NATIONAL NEWS 2010     For all the latest reports on English Womens golf log onto www.englishwomensgolf.org See here for all the National News involving Gloucestershire Players 2010 British Ladies Championships. Sian James reached the last 16 of the British Ladies Matchplay./ for full report log onto www.lgu.org Hannah Barwood Selected to play for the Curtis Cup Team 2010 At 2pm today (26th April) Hannah Barwwod finally realised her dream and was selected to represent GB&I for the Curtis Cup in the USA in June. Hannah had just completed playing in the Helen Holm Trophy in Scotland finishing 3rd on 7under par. Gloucestershire are tremendously proud of Hannah and all her achievements and look forward to seeing her play in Massuchusets in three thrillig days of golf. Team: Hannah Barwood (England) Holly Clyburn (England) Rachel Jennings (England) Leona Maguire (Ireland) Lisa Maguire (Ireland) Danielle McVeigh (Ireland) Pamela Pretswell (Scotland) Sally Watson (Scotland) Reserves: Kelsey MacDonald (Scotland) Stephanie Meadow (Ireland) Charlie Douglas (England) Amy Boulden (Wales) Team Captain: Mary McKenna (Ireland) Team Manager: Tegwen Matthews (Wales) Gloucestershire players perform well at the Helen Holm Championship Hannah, Charlotte and Sian have all just competed in the Helen Holm Trophy. The event is a 72 hole tournament with the final round being played on the challenging Royal Troon course. Hannah finished 3rd on 7 under par, Charlotte finished joint sixth on 5 under par and Sian James finished the three rounds 3 over par.  Sian James is awarded the EWGA Silver Tee Award 2009 Sian James is top of the class with her studies and her golf – and her skills have earned her a special award from the English Women’s Golf Association. She has won the association’s Silver Tee Award for the way she combines her golf and education. It was presented to her at the EWGA annual meeting by award sponsor Andrew McGowan of Regent Silversmiths of Birmingham. Sian, who is a member at Bristol & Clifton, is in the second year of a degree course in applied golf management at Birmingham University. Alongside her studies last year she helped an all-woman team from her university become the World Student Matchplay Champions. Sian also won the women’s title at the R&A Foundation Scholars tournament, was runner-up in the British universities strokeplay championship, and represented Gloucestershire at County Finals. Sian thanked both EWGA and Regent Silversmiths for her award, commenting: “This is very much appreciated. “I am very grateful to EWGA for their continued support while I am at university and I’m doing my best with both my golf and my studies.”  (Report from the EWGA website).   To sign up to the newsletter click on the logo and register on the English Womens Website.