Press Release

ENGLAND NAME STRONG SQUAD FOR

SCOTTISH UNDER-16 GIRLS' OPEN

STROKE-PLAY AT CRAIGIELAW

English Women’s Golf Association has selected a talented squad of eight teenagers for the Scottish Under-16 girls' open stroke-play championship at Craigielaw Golf Club, near Edinburgh, on April 10 and 11.

They are:

Heidi Baek from Felixstowe Ferry, Suffolk.

Jessica Bradley of Tiverton, Devon.

Hayley Davis of Ferndown, Dorset.

Sophie Godley of Lindrick, Yorkshire.

Elizabeth Mallett of Sutton Coldfield Ladies, Warwickshire.

Alex Peters from Notts’ Ladies, Nottinghamshire.

Helen Searle of West End, Yorkshire.

Hannah Turland of Tidworth Garrison, Wiltshire.

The Nations Cup team is:

Heidi Baek, Alex Peters and Hannah Turland.

They will be defending the trophy, which England won by an impressive 28 shots in 2007.

The Scottish Under-16s' event provides the players with an opportunity to gain championship experience and to prepare for the season ahead.

EWGA’s national training manager Claire Lilley, said: “We have a fantastically talented group of players who will benefit from the experience and use it as a great start to the season.”

Claire will accompany the squad, together with EWGA’s national junior coach, Pat Smillie.

Heidi Baek, 14, is the English girls’ Under-15 champion and the south-east schools’ title-holder. She represented England girls’ in their annual match against the English Under-16 boys’ team. Jessica Bradley, 15, is the Devon girls’ champion and the co-winner of the South West foursomes title. She’s had top-10 finishes in the English girls’ Under-15 and Under-13 championships and plays in the Devon first team.

Hayley Davis, 15, plays for Dorset and was fourth in the 2007 English Under-15 championship, following earlier good performances in the Under-13 event. She took up golf as a nine-year-old and now plays off two of a handicap.

Sophie Godley, 14, has had top 10 finishes in both the English girls’ Under-15 and Under-13 championships – and scored a hole-in-one in competition at La Manga! Sophie started playing golf as an eight-year-old and now has a handicap of six.

Elizabeth Mallett, 13, won the 2007 English schools’ Under-16 championship as a 12-year-old and went on to play for England in the annual schools’ international against Wales. She has also twice been runner-up in the English Under-13 championship.

Alex Peters, 14, was the 2006 English Under-13 champion and currently holds the Midlands ladies’ and the North of England Under-16 and Under-14 titles. She helped England win the silver team medal at the European Young Masters.

Helen Searle, 15, was also in the England team at the European Young Masters. She is the Northern girls’ Under-16 titleholder and was runner-up in last year’s Scottish Under-16 stroke-play championship.

Hannah Turland, 13, is the English Under-13 champion and has been her club champion for the past two seasons. She has twice won the South West girls’ Under-15 title and plays for the Wiltshire first team.

Alex Peters (pictured above by courtesy of Tom Ward) is in EWGA’s Under-18 squad and the other girls are members of the Select regional squads.
Lyndsey Hewison

Press & PR Officer

Tel. 01603 507 416

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