HALLAMSHIRE JUNIORS TO REPRESENT ENGLAND

Junior players from Hallamshire Golf Club will be representing England in the Home Nations Championship final in Spain next year after being crowned national champions.

The team of six (pictured below) won the English national final at Studley Wood Golf Club, beating Burhill by two points and three other regional finalists in a closely fought contest.

Hallamshire winners: l to r: Louie Hinchliffe, Alex Fox, Tom Bradley, Alex Fitzpatrick, Barclay Brown, Tom Naylor

In wet and blustery conditions the Hallamshire team of Alex Fitzpatrick, Barclay Brown, Tom Bradley, Tom Naylor, Louie Hinchliffe and Alex Fox battened down the hatches to record some impressive scores. Brown, an England under 16 international and our current Sheffield Plate holder, shot the best gross score of the day with a five under par 68 – seven strokes ahead of the second-best scorer, Jeong Sim of Burhill.

Hallamshire Junior organiser, Bill Thomas, said: “It was a difficult day for golf but the boys were outstanding. Our juniors won the national final in 2007 and this team is looking forward to representing club and country again in Spain next year.”

The Home Nations Inter-Club Championship – contested between England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Eire and Wales will be held over five days at Antequera golf club near Malaga from March 5-11 and will be a feature of a 90-minute Sky Sports broadcast later in the year.

The Championship is in its 21st year in 2015 and continues to be a popular event. More than 1,300 clubs with 650,000 members compete each year seeking to progress from the regional to national finals in the hope of representing their country.

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