Ane Urchegui from San Sebastián lost on the last hole to Scotland's Sally Watson in the round of 16 of the British Girls, meaning the competition, held at the Welsh course of Southerdown, has been left without Spanish representation.

Ane Urchegui faced a difficult challenge because Sally Watson had distinguished herself as the best of all participants in the preliminary phase – thus acquiring the title of top seed – before decisively eliminating England's Harriet Owers-Bradley and, in the round of 16, Galicia's Marta Silva.

Despite this, the golfer from San Sebastián – recently winner of the Grand Prix de Landes – offered very tough resistance, taking a significant lead in the partial score when both reached the 5th hole, at which point Ane Urchegui was leading her rival by 2 holes.

The Scottish player, as expected, reacted confidently, overtaking the Spanish player on holes 8 and 9 before the two crossed the theoretical halfway point of the course tied.

Sally Watson's dominance was repeated on holes 13 and 14, which significantly complicated the situation for the Spanish golfer, who, however, far from giving up, overtook her fierce rival on the next two holes, tying a contest characterized by its maximum excitement.

Reaching the final hole, a single putt led Ane Urchegui to a hard-fought defeat, leaving this British Girls Championship without any Spanish players. Of the 22 who started the competition, 14 made it through the qualifying rounds, although 13 of them, with the exception of Ane Urchegui, were eliminated during the first two rounds of knockout matches for the title.

In the grand final, England's Henrietta Brockway beat her compatriot Kelly Tidy 4-3.

TITLE ELIMINATIONS
Semifinals and Final
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Quarter finals
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Round of 16
Ane Urchegui (Spain) loses to Sally Watson (Scotland) by 1up
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1/32 AND 1/16 OF THE FINAL
Ane Urchegui from San Sebastián is the only Spanish representative in the British Girls Championship round of 16. Although the Spanish contingent started the day strong, with fourteen players in total, the day proved extremely difficult for the Spanish players, with thirteen golfers from the country being eliminated throughout the day.

The difficulties became very evident in the round of 32, when the Spanish representation was reduced to four players: Ane Urchegui, Marta Silva, Teresa Puga and Ana Fernández de Mesa.

To make matters worse, in the next round of eliminations, Marta Silva had to face Scotland's Sally Watson, the best of all the participants during the first phase. The Galician player could do little against her rival, as could Teresa Puga and Ana Fernández de Mesa against their respective opponents; the latter against Roseanne Niven, the Scot who had eliminated Begoña Jaúregui in the round of 32.

Thus, Ane Urchegui, seventeenth in the first phase, has become Spain's only hope in this year's British Girls Championship. Germany's Tina Lorenzen, eliminated on the 16th hole, and Belgium's Valentine Gevers, who lost decisively 5/4, are, for the moment, the obstacles overcome by the San Sebastián native.

TITLE ELIMINATIONS
Round of 32
Ane Urchegui (Spain) beats Valentine Gevers (Belgium) 5/4

Marta Silva (Spain) loses to Sally Watson (Scotland) 5/4
Ana Fernández de Mesa (Spain) loses to Roseanne Niven (Scotland) 5/4
Teresa Puga (Spain) loses to Charlie Douglass (England) 4/2
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Round of 32
Marta Silva (Spain) beats Patricia Queipo de Llano (Spain) 2-1
Ane Urchegui (Spain) beats Tina Lorenzen (Germany) 3/2
Teresa Puga (Spain) beats Louise Larsson (Sweden) 4/3
Ana Fernández de Mesa (Spain) beats Stephanie Meadowu (Ireland) by 3/2

Mireia Prat (Spain) loses to Henrietta Brockway (England) 4/2
Barbara Perera (Spain) loses to Laura Stempfle (Germany) 4/3
Rocío Sánchez (Spain) loses to Rachel Connor (England) by 2/1
Ana Fernández de Diego (Spain) loses to Lara Katzy (Germany) by 1up
Begoña Jaúregui (Spain) loses to Roseanne Niven (Scotland) 6/4
Beatriz Serra (Spain) loses to Nathalie Mansson (Scotland) 4/3
Mandy Goyos (Spain) loses to Kelsey MacDonald (Scotland) by 3/2
Lourdes Rocío López Caballo (Spain) loses to Laura González-Escallon (Belgium) by 2/1
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