Fiona all set for Junior Ryder Cup Match

Fiona Norris is the Vice Captain of the European Junior Ryder Cup Team which starts practising tomorrow. The Captain is Gary Stangle of Austria. The match against the USA takes place on 27 & 28 September at Gleneagles. Admission is free and the teams would welcome your support.

The European team consists of 6 girls and 6 boys, 3 of each are under 16 and 3 of each under 18.

There are two English players , British women's matchplay champion Kelly Tidy and Chris Lloyd, but no Scots in the European team. Leona Maguire of Ireland was selected but withdrew. I don't know her replacement.

At the end of the contest both teams and the officials are attending the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor.
We wish Fiona and the team well.

The team is:
Boys
Thomas Detry (Belgium).
Albert Eckhardt (Finland).
Johana Kukkonen (Finland).
Moritz Lampert (Germany).
Chris Lloyd (England).
Kristoffer Ventura (Norway).
Girls
Isabella Deliert (Sweden).
Manon Giladi (France).
Manon Mole (France)
Sophia Popov (Germany)
Kelly Tidy (England)