Double header at Malone Golf Club, Belfast June 26-27

GB and I teams announced for Vagliano 

Trophy and Junior Vagliano matches


PRESS RELEASE FROM THE LADIES’ GOLF UNION
The LGU has today announced the Great Britain and Ireland team of nine which will challenge the Continent of Europe for the Vagliano Trophy at Malone Golf Club, Belfast on Friday-Saturday, June 26- 27.
There are six English players in the team, which will be captained by Elaine Farquharson-Black. They are Gemma Clews, Hayley Davis, Alice Hewson, Bronte Law, Meghan MacLaren and Charlotte Thomas. World No 1 amateur Leona Maguire and Olivia Mehaffey are the Irish players in the line-up while Chloe Williams is the Welsh
representative.
Maguire, Law, MacLaren and Davis were automatic selections through the Women's World Amateur Rankings.
Similarly, Hewson and Mehaffey, as the top two eligible players in the Ladies’ Golf Union Order of Merit, were also automatic choices.
The LGU Selection Panel's three wild-card selections are Clews, Thomas and Williams.

Team captain Elaine Farquharson-Black, pictured right, who played in two winning GB and I teams in the Vagliano Trophy matches of 1989 and 1991, said:
"I am looking forward to the match against the Continent of Europe. In recent years, Europe has had the upper hand, but I am feeling very excited about our team. We have the world numbers 1 and 3, in Leona Maguire and Bronte Law, but importantly we have strength in depth with players who have already shown that they can perform consistently well on the world stage. 
"I am particularly pleased that Alice Hewson and Olivia Mehaffey, who were in my Junior Vagliano team at Chantilly two years ago, have made the progression to the senior team. Hopefully we will have a strong home support to cheer the team to victory."
The Vagliano Trophy was donated by Mr A A Vagliano. Since 1959 it has been at stake in a biennial match between GB and  Ireland and the Continent of Europe.
This will be the 29th match in the series. GB and I has won 16 matches and the Continent of Europe 12 but Europe is on a roll with four victories in a row since 2007. Their victory at Chantilly two years ago was by 16.5 to 7.5pt, their biggest ever margin of victory.

 JUNIOR VAGLIANO TROPHY TEAM
The 3rd Junior Vagliano Trophy match will also be part of the programme at Malone Golf Club and is contested by a team of six players aged 16 and under on the January 1, 2015.
The match was introduced four years ago, with the support of the R and A. 
The Continent of Europe won this first encounter 13-5 at Royal Porthcawl in 2011 and followed that up with a 14-4 victory at Chantilly in 2013.
The GB and I Junior Vagliano team will be captained by former Irish international Claire Coughlan-Ryan who
said,
 “I am really looking forward to the Junior Vagliano match next month. The recent introduction of this exciting new event has really provided a platform for these young players to move to the next level and the skill and youthful enthusiasm that will be on display at Malone bodes well for the future of GB and I golf.”
Helen Hewlett (nee Dobson) will fulfil the role of Team Manager for both teams.


VAGLIANO TROPHY TEAM
Gemma Clews          Delamere Forest
Hayley Davis            Ferndown
Alice Hewson           Berkhamsted
Bronte Law              Bramhall
Meghan MacLaren   Wellingborough
Leona Maguire         Slieve Russell
Olivia Mehaffey       Royal County Down Ladies'
Charlotte Thomas     Singapore
Chloe Williams        Wrexham
Reserves
1 Gemma Dryburgh (Beaconsfield)
2 Chloe Ryan (Castleroy)

JUNIOR VAGLIANO TROPHY TEAM
Hazel MacGarvie     The Ladies' Club, Troon
Mairead Martin         Killarney
Shannon McWilliam Aboyne
Hollie Muse             West Lancashire
Emily Price              Cleobury Mortimer
Annabel Wilson        Lurgan
Reserves;
1. Samantha Fuller  Roehampton
2. Cloe Frankish     Charthills