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Anna Hubbard (left) and Tegwen Matthews continue their GB and I team partnership in France (2013) and the United States (2014).

TEGWEN MATTHEWS TO CAPTAIN DEFENCE

OF CURTIS CUP IN AMERICA IN JUNE 2014

Tegwen Matthews, the Captain of the Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup team that scored an historic victory over the USA at Nairn this year, will lead the 2014 team when it defends the trophy on American soil.

The first International Team Captain from Wales, Tegwen proved to be an inspirational and popular leader, and relishes the chance to motivate her team for the 38^th Curtis Cup, which will be hosted at the St Louis Country Club, Missouri, in June 2014.

No mean player herself, having been on four successive Curtis Cup teams between 1974 and 1980, Tegwen used that experience and the experience of four years as team manager to Past Captain Mary McKenna MBE, to inspire her team to the first GB and I victory in the biennial match since 1996. She also led the GB and I team to a win in the Astor Trophy Tournament at Fairhaven Golf Club last year, which included victory over a New Zealand team led by the world’s number one amateur Lydia Ko.

Matthews will also captain the Great Britain and Ireland team which takes on the Continent of Europe in the Vagliano Trophy match in June 2013 at Chantilly Golf Club in France.

On being invited to continue as International Team Captain, Tegwen said “I am thrilled, honoured and excited to be invited to be Captain of the GB and I International Ladies Team for a further two years. Following our historic Curtis Cup win at Nairn, I would dearly love to raise the bar even higher, by winning back the Vagliano Trophy at Chantilly and retaining the Curtis Cup in St Louis on American soil. 
"Both tough calls, but winning is a habit and I will be doing everything in my power to keep that habit well and truly alive. 

"With many of the Curtis Cup team turning professional, I am sure both teams will look very different, but I know there are a lot of girls waiting in the wings, desperate for the chance, not just to play for GB and I, but to be part of a winning GB and I team. My job is to harness that desire and make the dream a reality.”

Anna Hubbard, Wales, a very experienced and successful team manager who supported Tegwen at the Curtis Cup, will be manager of both the junior and adult GB and I teams at Chantilly next year.