Oliver on the way to meet Faldo in Brazil

One of Shropshire's brightest young golfing talents is off to Brazil for the world final of a major tournament - and the chance to meet Ryder Cup captain Nick Faldo.

Ludlow's Oliver Lewis is one of the Great Britain finalists heading off to South America for the culmination of the Faldo Series event.

The 15-year-old, who plays off scratch, has come through a series of qualifying tournaments.

And a pair of four-over-par rounds of 76 in testing conditions at the regional final at the Forest of Arden yesterday, were enough to seal one of the two spots on offer in the under-16 event.

Lewis will be one of 80 finalists from 15 different countries competing in the 54-hole competition at the Costa do Sauipe resort in the last week of October."It's a great achievement but I don't think it's quite sunk in with Oliver yet," said his mother Mel Lewis.

Six-times Major champion Faldo will be hosting the event in one of his first duties after leading the European Ryder Cup team into battle against America at Valhalla. The Faldo Series was set up in 1996 in an attempt to identify and nurture young golfing talent.

l The celebrations continued for Ludlow with another of their members - Oliver Farr - being selected to represent Wales at next week's prestigious Home Internationals at Muirfield.