Wales plan a three-pronged attack on European Team Championships
WALES bid for glory in three of the four European Team Championships being staged next week across the continent.
They do not have a side in the women’s event but, after promotion to the top flight, the boys have great hopes of making an impact in the Czech Republic.
Aberconwy Trophy and Trubshaw Cup winner Tom Froom (Nefyn & District) helped the boys return to the top table courtesy of a secondplaced finish in Division Two last year at Krakow Valley, Poland, and will now look to repeat that with the men this year.
He will be joined at Rosa Private, Poland, by joint Berkshire Trophy winner Matt Roberts (Vale Resort), Ben Chamberlain (Padeswood & Buckley), Jake Hapgood (Southerndown), Gaelen Trew (Wentworth) and
Tom Williams (Wrexham).
The field will play 18 holes of stroke play on day one and two, with the five lowest scores from each team’s six players counting towards the overall total.
Stroke play qualifying will determine a seeded order for the match play with the top eight advancing to
Flight
A to fight for the title, and promotion.
The top two will then receive an invitation to next year’s European Amateur Team Championship unless the hosting nation is exempt, in which case, the third-placed team shall also receive an invitation.
The following eight will battle it out in Flight B. Aled Greville (Ashburnham) and Tom Peet (Pyle & Kenfig, IN ASSOCIATION WITH pictured) also helped the boys gain promotion and they return to the team this year alongside Irish Boys Amateur Open Championship and North Wales Boys Open Championship winner Archie Davies (Carlisle), James Ashfield (Delamere Forest), Reuben Bather (Maesdu), and Tom Matthews (Oswestry).
The tournament, at Kaskada, Czech Republic, will follow the same rules as the men’s with 16 teams competing.
The top eight teams after stroke play qualifying will advance to Flight A and compete for the title. The bottom eight will battle it out in Flight B.
Wales are also making a return to the European Girls’ Team Championship at Forsgarden, Sweden, with a strong team.
Welsh Ladies Amateur champion Lea-Anne Bramwell (Abergele), Scottish Girls Open winner Ffion Tynan (Minchinhampton) and Mid Wales Girls Open champion Darcey Harry (Vale Resort) will lead the team that also contains Ffion Evans (Newport Links), Eleanor Willis (St Pierre) and Carys Worby (Newport Links).
After 36 holes of stroke play qualifying, the top eight will advance to Flight A, the following eight will go through to Flight B, while the remaining teams will play a roundrobin tournament in Flight C.