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Thursday, August 16, 2012

ENGLAND NAME UNDER16 MIXED TEAM T0 PLAY SPAIN

NEWS RELEASE FROM ENGLAND GOLF
England Golf will field an eight-strong team for the annual U16 international against Spain at Pannal, Yorkshire, on Tuesday, 21 August.
Only one of the players has represented England before: Bradley Moore of Derbyshire who won the 2011 English U14 championship
The team of four girls and four boys is:
Ashleigh Greenham of West Essex
Eloise Healey of West Lancashire, Lancashire
Sophie Lamb of Clitheroe, Lancashire
Victoria Mallet of Sutton Coldfield Ladies’, Warwickshire
Bradley Moore of Kedleston Park, Derbyshire
Marco Penge of Worthing, Sussex
Arrun Singh Brar of Brokenhurst Manor, Hampshire,
Billy Spooner of Boston, Lincolnshire


The match precedes the North of England U16 championship at Pannal, from Wednesday to Friday, 22-24 August. Two more players will join the girls’ squad for this event:  India Clyburn and Emily Slater, both of Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire.
The team to play Spain:
Ashleigh Greenham (West Essex) 15, shared the halfway lead at the English girls’ championship and helped win the County Team Trophy for Essex at last week’s English women’s stroke play. She successfully defended the scratch McCart Trophy.
Eloise Healey (West Lancashire), 14, led the first two rounds of the English U15 championship and finished in fourth place. Her performance on the first day has qualified her for the final of the Telegraph junior golf championship.
Sophie Lamb (Clitheroe), 14, is the Lancashire girls’ champion, she tied eighth in the English U15 championship and was in the winning partnership at the Northern foursomes.
Victoria Mallett (Sutton Coldfield Ladies’), 14, was the 2011 winner of the Midlands South girls’ championship and was 12th in this season’s English U15 championship. Her sister, Elizabeth, is an England girl international.
Bradley Moore (Kedleston Park), 14, was the English U14 champion in 2011. He was capped at U16 and schools’ levels last year and this year finished fourth in the McEvoy Trophy, fifth in the European Young Masters and sixth in the Douglas Johns Trophy.
Marco Penge (Worthing), 14, finished fourth in last year’s Douglas Johns Trophy and recently was seventh in both the U16 championship for the McGregor Trophy and the U18 championship for the Carris Trophy.
Arrun Singh Brar (Brokenhurst Manor), 13, is a cousin of boy international Jack Singh Brar and tied eighth in last week’s English U14 championship for the Reid Trophy.
Billy Spooner (Boston), 14, finished equal fourth in last year’s English U14 championship and tied sixth in this year’s event last week. He was a member of the Lincolnshire team that won the English Boys’ County Championship last year.
England girls’ squad players:
India Clyburn (Woodhall Spa), 15, is a past Lincolnshire girls’ champion and  Midlands girls’ champion of champions. She was a semi-finalist in this year’s women’s county championship and helped Lincolnshire reach County Finals. Her sister, Holly, is a Curtis Cup player.
Emily Slater (Woodhall Spa), 15, was in Lincolnshire’s winning team at last year’s County Finals and is helping them defend their title this year. She is the Lincolnshire girls’ champion and was eighth in the English girls’ championship.

Lyndsey Hewison
Press Officer
England Golf
pr@englandgolf.org
07825 752 193

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