Darren off to Slovenia

Posted on 06/07/08. Source: Fairway to Green Magazine (By Staff writer)

Darren Renwick has been named in the English team for the European Boys Team Championship at Bled Golf Club in Slovenia.

The 18-year-old has been called up alongside Tommy Fleetwood (Formby Hall), Gary King (Tyrrells Wood), Eddie Pepperell (Drayton Park),Tom Lewis (Welwyn Garden City) and Stiggy Hodgson (Sunningdale) as England seek to regain the title they last held four years ago.

Renwick, from Worthing GC, was an under-16 cap for three years before stepping up to boys level in last year‘s Boys Home Internationals. A former winner of the Douglas Johns Trophy and the Scottish Under 16 Championship, he finished tied sixth last year in both the McEvoy Trophy and the Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters and has represented the EGU in America and South Africa.This year, he finished tied third in the Hampshire Hog.

England have been European Boys Champions on eight occasions, in 1981, ‘85, ‘86, ‘89, ‘94, ‘95, ‘99, and 2004. Last year they finished runners-up to hosts Denmark.