August 2006
31st Aug - FOUR-WAY TIE IN PURSUIT OF BOYS COUNTY TITLE
The destination of the Boys County Championship was in the
balance last night with each team recording one victory from
two matches.
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30th Aug - SIX OF THE BEST HEADS FOR DUTCH JUNIOR MASTERS
Three current or former national champions have been named
in a six-man squad to compete in the International Dutch Junior
Masters at Westfriese in Holland on 2nd - 3rd September.
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25th Aug - Peter Benka accepts EGU Presidency for 2008
Peter Benka, a Walker Cup player and former England international,
has accepted the nomination to become President Elect of the
English Golf Union for the year 2007 with a view to becoming
its President in 2008.
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24th Aug - EGU AND FULLER'S ANNOUNCE NEW SPONSORSHIP DEAL
The English Golf Union (EGU) have announced a major new sponsorship
agreement with Fuller’s that will see the brewer’s
London Pride brand supporting a number of initiatives at club
level throughout England.
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23rd Aug - CHAMPIONS AND INTERNATIONALS LINE UP IN BOYS
COUNTY FINALS
A host of national champions and internationals will be on
view when the English Boys County Finals take place at Pannal
Golf Club, Harrogate, Yorkshire, on 29th - 31st August.
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23rd Aug - CHESTERS AND GRIFFITHS DEFEND LOGAN TROPHY AT
HAYLING
Nigel Chesters and Paul Griffiths (pictured left - photo
courtesy of Tom Ward), joint winners last year, will defend
the title when the English Open Mid-Amateur Championship for
the Logan Trophy takes place at Hayling Golf Club in Hampshire
on 25th - 27th August.
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22nd Aug - PEPPERELL IN ENGLISH TRIO FOR GERMAN JUNIOR MASTERS
Eddie Pepperell, the 2005 English Under 14 Champion and runner-up
in the Under 16 Championship this year, is one of three players
selected to represent the EGU in the 54-hole Harder German
Junior Masters at Heddesheim Gut Neuzenhof Golf Club in Heidelberg
on 29th - 31st August.
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21st Aug - KUBER STRIKES GOLD WITH SOME HELP FROM LUKE
Teenager Marc Kuber’s practise rounds with boy international
Luke Goddard paid dividends as he won the EGU Gold Medal in
style at Woodhall Spa over the weekend.
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18th Aug - EAGLE-EYED SHARPE CLOSES IN ON TITLE DOUBLE
Oscar Sharpe is on course to complete a national junior double
after firing a two-under-par 67 in the opening round of the
English Boys Under 14 Stroke Play Championship at Gosforth
near Newcastle yesterday.
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18th Aug - ENGLISH CHAMPION MCGOWAN IN ENGLAND PARTY FOR
EUROPEAN AMATEUR
New English Champion Ross McGowan is one of 18 players the
English Golf Union is sending to Italy to contest the European
International Amateur Championship at Biella Golf Club, near
Turin, on 23rd - 26th August.
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17th Aug - SHARPE TO MAKE HIS ENGLAND DEBUT AGAINST SPAIN
Oscar Sharpe (Minchinhampton), the 2006 English Boys Under
16 Champion, has been selected along with three more of the
country’s brightest talents to form the England team
to face Spain in the annual one-day Under 16 International
at Heswall Golf Club, Cheshire,
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9th Aug - SHARPE BIDS FOR ENGLISH BOYS DOUBLE
Oscar Sharpe will attempt to add the English Boys under 14
Championship to the under 16 crown already in his grasp when
he tees off in the Reid Trophy at Gosforth Golf Club, Newcastle
on 17th - 18th August.
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5th Aug - McGowan crowned English Champion
Ross McGowan is the English Champion. After five near misses
this year the Surrey golfer finally landed the big one when
he beat Oliver Fisher 5 and 4 in the 36-hole final at Burnham
and Berrow.
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4th Aug - CAPPER AND WOOD SET FOR ST MELLION INTERNATIONAL
Teenagers Steven Capper (Caldy) and Chris Wood (Long Ashton)
will represent the English Golf Union in the St Mellion International
in Cornwall on 8th - 10th August.
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3rd Aug - Parker denies Waring second successive title
Paul Waring’s reign as English champion is over. His
dream of becoming only the seventh player to successfully
defend the title were dashed when he was beaten 5 and 3 by
boy international Ben Parker in round five at Burnham and
Berrow.
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3rd Aug - TWO NEW CAPS IN ENGLAND SENIORS SIDE FOR FINLAND
England will field two new caps in their six-man squad for
the inaugural European Mens’ Seniors Team Championships
being played at Ruuhikoski Golf Club in Finland on 16th -
19th August.
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3rd Aug - ALEX RULES THE DAY AS DINWIDDIE BOWS OUT
Nothing is ever certain in match play golf as Robert Dinwiddie
found to his cost as he exited the English Amateur Championship
in the third round at Burnham and Berrow.
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2nd Aug - CARRIS CHAMPION WRIGHT IN BOYS HOME INTERNATIONALS
SQUAD
Darren Wright, the newly crowned English Boy Champion, has
been rewarded with a place in the England team that will defend
the Boys Home Internationals at Moray Golf Club, Lossiemouth,
Scotland on 8th - 10th August.
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2nd Aug - BENSON SHOWS THE SEVE TOUCH TO STORM THROUGH
It’s doubtful if his famous namesake could have done
any better as Seve Benson stormed into the third round of
the English Amateur Championship at gale-lashed Burnham and
Berrow yesterday.
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1st Aug - SMITH BIRDIE ENDS WOLSTENHOLME'S HOPES
The English Amateur Championship continues to be a tournament
too far for Gary Wolstenholme. The Walker Cup veteran is still
seeking the title after making an early exit on the opening
day at Burnham & Berrow yesterday
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