Following the conclusion of CGU County Week at West Cornwall GC last week, County Captain Ian Veale has named his team for the upcoming South Western Counties Golf Association meeting.

This takes place at Cumberwell Park GC, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire between Sunday 10th and Friday 15th June 2018.

Making their SW Week debuts in the 11 man line up are Sandy Kirton (Perranporth), County Junior Captain Joe Reynard (Trevose) and Jack Irwin (St Enodoc).

The full team is: Joe Cruse, Jack Irwin, Rob MacGregor, Joe Reynard, Sandy Kirton Conor Wilson (Perranporth), Aaron Stephens (Newquay),  Josh Greenaway (St Enodoc), Richard Jasper (Launceston) Harry Hall and Matt Richards (West Cornwall). (Non-travelling reserve Simon Hobbs (Bowood Park).

Whilst Veale hopes Harry Hall will be available, the University of Nevada and Las Vegas student has reached the final qualifying stage for the US Open and this will take place on 4th June at Walton Heath GC some 6 days before the start of SW Week.

Nine of the selected team are pictured above together with Veale, Vice Captain Charlie Phillips and Dave Stephens of Ace General Engineering, Newquay who have very generously provided golf bags for the team. (L to R: Conor Wilson, Joe Cruse, Aaron Stephens, Charlie Phillips, Richard Jasper, Ian Veale, Dave Stephens, Joe Reynard, Matt Richards, Jack Irwin, Josh Greenaway and Rob MacGregor)

Cumberwell Park is Wiltshire's only 45 hole golf course and in immediate proximity to the clubhouse are the starting points for all five 9 hole courses. Since opening in 1994 Cumberwell Park is now established as one of the best courses in the South West and has been awarded four stars in Golf World's Top Courses in Britain. The Club is also an accredited Golf Mark and Club Mark facility. The original 18 holes the Red and Yellow opened in 1994, the 3rd 9 holes, the Blue course opened in 1999 and the 4th 9 holes, the Orange course in 2007. Designed by Adrian Stiff the courses provide different challenges amongst rolling countryside, lakes, streams, natural copse and woodland, with the most recent addition a 9 hole Par 3 Course designed by James Edwards, with another 9 hole Par 3 already in the pipeline. 

Cornwall will play all the other counties in the region at matchplay over 36 holes of foursomes and singles but the main focus will be on Tuesday's South Western Counties Amateur Championship which serves as the qualifying round for the English County Finals which this year take place in late September at Aldeburgh GC, Sussex. Veale will need to nominate a team of 6 whose scores will count on the day.

The programme for Cornwall is:

Sunday 10th June - Matchplay v Somerset from 8.00am

Monday 11th June - Matchplay v Gloucestershire from 8.00am

Tuesday 12th June - SOUTH WESTERN COUNTIES AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Wednesday 13th June - Matchplay v Devon from 9.00am

Thursday 14th June - Matchplay v Wiltshire from 10.00am

Friday 15th June - Matchplay v Dorset from 8.00am

Full results and further information will be available in due course on the SWCGA website which you can access here

Before travelling to SW Week, Cornwall have a home Channel League match against Glamorgan at West Cornwall GC on Sunday 3rd June. All of the players named in the SW team will be playing with the exception of Harry Hall.