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Red Rose boys seeking another County title25th September 2013Red Rose boys seeking another County title
The North Region champions won the title in 2008 and 2010, were runners-up last year and finished third in 2011. But they will face stiff opposition from the other regional winners, Devon, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Channel Islands, and Leicestershire & Rutland. The Lancashire line-up includes county champion Haydn McCullen and several players who have appeared in their previous finals, namely John Carroll, Paul Howard, Sean Towndrow and Mark Young. McCullen, an England boy international, is also the county's boy champion, while Howard was capped by England in the recent Home Internationals at Ganton. Devon, county champions in 2003 at Formby, have battled their way into all three county finals this year and their team at Minchinhampton includes Jimmy Mullen, who also made his full England debut in the Home Internationals at Ganton. The 19 year old from Royal North Devon also played all four rounds of the Open Championship at Muirfield and finished joint third in the Brabazon Trophy at Formby, achieving a hole-in-one during the final round. The Devon team also includes Sam Edwards, a former under 16 international, and fourth in this year's Tillman Trophy. But the county is missing Harrison Greenberry and Ryan Pope, both at college in the United States. Hampshire, IoW & CI, county champions in 1996 at Woodhall Spa, finished third on their last appearance in the finals at Hunstanton in 2010, when their team included Martin Young, who is again in their line-up. Young was English Mid Amateur champion in 2006 and is a regular in the leading tournaments up and down the country. His team-mates this time include Harry Ellis, English champion last year and Hampshire boy champion this, who has been capped at all three levels by England, and the experienced Ryan Henley. When comes to experience there are few with more equipped than David Gibson, a stalwart of Midland regional winners Leicestershire & Rutland. He is their county champion and is joined by two equally experienced men in Jonathan Herbert and Steve Sansome, the English Mid Amateur champion in 2004 at Fairhaven. Leicestershire & Rutland have yet to win the County Championship, while the title hasn't resided the Midlands since Warwickshire triumphed at Hayling in 1990. The County Finals are played on a round robin basis over the three days. In the first round of matches, Lancashire face Leicestershire & Rutland while Devon meet Hampshire, IoW & CI. Teams Devon David Ashley (Saunton) David Blick (East Devon) Adam Bridgewater (Tavistock) Sam Edwards (Bigbury) Peter Lawrence (Woodbury Park) Jimmy Mullen (Royal North Devon) Dan Rosevear (Yelverton) Hampshire, IoW & CI Mark Burgess (Blackmoor) Harry Ellis (Meon Valley) Elliot Groves (Stoneham) Ryan Henley (Stoneham) Gavin O'Neill (Royal Jersey) Tom Robson (Rowlands Castle) Martin Young (Brokenhurst Manor) Lancashire John Carroll (Huyton & Prescot) Ciaran Doherty (Bury) Paul Howard (Southport & Ainsdale) Paul Kinnear (Formby) Haydn McCullen (Delamere Forest) Sean Towndrow (Southport & Ainsdale) Mark Young (Longridge) Leicestershire & Rutland Martin Anderson (Kibworth) James Billingham (Cosby) David Gibson (Cosby) Jonathan Herbert (Hinckley) Ashley Mason (Glen Gorse) Colin Mitchell (Melton Mowbray) Steve Sansome (Birstall) Image caption: Minchinhampton Golf Club image copyright Tom Ward Photography. For more information on the English men's County Championship Finals please visit the website Notes for Readers:-
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