Carmen Pérez-Narbón from Valencia, third in the final classification, has been the most outstanding Spanish representative in the International Championship of Finland that has been held at the Helsinki Golf Club, which in the men's category has had Lluis García del Moral from Castellón, fourteenth, as the most inspired Spaniard.

A member of the team that won the gold medal at the recent European Women's Championship, Carmen Pérez-Narbón finished 9 strokes behind Norway's Rosa Svahn, who was very solid and unreachable for the rest of her rivals throughout the competition.

The consistency of the Valencian player, who presented cards of 72, 73 and 73 strokes, could have been adorned in the third and final day with a touch of brilliance that was nevertheless masked by two double bogeys in her last two holes, which could have lifted her to second place and thus complete a great reaction.

Despite those unfortunate errors, Carmen Pérez-Narbón's performance was convincing throughout, with birdies on holes 1, 9, 10 and 16 partially offset by bogeys on 3 and 11.

Araceli Felgueroso from Madrid, the most incisive Spaniard in the first two days, finished in fourth place, with a score of 75 strokes in the last round that did not allow her to climb any more positions in the final standings.

In the men's category, Lluis García del Moral was unable to carry over the outstanding momentum that led him to score 69 strokes on the second day, the third best result of all participants in that round.

Slightly more discreet in the last round, the Castellón native handed in a card of 72 strokes that kept him in fourteenth place, 8 places above the Navarrese Ion García Avis, for whom an eagle on the 12th helped to partially amend a very complicated run of play between holes 8 and 10, where he signed 4 strokes more than the course.

José Bondía from Valencia, the other Spaniard who started the tournament, did not make the cut at the end of the second day.

In their day, Emma Cabrera (in 2005), Álvaro Prat (1991) and Francisco de Pablo (1995) won this International Championship of Finland.

FINAL CLASSIFICATION
Male Category
1.- Luke Collins (Eng) 206 (70+67+69)
2.- Mikael Salminen (Final) 209 (71+68+70)
3.- Mads Kristensen (Din) 212 (71+71+70)
+.- Jonas Haglund (End) 212 (70+71+71)
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14.- Lluis García del Moral (ESP) 216 (75+69+72)
22.- Ion García Avis (ESP) 220 (73+75+72)

Female Category
1.- Rosa Svahn (Nor) 209 (72+66+71)
2.- Van der Graaff Margin (Hol) 214 (69+73+72)
3. Carmen Pérez-Narbón (ESP) 218 (72+73+73)
4.- Araceli Felgueroso (ESP) 219 (71+73+75)