ALAN SQUIRES CHASING HAT-TRICK OF ENGLISH SENIOR MEN'S TITLES

NEWS RELEASE FROM ENGLAND GOLF Alan Squires (Oldham, Lancashire) will be seeking a hat-trick of titles when the English men’s open seniors championship is played at Aldeburgh and Thorpeness Golf Clubs in Suffolk from May 30 to June 1. Squires won the title for the first time at Carlisle in 2010 and successfully defended it at Northants County 12 months ago. No one has won the title in three consecutive years but Roy Smethurst (Crewe, Cheshire) has twice won two-in-a-row while Doug Arnold (Copthorne, Sussex) won in 2002 and ’03. Squires is sure to offer a stern defence but knows the field of 240 golfers aged 55 or over contains many who are capable of and keen to relieve him of the crown, not least many of his senior international colleagues. The Oldham man is one of six players competing who have lifted the championship. The five other former champions in the field are Arnold, Chris Reynolds (Littlestone, Kent), David Lane (Goring and Streatley), Jon Marks (Woodbridge, Suffolk), and John Jermine (Sunningdale, Surrey). Smethurst is not competing this year. Among the ‘new draft’ is John Ambridge (Moor Park, Hertfordshire), who won the Spanish seniors championship on his over-55s debut earlier this year. The competitors will play one round over each course on the first two days after which the leading 60 and ties will complete 18 holes on the final day at Aldeburgh. More information, news and scores visit the England Golf website.