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Press Release

6 National Juniors head to Scotland for series of Junior Open tournaments and visit the 150th British Open at St Andrews 

14th June 2010

       

6 lucky junior golfers will head to the East coast of Scotland next month with EGF’s Gerard Bent is a great 8 day schedule that will see them not only compete in 3 Junior Open tournaments but also spend 2 days at the British Open in St Andrews. The boys will play a practice round at each of the venues that they will play the tournaments at with all three course being highly regarded British Open qualifying courses.  They will compete in 3 separate junior Opens , at North Berwick Golf Club, Monkten Hall Golf Club and Dunbar Golf Club. Two days will be spent at the British Open watching the top players compete in the biggest event in world golf. Visits have also been arranged to the British Golf Museum where the boys will see the history of the Open Championship as well as the game of golf itself. “I look forward to travelling with the boys to Scotland, I know they will really enjoy the course we are playing. Two of them are true old fashioned seaside links courses that will be truly unique experience. With 2 days at the 150th Open at the home of golf arranged with our trip, I am sure that it will be memorable week for them” commented Bent.

The travelling party will be;

 

Gerard Bent – Egyptian Golf Federation
Maged Hamad - Dreamland
Hassan Said - Katameya
Hassan Fayed - Alexandria
Omar Mahfouz - Gezira
Hussein Mahfouz - Gezira
Sherif Rizk – Gezira

 

Itinerary for National Juniors Scotland Trip
Accomodation at Belhaven Hotel
Date Activity Timing
Thursday 15th July Fly Cairo to Edinburgh Dep 4 AM - arrive 10.55
Taxi to hotel in North Berwick 11.30 arrive 12.15 PM
Taxi to Dunbar GC  2.30 PM
Practice round Dunbar Golf Club 3.30 and 3.38
Friday 16th July Train to St Andrews 8:00 AM
Day at British Open and Golf Museum All day
Saturday 17th July Free morning  
Practice Round North Berwick Golf Club 4:30 PM and 4:38 PM
   
Sunday 18th July Train to St Andrews 8:00 AM
Attend final round of British Open  All day
Monday 19th July Taxi to Monkten Hall Golf Club 9:00 AM
Practice round Monkten Hall 10.30 X 2
Tuesday 20th July Taxi to Monkten Hall  Time TBC
Monkten Hall Junior Open All day
   
Wednesday 21st July  North Berwick Junior Open All day
Thursday 22nd July Taxi to Dunbar Golf Club Confirmed
Dunbar Junior Open All day
Friday 23rd July Free morning   
Taxi to Edinburgh airport  
Fly Edinburgh to Cairo Dep 4.40 PM arrive 02.20 AM on 24th