Annabel Niven wins Nordic

and Central European

Trophy at R&A Junior Open

Pipped for the Silver Category Trophy - girls' scratch over two rounds - 16-year-old Annabel Niven is certainly not returning to Scotland empty-handed after a fine performance in the R&A Junior Open at Hesketh Golf Club, Southport.

The Crieff Golf Club member, who lives at the village of Tibbermore near Perth, won the Nordic & Central European Trophy - presented by RBS - decided on net scores by boys AND girls from the appropriate geographical region.

Annabel, 16, had net scores of 73 and 70 for a total of 143 - one shot ahead of Laura Christiaens (Belgium) with 69 and 74 for 144.

It was Laura who pipped Annabel, pictured above in action at Hesketh by Cal Carson Golf Agency (all rights reserved), by one shot for the Silver Category Trophy, decided on scratch scores over 36 holes.