Lightcliffe's newly crowned county golf champion Alex Keighley has been called up for her full Yorkshire debut following her Ganton triumph.

The 19-year-old, who has represented her country at under-18 level, had only previously played for Yorkshire in non-counting matches.

Now she has been selected in the first-choice squad that defends the Northern Counties championship at Seaton Carew on June 24-29 - a title Yorkshire need to retain in order to defend the English championship at Moortown in September.

Cleckheaton's England international Gina Simpson, currently studying on a golf scholarship at San Jose University in California, is also included in the squad.

Curtis Cup pair Emma Dugdale and Rebecca Hudson will be on a Great Britain and Ireland training visit to Venice - the venue for the Vagliano Trophy match against Europe in July - and will miss the first two days at Seaton Carew.

Yorkshire: Jayne Demoily (Middlesbrough), Emma Dugdale (Malton & Norton), Sara Garbutt (Knaresborough), Lyn Gibson (Selby), Rebecca Hudson (Wheatley), Alex Keighley (Lightcliffe), Rachel Lomas (Hallamshire), Gina Simpson (Cleckheaton). Reserves: Kay Baxter (Moortown), Rachel Bell (Ganton), Naomi Edwards (Scarborough South Cliff), Nicola Haywood (Rotherham).

lNew captain Andy Riley could not have wished for a better start to the Inter-District campaign than the one his weakened side provided at Northcliffe against York.

Missing several regulars through Brabazon Cup calls and other commitments, the home side took the morning foursomes by nine matches to three and dominated the afternoon singles to run out convincing 29-7 winners.

Scores - Foursomes: Darryl Berry (West Bradford) & Gareth Evans (Northcliffe) bt Martin Brown (Pike Hills) & Steve Dunn (Fulford) 5&4, Andrew Dufton (Woodhall Hills) & Russell Simpson (West Bowling) bt Neil Smith (Heworth) & James Mason (Fulford) 6&4, Neil Harker-Bell (Bradford Moor) & David Beever (Baildon) lost to Philip Collier (Fulford) & Steve Mitchell (Fulford) 4&3, Karl Curran (South Bradford) & Andrew Town (Northcliffe) bt Paul Harlington ((Boothferry) & Steve Harlington (Boothferry) 4&3, Mathew Roche (Baildon) & James Firth (Northcliffe) bt Jonathan Plaxton (Fulford) & Martin Garland (The Oaks) 6&4, Andrew Utley (Keighley) & David Woodcock (Cleckheaton) halved with Neil Thompson (Scarthirk Hall) & Ian Simpson (Fulford).

Singles: Berry bt Dunn 2&1, Evans halved with Smith, Dufton halved with Brown, Harker-Bell bt Mitchell 3&2, Simpson halved with Collier, Beever bt Mason 1up, Curran bt Plaxton 4&3, Roche halved with P Harrington, Town bt Garland 2up, Firth bt S Harrington 4&3, Woodcock bt Simpson 3&2, Utley bt Thompson 3&2.