English Golf Union name six for Dutch

Junior Masters on August 29-30

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Four players, Nick Newbold, Greg Payne, Patrick Spraggs and James Webber, will get their first taste of international competition representing the English Golf Union (EGU) when they play in a six-strong squad in the International Dutch Junior Masters at Westfriese in Holland on August 29 and 30.
The full squad is: James Burnett (Sleaford, Lincolnshire), Liam Harper (Lydd, Kent), Nick Newbold (Kedleston Park, Derbyshire), Greg Payne (Chobham, Surrey), Patrick Spraggs (Stowmarket, Suffolk) and James Webber (Three Rivers, Essex).
Newbold, 16, was one of five players involved in the play-off for the McGregor Trophy at Radcliffe-on-Trent this year but was eliminated on the first extra hole. He also finished second in the Midland Youths Championship, reached the last 16 of the British Boys Championship, is the Derbyshire Boys Champion and Boys' Match Play Champion.
Payne, 15, has been prominent with Surrey this year. A member of their winning team in the Boys County Championship, he won the Under 16 title in the South East Boys Championship and finished fourth in the Under 18 event. He was also runner-up in the Surrey Under 16 Championship and reached the third round of the British Boys.
Spraggs, 18, has a fine record in schools golf, having finish second in the Under 16 event three years ago after which he was selected for the international with the Welsh Schools. This year he won the South East Schools Championship and finished runner-up in the National Championships and has been selected for the internationals against Wales and Scotland. The Suffolk lad also finished tied third in the Fairhaven Trophy and the South East Junior Championship and fifth in the North of England Youths Championship. Webber, 18, is the Essex Colts Champion who earned his first England cap in the recent Boys Home Internationals, winning five of his six matches. He also finished tied third in the Fairhaven Trophy and equal sixth in the Carris Trophy. Burnett, 17, made his international debut in the Under 16 match with Scotland last year and also played against the Irish.
This year, he has finished runner-up in the Midland Youths and Lincolnshire Championships and reached the quarter finals of the British Boys.
Harper, 16, also played for England for the first time in last year’s Under 16 matches with Scotland and Ireland. He finished tied seventh in the McGregor Trophy, three shots outside the five-man playoff, and has also represented the EGU this year in South Africa and Germany.The Dutch Junior Masters is played over two days, 36 holes on each with a cut after day one with another 36 holes on the final day.