Florentyna out of the French Junior Open

The holder, Florentyna Parker (Royal Birkdale) lost at the last hole to Emilie Alonso from France in the first match play round of the Trophee Esmond at St Cloud, near Paris, today.
Hannah Barwood, who had qualified 12th, also lost in the first round to Katerina Gunhildrud from Norway, and Sian James, who had to finish her second strokeplay round earlier this morning, lost to Leigh Whittaker from Germany by two holes.
This has left Rachel Jennings as the only English player left in the tournament. Rachel had an excellent 3 & 2 win against the No3 seed Saskia Hausladen from Germany, and goes on to meet French Girl, Audrey Goumard this afternoon.
Irish youngster Lisa Maguire is also through to the second round with a 6 & 5 win over Rocio Sanchez Lobota from Spain, and now meets Laura Gonzales from Belgium in her second round tie.
In the Claude Roger Cartier Trophy for under 18s, Lisa Maguire's twin sister Leona is through to the second round with a 4&3 win over Clemence Abrahamian, but Rachel Connor lost on the last green against Celine Boutier.
Spain won the Nations Tournament for the Vilmorin Trophy, with an aggregate total of 279, by five shots from Germany 1 (284), followed by England 2 (295) sharing third place with France 2.
Full results of the Esmond Trophy, Claude Roger Cartier Trophy and Vilmorin Trophy can be found on the French Federation website.