LILY-MAY HUMPHREYS (15) WINS EUROPEAN YOUNG MASTERS' GIRLS' TITLE

Lily-May Humphreys

Lily-May Humphreys, only 15 years old, from Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk must be a candidate for a place in the GB and I team to defend the Curtis Cup next June after following up her victory in the English women's amateur championship by winning the European Young Masters' girls' title at Oslo Golf Club, Norway today

Lily-May, who has a string of junior titles on her CV, came from behind for her latest win with rounds of 69, 74 and 71 for a two-under-par total of 214. She shrugged off a double bogey 6 at the fourth in her final round and birdied the second, third, eighth and 15th to win by one stroke from Italy's Maria Vittoria Corbi (71-74-70). The Italian girl birdied the 18th while the English girl parred it.
Annabell Fuller (Roehampton) finished third with scores of 75, 73 and 68 for 216, only two behind Lily-May. Annabell had five birdies in her excellent closing round.

Scotland's Carmen Griffiths from Aboyne and Hannah Darling (Broomieknowe), the 13-year-old Scottish U18 girls champion, finished T35 and 42nd in a field of 54 players.
Carmen shot 82, 76 and 80 for 238 while Hannah scored 82, 80 and 82 for 244.

England (636) also won the combined boys and girls' team event by five shots from Norway with Italy (643) third in a field of 27 teams. Scotland (684) finished 22nd.


Norway, the host country produced the winner and also one of the joint runners-up in the European Young Masters' boys championship at Oslo Golf Club.
Bard Bjornevik Skogen was in the mix right from an opening 67 and followed that up with rounds of 70 and 69 for a 10-under-par total of 206
Compatriot Mikkel Antonsen, with rounds of 63, 73 and 72, tied for second place on 208 with France's Nicolas Muller (73-67-68).
Britain's best was Conor Gough (England) in seventh place on 211 with rounds of 67, 72 and 72. Compatriot Barclay Brown finished T14 on 217 (74-75-68) with Ireland's Luke O'Neill T21 on 220 with rounds of 67, 77 and 76.
Scotland's Cameron Gallagher (Longniddry (73-75-73 for 221) and Aidan O'Hagan (Old Ranfurly) (77-73-75 for 225) finished T24 and T27 respectively.

EUROPEAN YOUNG MASTERS LEADING FINAL TOTALS

GIRLS
Par 216 (3x72)
214 Lily-May Humphreys (Eng) 69 74 71.
215 Maria Vittoria Corbi (Ita) 71 74 70
216 Annabell Fuller (Eng) 75 73 68.

SELECTED TOTALS
220 Annabel Wilson (Ire) 73 74 73 (T8)
227 Carys Worby (Wales) 78 74 75 (20th)
234 Sara Byrne (Ire) 73 82 79 (T30)
238 Carmen Griffiths (Scot) 82 76 80 (T35)
241 Ffion Tynan (Wales) 78 85 78 (40th)
244 Hannah Darling (Scot) 82 80 82 (42nd).
Field of 54 players.

BOYS
Par 216 (3x72)
206 Bard Bjornevik Skogen (Norway) 67 70 69.
208 Nicolas Muller (Fra) 73 67 68, Mikkel Antonsen (Norway) 63 73 72.

SELECTED TOTALS
211 Conor Gough (Eng) 67 72 72 (7th).
217 Barclay Brown (Eng) 74 75 68 (T14).
220 Luke O'Neill (Ire) 67 77 76 (T21)
221 Cameron Gallagher (Scot) 73 75 73 (T24)
225 Aidan O'Hagan (Scot) 77 73 75 (T37)
228 James Ashfield (Wales) 74 81 73 (T44)
Field of 57 players.

TEAM TOTALS (boys and girls combined)
636 England.
641 Norway.
643 Italy.
SELECTED TOTAL
684 Scotland (22nd)
Field of 27 teams