ENGLAND TEAMMATES
BATTLE FOR CARRIS TROPHY

All six members of England's victorious team that lifted the European Boys Championship last Sunday in Sweden will compete in the Carris Trophy, the English Boys Under 18 Stroke Play Championship in Wiltshire on 20-22 July.

In what promises to be the best competition in the history of the event, the draw also includes five members of the Spanish full international side that lost to England at Walton Heath in May.

Newly-appointed Boys captain, Nick Dougherty (Shaw Hill), will head the home challenge at High post, near Salisbury, backed by his international teammates Simon Robinson (Seaton Carew), Ben Welch (Weymouth), David Porter (Stoneham), Sandeep Grewal (Hewsall) and Scott Godfrey (St Enodoc), the defending champion.

Godfrey took the title a year ago at Whittington Heath by five shots from Porter and Robinson, while the field also includes Eren Behcet (Langley Park), who earned his first international cap when he was picked for the England Under-16 team against Italy at Fairhaven last month.

The Spanish are sending a strong squad including 18 year old Xavier Guzman, who won all his four matches at Walton heath. His teammates, Sebastian Garcia-Grout and Carlos Aguilar are also playing along with Raul Ballesteros, son of Baldomiro and nephew of Seve.

Adding to the overseas challenge will be players from Belgium, Holland and Germany so the 132 strong field Represents most of the leading Under 18 players in Europe.