ANNABEL DIMMOCK'S CONQUEROR WINS MONDAY FINAL

ITALIAN IS FRENCH U21 CHAMPION

Italy's Virginia Elena Carta beat Celia Barquin (Spain) by 2 and 1 in today's

(Monday) 36-hole final of the French Under-21 girls' open amateur golf championship at St Cloud Golf Club, near Paris.

Carta beat England's Annabel Dimmock (Wentworth) by 3 and 2 in the quarter-finals.

Marta Martin (Spain), who beat Connie Jaffrey (Troon Ladies) by one hole in the quarter-finals, lost by 3 and 2 to Carta in the semi-finals.

The Italian girl was never behind at any stage of the final. She was three up after the first round but she could never shake off her Spanish opponent
Carta was the 18th of the 32 qualifiers for the match-play; Barquin the 12th.