DEATH OF 1956 CURTIS CUP TEAM PLAYER

FROM THE LADIES GOLF UNION WEBSITE
Veronica Beharrell winning Curtis Cup team member 1956 has died
Everyone at the LGU was saddened to hear of the death, last Tuesday, of 1956 Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup player, Veronica (Anstey) Beharrell.

Veronica, also an English International and Captain, took up the game of golf as a junior in 1952, and within one year played in the England Girls Team at the Home Internationals. 
In1955 she stepped up to the Great Britain and Ireland Girls Select, and travelled around the world, playing matches against Australia and New Zealand. 
That proved a very successful trip for the young Veronica, who returned as the amateur champion of Victoria, Australia and New Zealand. 
With performances like that, it was no surprise that she was selected for the Curtis Cup team of 1956, and played her part in the 5-4 win at Princes Golf Club, Kent – only the second time that the Curtis Cup team from this side of the pond had been victorious. 
A serious car accident later that year, while travelling back from the Home Internationals at Sunningdale, largely put paid to her amateur golfing career at the top end, but she continued to be active in golf, both playing and in administration, and with an active interest in golf history. 
In 1960, she married John Beharrell, himself a top golfer and the winner of the 1956 Amateur Championship at Troon, at 18 years old becoming the youngest winner of that championship. John, a past captain of the R and A, predeceased Veronica in December 2010. 
Veronica’s funeral takes place on Friday, March 14, and the thoughts of her LGU friends are with her daughter, sons and extended family at this sad time.