Royal Birkdale golfer Louisa receives England call-up
ROYAL Birkdale golfer Louisa Brunt has been named in the England team for the Women and Girls’ Home International crown at Conwy Golf Club, Wales, next week (August 3-5).
Louisa, 17, won the Pleasington Putter last week, was third in the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters and has had top 20 finishes in the German girls’ open and the St Rule Trophy.
Another local golfer who will compete for the women’s team in Wales next week is Clitheroe’s Sophie Lamb. The 18-year-old was tied for fourth in the recent English Women’s Amateur Championship which was held at West Lancashire Golf Club and also holds the English stroke play title.
The girls’ team are targeting their ninth consec- utive win, while the women have won the title four times in the last five years.
The women’s team includes four of the players who helped England become European champions earlier this month: Emma Allen, Meghan MacLaren, Lizzie Prior and Olivia Winning. They will be joined by the new English women’s champion Sammie Giles, Gemma Clews and Lamb.
The girls’ team is made up of all six members of the team which contested the European girls’ championship, together with 14-year-old Annabell Fuller, who is making her debut at this level. The other players are Brunt, Sharna Dutrieux, Lily May Humphreys, Emily Price, Bel Wardle and Amelia Williamson. Humphreys and Williamson were both in the top 20 after the qualifying rounds of the European Championship.