SCOTS BOYS SEEK HAT-TRICK OF WINS IN ENGLISH UNDER-14s
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The English Boys under 14 Stroke Play Championship for the Reid Trophy returns to its traditional home of Porters Park Golf Club in Hertfordshire on 2nd – 4th August with the Scots seeking a hat-trick of victories.
The title has resided north of the border for the past two years following the victories by Euan Scott at The Kendleshire in 2009 and Bradley Neil at Hesketh last year.
On the last occasion the Reid was staged at Porters Park, in 2007, the winner was Stanislas Gautier from France, so Toby Tree (picture © Tom Ward) in 2008 has been the only English winner in the past four years.
There will be a wealth of English talent on show this year, while the entry is again truly international with players representing Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain and Switzerland alongside those from Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Among the English players likely to feature are Bradley Moore (Kedleston Park, Derbyshire), who was beaten in a playoff for the Midland Boys Championship recently, Max Martin (Copt Heath, Warwickshire), who finished fifth last year at Hesketh but won the under 13 title, and Harry Hall (West Cornwall, Cornwall), the current Cornish under 14 and under 16 champion.
Also in the field is Marco Penge (Worthing, Sussex), winner of the Laddie Lucas Spoon at Prince’s in April. Charlie Strickland (Ham Manor, Sussex) is again the youngest player in the field at 12 years old.
The Reid Trophy is always keenly contested over 54 holes and that will be the case again this year and some of those competing will eventually emerge as the golfing stars of tomorrow. There is also an under 13 championship with 22 players eligible.
Past winners include boy caps Jonathan Bell and Oscar Sharpe and Eddie Pepperell, now a professional.
The total number of entries received this year was 126, so a ballot was held and of the 31 players with handicaps of six, 28 gained entry. The remainder are on a reserve list along with those off seven.
The leading six players in the Championship will gain automatic exemption to next year’s McGregor Trophy (under 16 stroke play Championship) at Trevose in Cornwall.
More information and live scoring can be found on the Championships section of the English Golf Union website englishgolfunion.org.
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The English Boys under 14 Stroke Play Championship for the Reid Trophy returns to its traditional home of Porters Park Golf Club in Hertfordshire on 2nd – 4th August with the Scots seeking a hat-trick of victories.The title has resided north of the border for the past two years following the victories by Euan Scott at The Kendleshire in 2009 and Bradley Neil at Hesketh last year.
On the last occasion the Reid was staged at Porters Park, in 2007, the winner was Stanislas Gautier from France, so Toby Tree (picture © Tom Ward) in 2008 has been the only English winner in the past four years.
There will be a wealth of English talent on show this year, while the entry is again truly international with players representing Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain and Switzerland alongside those from Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Among the English players likely to feature are Bradley Moore (Kedleston Park, Derbyshire), who was beaten in a playoff for the Midland Boys Championship recently, Max Martin (Copt Heath, Warwickshire), who finished fifth last year at Hesketh but won the under 13 title, and Harry Hall (West Cornwall, Cornwall), the current Cornish under 14 and under 16 champion.
Also in the field is Marco Penge (Worthing, Sussex), winner of the Laddie Lucas Spoon at Prince’s in April. Charlie Strickland (Ham Manor, Sussex) is again the youngest player in the field at 12 years old.
The Reid Trophy is always keenly contested over 54 holes and that will be the case again this year and some of those competing will eventually emerge as the golfing stars of tomorrow. There is also an under 13 championship with 22 players eligible.
Past winners include boy caps Jonathan Bell and Oscar Sharpe and Eddie Pepperell, now a professional.
The total number of entries received this year was 126, so a ballot was held and of the 31 players with handicaps of six, 28 gained entry. The remainder are on a reserve list along with those off seven.
The leading six players in the Championship will gain automatic exemption to next year’s McGregor Trophy (under 16 stroke play Championship) at Trevose in Cornwall.
More information and live scoring can be found on the Championships section of the English Golf Union website englishgolfunion.org.
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