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Emma Duggleby selected to represent
GB&I in Espirito Santo Trophy
29 August 2004
Stephanie Evans, Emma Duggleby and
Clare Queen have been selected to represent Great
Britain & Ireland in the World Amateur Team Championships
that will be played at the Westin Rio Beach Resort
and Golf Club, Puerto Rico, from 20th to 23rd October.
Emma Dugglegy, 32, has a string
of successes to her name but at Alwoodley just missed
out on her first Ladies’ British Stroke Play
title. She has played in three Curtis Cups and was
in the GB&I team that contested the Espirito Santo
Trophy in 2002 in Malaysia.
Queen, 21, defeated Evans and Shelley
McKevitt in a sudden death play-off to win the Ladies’
British Stroke Play Championship on Friday at Alwoodley
Golf Club. As an 18 year old, she was the British
Girls Open Amateur Champion and has since gone on
to gain many representative honours for Scotland and
a place in the 2003 team for the Vagliano Trophy Match
at County Louth. She was a reserve for this year’s
Curtis Cup match at Formby.
Stephanie Evans, 20, a left-handed
player has represented Wales since 2002 when she played
in the Home Internationals at The Berkshire. This
will be her debut in a team representing GB&I.
The Championships are being played
for only the second time over two courses, the River
designed by Greg Norman and the Ocean, designed by
Tom and George Fazio, where players from the Home
Nations will be competing for the Espirito Santo Trophy.
This handsome trophy once belonged to the Tsar of
Russia, Nicolas 11, and was gifted to the Championship
by Ricardo and Silvia Espirito Santo of Portugal.
As is the case in the men’s
Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy, The United
States with 13 wins have dominated the honours in
the women’s event, but with France winning in
2000 and Australia two years ago in Malaysia, the
opportunity is there for a continuation of wins by
other countries.
Earlier this year, Kim Andrew was
appointed captain of the team, thus adding to a golfing
career at the highest level. She represented GB&I
in two Curtis Cups and would have played in the 1998
Espirito Santo Trophy had the politics in Chile not
prevented the ladies’ team travelling to South
America.
Team:
Stephanie Evans Vale of Llangollen
Emma Duggleby Malton & Norton
Clare Queen Drumpellier
Reserves:
1. Kerry Smith Waterlooville
2. Sophie Walker Kenwick Park
Further information:
Laura Rushby, Championship Assistant,
The Ladies’ Golf Union, Tel: 01334 475811
Stewart McDougall, Tel: 0141 889
6463 (H), 07775 900 744 (M)
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