Tuesday, August 20, 2013

GB AND I BOYS' TEAM NAMED FOR JACQUES LEGLISE TROPHY MATCH


The R&A

NEWS RELEASE FROM THE R AND A
The R and A has announced the Great Britain and Ireland team to face the Continent of Europe in the Jacques Leglise Trophy later this month.
The nine-man team to face the Continent of Europe team at Royal St David’s Golf Club, Harlech in  Wales on August 30-31 will be:
Ashton Turner, Kenwick Park (Captain)
Robin Dawson, Faithlegg
Connor Syme, Dumfries and County
Robert MacIntyre, Glencruitten
Ewen Ferguson, Bearsden
Bradley Neil, Blairgowrie
Marco Penge, Worthing
Bradley Moore, Kedleston Park
Ben Amor, Marlborough

GB and I will be aiming to win back the trophy after suffering a 13 ½ - 10 ½ defeat at Portmarnock last year. Eight of the nine players featured in the recent Boys Home Internationals, including Robin Dawson from the victorious Irish team, and Scotland’s Bradley Neil have previously played in this match.
Captain Ashton Turner is enjoying a successful 2013 season having won the Bernard Darwin Salver and finished tied second alongside Robert Burlison at the Peter McEvoy Trophy. He also reached the semi final of the 2013 French International Boys’ Championship at Le Touquet.
Dawson won the 2013 Irish Boys’ Open Amateur Championship at Lisburn and went on to represent Ireland in the recent European Boys’ Team Championships at Murcar Links.
The Scottish players have enjoyed good seasons with Ferguson winning the Boys Amateur Championship at Royal Liverpool (Hoylake) and the inaugural Stephen Gallacher Foundation Trophy; Syme winning the Paul Lawrie Foundation Scottish Schoolboys’ Championship for the second successive year; MacIntyre winning the Scottish Boys Stroke Play Championship and Neil representing Scotland in the recent Men’s Home Internationals at Ganton.
Moore has won the McEvoy Trophy, the Midland Region Schools Championship and was third behind Marco Penge at the English Boys’ Under-16 Open Amateur Championship (McGregor Trophy). Penge won the Fairhaven Trophy but lost out to Robin Dawson in a play-off for the Irish Boys’ Open Amateur Championship. Amor won the Carris Trophy - the English Boys' Under-18 Stroke Play Championship at West Lancs.
Peter McEvoy, the Chairman of The R and A selectors, said, “We have some very talented young players in the team and are confident that we can regain the trophy. They have all played in the Boys Home Internationals and playing in the Jacques Leglise Trophy will give them even more experience of team competition which will stand them in good stead for the future.”
The Continent of Europe Team, led by non-playing Captain Miguel Franco de Sousa, features a strong line-up of players including the German number one Dominic Foos, who won the French International Boys Championship,  and his compatriot Michael Hirmer, who reached the final of the Boys Amateur Championship at Royal Liverpool (Hoylake), the highly-rated Italian youngster Renato Paratore, who won last year’s European Young Masters in Hungary and reached the quarter finals of this year’s Amateur Championship, and Mario Galiano, the 2012 Spanish Junior Champion and winner of this year’s Copa Baleares.
The Continent of Europe team:
Dominic Foos, Germany
Renato Paratore, Italy
Mario Galiano, Spain
Romain Langasque, France
Nicolas Manifacier, France
Kristoffer Ventura, Norway
Ivan Cantero, Spain
Paul Elissalde, France
Michael Hirmer, Germany
The Jacques Leglise Trophy match will be played at Royal St David’s in Wales on Friday 30 and Saturday 31 August. Four foursomes ties will be played each morning with eight singles matches played each afternoon.
For scoring and reports from the match please visit championships.randa.org.

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