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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 38th
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.
"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.
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