VENUES CONFIRMED FOR NEXT TWO SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS
The English Schools Team Championships will be staged in
the North of England and in the Midlands over the next two
years.
Clitheroe Golf Club in Lancashire will generously host the
one-day event in August 2006, while Coventry Hearsall Golf
Club has graciously agreed to be the venue in 2007.
Both are long-established clubs, Clitheroe having been formed
in 1891. Its 6,323-yard parkland course was designed by James
Braid in 1932 is situated in the heart of the Ribble Valley
with views on all sides, particularly Stonyhurst College and
the famous Pendle Hill. It regularly hosts county matches
and was the venue for the English County Champions Tournament
in 1991 by Tony Allen from Warwickshire.
The Coventry Hearsall club is just three years younger having
celebrated its centenary in 1994. But this will be the first
occasion it has hosted an event under the auspices of the
English Golf Union. The 6,005 yard, par 70 course over gently
rolling land, presents a good test with fairways that are
divided by some impressive stands of trees, medium to small
sized greens, and excellent bunkering.
This year's English Schools Team Championship was staged
at John O'Gaunt Golf Club in Bedfordshire and was won by Sandown
High School from Hampshire.
The format of the English Schools Team Championships is 18-hole
Stableford for three-person teams off handicap, the best two
cards to count.
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