MORE than 250 golfers from across the world head to Wiltshire to tee up in the English Girls’ Championship and other age group events next week.

Players from all over England and as far afield as Singapore, Spain and the United States will compete in the event which runs all week.

Among them is Hally Leadbetter, the daughter of coaching legend David Leadbetter, who will travel from Lake Nona in Florida to play in the main championship at the North Wilts club.

Two companion events, the English under 15 and under 13 girls’ championships, will be played at The Wiltshire Golf & Country Club from Tuesday to Thursday.

Local interest is likely to focus on Wiltshire’s Hannah Turland, a past under 13 champion bidding for the under 15 title this year.

Turland, 15, is the Wiltshire county champion and will represent England in the girls’ Home Internationals next month.

She is one of six Wiltshire players taking part in the championships.

The others are Sarah Gee (West Wilts), Kyra Horlock (Hamptworth), Charlotte Lucas (High Post) and Katie Warren (Wrag Barn) in the under 13s; and Ellena Farrow (Kingsdown) in the English girls’. Turland’s main rivals in the 80-strong under 15 field are likely to include Norfolk’s Amber Ratcliffe (Royal Cromer) who has just won the English under 16 schools’ championship.

Competitors in the English girls’ championship at North Wilts will play a qualifying strokeplay round on each of the first two days of the championship.

Then, the leading 32 will go forward to the championship matchplay flight.

The finals of both flights take place on the morning of Saturday (August 1).

The under 15 and under 13 championships at The Wiltshire are both strokeplay events.

All competitors play 18 holes on each of the first two days before the fields are cut for the final day’s play.

In the under 15s, the leading 36 players and ties qualify for the 36 hole final.

In the under 13s, the leading 18 players and ties qualify for the 18-hole final.

Both finals are played on Thursday, July 30.

Full details of competitors and starting times for the qualifying rounds are available at www.englishwomensgolf.org.