Scots trio off to play in Chiberta Grand Prix
Three Scots are in southwest France, Biarritz, to be precise for this week's Chiberta Grand Prix - Mark Bookless (Sandyhills), Greg Paterson (St Andrews New) and Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh).
The Grand Prix has been won by a Scot in the past - Duncan Stewart from Grantown on Spey, for one.
Editor's note:
Scottishgolfview.com will attempt to bring you the scores each evening but it is one of the most difficult Continental events from which to get information. The fact that it is being held in France is the biggest obstacle. The French Federation is most unhelpful unless you send E-mails in French and not even very helpful when you get someone like fluent French speaker Susan Simpson of the Ladies Golf Union to send a message on your behalf!
We shall do our best.
NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH GOLF UNION
Billy Hemstock (Teignmouth, Devon) is one of three England A squad players selected to represent the English Golf Union (EGU) in the annual Chiberta Grand Prix in Biarritz, France, from July 9 to 12.
It will be the Devon champion’s second successive visit to the Chiberta event and he will be accompanied by Adam Keogh (Boston West, Lincolnshire) and Ben Martin (Worthing, Sussex).
A year ago, Hemstock finished a creditable sixth in the individual ranking in Biarritz, a performance that underlined his potential during 2008 in which he finished runner-up in the Duncan Putter and Irish Open Amateur and fourth in the Tillman Trophy.
A member of the England A squad for the second successive season, this year the 25 year old won his county title at East Devon, reached the last 16 of the Spanish Amateur and was tied seventh in the Berkshire Trophy.
Keogh, 21, was a semi-finalist in last year’s English Amateur Championship at Woodhall Spa, claiming the scalps of internationals Charlie Ford and Luke Goddard on the way.
Martin, 18, spent most of his formative year in the Caribbean where his family lived. There he gained considerable success, winning the Trinidad & Tobago Amateur Championship this year and matching his previous successes in 2006 & 2008, while he tied for the title in 2007.
He also won the Caribbean Junior Championship in 2007 in Antigua. Last year in Britain, Martin won the Sussex Open and the Worthing match play Championship and finished third in the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters and the Sussex Colts Championship.
This year, he represented the EGU in the Peruvian Amateur in Lima.
Three Scots are in southwest France, Biarritz, to be precise for this week's Chiberta Grand Prix - Mark Bookless (Sandyhills), Greg Paterson (St Andrews New) and Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh).
The Grand Prix has been won by a Scot in the past - Duncan Stewart from Grantown on Spey, for one.
Editor's note:
Scottishgolfview.com will attempt to bring you the scores each evening but it is one of the most difficult Continental events from which to get information. The fact that it is being held in France is the biggest obstacle. The French Federation is most unhelpful unless you send E-mails in French and not even very helpful when you get someone like fluent French speaker Susan Simpson of the Ladies Golf Union to send a message on your behalf!
We shall do our best.
NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH GOLF UNION
Billy Hemstock (Teignmouth, Devon) is one of three England A squad players selected to represent the English Golf Union (EGU) in the annual Chiberta Grand Prix in Biarritz, France, from July 9 to 12.
It will be the Devon champion’s second successive visit to the Chiberta event and he will be accompanied by Adam Keogh (Boston West, Lincolnshire) and Ben Martin (Worthing, Sussex).
A year ago, Hemstock finished a creditable sixth in the individual ranking in Biarritz, a performance that underlined his potential during 2008 in which he finished runner-up in the Duncan Putter and Irish Open Amateur and fourth in the Tillman Trophy.
A member of the England A squad for the second successive season, this year the 25 year old won his county title at East Devon, reached the last 16 of the Spanish Amateur and was tied seventh in the Berkshire Trophy.
Keogh, 21, was a semi-finalist in last year’s English Amateur Championship at Woodhall Spa, claiming the scalps of internationals Charlie Ford and Luke Goddard on the way.
Martin, 18, spent most of his formative year in the Caribbean where his family lived. There he gained considerable success, winning the Trinidad & Tobago Amateur Championship this year and matching his previous successes in 2006 & 2008, while he tied for the title in 2007.
He also won the Caribbean Junior Championship in 2007 in Antigua. Last year in Britain, Martin won the Sussex Open and the Worthing match play Championship and finished third in the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters and the Sussex Colts Championship.
This year, he represented the EGU in the Peruvian Amateur in Lima.
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