Hartshorne gets a call for international duty

TEESSIDE prospect Thomas Hartshorne is heading to the Golf Resort Kaskada Brno in the Czech Republic afer being named in the England team for the nex week's European Boys’ Team Championship.

- By NICK LOUGHLIN

The 15-year-old, attached to Rockliffe Hall and a member of Teesside Golf Club, currently tops the European Under-16 rankings.

His recent joint first-place finish at Fairhaven, where he narrowly lost in a four-hole playoff to Edwin Sjodin, combined with a third-place at the McEvoy Trophy and a fourth-place at the prestigious Carris Trophy, propelled him to the leading position in the European golf rankings and helped secure his England spot.

“It feels good to know that I am the best at the level I am at,” said Tom, a Year 10 student at Egglescliffe School, who will be studying his GCSEs next year.

“It is nice to be recognised as the best Under-16s golfer in Europe and I want to be the best in the world at Under-18s level, hopefully playing on Tour.”