The Catalan team has retained its title as champion of the Interterritorial Junior and Youth Women's First Division after defeating Andalusia 5.5-3.5 in the final. Just as happened last year, the Catalan golfers improved throughout the competition, demonstrating their full potential in the decisive matches.

On a day complicated by the strong winds that made their presence felt at the Villa Mayor course in Salamanca, Catalonia displayed their strength in the foursomes, closing the morning with a 2-1 result in their favor.

In the afternoon session, Joana Yañez, Anna Arrese, and Mireia Prat secured the title for their team by winning their individual matches, which featured some thrilling final holes. These three players, along with Andrea Vilarasau, Elia Folch, and Camilla Hedberg, made the Catalan victory possible.

The contenders in this grand final already achieved great prominence last year in Fontanals (Girona). They then played for the title in a match that wasn't quite as close (6.5-2.5) and which also went to the Catalan side.

Catalonia and Andalusia, finalists
The teams representing Andalusia and Catalonia will compete in the grand final of the Interterritorial Junior and Youth Women's First Division on a final day of competition that will have its second major focus of interest in the Second Division final, whose contenders will be the Canary Islands and Extremadura.

Andalusia and Catalonia already contested the grand final last year at the Fontanals course (Girona). On that occasion, the local golfers – whose team already included Anna Arrese, Mireia Prat, and Elia Folch – won by a clear 6.5-2.5.

Now Andalusia arrives at an ideal moment to try and exact its revenge. In the semifinals, it defeated Cantabria by a wide margin of 7-2, although this superiority was only evident in the singles matches. Five and a half points in this competition decided the victory in its favor.

Catalonia, for its part, played the closest match of the day, against the Basque Country, with a place in the final at stake. With the score tied 4-4, the outcome depended on the outcome of the match between Adriana Martínez and Mireia Prat, which went to the Barcelona native 2-1.

The final of the Second Division, which will determine the team promoted to the top tier, will be contested between the Canary Islands and Extremadura. Both teams emerged victorious from their respective matches against Murcia and Navarre.

A comfortable semifinal berth
Andalusia, Cantabria, the Basque Country and Catalonia will play for victory in the Interterritorial Junior and Youth Women's First Division, after having resolved their respective quarter-final commitments without excessive problems.

The most decisive victories of the day were achieved by the golfers from Andalusia and the Basque Country, who defeated their counterparts from Galicia and Madrid, respectively, by 7.5-1.5 after taking a commanding lead at the end of the foursomes. Catalonia, for its part, defeated Asturias by a similarly comfortable 6.5-2.5.

As expected, Cantabria had more difficulties against the Valencian team, whom they defeated 5.5-3.5. The Valencian team was better than the Cantabrian team in the qualifying round, but the knockout format favored their rival.

As for the Second Division, once the qualifying day was held, the names of the four teams that will play for the victory have been revealed: Canarias –the best of the day-, Murcia, Extremadura and Navarra.

Andalusia has a strong start
The Andalusian team distinguished itself as the most accurate in the previous stroke play round in the First Division group.

The Andalusian team, made up of Ana Fernández de Mesa, Begoña Jaúregui, Noemí Jiménez, Carmen Laguna, Lourdes López and Rodío Sánchez, earned the status of seeded player in the title playoffs after accumulating 375 strokes, 11 less than Catalonia, the second-ranked team and defender of the title won in the last two editions.

A very special mention, among the Andalusians, goes to Ana Fernández de Mesa from Cádiz, the protagonist of a true exhibition summarized in a card of 69 strokes, the most outstanding result, by far, of all the participants, extending her sensational streak of good play that led her last week to win the Belgian Junior International.

Andalusia-Galicia, Valencian Community-Cantabria, Basque Country-Madrid and Asturias-Catalonia constitute the quarter-finals of this Interterritorial Junior and Youth Women's First Division.