THREE NEW CAPS IN ENGLAND SENIOR HOME INTERNATIONALS TEAM
England will field three new caps when they bid to regain
the title in the Seniors Home Internationals at Aberdovey
on 28th - 30th September.
The three newcomers are Gordon Broster from Devon, Kent’s
Howard Moxon and Alan Squires from Lancashire.
The rest of the team is Douglas Arnold, David Lane, Jon Marks
and Roy Smethurst.
Broster, from the Padbrook Park club at Cullompton near Exeter,
was the South West Seniors Champion in 2000 and has had two
top ten finishes in the British Seniors Championship since
1999. This year, he has finished fifth in the English Seniors
at John O’Gaunt and joint third in the Scottish Seniors
at Alyth. Broster has also represented the UK Seniors against
South Africa and Botswana.
Moxon is the Kent Seniors Champion from Royal Cinque Ports
who finished runner-up to Smethurst for the English title
back in June.
Squires, in his first season as a senior having turned 55
in January, will be the team’s junior member. A stalwart
of Lancashire golf for many years, he is a former Lancashire
Champion and Captain and played well over 100 times for his
county.
Smethurst is the No.1 English senior, having won the national
title for the third time at John O’Gaunt in June. A
former British Champion, the Crewe man was beaten in a play-off
for the European title at La Baule and was in the top ten
in the Scottish Seniors.
Arnold, from Sussex completed back-to-back wins in the English
Seniors Championship in 2002 and 2003, and similar to Smethurst
lost a play-off for the European crown in France last year
Lane is another top senior, having won the British title
once, the English Seniors twice as well as the Scottish Seniors
Championship. The man from Berkshire has also been South East
Seniors Champion and is the current BB&O Seniors Champion.
Marks from Suffolk is another senior regular, having won
the English and the South East Seniors titles.
England won the inaugural Seniors Home International at Portmarnock
three years ago, beating Ireland, Wales and Sweden, who replaced
Scotland. Two years ago at Nairn Dunbar, England won again,
while they finished third behind Ireland and Wales at Seaton
Carew last year. There are four members of that side playing
this time, Arnold, Lane, Marks, and Smethurst.
At Aberdovey, the sides will play each other on a round robin
basis, each match consisting of two foursomes and five singles,
all over 18 holes.
The full England team is:
Roy Smethurst (Crewe) Douglas Arnold (Copthorne) Gordon Broster
(Padbrook Park)
David Lane (Goring & Streatley) Jonathan Marks (Woodbridge)
Howard Moxon (Royal Cinque Ports) Alan Squires (Oldham)
Captain & Team Manager:
Richard Palmer
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