THE BEST OF BRITISH AND IRISH GOLFERS IN WINDY SOUTH WALES

The best female amateur golfers in Great Britain and Ireland are gathered at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club on the (very) windy south coast of Wales for the biennial Vagliano Trophy two-day contest against the cream of the Continent of Europe. For the first time an Under-16 girls' team match will be played in conjunction with the main event.

Following their victory in the Astor Cup at Fairhaven GC, Lancashire last week, the GB and I team will go into the Vagliano Trophy match on a high.

Kelly Tidy, Pamela Pretswell, Holly Clyburn, Kelsey MacDonald Amy Boulden who made up the victorious GB and I team of five who beat Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada at Fairhaven, are joined by Ireland's Leona Maguire, Danielle McVeigh (Irish champion)  and Stephanie Meadow plus Scottish champion Louise Kenney for the Vagliano Trophy match.

Image by courtesy of Susan Simpson of the Ladies Golf Union.

Back row (left to right)

GB and I Vagliano Trophy team of nine

left to right

Captain Tegwen Matthews, Stephanie Meadow (Ireland), Amy Boulden (Wales), Holly Clyburn (England), Kelly Tidy (England), Danielle McVeigh (Ireland), Louise Kenney (Scotland), Kelsey MacDonald (Scotland), Pamela Pretswell (Scotland), Leona Maguire (Ireland), Sue Turner (girls' team captain).

Front row (GB and I Under-16 girls team)

left to right

Bronte Law (England), Chloe Williams (Wales), Charley Hull (England), Clara Young (Scotland), Amber Ratcliffe (England), Georgia Hall (England).

There is no charge for admission or car parking and spectators will be welcomed to provide the galleries worthy of this international golf occasion.
The opening ceremony will start at 6pm on Thursday.

MATCH PROGRAMME
FRIDAY
Teeing off at 10min intervals between 8am and 8.30am
Vagliano Trophy: Four foursomes (players' names announced on Friday evening).
Teeing off at 10min intervals between 8.40am and 9am.
Under-16 Girls International Match: Three foursomes (players' names announced on Friday evening).
Teeing off at 8min intervals between 1pm and 1.56pm:
Vagliano Trophy: Eight singles (players' names announced at lunchtime Friday).
Teeing off at 8min intervals between 2.04pm and 2.44pm
Under-16 Girls International Match: Six singles (players' names announced at lunchtime Friday).

SATURDAY
Same times and format as Friday.

CLOSING CEREMONY, PRESENTATION OF VAGLIANO TROPHY at 6.30pm


+The Vagliano Trophy match is played every second year i.e. between the Curtis Cup years.
Most recent results:

2009 Continent of Europe 13, GB and Ireland 11 (at Hamburg).
2007 GB and Ireland 9, Continent of Europe 15 (Fairmont St Andrews).
2005 Continent of Europe 13, GB and Ireland 11 (Chantilly, France).
2003 GB and Ireland 12.5, Continent of Europe 11.5 (Co Louth, Ireland).

CONTINENT OF EUROPE TEAM AT ROYAL PORTHCAWL 
Team captain: Anne Lanzerac.
Alexandra Bonetti (France).
Celine Boutier (France).
Manon Gidali (France).
Camilla Hedberg (Spain).
Lara Katzy (Germany)
Therese Koelbaek (Denmark).
Sophia Popov (Germany)
Madelene Sagstrom (Sweden).
Marta Silva (Spain)

CONTINENT OF EUROPE UNDER-16 GIRLS' TEAM
Team captain: Kristin Gunhildrud.
Shannon Aubert (France) Age 15.
Ciara Baena (Spain) Age 15.
Quirine Eijkenboom (Germany) Age 16.
Karolin Lampert (Germany) Age 16.
Emily Pedersen (Denmark) Age 15.
Ha Rang Lee (Spain) Age 15.