PORTER APPOINTED
ENGLAND BOYS CAPTAIN

David Porter (Stoneham) has been appointed England captain for the Boys Home Internationals at Moortown, Leeds, to be played 7th-9th August.

Although only 18, the Hampshire golfer is a seasoned international, having played for various England boys' teams, home and abroad, since 1997.

Porter first donned an England shirt in the annual Under-16 international with Italy at Radcliffe-on-Trent four years ago. He earned his first boys cap in the European Boys Team Championships the following year, then played his first Boys Home Internationals at Gullane a month later.

Successes came thick and fast for Porter in 1999. He helped England retain the World Junior Golf Team Championship in Japan, win the European Boys title in Sweden as well as the Home Internationals at Conwy. On a personal note, he won the Carris Trophy at High Post and was also a member of the victorious Great Britain and Ireland Jacques Leglise Trophy side at Burnham and Berrow.

He played in the same teams in 2000, and this year has again played in the World Junior Golf Team Championships again in Japan and is a member of the England side for the European Boys Team Championships to be played in Poland 10th-14th July.

In May, Porter finished third in the English Men's Open Amateur Strokeplay Championship for the Brabazon Trophy at Royal Birkdale and won The George Henriques Salver awarded for the best performance by a player from Great Britain and Ireland aged under 20.

Porter said, "It has been a wonderful experience to represent your Country at International level but to be asked to captain the side is a great honour which I am thoroughly looking forward to."