{"id":366440,"date":"2025-08-23T05:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T05:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/366440\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T05:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T05:00:19","slug":"shropshire-duo-fly-flag-for-england-in-2025-home-internationals-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/366440\/","title":{"rendered":"Shropshire duo fly flag for England in 2025 Home Internationals glory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whitchurch’s Crump, 16, competed as part of England Girls’ and Boys’ combined squad in Cork, Ireland, where the Red Rose team secured the title for a fifth consecutive year.<\/p>\n

Eyes were on the final day clash between England and Scotland, with the combined trophy on the line between the pair for the second year running.<\/p>\n

And England’s youngsters matched their result from 2024 in downing Scotland 13-8 overall – 4-3 in the foursomes and 9-5 in singles.<\/p>\n

It was a clean sweep weekend for the girls’ squad on the Emerald Isle with victories against Wales, hosts Ireland and Scotland.<\/p>\n

Hill Valley Golf Club’s Crump was twice a singles winner in the clashes against Ireland and Scotland, having come out on the wrong side of an opening day foursomes clash against Wales.<\/p>\n

The north Shropshire teen partnered national team-mate Ellie Lichtenhein in a 2&1 defeat to Wales’ Alicia Kelly and Seren Ramsey – but the clash finished 13-8 overall in favour of England.<\/p>\n

\"EnglandEngland Boys’ and Girls’ team celebrated combined success in the 2025 Home Internationals in Cork, Ireland. Pic: inpho Photography<\/p>\n

Day two of three saw Crump in singles action against Ella Cantwell of Ireland and the England star came out on top 4&2. England beat the hosts 14.5-6.5.<\/p>\n

In the decisive third day Crump was again victorious, one up in the singles against Carly McDonald of Scotland as her side claimed the top prize.<\/p>\n

It continues a superb run of victories in the tournament for England girls’ side, who have now won seven Home Internationals titles in a row dating back to 2016, as well as 15 wins from the last 16.<\/p>\n

They claimed 23.5 points out of a possible 27 in the singles and 6.5 from nine in foursomes. There was only one singles defeat from 18 matches.<\/p>\n

“We wanted to win, but the performances across the board have exceeded expectations,” said girls’ manager India Clyburn. “To win 17 out of 18 is a considerable achievement, and everyone deserves the plaudits they receive.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, there was more glory as England men’s and women’s squads sealed victory at Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire.<\/p>\n

The Red Rose edged a tight clash against Wales 12-9 on the final day which helped England reclaim the combined title from Ireland.<\/p>\n

Shropshire’s McDonald-O’Brien, who turns 19 next month, was part of the women’s side as that trophy went to Ireland thanks to a dramatic putt at the 18th on the final day.<\/p>\n

She tied a singles and foursomes clash and enjoyed individual success over Aideen Walsh of Ireland, 4&2, in a day-two 11.5-9.5 success.<\/p>\n

McDonald-O’Brien tied with Scotland’s Susan Woodhouse in England’s 13-8 win over Scotland on day one before a two up defeat alongside Amelia Wan against Ireland in foursomes.<\/p>\n

\"EnglandEngland Men’s and Women’s team, featuring Shropshire Isla McDonald-O’Brien, came out on top with combined success in the 2025 Home Internationals at Woodhall Spa. Pic: Nick Butcher, Leaderboard Photography<\/p>\n

McDonald-O’Brien and Wan tied against Luca Thompson and Ffion Tynan before a one up victory for Emily James in the day three singles, in a 12-9 win over Wales.<\/p>\n

The final women’s standing saw Ireland pip England into top spot after the pair tied on 15 game points, but Ireland edged the decisive match points by 0.5.<\/p>\n

But the combined men’s and women’s triumph made it three wins from four tournaments after the events were amalgamated in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Whitchurch’s Crump, 16, competed as part of England Girls’ and Boys’ combined squad in Cork, Ireland, where the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,393,2826,4884,93,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-366440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-sport","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115076322128218902","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}