England has presented four new caps for the 11 man squad for the Home Internationals at Hillside Golf Club on Merseyside on 26th - 28th August. Stiggy Hodgson (Sunningdale, Surrey), Matthew Nixon (Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire), both past competitors in the Junior Masters, as well as Chris Paisley (Stocksfield, Northumberland) and James Robinson (Southport & Ainsdale, Lancashire) were announced to be in the side on 3rd August.
The rest of the team is Jamie Abbott (Fynn Valley, Suffolk), Tommy Fleetwood (Formby Hall, Lancashire), Luke Goddard (Hendon, Middlesex), Matt Haines (Rochester & Cobham, Kent), Sam Hutsby (Liphook, Hampshire), Farren Keenan (Sunningdale, Surrey) and Dale Whitnell (Five Lakes, Essex). The non-travelling reserve is Jack Senior (Heysham, Lancashire). The line-up shows four changes from the side that beat Spain in March while six of the side played in last year’s Home Internationals in Scotland. There are three teenagers in the line-up while the average age is just below 21.
Goddard, 21, is the new English Champion following his victory at Rye last week and is former winner of the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters. Fleetwood, 18, Abbott, 22, Haines, 19,Hutsby, 20, Keenan, 24, Whitnell, 20, are all past Junior Masters competitors.
The rest of the team is Jamie Abbott (Fynn Valley, Suffolk), Tommy Fleetwood (Formby Hall, Lancashire), Luke Goddard (Hendon, Middlesex), Matt Haines (Rochester & Cobham, Kent), Sam Hutsby (Liphook, Hampshire), Farren Keenan (Sunningdale, Surrey) and Dale Whitnell (Five Lakes, Essex). The non-travelling reserve is Jack Senior (Heysham, Lancashire). The line-up shows four changes from the side that beat Spain in March while six of the side played in last year’s Home Internationals in Scotland. There are three teenagers in the line-up while the average age is just below 21.
Goddard, 21, is the new English Champion following his victory at Rye last week and is former winner of the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters. Fleetwood, 18, Abbott, 22, Haines, 19,Hutsby, 20, Keenan, 24, Whitnell, 20, are all past Junior Masters competitors.
The team hope to reclaim the Raymond trophy that they last won in 2007 - we wish them well.