England teams named for Home Internationals' defence in Wales
England
has named two strong teams to defend next week’s Women's and Girls’ Home
Internationals at Conwy Golf Club, North Wales, from August 3-5.
The
girls’ team are targeting their ninth consecutive win, while the women
have won their title four times in the last five years.
The
women’s team includes four of the players who helped England become
European champions earlier this month: Emma Allen, Meghan MacLaren,
Lizzie Prior and Olivia Winning. They will be joined by the new English
women’s champion Sammie Giles, Gemma Clews and Sophie Lamb. The reserve
is India Clyburn (Woodhall Spa).
The
girls’ team is made up of all six members of the team which contested
the European girls’ championship, together with 14-year-old Annabell
Fuller, who is making her debut at this level. The other players are
Louisa Brunt, Sharna Dutrieux, Lily May Humphreys, Emily Price, Bel
Wardle and Amelia Williamson. Humphreys and Williamson were both in the
top 20 after the qualifying rounds of the European championship. The reserve is Martha Lewis (St George’s Hill).
England WHI team
Emma Allen,
19, (Meon Valley, Hampshire) had four top ten finishes in her freshman
year at the University of Missouri. Last year she was in England’s
winning team at the girls’ Home Internationals, winning all six of her
games. (Image © Leaderboard Photography)
Gemma Clews,
21, (Delamere Forest, Cheshire) leads the England Golf women’s order of
merit, having tied 4th in the English women’s amateur, reached the last
16 in the British women’s championship and been 5th in the Welsh
strokeplay.
Sammie Giles,
21 (St Mellion, Cornwall) has just won the English women’s amateur and
also holds the English stroke play title. She is a past winner of the
English mid-amateur championship.
Sophie Lamb,
18, (Clitheroe, Lancashire) tied fourth in the English women’s amateur
and was leading qualifier at the English women’s open match play
championship.
Meghan MacLaren,
22, (Wellingborough, Northamptonshire) scored the winning point for
GB and I at the Curtis Cup. She is a past British and Irish stroke play
champion and has won eight times on the US college circuit.
Lizzie Prior,
18, (Burhill, Surrey) was runner-up in the English women’s amateur for
the second year in a row. She won her first event after starting
university in the USA and returned to successfully defend the Critchley
Salver.
Olivia Winning,
21, (Rotherham, Yorkshire) won the Helen Holm Scottish open stroke play
championship for the second time this year and tied 12th in an LET
Access Series tournament in Spain in May.
England Girls’ team
Louisa Brunt,
17, (Royal Birkdale, Lancashire) won the Pleasington Putter last week,
was third in the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters and has had top 20
finishes in the German girls’ open and the St Rule Trophy
Sharna Dutrieux,
17, (Wrotham Heath, Kent) tied second in the Critchley Salver, was
third in the Hampshire Rose and shared fourth place in the Sir Henry
Ccooper Junior Masters.
Annabell Fuller,
14 (Roehampton, Surrey) won the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters and was
second in the Scottish U18 girls, the Frilford Heath Salver and the
Spring U16 championship.Lily May Humphreys, 14, (Channels, Essex) won the 2015 English U14 girls’ champion and has followed up this season with a win in the Fairhaven Trophies, second place in the Critchley Salver and third in the Frilford Heath Salver.
Emily Price,
16, (Cleobury Mortimer, Worcestershire) enjoyed a spectacular run of
three wins in a week capturing the Scottish girls’ open championship,
the Leveret and the Whittington Ladies’ Trophy.
Bel Wardle,
16, (Prestbury, Cheshire) was eighth in the St Rule Trophy, 16th in the
Welsh women’s stroke play and made the cut in the Portuguese women’s
amateur championship.
Amelia Williamson,
15, (Royal Cromer, Norfolk) was sixth in the English women’s amateur
and successfully defended the English schools’ championship for the
second year in a row. She was runner-up in the Fairhaven Trophies.
Lyndsey Hewison Press Officer England Golf pr@englandgolf.org 07825 752 193
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