GAUTIER TAKES REID TROPHY OVERSEAS FOR FIRST TIME
Stanislas Gautier, from France became the first overseas
player to win the English Boys Under 14 Championship when
he collected the Reid Trophy at Porters Park.
A final round of 68, the only sub-70 return on the day, for
212, saw the 14 year old from Paris to a three-stroke victory
from Rhys Pugh from Wales, who closed with 71.
Pugh, 13, a member of the Welsh team in the recent Boys Home
Internationals, led for the first two rounds but Gautier,
who is also the French under 14 champion, turned on the power
over the final circuit.
The pair, playing together, were neck-and-neck over the front
nine but when Gautier secured an eagle and followed it with
further birdies, he was heading for the title.
The best English player was Patrick Horsting from Kent, who
finished in fourth place on 224 after a closing 71 which also
earned him the under 13 prize.
There was always expected to be a strong foreign challenge
and with four continental players in the top eight that was
realised.
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