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FOUR NEW CAPS IN ENGLAND BOYS TEAM

 

England have named four new caps in their 11-strong squad for the Boys Home International sat Conqy Golf Club, North Wales, on 4-6 August.

Zane Scotland (Woodcote Park), 17, who qualified for the Open Championship at Carnoustie as one of the youngest players this century, earns a place after being capped for the Under-16's against Italy this year.

Richard Coulson (Hull), who was reserve for the World Junior Team Championship in Japan last month, which England won for the second successive year, is also called up along with David Skinns (Canwick Park) and James Heath (Coombe Wood).

Skinns, 17, was reserve for the triumphant team that carried off the European Boys Team Championship in Sweden earlier this month, while Heath, 16, also played against the Italians before winning the McGregor Trophy at Fairhaven four weeks ago.

However, the backbone of the team for Wales is composed of the victorious side that carried off the European Boys Team Championship, in the shape of Nick Dougherty, 17, (Shaw Hill), who will captain the side, Simon Robinson, 18 (Seaton Carew), Sandeep Grewal, 17 (Heswall), David Porter, 16 (Stoneham), Ben Welch, 17 (Weymouth), and Scott Godfrey, 18 (St Enodoc).

Porter has just won the Carris Trophy by a five-shot margin at High Post, while Godfrey has been nominated to play in the Doug Sanders World Junior Championships at Aberdeen in August.

Chris Mayson, 18, (Aspley Guise and Woburn Sands) completes the squad which will be seeking a second successive victory in the event. Five members of this year's squad, Porter, Robinson, Mayson, Dougherty and Godfrey, played last year when England competed a clean sweep at St Andrews.

The non-travelling reserves are Richard Costello (Sundridge Park) and Lee Nash (Surbiton).

The full squad is Nick Dougherty (Shaw Hill), Captain, Richard Coulson (Hull), Scott Godfrey (St Enodoc), Sandeep Grewal (Heswall), James Heath (Coombe Wood), Chris Mayson (Aspley Guise and Woburn Sands), David Porter (Stoneham), Simon Robinson (Seaton Carew), Zane Scotland (Woodcote Park), David Skinns (Canwick Park) and Ben Welch (Weymouth).

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