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Four new England caps for Home Internationals at Royal Portrush
The
new English champion, Joe Dean, and the runner-up, Alfie Plant, are
included in England’s team for the Home Internationals at Royal Portrush
Golf Club in County Antrim, Ireland, from 12-14 August.
It
will be the first time Dean (pictured), from Yorkshire, and Plant, from
Kent, have represented England at this level and they will be joined in
the team by two more new caps, Jamie Bower and Dan Brown, who are also
Yorkshire players.
The
team will be completed by established internationals Tomasz Anderson of
Hertfordshire, Ashley Chesters of Shropshire, Paul Kinnear of
Lancashire, Jimmy Mullen of Devon, Ben Taylor of Surrey, Sean Towndrow
of Lancashire and Ashton Turner of Lincolnshire.
England will seek to regain the Home Internationals title, which they last won at Ganton in Yorkshire in 2013. The players: Tomasz Anderson, 23, (Brocket Hall) has won seven times on the US college circuit as a student at Jacksonville State University. He scored five wins from six on his England debut in last year’s Home Internationals in Wales and is a member of the initial GB&I Walker Cup squad.
Jamie Bower,
22, (Meltham) was a semi-finalist at the English amateur championship
and represented England in this year’s Costa Ballena quadrangular
tournament. He’s had a series of top ten finishes this season including
the French amateur, the Lytham Trophy and the Hampshire Salver.
Dan Brown,
20, (Bedale) won the recent Dutch Junior Open and, with it, a place in
the KLM Open on the European Tour. He reached the last 16 in the English
amateur, was sixth in the Lytham Trophy and is a member of the Walker
Cup squad.
Ashley Chesters,
25, (Hawkstone Park) tied 12th in The Open at St Andrews. This week he
is defending his title in the European Amateur which he has won for the
past two years. He was in England’s winning team at the European Nations
Cup and is a member of the Walker Cup squad.
Joe Dean,
21, (Lindrick) won the English amateur championship last weekend, was
runner-up in the Dutch Junior Open and has had top-four finishes in the
Portuguese amateur and the Welsh open. He won the Lee Westwood Trophy
last year and in 2013.
Paul Kinnear,
21, (Formby) played in The Open at St Andrews and was third in the
Brabazon Trophy, where he was the leading English player. He reached the
last 16 in the English amateur championship.
Jimmy Mullen,
21, (Royal North Devon) won the Welsh stroke play by nine shots and was
third when defending his title in the Duncan Putter, also in Wales. He
won all four of his games in this year’s international against Spain. He
is in the Walker Cup squad.
Alfie Plant,
23, (Sundridge Park) was runner-up in the English amateur. He has just
represented England in the Chiberta Grand Prix and the Biarritz Cup in
France where he was second and third respectively.
Ben Taylor,
23, (Walton Heath) also qualified for The Open at St Andrews. He was
seventh in the Brabazon Trophy and in qualifying for the Amateur
Championship. He holed the winning putt to seal victory for Louisiana
State University in the NCAA Championship on the US college circuit.
Sean Towndrow,
24 (Southport and Ainsdale) led the English challenge at the 2015
Amateur Championship, reaching the quarter finals. He helped England
beat Spain in this year’s international and was England’s top scorer in
this year’s Costa Ballena quadrangular tournament.
Ashton Turner,
19 (Kenwick Park) has won the Darwin Salver for the second time and has
represented GB and I as well as England. He has had top ten finishes in
this year’s Scottish stroke play, Lytham Trophy and Duncan Putter.
Lyndsey Hewison Press Officer England Golf pr@englandgolf.org 07825 752 193 |
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