8th February 2008
2008 Queensland State Junior Golf Team Selected

The most accomplished and in form junior male golfers in Queensland have been selected to represent the State in the upcoming Australian Boys' Amateur Championship and the Australian Boys' Interstate Teams Matches in Victoria.

The 2008 Team will take a mix of both experienced and fresh faced players to the south, in an effort to win back the title after finishing just shy of New South Wales last year in Perth. The two standouts in this year's team who will bring an invaluable combined six years of interstate series experience to Victoria are Daniel Nisbet and Eagle Chang. Their impressive details are as follows:

-  Daniel Nisbet (Home Club - Caboolture, Age - 17) - Two-time winner of    the Queensland Junior Championship and two-time Australian Junior Order    of Merit winner.

-  Eagle Chang (Oxley, 17) - 2005 Australian Junior Champion, 2007 Greg    Norman Junior Masters winner, and two-time Queensland Schoolboys    champion.

It should be noted that both Nisbet and Chang will appear in their 4th consecutive Australian Boys' Interstate Series, having first represented their State at the amazing age of 14.

Completing the 2008 team are four debutants, Christopher Wood (Wynnum, 17), Chris Mann (Hills International, 17), Nathan Kinch (Surfers Paradise, 16) and Simon Worrall (Twin Waters, 16) who have all emerged from the highly successful Queensland Development Squad.

This new crop of fresh faced players just proves how strong junior golf is in Queensland, and they are now faced with great responsibility as Queensland holds a solid track record in recent times, winning three of the last six series.

Tom Crothers and Mark Gibson will again fill the respective roles of Manager and Coach.

Queensland also boasts an almost intimidating record going into the Australian Boys' Championship which is contested this year at the Spring Valley Golf with 9 of the past 11 champions reigning from Queensland.

Traveling with the Junior Boy's State Team, are two Junior Development Team players selected by Golf Queensland - Aaron Wilkin (Wynnum, 14) and Cameron Smith (Wantima, 14) who will both contest the Australian Boys' Championship.

The Australian Boys' Championship will be contested at the Spring Valley Golf Club from 26th - 28th March, and the Australian Boys' Interstate Teams Matches will be played at Peninsula Country Golf Club from the 31st March - 3rd April.

For further information, please call Golf Queensland on (07) 3252 8155.