March 2005
24th March - ENGLAND BANK ON EXPERIENCE AGAINST EUROPEAN
CHAMPIONS
England will field eight members of the side that regained
the Home Internationals title last September for the match
with Spain at Puerta de Hierro Golf Club in Madrid on 15th
and 16th April.
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23rd March - SKINNS AND CAMPBELL COMPLETE CLEAN SWEEP IN
MEXICO
David Skinns and Lloyd Campbell brought further glory to
English golf when they completed a clean sweep in the Mexican
Amateur Championship at the Club Campestre de la Cuidad de
Mexico in Mexico City.
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23rd March - EGU & ELGA LAUNCH NEW ‘GET INTO GOLF’
WEBSITE
The English Golf Union (EGU) and English Ladies’ Golf
Association (ELGA) today announced the launch of their new
‘Get into Golf’ website.
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15th March - EGU TO INTRODUCE NATIONS CUP AS PART OF McGREGOR
TROPHY
The English Boys Under 16 Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship
for the McGregor Trophy has become increasingly popular as
an International event in recent years.
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15th March - ENGLAND SEEK ANOTHER SHERRY CUP SUCCESS
The English Golf Union is sending a strong four-man team
to defend the Sherry Cup being played at Royal Sotogrande
Golf Club, Spain, on 6th - 9th April.
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14th March - CRAMPTON AND JACKSON HEAD DOWN MEXICO WAY
The English Golf Union has invited James Crampton (Spalding)
and Grant Jackson (Garforth), two members of its B Squad,
to carry the flag in the Copa Monterrey in Mexico from 1st
- 4th April.
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11th March - NEW FUTURE FOR ENGLAND PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR
The English Golf Union (EGU) announced today that their Performance
Director, Nigel Furniss, would be leaving at the end of March
after a successful nine-year career at the governing body
of men’s golf.
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7th March - UNDER 18 SQUAD HEAD FOR WARM WEATHER TRAINING
IN SPAIN
As part of England’s progressive training programme
for the country’s best young golfers, the EGU are, for
the first time, taking the entire under 18 Boys Squad to Spain
for Warm Weather Training.
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4th March - ENGLAND NATIONAL COACH BOWS OUT AFTER 11 YEARS
Keith Williams, the England National Coach, has today official
announced that he will be stepping down from his job at the
head of the England Coaching team after a successful eleven
years.
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2nd March - WOLSTENHOLME SEEKS ANOTHER AUSSIE TITLE
Gary Wolstenholme has the chance to land a swift Down Under
double after being included in a four-strong party of Elite
Squad members to represent the English Golf Union in the Riversdale
Cup
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1st March - ENGLAND WIN IN PORTUGAL
England have won their second team title in as many months
by taking the Nations Trophy at the Portuguese Amateur Championship
played at Estela Golf Club from 23rd-27th February.
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February 2005
24th February - Leicestershire & Rutland Open for disabled
persons
Monday July 18th from 10am during the Festival Week 17th
to 23rd July for disabled and special needs golfers. 18 hole
course £10 per person. For further information contact
Graham Bright Tel: 0116 2412044 or visit Oadby
Golf Club website.
23rd February - SKINNS AND CAMPBELL HEAD DOWN MEXICO WAY
David Skinns and Lloyd Campbell, both at college in the United
States, have been selected to represent the English Golf Union
in the Mexican Amateur Championship
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22nd February - SOUTH AFRICA NEXT FOR ENGLAND ELITE SQUAD
Four members of England’s Elite Squad will be flying
to South Africa to compete in the South African Amateur Championship
early next month.
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18th February - ENGLISH GOLF UNION CHOOSES MARRIOTT TO HOST
ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP TOURNAMENT QUALIFIERS
The EGU has announced that their Associate Membership Programme
regional qualifying tournaments in 2005 will be in association
with Marriott Hotel and Country Clubs.
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17th February - FRED CARÖE TAKES OVER AS EGU PRESIDENT
Fred Caröe was installed as the 74th President of the
English Golf Union at the Annual Meeting at Woodhall Spa this
week
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10th February - ENGLAND PLAYERS SET THEIR SIGHTS ON PORTUGUESE
TITLE
Matthew Baldwin, James Ruth and Paul Waring, all members
of England’s World Class Performance Programme Elite
Squad, have been chosen to compete in the Portuguese Amateur
Championship
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8th February - ENGLAND’S ELITE SQUAD PLAYERS COMPETE
IN JONES CUP
Five of England’s leading players, which include members
of the 2005 Walker Cup squad, have been invited to the United
States to compete in the biennial Jones Cup later this month.
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7th February - WOLSTENHOLME TRIUMPHS IN AUSTRALIA
England Elite Squad member Gary Wolstenholme (Kilworth Springs)
extended his portfolio of triumphs when he became the first
Englishman to win the New South Wales Medal in Sydney, Australia
on Sunday 6th February.
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January 2005
31st January - JUNIOR PARTNERSHIP PROVING TO BE DRIVING
FORCE IN ENGLAND
Now in its sixth year, the England Junior Golf Partnership
(EJGP) continues its success and positive impact on the development
of junior golf in England.
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28th January - ENGLAND’S FIRST WIN OF 2005 AT COSTA
BALLENA
England has secured their first team victory of 2005 by winning
the Costa Ballena Quadrangular match in Spain.
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13th January - ENGLAND NAME PROMISING ‘B’ SQUAD
Following the announcement of their Elite and ‘A’
Squads, England has also selected a 16-strong ‘B’
Squad, intended for emerging players who show genuine longer
term potential to become top golfers.
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10th January - HORSEY INCLUDED IN COSTA BALLENA SQUAD
David Horsey, beaten finalist in the English Amateur Championship
in 2004, is included in a six-strong England team competing
in the Costa Ballena Quadrangular match in Spain at the end
of January.
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6th January - ENGLAND SQUADS BEGIN PREPARATION FOR 2005
SEASON
England’s Elite & “A” Squads will begin
their preparation for the 2005 season at a Warm Weather Training
session in South Africa.
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