Rachel Jennings defends

French Under-21

title at Paris St Cloud

England international Rachel Jennings, pictured right by Cal Carson Golf Agency, will defend the title in the French lady junior championship at St Cloud Golf Club, Paris from April 9-13.
She is a member of a talented squad of six players selected to represent the English Women’s Golf Association in the event. The championship is contested by the cream of Europe’s Under-21 golfers.
The squad is:
Hannah Barwood (Knowle), Holly Clyburn (Woodhall Spa), Rachel Connor (Manchester), Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walon), Alex Peters (Notts’ Ladies) and Kelly Tidy (Royal Birkdale).
The teams for the Vilmorin Cup, which is played for over the qualifying rounds, are:
Team 1 – Hannah Barwood, Rachel Connor, Rachel Jennings.
Team 2 - Holly Clyburn, Alex Peters, Kelly Tidy.
The players:
Hannah Barwood, 18, is the English women’s champion and an England international, the Welsh Under-21 stroke-play champion and the Faldo Series girls’ champion.
Holly Clyburn, 18, is an England girl international, and the British Colleges open golf champion. She is the Lincolnshire ladies champion and the North of England schools' champion.
Rachel Connor, 18, is another successful England girl international and made her debut in the ladies’ Home Internationals in 2008. She won the Formby Leveret last year and the Royal Birkdale Scratch Trophy the previous season.
Rachel Jennings, 20, won the 2008 French lady junior championship and is a past holder of the English girls’ title. She was a Curtis Cup reserve and represented England in the world amateur team championship.
Alex Peters, 15, is an England girl international, the Nottinghamshire ladies' and girls’ champion, the winner of the Fairhaven Trophy and the North of England Under-16 girls’ champion.
Kelly Tidy, 17, is an England girl international and represented Europe in the Junior Ryder Cup. She’s twice been runner-up in the British girls’ championship and won the 2008 Lancashire ladies’ championship.
Lyndsey Hewison
Press & PR Officer