THERE’S

only one trophy contested against the Americans that the US do not presently hold, and that will be up for grabs this weekend when Britain and Ireland’s best women amateurs travel to Quaker Ridge in upstate New York to defend the Curtis Cup. With seven of the eight players aged 21 or under, including two 16-year-olds in Annabell Fuller and Lily May Humphreys, they will be underdogs. In 39 matches, GB & Ireland have won just one in the US.