Jamie Donaldson and Neil Mathews will represent Wales in the 2000 Lake Macquarie Amateur at Belmont Golf Club, New South Wales from 27-30 January.

This will be the first time that the Welsh Golfing Union has competed in this event. The English and Scottish Golf Unions have been competing for a number of years and the Welsh Golfing Union are keen to develop the ability of its players by promoting them with as much international competition as possible.

The pair will face stiff competition with Paul Casey and Luke Donald forming a formidable partnership for England, whilst Australia will be represented by Aaron Baddeley and Brett Runford, who have won the Australia Opena dn the ANZ Players Championships respectively in recent week.

Ahead of the challenge Jamie Donaldson said: "This is a wonderful opportunity, not only for myself and Neil but also for the Welsh Golfing Union and we expect to compete for the championship."

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