The International Benjamín, Alevín and Infantil Championships of Andalucía -which have been played in Atalaya in two consecutive days and stroke play scratch modality- concluded with the victories of Felipe Barrena and María Contreras in the Infantil category, Daniel Casas and Marta López in Alevín and Antonio Salama and Patience Rhodes in Benjamín.
Felipe Barrena, after finishing the first day in first place with 67 strokes, won the Children’s Boys category, having signed a score of 74 strokes, for a total score of 141 (-3). The runner-up in this category was Gonzalo Leal, with a cumulative score of 144 strokes (Par).
In the Girls’ Children’s category, María Contreras -153 (+9)- snatched first place on the second day from Carlota Bascuas -157 (+13)-, who finished the day before as leader on the first day and finally took second place.
Moving on to the Alevín category, in the men’s classification the victory went to Daniel Casas, who defended the first position he had already obtained on the first day with 80 strokes, with a round of 75. The silver, 9 strokes behind, went to Gonzalo Fedriani.
Meanwhile, Marta Lopez -who started the day in third place- won the Alevín Femenina category, with two rounds of 84 and 83 strokes. Claudia Alnajim kept the second place she had already achieved during the first day, with 83 and 86 strokes in both days.
In the Benjamins, Antonio Salama remained at the top of the men’s classification and was proclaimed champion with two rounds of 38 and 41 strokes, for a total of 79. Angel Ayora followed him in second place with only one stroke difference.
Patience Rhodes, on the other hand, also retained the first place she held on the first day with 41 strokes, to which she added a round of 42. Behind her, Maria Torres, was in second place with a total score of 95 strokes.
A total of 130 participants took part in the Championships, 47 of whom were children, 53 juniors and 30 juniors. While the Infantil and Alevín categories played two days of 18 holes each on the Old Course, the benjamines played 9 holes each day on the New Course.
At the end of the competition, the awards ceremony was held, which was attended by Ignacio Iturbe Escolano, Provincial Delegate of the Royal Andalusian Golf Federation in Malaga and Deputy President; Francisco Puente, President of the Children’s Committee of the RFGA; Andrés Sánchez, Director of Atalaya Golf; and Diego Molina, referee of the tournament.
After the celebration of these Championships, a season of rest opens in the calendar of children’s competitions of the Royal Andalusian Golf Federation, which will resume in late August, with the Championship of Spain Interclubs in Guadalhorce on 26 and 27 and the Championship of Spain Pitch & Putt U16, to be held in Bil Bil Golf on 29 and 30.
In any case, the competition does not stop since, during this break, the various international events attended by Andalusian players – such as the Reid Trophy, the European Championship or the US Amateur – are joined by other local events of great tradition.
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