Spotlight on GB and I selection format for Vagliano Tropy

Six of the Great Britain and Ireland team of nine to play the Continent of rope in the two-day Vagliano Trophy match at Malone Golf Club, Belfast on June 26 and 27 will gain automatic selection
through the Women's World Amateur Rankings AND the Ladies Golf Union Order of Merit at a cut-off point yet to be decided.

The top FOUR eligible players in the World Rankings will earn places in the GB and I team plus the top TWO in the LGU Order of Merit if they have not already qualified through the World Rankings.
The remaining three places in the team will be decided by the LGU Selection Panel.
The GB and I team of six for the Junior Vagliano Trophy match against the Continent at the same venue on the same dates will be wholly selected by the LGU Selection Panel.
The Continent of Europe have won the last four Vagliano Trophy matches in a row - 2007 (Fairmont St Andrews), 2009 Hamburg, 2011 Royal Porthcawl and 2013 (Chantilly). With the except of the Hamburg match, the Continentals have beaten GB and I by considerable margins: 15-9, 15.5-8.5 and 16.5-7.5.
The Junior Vagliano Trophy match for girls aged 16 years and under was inaugurated at Royal Porthcawl in 2011 and continued at Chantilly in 2013. The Continent have won both six-a-side matches comfortably - 13-5 and 14.4
Elaine Farquharson-Black (Deeside) will captain GB and I in the Vagliano Trophy match while Claire Coughlan (Cork) is the GB and I Junior Vagliano team captain.

CURRENT GB and I PLAYERS' 
POSITIONS IN WORLD RANKINGS
Bronte Law            1206
Hayley Davis          1161
Alice Hewson         1077
Connie Jaffrey        1048
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Meghan MacLaren 1027
India Clyburn            982
Charlotte Thomas     970
Inci Mehmet              924
Paula Grant                912
Chloe Williams          911
Gemma Dryburgh      906
Samantha Giles          896
Jessica Bradley          892
Eilidh Briggs              861
Olivia Mehaffey         856
Jess Meek                   841
Becky Harries             834
Gemma Clews            826
Elizabeth Mallett        826
Bethan Popel              820

HOW THEY STAND IN 
LGU ORDER OF MERIT

1 Connie Jaffrey, 2 Hayley Davis, 3 Meghan MacLaren, 4 Eilidh Briggs, 5 Paula Grant, 6 Bronte Law, 7 Inci Mehmet, 8 Becky Harries, 9 Chloe Ryan, 10 Lauren Whyte
11 Olivia Mehaffey, 12 Gemma Clews, 13 Chloe Williams, 14 Samantha Giles, 15 Bethan Popel, 16 Gabrielle MacDonald, 17 Alice Hewson, 18 Mary Doyle, 19 Amy Farrell, 20 Dulcie Sverdloff.

GB and I Vagliano Trophy team at Chantilly, France in June 2013. Back row (left to right): Gabriella Cowley, Becky Harries, Amber Ratcliffe, Hayley Davis, Georgia Hall. Front row (l to r); Stephanie Meadow, Alexandra Peters, Tegwen Matthews (capt.), Amy Boulden, Bronte Law.

 Elaine Farquharson-Black, front centre, with the GB and I Junior Vagliano Trophy team of Olivia Mehaffey, Sophie Lamb, Sammy Fuller, Sophie Madden, Fiona Liddell and Alice Hewson at Chantilly in June 2013.