UNDER 16 QUADRILATERAL TOURNAMENT - First national call up for Jack Thomas

Jack Thomas

Jack Thomas (Irvine) has been selected as one of the eight strong Scotland team who will contest the Under 16 Quadrilateral competition in Wales from 26 - 28 March.

 

Scotland will face wales, Ireland and Holland in the event at Southerndown Golf Club

 

The under noted article is reproduced from the www.scottishgolf.org website.

 

National Under-16 coach Kevin Hale is relishing the chance of taking an entire new team to the Under-16 Boys Quads in Wales next month.

 

Eight players have been selected to represent Scotland at the Boys development and training matches at Southerndown Golf Club.

 

The Scots face the Welsh, Ireland and Holland from 26 – 28 March, with Hale joined by Barry Jones in the coaching party.

 

Lundin’s Niall McMullen captains the side on the back of an excellent season in 2012, which saw him consistently make cuts and finish in a tie for sixth spot at the Scottish Boys Under-16s Championship.

 

The latest gathering for the Boys Quads is to help them prepare for international action later in their amateur careers.

 

Hale, who helped Scotland emerge victorious at the event last year, said: “It’s a really good event, playing competitive matches and working with the players pretty intensely for five days. It’s all about giving emerging players experience.

 

“The team changes every year and this year we have a young team, with three players under the age of 15. But that shows the youngsters are stepping up, proving they have the ability to get into the team. It’s about how they deal with the experience now.”

 

Of the team, Marriott Dalmahoy’s Murray Naysmith will hope to build on a fine 2012 which saw him also finish in share of sixth at the Scottish Under-16s and help the Lothians to an historic hat-trick of Dunfermline Building Society Scottish Boys Area Team Championships.