GB&I CAP FOR LAURA MURRAY

AT NORTH BERWICK THIS

WEEKEND

Robert Gordon's University student Laura Murray (pictured right) has been called into the Great Britain & Ireland Select for this weekend's training match against the Junior GB&I team at North Berwick Golf Club.
Laura, a 19-year-old Alford GC member, made her debut for Scotland in last month's women's home internationals.
She steps up into the GB&I team alongwith Rachel Jennings (Izaak Walton) to replace Curtis Cup players Breanne Loucks and Melissa Reid who are unavailable for the match which will tee off on Friday and end on Sunday.
The only other Scot in the GB&I team is Michelle Thomson (McDonald Ellon), the 19-year-old Aberdeenshire champion and quarter-finalist in this year's British women's open amateur championship.
Scots in the Junior GB&I Team are Carly Booth (Comrie), Megan Briggs (Kilmacolm) and Pamela Pretswell (Bothwell Castle).
Sally Watson (Elie & Earlsferry) and Ellie Givens from Darlington had to drop out from the original selection because they are students at colleges in America. Sally has returned to the David Leadbetter Academy in Florida while Ellie is a freshman student at Denver University.

The revised teams are:

GB&I SELECT - L Bennett (Brokenhurst Manor), N Edwards (Ganton), S Hassan (Vale of Glamorgan), R Jennings (Izaak Walton), L Murray (Alford), F Parker (Royal Birkdale), K Smith (Waterlooville), M Thomson (McDonald Ellon). Captain - M McKenna.

JUNIOR GB&I TEAM - C Booth (Comrie), V Bradshaw (Bangor), M Briggs (Kilmacolm), H Brockway (Yeovil), R Connor (Manchester), Lisa Maguire (Slieve Russell), P Pretswell (Bothwell Castle), K Tidy (Manchester). Captain - T Matthews.

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