England Golf has unveiled its Regional Squads for the 2025/26 season – featuring junior boys and girls from across the north region and Yorkshire.
The Regional Coaching Programme aims to guide talented young golfers from County Talent Programmes into the England Golf National Squads. Designed to nurture the next generation of champions, the programme focuses on developing players capable of excelling at both national and international level.
England Golf deputy performance director Steve Burnett said: “England Golf aims to support a strong, aligned and inclusive performance pathway from club to national level – in order to identify, recruit, develop, support and retain world-class golfers capable of performing and winning at the highest levels of amateur golf.
“The Regional Performance Programme is a vital part of the pathway, and it bridges the gap for young players showing promise at county level to push on and improve sufficiently to go on and play for England in the near future.
“The Regional Squads have helped produce a large number of world-class male and female golfers while creating life-long affiliations with the game. At every level of the pathway, we aim to provide fun, engaging and individualised opportunities to help the player as a person and a golfer.”
The 2025/26 squads include:
NORTH
Boys
Andre Bethapudi (Durham City, Durham, 14)
Oscar Hancill (Wearside, Durham, 16)
Bradley Quayle (Seascale, Cumbria, 16)
Sam Wilson (St Andrews, Scotland, 15)
Aidan Blythe (Brampton, Cumbria, 17)
Evan Oliver (Wearside, Durham, 17)
Roan Smith (Hobson, Durham, 17)
Girls
Amelia Temperley (Morpeth, Northumberland, 13)
Nixie Corcoran (Blackwell Grange, Durham, 12)
Millie Hixon (Wearside, Durham, 15)
Rebecca Wildey (Eden, Cumbria, 17
Jessica Dorritt (Consett & District, Durham, 17)
North coaching team
Girls coach: JJ Vallely
Girls manager: Sian Oakley
Boys coach: Simon Robinson
Boys manager: Philip Ross
S&C: Joel Brannigan
YORKSHIRE
Boys
Ollie Scott (Middlesbrough Brass, 15)
Lewi O’Rourke (Cleveland, 14)
Albie Walker (Abbeydale, 14)
George Cooper (Doncaster, 15)
Elliot Alcock (Moortown, 15)
Girls
Sophie McKelvie (Oakdale, 15)
Jessie Lane (Waterfront, 13)
Mila Dodds (Sand Moor, 14)
Grace Gill (Garforth, 16)
Ava McDaid (Leeds, 14)
Matilda Ward (Huddersfield, 16)
Yorkshire coaching team
Girls coach: Craig Fricker
Girls manager: Kevin Fretwell
Boys coach: James Freeman
Boys manager: Philip Woodcock
S&C: Mark Campbell
