England will be bidding for a third title in four years when they send a strong line-up to Japan for the World Junior Golf Team Championships 14-17th
June.

It will be a new experience for most of the four-man team, only David Porter (Stoneham) having played previously in the event. The Hampshire-based
18-year-old was in the winning team in 1999 and also competed last year when England finished third behind the United States. The rest of the England line-up will be Steven Lewton (Woburn), Scott Jackson (Bramall Park), and Michael Skelton (Hunley Hall).

Porter has been on the England scene since 1997 when he played in the annual under 16 international against Italy. Since then he has been a regular in
the England Boys line-up, represented Great Britain and Ireland in the
Jacques Leglise Trophy at Turnberry last year, as well as winning the
English Boys' Open Amateur Strokeplay Championship for the Carris Trophy in 1999.

Lewton's selection has come as a birthday present as he turns 18 on 5 May.
He was first capped for England in last year's European Boys' Team
Championship in Holland, while he has featured in this year's School of
Excellence. Lewton has twice finished runner-up in the McEvoy Trophy, the
most recent just over a week ago.

Jackson might also regard his call up as a birthday present as he will be 18
on 3 May. He was capped for the first time in the under 16 international
with Scotland at Drumoig in 1999, then represented England in the annual
match against the England Girls under 18s at Worksop. He was third in the
recent McEvoy Trophy and is a member of the 2001 School of Excellence.

Skelton's, the youngest of the team at 17, finished runner-up in the 1999
British Boys at Royal St David's, a performance that earned him calls
against Scotland in the under 16 international as well against the Girls
under 18s that year. In 2000, he won the McGregor Trophy at Woodbury Park in Devon, represented England in the European Young Masters in Turin and again featured against the under 16 Scots.

The World Junior Golf Team Championship attracts a large entry of
international teams, including the likes of South Africa, Argentina, Chile,
New Zealand, Korea, Finland, Philippines and Japan. The Tojo course is part
of a magnificent 63-hole complex and is claimed top be the longest course in
Asia, measuring 7,777 yards. But for the Championship the length will be
reduced to 7,063 yards.

Non-travelling reserves are Ben Harvey (Dudsbury), recent winner of the
McEvoy Trophy, and Simon Bell (Northcliffe). The Team Captain will be Roy Case with Dr Frank Harkins as Team Manager.