Three Bay of Plenty golfers are swinging their way to Japan in an effort to shoot New Zealand into contention at the Toyota World Junior Golf Team Championship.
New Zealand Golf this week announced a settled junior representation to compete in the global event held in Toyota City, Japan next month.
Omanu's Alanna Campbell is the sole Bay of Plenty girl to make the NZ squad to contest the Toyota World Junior Golf Team Championship. Photos: Simon Watts/ bwmedia.co.nz
Among the seven-strong side of players 18-years or younger, is Omanu's Alanna Campbell, Te Puke's Harry Hillier and Whakatane's Henry Spring.
Campbell is joined by Brooke Hamilton (Waikato) and Amelia Garvey (Canterbury) in the girl's team, while Hillier and Spring team up with Daniel Hillier (Wellington) and Sam Vincent (Waikato) in the boy's outfit.
It's the same squad that contested the Australian Junior Amateur Championships last month – plus the Bay of Plenty's Tyla Kingi.
The World Junior Golf Team Championship has been running for 22 years, with 2014 being the first year a junior girl's championship was help alongside the boy's championship.
And for the Kiwi players it will be one of the last showings in the 2014/15 season, with the winter break almost upon them.
The announcement caps a busy three weeks for Campbell, who won the Autex Muriwai Women's Open by six shots at the weekend.
Before this she won the qualifying event at the New Zealand Women's Amateur at the Titirangi Golf Club before making it all the way to the final. That was followed by a third place finish at the Barfoot and Thompson Akarana Open.
The world junior team champs will be staged at the Chukyo Country Club in Toyota City from June 16-19.
The tournaments will be contested over 72 holes of strokeplay, with the best three of four scores each day (for the boy's team) and two of three (for the girl's team) counting towards their team's total score.
It will feature a strong field of the best players from 20 countries, including Sweden, Scotland, South Korea, Japan, China, the United States and Norway.
The host country won last year's girls title with a level par score of 576, while Norway captured the boys crown with a team total of 831, 21 under par.
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Te Puke's Harry Hillier will be joined by Whakatane's Henry Spring in the boy's division.

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