BLAINEY AND STUART OFF TO SOUTH AFRICA
The EGU is sending two members of its ‘A’ Squad,
Gregg Blainey (Bearwood Lakes) and Sam Stuart (St Annes Old
Links), to contest the South African Amateur Championship
at Royal Durban Golf Club on 2nd - 7th March.
Blainey, 25, from Berkshire, enjoyed a successful 2007, winning
the Berkhamsted and Lee Westwood Trophies and finishing third
in the West of England Stroke Play. He is also a former winner
of the Herts Stag and Herts Bowl and has an earlier third
place in the St Mellion International.
 Stuart,
19 (pictured left - photo courtesy of Tom Ward), is a former
Lancashire Boy Champion, who has been promoted from the Under
21 Squad to the ‘A‘ Squad this year. In 2007,
he won the Hulbert Trophy in Manchester, finished third in
the North of England Youth Championship, tied fifth in the
Duncan Putter and the Lancashire Championship and was eighth
in the Tillman Trophy.
The week in Durban begins with a 36-hole qualifying competition
after which the leading 64 players and ties will progress
to the match play championship. Each round will be contested
over 18 holes until the final which will be 36 holes.
The prestigious title has come to England in recent years
with David Dixon winning the title in 2001.
There will be a team competition over the qualifying rounds
with the aggregate scores of both players to count.
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