STRONG INTERNATIONAL FIELD FOR McGREGOR TROPHY
NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE ENGLISH GOLF UNION
The English Boys Under 16 Open Stroke Play Championship for the McGregor Trophy has been in English hands for the past seven years. But with youngsters from nine foreign countries including Barbados and the United States as well as the other Home Nations in action at South Moor Golf Club, County Durham, on 12th -14th July, that run could be tested.
Wouter de Vries from the Netherlands, in 2003, was the last overseas winner of the title but the recent trend has been for the previous year’s leading performers in the Reid Trophy, the English under 14 Championship, to move up to the older event and collect the spoils.
If that is the case then look no further than Scotland’s Bradley Neil, last year’s under 14 champion. In fact, the leading eight in last year’s under 14 championship are all competing at South Moor.
Jack Hermeston (City of Newcastle, Northumberland), runner-up to Neil, finished third in the recent English Schools National Championships at Belton Park, while Ashton Turner (Kenwick Park, Lincolnshire) was third in last year’s Reid.
Max Martin (Copt Heath, Warwickshire) finished joint fifth in last year’s Reid Trophy but won the under 13 title, while others likely to be in the shake-up are Robert Burlison (Oxley Park, Staffordshire), Hadyn McCullen (Delamere Forest, Cheshire) and Nick Ward (Redbourn, Hertfordshire).
Burlison, a member of the England under 16 squad, was English Schools under 16 champion and Staffordshire Schools under 18 champion in 2009. He was an England under 16 cap last year and recently finished first in the Midland Boys Qualifying.
McCullen, the English under 13 champion in 2009, finished tied fifth overall last year, while Ward, another England under 16 squad member, was an under 16 cap last year.
Two other players, Cameron Long (Drayton Park, Staffordshire) and Bradley Moore (Kedleston Park, Derbyshire) lost out in a five-man playoff for the recent Midland Boys Championship at Mickleover.
Also competing is Conor Coles, grandson of European Tour chairman Neil Coles, while among the overseas challenge is Austria’s Johannes Schwab, who led the McGregor last year and eventually finished third.
There is a Nations Cup competition over the opening two rounds with England fielding two three-man teams. These comprise of Burlison, Ward and Jake Spearpoint (Littlestone, Kent), while the other line-up is Pavan Sagoo (Ealing, Middlesex), Harry Ellis (Meon Valley, Hampshire) and Jack Singh Brar (Bramshaw, Hampshire).
The other teams competing are Belgium, France (2), Ireland (2), Italy (2), Norway, Scotland (2) and Spain (2).
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 English Golf Union's website, www.englishgolfunion.org.
The English Boys Under 16 Open Stroke Play Championship for the McGregor Trophy has been in English hands for the past seven years. But with youngsters from nine foreign countries including Barbados and the United States as well as the other Home Nations in action at South Moor Golf Club, County Durham, on 12th -14th July, that run could be tested.
Wouter de Vries from the Netherlands, in 2003, was the last overseas winner of the title but the recent trend has been for the previous year’s leading performers in the Reid Trophy, the English under 14 Championship, to move up to the older event and collect the spoils.
If that is the case then look no further than Scotland’s Bradley Neil, last year’s under 14 champion. In fact, the leading eight in last year’s under 14 championship are all competing at South Moor.
Jack Hermeston (City of Newcastle, Northumberland), runner-up to Neil, finished third in the recent English Schools National Championships at Belton Park, while Ashton Turner (Kenwick Park, Lincolnshire) was third in last year’s Reid.
Max Martin (Copt Heath, Warwickshire) finished joint fifth in last year’s Reid Trophy but won the under 13 title, while others likely to be in the shake-up are Robert Burlison (Oxley Park, Staffordshire), Hadyn McCullen (Delamere Forest, Cheshire) and Nick Ward (Redbourn, Hertfordshire).
Burlison, a member of the England under 16 squad, was English Schools under 16 champion and Staffordshire Schools under 18 champion in 2009. He was an England under 16 cap last year and recently finished first in the Midland Boys Qualifying.
McCullen, the English under 13 champion in 2009, finished tied fifth overall last year, while Ward, another England under 16 squad member, was an under 16 cap last year.
Two other players, Cameron Long (Drayton Park, Staffordshire) and Bradley Moore (Kedleston Park, Derbyshire) lost out in a five-man playoff for the recent Midland Boys Championship at Mickleover.
Also competing is Conor Coles, grandson of European Tour chairman Neil Coles, while among the overseas challenge is Austria’s Johannes Schwab, who led the McGregor last year and eventually finished third.
There is a Nations Cup competition over the opening two rounds with England fielding two three-man teams. These comprise of Burlison, Ward and Jake Spearpoint (Littlestone, Kent), while the other line-up is Pavan Sagoo (Ealing, Middlesex), Harry Ellis (Meon Valley, Hampshire) and Jack Singh Brar (Bramshaw, Hampshire).
The other teams competing are Belgium, France (2), Ireland (2), Italy (2), Norway, Scotland (2) and Spain (2).
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 English Golf Union's website, www.englishgolfunion.org.
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