Champion Godfrey in Six ManTeam For New Spanish Event

The English Golf Union is expanding its policy of providing young players with experience of international competition by sending a six-man team to compete in a new four-nation tournament in Spain.

The First International Match Costa Ballena Golf, also involving teams from Germany, Sweden and Spain, will be played at the new Golf Club Costa Ballena near Cadiz from 14th to 16th November.

English champion Scott Godfrey, 20, and international colleague Paul Bradshaw will spearhead England's challenge and will be backed by boy caps Scott Jackson, David Porter, Daniel Wardrop, and Ben Welch.

Cornishman Godfrey won the English Amateur Championship at Saunton in July and made his England senior debut in September's Home Internationals at Woodhall Spa.

Bradshaw, 22, from Lincolnshire, also celebrated his first cap at Woodhall Spa, helping England regain the title, but an injury kept him out of the Lincolnshire side for the English County Finals at Burnham & Berrow in September.

Hampshire-based Porter, the England boy captain, and Wardrop have just been drafted into the England national training squad after successful seasons. Porter, 18, led England to victory in the Boys Home Internationals at Moortown and to third place in the European Boys Team Championships in Poland. He has been on the international scene since 1997. Wardrop, from Cheshire, was a team-mate of Porter's for both international competitions. He recently triumphed in the Greek Amateur at Glyfada, and the 18 year old came close to winning the Luxus European Under-21 Championship at Turnberry only to be beaten in a play-off by Scotland's Barry Hume.

Jackson, 18, was a team-mate of Porter's in the World Junior Golf Team Championships in Japan this summer as well as in the European Boys Team Championships in Poland. Like Godfrey,

Welch is Cornwall based and played for England Boys in the 1999 season. A month ago he helped St Mellion, win the English Champion Club tournament at Minchinhampton. The Spanish competition will be played on a round robin basis, each match comprising three morning foursomes and six afternoon singles.

Each team will spend a week at Costa Ballena, with practice days on the 12th and 13th November followed by the three competition days and an Am-Am on the 17th November.

Team: Paul Bradshaw (Gainsborough) Scott Godfrey (St Enodoc) Scott Jackson (Bramall Park) David Porter (Stoneham) Daniel Wardrop (Didsbury) Ben Welch (St Mellion)

Non-Playing Captain - Nigel Furniss
National Coach and Manager - Keith Williams