Nixon ill, Pepperell steps into England's Euro men's team
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England has been forced to make a change in its line-up for next week's European men’s team championship at Österåkers Golf Club in Sweden (July 6 to 10).
Matt Nixon (Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire), has been taken ill and has been replaced by Eddie Pepperell (Drayton Park).
It is the second time this year that illness has forced Nixon out of an England squad. It also occurred in January for the Costa Ballena quadrangular tournament in Spain. Pepperell, 19, recent winner of the Welsh Open Stroke Play and the Berkshire Trophy, will link up with Laurie Canter (Saltford, Somerset), Tommy Fleetwood (Formby Hall, Lancashire), Billy Hemstock (Teignmouth, Devon), Tom Lewis (Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire), and Chris Paisley (Stocksfield, Northumberland) to complete the team in Sweden.
Ironically, Pepperell fell ill and withdrew after the opening round of the 2008 Home Internationals at Muirfield and from the Portugal Nations Cup at Vale do Lobo.
NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY ENGLISH GOLF UNION
England has been forced to make a change in its line-up for next week's European men’s team championship at Österåkers Golf Club in Sweden (July 6 to 10).
Matt Nixon (Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire), has been taken ill and has been replaced by Eddie Pepperell (Drayton Park).
It is the second time this year that illness has forced Nixon out of an England squad. It also occurred in January for the Costa Ballena quadrangular tournament in Spain. Pepperell, 19, recent winner of the Welsh Open Stroke Play and the Berkshire Trophy, will link up with Laurie Canter (Saltford, Somerset), Tommy Fleetwood (Formby Hall, Lancashire), Billy Hemstock (Teignmouth, Devon), Tom Lewis (Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire), and Chris Paisley (Stocksfield, Northumberland) to complete the team in Sweden.
Ironically, Pepperell fell ill and withdrew after the opening round of the 2008 Home Internationals at Muirfield and from the Portugal Nations Cup at Vale do Lobo.
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