COVENTRY’S Heather Gilks will represent England Golf at the European Team Championships for Golfers with a Disability later this month.
Gilks features in an four-player squad set to head to Golf Club Genova Sant’Anna in Italy from July 16 to 18.
The Coventry golfer features alongside Lee York, Chris Foster and Oliver Hirst-Greenham in a mixed-gender team.
Played using a gross score format, the quartet will compete in greensomes on day one, foursomes on day two and greensomes again on day three.
England finished second at the most recent edition of the competition which took place in 2024 and have never previously won gold in the event.
Disability squad head coach, Adam Keogh said: “Having achieved a silver medal in the last two versions of the European Team Championship, we are hopeful we can go one step further.
“The team were exceptional at the recent squad coaching session and between now and arriving in Italy, we have the English Open, where we hope to have more squad success.
“To be successful in Italy we will have to overcome the challenges of the likely high temperatures and a mountainous golf course.
“With the format being amended for this event to a mix of foursomes and greensomes, it will require a complete team effort.”
