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LEADING
ENGLISH YOUNGSTERS
LINE UP FOR REID TROPHY
The cream of
England�s young golfers line up in the English boys' Under-14 Stroke
Play championship for the Reid Trophy at Longcliffe Golf Club, near
Loughborough in Leicestershire on 17th � 18th
August.
This will be
the first time the event has moved away from its regular venue of
Porters Park in Hertfordshire as the EGU follow their policy of
moving championships around the country. It will also be the first
time the Championship has been played over two days. In previous
years 36 holes were completed in a day.
A total of 901
youngsters, some of whom will prove to be the international players
of tomorrow, will compete in three-ball matches starting at 08:00
hours on both days.
The field includes
several brothers of players already established in boys� golf. There
is Alex Stevenson (Whittington Heath), younger brother of Craig
Stevenson, who has just been called up by England for the Boys Home
Internationals, and 13-year old Alex Macgregor (Perranporth), whose
brother Robert is in the Cornwall Under-18 squad.
From Durham,
Tom Maddison (Castle Eden), could be strong contender. He played
well in the Under 16 Championships for the McGregor Trophy until
a poor finish, in which he spilled six shots in the final two holes,
saw him slip from twelfth to twenty-seventh.
Tom Oliver (Radcliffe
on Trent) is only 11 but has been playing for five years and has
a handicap of nine, while another Cornwall youngster is Charles
Simpson (Newquay), the son of former Curtis Cup golfer, Linda Moore.
Another offspring
is Gary McLure (Whickham), the son of Tony McLure, the green keeper
at Whickham and a former winner of the Lytham Trophy and the Northern
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