LGU TRAINING SQUAD NAMED

Curtis Cup players Tara Delaney, Naomi Edwards, Breanne Loucks and Melissa Reid form the nucleus of the 15-strong squad selected by the Ladies’ Golf Union for close season training in preparation for 2007 team events - the Vagliano Trophy and Commonwealth Tournament.

Wrexham based Loucks, 19, was GB&I’s top scorer in the Curtis Cup match at Bandon Dunes, winning all three of her matches, a performance that helped her win ‘Wales Young Sports Personality of The Year’. Ms Edwards meanwhile, reached the semi-finals of the Ladies’ Amateur Championship at Royal County Down and won the Welsh Stroke Play and fellow Curtis Cup team member Reid lifted the Helen Holm Trophy at Royal Troon.

Former English Champion Kerry Smith, winner of the 2006 ELGA Order of Merit and a Curtis Cup player in 2002, represents the more experienced players while Carly Booth of Scotland, still only aged 14, is one of the youngest players ever to be selected for a GB&I training squad.

Gillian Kirkwood, Chairman of the LGU Selection Committee was enthusiastic over the squad’s potential. “We are delighted to give a number of young players the opportunity of being part of the LGU training programme and believe that the mix of youth and experience will ensure that strong teams are selected for the two matches in 2007.”

“This year, a number of potential team members have turned professional, so the squad contains quite a few ‘new faces’. However, while the two teams will mostly consist of players named today, the way is still open for players outside the squad to ‘play their way in’.”

2006/2007 LGU TRAINING SQUAD

Rachel Bell, Ganton
Elizabeth Bennett, Brokenhurst Manor
Krystle Caithness, St Regulus
Tara Davies, Holyhead
Naomi Edwards, Ganton
Sahra Hassan, Vale of Glamorgan
Breanne Loucks, Wrexham
Florentyna Parker, Gut Waldhof
Melissa Reid, Chevin
Kerry Smith, Waterlooville
Kylie Walker, Buchanan Castle

PLAYERS IN US

Carly Booth, Comrie
Tara Delaney, Carlow
Danielle McVeigh, Royal County Down Ladies’
Sally Watson, Elie & Earlsferry Ladies’

CAPTAINS

Mary McKenna, Vagliano Trophy 2007 & Curtis Cup 2008
Sue Turner, Commonwealth Trophy

TRAINING PROGRAMME

14 - 17 December 2006 Winter Warm Weather Training 1
Desert Springs, Spain

25 – 28 January 2007 Winter Warm Weather Training 2
Desert Springs, Spain

22 – 25 February 2007 Winter Warm Weather Training 3
Desert Springs, Spain

15 – 18 March 2007 Spring Matches
Royal Liverpool & TBC

28 June – 1 July - TBC Vagliano Team Practice
Fairmont St Andrews, Scotland
(formerly St Andrews Bay)