fourth in the 2005 McGregor Trophy and fourth in the North of England Boys in 2006.
Lloyd, third in the Reid Trophy and sixth in the North of England Boys, both in 2006, has enjoyed a successful 2007, winning the South West Boys under 16 Championship and sharing the North of England under 16 title with Tom Lewis, and finishing runner-up in the Carris Trophy and the South West Boys Championship.
Myers, the English under 16 Champion in 2005, has been an under 16 cap for the past three years. He finished seventh in defence of the under 16 title in 2006, was a member of one of the winning England teams in last year’s McGregor Trophy Nations Cup and has also played against the girls for the past two years.
Smith has emerged this year, finishing runner-up in the McGregor Trophy and the South of England Boys Championship and sixth in the Carris Trophy. He was reserve for the under 16 international with Spain but made his debut against the Scots.
The annual match against the England girls consists of five foursomes and ten singles matches.
The full England team is:
Jonathan Bell (Royal Blackheath), Tom Berry (Wentworth), James Burnett (Sleaford), Adam Carson (Long Ashton), Matthew Chapman (Walton Heath), Billy Downing (Truro), Chris Lloyd (The Kendleshire), Adam Myers (Northants County), Max Smith (Newbury Racecourse), Harry Whittle (Woburn).