WELSH GOLFING UNION:
MATTHEWS ONLY NEW CAP

Konica Order of Merit leader Neil Matthews is the only new cap selected to represent Wales in the European Amateur Team Championship to be played at Monticello Golf Club, Italy from 29th June to 3rd July 1999.

In a a team packed with European experience, Lee Harpin is the only player who has not played in a European Team Championship at some level. Jamie Donaldson and Nigel Edwards both played in Portmarnock in 1997 and will be determined to make amends for a poor showing. Craig Williams and Neil Matthews were in Wales's victorious European Youth Team Championship winning side last year while Ian Campbell, a semi-finalist in last week's British Amateur Championship has played in 3 European Boys Team Championships.

Wales won this Championship in 1993 in the Czech Republic and the current Welsh captain Tony Disley said: "The standard of European Golf continues to improve, however, I feel the side we have selected is capable of making a serious challenge in Italy."

Team

Ian Campbell - Marlborough
Jamie Donaldson - Macclesfield
Nigel Edwards - Whitchurch
Lee Harpin - North Wales
Neil Matthews - Pontypool
Craig Williams - Creigiau

Non playing captain: Tony Disley - Royal Porthcawl
Team manager: Richard Dixon - Welsh Golfing Union