Chris Lloyd seeks to go one better this year in Carris Trophy

FROM THE ENGLISH GOLF UNION WEBSITE
Chris Lloyd (The Kendleshire, Gloucestershire), who came so close to winning the title last year, will be among the favourites for the Carris Trophy, the English Boys Under 18 Stroke Play Championship, supported by Titleist, at Woodhall Spa next Tuesday to Thursday (July 20 to 22).
The boy international from Bristol lost to Tom Lewis at Moor Park in 2009 in a sudden death playoff that went to five holes after the pair had finished tied on ten under par.
Lloyd has recently returned from Turkey after playing for England in the European Boys Team Championships when he finished second in the individual qualifying.
The Kendleshire player finished second to Lewis in the Titleist FootJoy Boys Order of Merit last year after winning the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters and the County Champions Tournament, while this spring he finished runner-up in the McEvoy Trophy after a playoff.
His team-mates in Turkey, James Burnett (Sleaford, Lincolnshire), Greg Eason (Kirby Muxloe, Leicestershire), Liam Harper (Lydd, Kent), Paul Lockwood (Hessle, Yorkshire), and Nick Newbold (Kedleston Park, Derbyshire), are also likely to challenge.
Burnett was a quarter finalist in last year’s British Boys Championship and a joint winner of the inaugural Junior County Champions Tournament, while Eason finished third in this year’s McEvoy Trophy.
Harper, an Under 16 cap, finished tied second in the Fairhaven Trophy this year, Lockwood has been runner-up in the North of England Youths but won the Under 18 title, while Newbold, another Under 16 international, finished runner-up in the Midland Boys and the McGregor Trophy last year.
Seb Crookall-Nixon (Workington, Cumbria), Under 16 Champion for the past two years, is also in the field, as are Toby Tree (Worthing, Sussex), Under 14 Champion in 2008, Nathan Kimsey (Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire), winner of this year’s Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters, and Oliver Carr (Heswall, Cheshire), runner-up in this year’s Fairhaven Trophy and another Under 16 cap.
There is also a strong overseas entry with players from Austria, Belgium, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway and Spain.
A Nations Cup, involving ten teams, will be contested over the opening two rounds. England is fielding two teams, comprising Burnett, Eason and Lloyd in Team One and Harper, Lockwood and Newbold in Team Two.
Spain, the Netherlands and Italy are also fielding two teams and Belgium and Norway one.
Play starts at 7.30am each day and admission is free. For those unable to attend, live scoring and news updates will available on the Championships Section of the EGU website, www.englishgolfunion.org.