Thursday, September 10, 2009

England name four Canadian International

Junior Challenge at Ontario venue

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH GOLF UNION
Adam Carson (Long Ashton), who helped Gloucestershire to the runner-up spot in the recent English boys' county championship finals, has been named in a four-strong squad to represent the English Golf Union in the Canadian International Junior Challenge at OslerBrook Golf and Country Club in Ontario from September 14 to 18.
He will be accompanied by Tom Boys (Royal, Liverpool), Scott Campbell (Hallowes, Yorkshire) and Tyrell Hatton (Harleyford, BB&O), all being members of the England Under 18 Squad. Carson, won the Fairhaven Trophy this year, finished runner-up in the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters, and was third in the English Under 18 Championship (Carris Trophy).
He was also a member of England’s victorious side in the Boys Home Internationals and of the winning GB&I team in the Jacques Leglise Trophy.
In 2008, Tom Boys won the Fairhaven Trophy but just missed out in the playoff for the individual title in the Canadian Junior Challenge. He also played in the Boys Home Internationals and this year has represented the EGU in South Africa and America. Campbell was also a member of the winning side in the Boys Home Internationals, his debut in England colours.
This followed a fourth place in the Carris Trophy and equal seventh in the Fairhaven Trophy. This will be his second transatlantic trip of the year, Campbell being a team-mate of Boys in the Thunderbird International in Arizona. Hatton is a former winner of the BB&O Junior Order of Merit who finished fourth in the Faldo World Series Final in Brazil last year. This year, he finished runner-up in the BB&O Junior Championship and tied sixth in the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters. The Canadian International Junior Challenge is a nations cup-style event, the best three scores from four each day to count. There are also prizes for the leading individuals. --

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