GB&I TEAM OF NINE ANNOUNCED FOR
JACQUES LEGLISE
TROPHY MATCH

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE R&A
The Great Britain and Ireland team to contest the 2009 Jacques Leglise Trophy match has been announced. The nine players to face the Continent of Europe at Ganton Golf Club near Scarborough, England, are as follows:
Paul Dunne – Captain (Greystones, Ireland)
Jonathan Bell (Royal Blackheath, England)
Adam Carson (Long Ashton, England)
Sebastian Crookall-Nixon (Workington, England)
Tom Lewis (Welwyn Garden City, England)
Chris Lloyd (The Kendleshire, England)
Eddie Pepperell (Drayton Park, England)
Paul Shields (Kirkhill, Scotland) (pictured)
Max Smith (Newbury Racecourse, England)
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Peter McEvoy – Boys Chairman of Selectors

Attention will undoubtedly focus on Tom Lewis, the 18-year-old from Welwyn Garden City who won last week’s Boys Amateur Championship at Royal St George’s Golf Club. Lewis defeated his GB&I team-mate Eddie Pepperell in the final of the Championship just over a week after winning five points out of a possible six for England at the Boys Home Internationals.
On the opposing side will be the two previous winners of the Boys Amateur Championship, Pedro Figueiredo (2008) and Emilio Cuartero (2007), as well as Maximilian Röhrig, who lost in the semi-final to Lewis at Sandwich.
“We have selected a very strong team for what will be a closely-fought match,” said Boys Chairman of Selectors, Peter McEvoy. “The profile of Boys golf could not be higher at the moment with the likes of 16-year-old Matteo Manassero and 17-year-old Ryo Ishikawa excelling on the world stage. The standard of play is so high now that it is not surprising that 18-year-olds are finding success at full professional level.”
The Jacques Leglise Trophy will be held on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 August. Scores and reports will appear on RandA.org throughout the days of competition.
Continent of Europe Team
Maximilian Röhrig (Germany); Emilio Cuartero (Spain); Kasper Sorensen (Denmark); Toni Hakula (Finland); Robin Kind (Netherlands); Moritz Lampert (Germany); Pedro Figueiredo (Portugal); Lucas Bjerregaard (Denmark); Romain Wattel (France).
Non-playing Captain – Andreas Pallauf (Austria)