Congratulations to HSPSE Pupil Matt Fitzpatrick on winning the Silver Medal for finishing as top amateur at the Open Championship.

The 18-year-old Hallamshire member who works with putting coach Phil Kenyon cclosed with a 72 at Muirfield to finish on 10 over par, five shots clear of his only rival, Devon's Jimmy Mullen, 19.

"I feel very proud," Fitzpatrick told BBC Radio. "That's the best I've played all week.

"I even managed to par 17 and 18, although I didn't play them too well."

Fitzpatrick, is now a serious contender for the Walker Cup team to face the United States at Southampton, New York in September, He is due to start at Luke Donald's former university, Northwestern in Chicago, this autumn.