Matthew Nixon in England team for Costa Ballena

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England has made a change to their line-up to contest the annual Costa Ballena Quadrangular Tournament in Spain at the end of the month.
Matthew Nixon (Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire) will replace fellow Lancastrian James Robinson in the six-strong line-up to face Spain, Finland and Germany at Costa Ballena from January 27-29.
Nixon, 20, won the British Boys Championship at Royal Aberdeen in 2006, a year he also finished as runner-up in the Lancashire Championship and the Lancashire Boys Championship.
Nixon will line up alongside Jonathan Bell (Royal Blackheath, Kent), Ben Loughrey (Wrag Barn, Wiltshire), Tom Shadbolt (Mid Herts, Hertfordshire), Matthew Southgate (Thorpe Hall, Essex) and Josh White (Chipstead, Surrey) as England seek to win the title for the first time since 2006 and end a run of three successive second places in the event.
The Costa Ballena competition is played on a round robin basis, each match comprising of three foursomes and six singles.