Shropshire Star

England Golf select Shropshire trio to represent West Midlands

England Golf have selected three Shropshire golfers to represent West Midlands for the 2024-25 season.

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Charlie Boys and Zach Banks have been included in the boys squad while Lucy Crump (also Hill Valley) will feature for the girls squad. 

Boys, who hails from Hill Valley, secured a superb double in the under-16 and under-18 category in the Shropshire & Herefordshire boys' championships in 2023. 

Banks, from Shifnal, repeated that feat in the 2024 edition while Hill Valley's Crump broke the course record at The Wrekin Golf Club to win the Ladies Championship. 

Crump also reached the last eight in the England under-18 championships and finished fourth in the R&A under-16s championship - the highest place for an English female. 

The Regional Coaching Programme bridges the gap for promising young players from the County Talent Programmes into the English Golf national squads. 

Deputy Performance Director, Steve Burnett said: "England Golf's Talent Pathway brings together all the facets of the game at every level to help our young players enjoy golf and become the best they want to be.

“This system has helped produce a large number of world-class male and female golfers while creating life-long affiliations with the game.

“We aim to support a strong, aligned and inclusive performance pathway from club to national level, in order to identify, recruit, develop, support and retain world-class golfers capable of performing and winning at the highest levels of amateur golf.

“At every level of the pathway we aim to provide fun, engaging and individualised opportunities to help the player as a person and a golfer.”