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THE CONTENDERS
(by country, and in alphabetical order, fathers first, age and handicap in brackets):

Photographs of all the teams will appear here

The field is comprised of:

• 64 teams/128 players, including 21 teams who played in 2008
• 12 nationalities
• 12 professionals
• 22 Category 1 handicaps (up to 5), including 4 scratch players
• 42 Category 2 handicaps (6-12)
• 37 Category 3 handicaps (13-20)
• 15 Category 4 handicaps (21-28)

CZECH REPUBLIC

HOKR, Vlastimil (55, 16 hcp) and Filip (29, 12 hcp) from Karlstejn GC

VECERA, Tomas (50, 15 hcp) and Petr (23, 5 hcp)

DENMARK

JENSEN, Leif (12 hcp) and Klaus (Scr)

STEFFESEN, Finn (16 hcp) and Simon (9 hcp)

THUEN, Morton (Pro) and Jesper (Pro)

ENGLAND

ALLS, Matt (Pro) and Henry (14 hcp)

ANDREWS, Keith (13 hcp) and Hadley (13 hcp)

ASTON, John (23 hcp) and Richard (8 hcp)

ATKINSON, Mike (7 hcp) and Ben (5 hcp)

BEARDWELL, Graham (70, 24 hcp) and Andrew (42, 23 hcp) from Woodlands Manor GC

BRAILEY, Mark (46, 12 hcp) and Mark Jnr (16, 5 hcp) from Shortlands GC

CARDWELL, Peter Dunn (16 hcp) and George (14 hcp)

CAVELL, Stephen (44, 8 hcp) and Dominic (14, 10 hcp) from Retford GC

COOPER, Steve (53, 18 hcp) and James (16, 4 hcp) from Wokefield Park GC

ELSTON, Neil (Pro) and Nicholas (17 hcp)

FLYNN, William (21 hcp) and Mark (28 hcp)

GARDNER, Neil (9 hcp) and Joshua (8 hcp)

GRANTHAM, Mike (Pro hcp) and Matthew (9 hcp)

HAMILTON, Martin (53, 7 hcp) and Connor (16, 5 hcp) from Lambourne GC

HOLT, Anthony (SCR hcp) and James (5 hcp)

HORWOOD, Dave (24 hcp) and Charlie (24 hcp)

HUNT, Mark (11 hcp) and Ross (4 hcp)

JACOBS, Keith (67, 10 hcp) and Nicholas (34, 1 hcp) from Goring & Streatley GC

JOHNSTON, Trevor (4 hcp) and Chris (4 hcp)

KHATKAR, Dalbinder (17 hcp) and Siminder (23 hcp)

LEVER, Brian (60, 12 hcp) and Christian (18, 20 hcp) from Beccles GC

MACGOWAN, Neil (14 hcp) and Connor (5 hcp)

MANSELL, John (57, 23 hcp) and Richard (14, 8 hcp) from Beau Desert GC

MORTON, Nick (20 hcp) Spencer (20 hcp)

NIGHTINGALE, Terry (9 hcp) and Craig (9 hcp) from Mid Kent GC

NOYE, Gary (5 hcp) and Jay (23 hcp)

PARSONS, Neil (12 hcp) and Danial (2 hcp)

PAYNE, Peter (13 hcp) and Harry (16 hcp)

PRETTY, Mark (8 hcp) and Jack (10 hcp)

PROFFIT, Michael (51, 8 hcp) and Jamie (18, 9 hcp) from Langley Park GC

REEVE, Alan (12 hcp) and Jack (18 hcp)

ROUND, Paul (49, 14 hcp) and Lance (18, 6 hcp) from The Chase GC

SAINSBURY, Carl (Pro) and David (4 hcp)

SMITH, Joe (Pro) and Rymer (7 hcp)

TAYLOR, Colin (13 hcp) and Mark (7 hcp)

TAYLOR, Philip (50, Pro) and Ben (17, Scr) from Walton Heath GC

TREMLETT, Andrew (50, 10 hcp) and Thomas (18, 12 hcp) from Old Thorns GC

TWYMAN, Roy (18 hcp) and Charlie (24 hcp)

VAN WYK, Nicolaas (23 hcp) and Jacob (20 hcp)

VEAL, John (15 hcp) and James (Pro hcp)

WISDOM, Julian (39, 17 hcp) and Grant (15, 15 hcp) from Langley Park GC

WYRES, Chris (11 hcp) and Michael (12 hcp)

YORSTON, Greame (17 hcp) and Callum (23 hcp)

FINLAND

HEINO, JP (45, 4 hcp) and Niclas (14, 10 hcp) from Sarfvik GC

SARASTI, Jyrki (9 hcp) and Joel (7 hcp)

GERMANY

JANSSEN, Gerd (6 hcp) and Martin (Scr)

STOCKS, Howard (Pro) and Andrew (8 hcp)

IRELAND

DOOLAN, Dermot (18 hcp) and Leigh (17 hcp)

GEARY, Frank (13 hcp) and Frank Jnr. (13 hcp)

MCNAMARA, Robert (22 hcp) and Gregory (16 hcp)

NORWAY

REITAN, Magnus (10 hcp) and Kristoffer (20 hcp)

NORTHEN IRELAND

BAILIE, Greg (50, 7 hcp) and Mark (13, 21 hcp) from Shandon Park GC

SCOTLAND

SYME, David (14 hcp) and Stuart (Pro)

SOUTH AFRICA

TAYLOR, Norman (88, 20 hcp) from pretoria GC and Les (51, 17 hcp)

SWEDEN

HAMMER, Anders (44, 4 hcp) and Andre (16, 5 hcp) from Ystad GK

WALES

COOMBE, Fred (69, 12 hcp) and Graham (44, Pro) from Palleg GC

ROBERTS, Edward (5 hcp) and Lloyd (12 hcp)

October 2009