HOME AGAIN LEWTON READY FOR A CZECH OUT
 Stephen
Lewton (Woburn), home from college in the United States, is
one of three top players who will represent the EGU in the
Czech Amateur Championship at Prosper Golf Club, Celadna,
on 9th -12th August.
He will be accompanied by Danny Belch (Hillside) and Lawrence
Dodd (Thetford), the trio making up the England team that
will compete in the Nations Cup.
Lewton, 23 (pictured left - photo courtesy of Tom Ward), is
on a scholarship at North Carolina State University and has
enjoyed considerable success on the college golf circuit.
Before crossing the Atlantic, Lewton was an England under
16 and boy cap who twice finished runner-up in the McEvoy
Trophy and represented England in the World Boys Team Championships
in Japan and in the European Boys Team Championships in Poland.
He was also a quarter-finalist in the British Boys Championship
and won the individual prize in the EGU South East Qualifying
in 2005. Recently, he reached the last 16 of the Amateur Championship
at Sandwich having put out Walker Cup man Oliver Fisher in
the second round.
Belch, 24, a member of the England A Squad, is a former winner
of the Tillman Trophy, who finished runner-up in the EGU Northern
Qualifying in 2005. This year, he has finished tied third
in the Duncan Putter and tied sixth in the Irish Open Amateur.
Dodd, 22, made his full international debut in the Home Internationals
at Prestwick in 2004 and he is now in the England A Squad.
In 2005 he won the Hampshire Hog and finished equal fourth
in the Berkshire Trophy. This year a second place in the Selborne
Salver, third place in the Hampshire Hog and equal third in
the Lytham Trophy, suggests he is still in good form.
The Czech Amateur Championship attracts an international field,
which will be cut to the leading 70 players and ties after
two rounds. There will be a further cut after 54 holes when
the best 40 players and ties will contest the final round.
The Nations Cup will be decided over the opening two rounds,
the best two scores from three to count each day.
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