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