ENGLAND NAME STRONG UNDER-16 SIDE TO FACE SCOTLAND
 England
will field a strong line-up, all with international experience,
for the annual under-16 clash with Scotland at Prestwick Golf
Club on Sunday 23rd September.
It includes the quartet that beat Spain at Heswall last month
- Adam Carson (Long Ashton), Tommy Fleetwood (Formby Hall),
Tom Lewis (Mid Herts) and Chris Lloyd (The Kendleshire).
The rest of the team is Jonathan Bell (Royal Blackheath),
Tom Berry (Wentworth), Billy Downing (Truro), Adam Myers (Northants
County), Eddie Pepperell (Drayton Park), and Max Smith (Newbury
Racecourse). The non-travelling reserve is Harry Whittle (Woburn).
Bell(pictured - photo courtesy of Tom Ward), the English
Under 14 Champion in 2004, played in the annual match against
the England Girls under 18 team for the past two years. He
finished sixth in the South East Junior Championship this
year and ninth in the English Under 18 Championship and represented
the EGU in the Dutch Junior Masters.
Berry, a former Surrey Under 14 Champion and runner-up in
the English Under 14 Championship in 2005, played in the training
international against Sweden this year and also represented
the EGU in the Dutch Junior Masters. Last month he finished
fourth in the North of England Under 16 Championship.
Carson, last year’s Gloucestershire Youth Champion,
won the English Under 16 Championship at Southport & Ainsdale
in July and lost a playoff to Whittle for the Douglas Johns
Trophy. He also finished runner-up in the South West Boys
Championship and is the Long Ashton Club Champion.
Downing, runner-up in the English Under 14 Championship in
2003 when aged 11, finished fourth in the under 16 Championship
two years later. He finished fourth in the North of England
Boys Championship last year and he won the South West Boys
Championship earlier this summer.
Fleetwood has been an under 16 international for the past
two years and is now a member of the under 18 squad. A former
Lancashire Under 15 Champion, he finished runner-up in the
Lancashire Championship this year and made his debut at boys
level in the European Boys Team Championships in Denmark.
He was also a member of England’s victorious Boys Home
Internationals team, winning all six of his matches, and he
was a member of the winning Jacques Leglise Trophy side.
Lewis, joint winner of the under 16 Hazards Salver in the
Carris Trophy in 2005 and third in the English Under 14 Championship
that year, has enjoyed a successful 2007. He won the Sir Henry
Cooper Junior Masters, finished joint runner-up in the English
Under 16 Championship and tied first with Lloyd for the North
of England Under 16 title.
Lloyd, a former Gloucestershire Under 15 Champion, is also
enjoying a highly-successful 2007. After winning the South
West Boys Under 16 Championship, he finished third in the
Gloucestershire Championship and runner-up in the Carris Trophy
and the South West Boys Championship before sharing the North
of England Under 16 title with Lewis. He also reached the
last 16 of the British Boys.
Myers was English Under 16 Champion in 2005 and has been
an under 16 international for the past two years. The big-hitting
Northamptonshire golfer represented the EGU in the European
Young Masters in 2005 and 2006 and in the German Junior Masters
this year. Also played in the earlier match against Sweden.
Pepperell was England Under 14 Champion in 2005 and runner-up
in last year’s Under 16 Championship. Made his debut
as a boy cap in last year’s Boys Home Internationals
and is another who is enjoying a successful 2007. He lost
a playoff for the Hampshire Hog, finished tied fourth in the
McEvoy Trophy and third in the European Young Masters. He
also reached the semi-finals of the British Boys and was in
the winning teams for England in the Boys Home Internationals
and for GB&I in the Jacques Leglise Trophy
Smith came to prominence nationally when he finished joint
runner-up with Lewis to Carson in the English Under 16 Championship.
He also finished runner-up in the South of England Boys and
sixth in the Carris Trophy and represented the EGU in the
Dutch Junior Masters.
All members of the team are aged 16 apart from Carson, Downing,
Lloyd and Smith who are 15, while Downing, Fleetwood, Myers
and Pepperell played in the equivalent match last year at
Hartlepool when the Scots won 8-7, their first victory in
nine years.
The full England team is:
Jonathan Bell (Royal Blackheath)
Tom Berry (Wentworth)
Adam Carson (Long Ashton)
Billy Downing (Truro)
Tommy Fleetwood (Formby Hall)
Tom Lewis (Mid Herts)
Chris Lloyd (The Kendleshire)
Adam Myers (Northants County)
Eddie Pepperell (Drayton Park)
Max Smith (Newbury Racecourse)
Non-travelling reserve: Harry Whittle (Woburn)
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