Seven youngsters off to Germany

Seven players will represent England in the German boys’ and girls’ open, which starts on Thursday at St Leon Rot.

The four boys are: Barclay Brown (Hallamshire, Yorkshire), Enrique Dimayuga (Walton Heath, Surrey), Matthew Freeman (Notts, Nottinghamshire) and Max Hopkins (Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire).

The girls are Caitlin Whitehead (Carus Green, Cumbria), Mimi Rhodes (Burnham & Berrow, Somerset) and Thalia Kirby (Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire).

All the players are members of the England Golf boys’ and girls’ squads.

The championships are played over 54 holes and end on 2 June.

Image: Barclay Brown (copyright Leaderboard Photography).