England Golf has announced the players who will make up its new Disability Performance Squad for the 2025/26 season.
The squad forms part of England Golf’s wider strategic vision, with the 2025-2030 Disability Golf Plan aiming to make golf one of the leading sports of choice for disabled people in England.
The England Golf Disability Squad supports a pathway for golfers with a disability to reach the very top of the game and represent their country on the international stage.
The 12-player squad for 2025/26 includes golfers split into four bands which will determine the teams and tournament selections. The bands have been put in place by EDGA (European Disabled Golf Association), with the players selected via the qualification system.
The squad includes:
Kris Aves, The Shire London, Hertfordshire – Band 1
Philip Meadows, The Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire – Band 1
Ken Powell, North Foreland, Kent – Band 1
John Eakin, Royal Ashdown Forest, Sussex – Band 2
Chris Foster, Hanbury Manor, Hertfordshire – Band 2
Tony Lloyd, The Shropshire, Shropshire & Herefordshire – Band 2
Aimi Bullock, Sunningdale Heath, Surrey – Band 3
Heather Gilks, Coventry, Warwickshire – Band 3
Kipp Popert, Wildernesse, Kent – Band 3
Tom Blizzard, Droitwich, Worcestershire – Band 4
Oliver Hirst-Greenham, Morecambe, Lancashire – Band 4
Ellie Perks, Hagley, Worcestershire – Band 4
