Wednesday, August 23, 2017

 
GB and I TEAM NAMED  FOR 2017 JACQUES LEGLISE

TROPHY MATCH AT BALLYBUNION, September 1-2
 
R and A NEWS RELEASE
The Great Britain and Ireland boys' team to face the Continent of Europe in the Jacques Léglise Trophy match at Ballybunion in Ireland next month  is announced by The R&A today.
The nine-player GB and I team for the match on Friday and Saturday, September 1 and 2 is:

Toby Briggs (17), Dunston Hall, England
Alex Fitzpatrick (18), Hallamshire, England
Luke Harries (18), Tenby, Wales
Darren Howie (17), Peebles, Scotland
Ben Jones (18), Northamptonshire, England
Thomas Plumb (18), Sherborne, England
Mark Power (17) (captain), Kilkenny, Ireland
Charlie Strickland (18), Ham Manor, England
Robin Williams (15), Bishopsgate Golf Academy, England
Reserve:
Conor Gough (14), Stoke Park, England

The GB and I team, which will be managed for the first time by a Scot, Stuart Wilson, who won The Amateur Championship in 2004, will be looking to win back the Jacques Léglise Trophy after the Continent of Europe won a close encounter by 13 ½ to 11 ½ at Prince’s in Kent last year.
GB and I won the matches in 2013 at Royal St David’s and 2014 at Barsebäck in Sweden while the 2015 match at Royal Dornoch finished in a tie at 12 ½ - 12 ½.
GB and I has won 28 matches overall with the Continent of Europe claiming 11 victories and one match being halved.
Four members of the GB andI team return from the 2016 match: Toby Briggs, Alex Fitzpatrick, Mark Power and Charlie Strickland.
Strickland won the Peter McEvoy Trophy and the Duncan Putter in April and Power will be full of confidence after retaining his Irish boys' campionship title
Among the newcomers to the team are Ben Jones and Darren Howie. Jones won the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters in June while Howie was runner-up in that event and was the leading stroke play qualifier at last week’s Boys' Aateur Championship at Nairn.
The format for the Jacques Léglise Trophy match is four foursomes ties each morning, eight singles matches on the afternoon of Friday, September 1 and nine singles matches on the afternoon of Saturday, September 2.
 

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