SPANISH ARMED FORCES CHILDREN'S CHAMPIONSHIP 2025, 'XII BLANCA MAYOR MEMORIAL'‘

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The Spanish National Children's Autonomous Federations Championship, 'XII Memorial Blanca Mayor', has concluded on the Salamanca course of La Valmuza with the undeniable victory of the Andalusian team.

The Andalusian team faced the Galician team in the grand final of the tournament and as has been the general trend during all phases of the championship, the Andalusian squad has given practically no chance to its rival, whom it has defeated by a clear score of 4.5-0.5.

The Andalusians took control in the first matches, winning both Foursomes games decisively. Marcos Latt and Gonzalo López defeated Mateo Rodríguez and Martín Gancedo 4-3, and almost simultaneously, Cornelia Bermudo and Alejandra Gil beat Noa de la Vega and Paola Peña 6-5.

With this result, Andalusia took a giant step towards the title, but did not get complacent and secured their victory in the individual matches with the wins of Martín Cervera and Oliver de Wint over Julio Fernández and Jorge de la Riva by 7/5 and 1 up respectively, while the duel between Sofía Gamilla and Elena Isorna ended in a tie.

In the rest of the First Flight matches, Catalonia won the bronze medal after defeating Castilla y León 3-2, Madrid took fifth place after beating Comunidad Valenciana 3.5-1.5, and the Balearic Islands finished seventh after beating the Basque Country 3-2.

Cantabria, winner of the Second Flight

The teams from Cantabria and Navarra also played in the final of the Second Flight, which had as its reward the ninth place, a position that has finally gone to the Cantabrian team by 3-2.

The remaining matches resulted in the following rankings: Canary Islands (11th), Aragon (12th), Murcia (13th), Extremadura (14th), Principality of Asturias (15th), Castilla La Mancha (16th) and La Rioja (17th).

SEMIFINALS

La Valmuza continued with the conclusion of the Spanish Championship of Autonomous Federations for Children, 'XII Memorial Blanca Mayor', with the semifinals.

Some exciting matches saw the teams from Andalusia and Galicia emerge as the tournament finalists. The Andalusian squad continued their strong run in the championship, handing Catalonia a resounding 5-0 defeat, while the Galicians triumphed over Castile and León 3-2.

The other matches of the day saw Madrid and the Valencian Community emerge victorious, after Madrid defeated the Basque Country 5-0 and Valencia beat the Balearic Islands 4-1.

Cantabria and Navarra, finalists of the Second Flight

As for the Second Flight, Cantabria and Navarra reached the grand final after defeating Aragon and the Canary Islands respectively by 3-2 and 4-1.

In this way, these teams fought for ninth and tenth place, and eleventh and twelfth place, while the rest of the teams, in a league format, finished establishing the final classification.

QUARTER FINALS

The first day of the Spanish National Youth Federation Championship, 'XII Memorial Blanca Mayor', under match play format and with the quarter-finals in play, confirmed the qualification of Andalusia, Catalonia, Galicia and Castilla y León for the semi-finals.

In this first day of head-to-head matches, the Andalusian team —the best ranked in the preliminary stroke play phase— dominated the Balearic team, giving them hardly any chances, with a resounding score of 4.5-0.5.

And that's where the expected results ended, as the other three quarter-final matches produced surprises: the highest-ranked teams in the initial phase were eliminated. The Basque Country, second in the preliminary round, fell to Castile and León, seventh, by 3-2; Madrid, third, couldn't overcome Galicia, sixth, also by 3-2; and Catalonia, fifth, defeated the Valencian Community, fourth, by the same score.

Thus, the semifinals were set with the matches between Andalusia and Catalonia, and Galicia and Castile and León, while the teams that did not pass the first round continued to compete to determine the final standings. Madrid faced the Basque Country and the Valencian Community played against the Balearic Islands.

As for the Second Flight, the bracket of teams that qualified from ninth place onwards, left Cantabria and Aragon, and the Canary Islands and Navarre as the semi-final matches.

To achieve this, the Cantabria team defeated Castilla La Mancha 4-1; Aragon beat the Principality of Asturias 3.5-1.5; while the Canary Islands and Navarre defeated Murcia and Extremadura respectively by the same score: 3-2.

Andalusia, the best team in the stroke play phase

The Spanish Championship of Autonomous Federations for Children, 'XII Memorial Blanca Mayor', brought together a total of 119 children or junior players belonging to the seventeen participating teams in a first day under stroke play modality that served to establish the first eight classified teams, who were the ones who earned the right to fight for the title in the subsequent days under match play modality.

This ranking left Andalusia in first place with a total of 365 strokes (+5) and Sofia Gamilla as the main reference of her team thanks to a round of 71 strokes (-1).

In second place was the Basque Country team, with a total of 367 strokes (+7), followed by the Madrid team (376 strokes, +16), which had the good performance of Álvaro Herrero, also with 71 strokes (-1).

Behind this podium were the teams from the Valencian Community (378 strokes, +18), Catalonia (378 strokes, +18), Galicia (380 strokes, +20), Castile and León (387 strokes, +27), which had in its ranks the author of the best card of the day, Manuel Cano, with 70 strokes (-2), and the Balearic Islands (388 strokes, +28).

The overall classification of the first phase was completed by the other nine competing teams, who were grouped into the so-called Second Flight, in which they will fight each other to decide the final positions of the tournament.

Cantabria finished ninth with (395, +35), followed by Extremadura (405 strokes, +45), Murcia (406 strokes, +46), Principality of Asturias (407 strokes, +47), Aragon (409 strokes, +49), Canary Islands (414 strokes, +54), Navarre (420 strokes, +60), Castilla-La Mancha (424 strokes, +64), and La Rioja (453 strokes, +93).

FINAL CLASSIFICATION

1. Andalusia

2. Galicia

3. Catalonia

4. Castile and León

5. Madrid

6. Valencian Community

7. Balearic Islands

8. Basque Country

9. Cantabria

10. Navarre

11. Canary Islands

12. Aragon

13. Murcia

14. Extremadura

15. Principality of Asturias

16. Castilla La Mancha

17. La Rioja