golfer from Alicante Martina Navarro (Club de Golf Alenda) won the 2023 National Junior Scoring Championship held on the Andalusian course of the Parador de Málaga Golf. A player from the Valencia Community Golf Federation showed good form with this victory as he came to this event after his victory in the first edition of the WAGR Region of Murcia Cup.
Who is Martina Navarro? He improved his game through sessions at the Public School of Elche.He knew how to survive a test that was complicated by strong winds. In fact, only one round could be played, as the Competition Committee suspended the first two days and ensured the safety of the players at all times. And on these 18 holes, a great duel took place between the two players from the group that applied for the previous one: the Czech Tiphani Knight and the athlete Martina Navarro from the club Monforte del Cid.
Both 71 shots (-1), alternating birdies (five from Czech and four Alenda Golf Club players) signed bogeys, leading them to a painful tiebreak in favor of Martina Navarro on the sixth hole. The current runner-up of the Children of Spain. A great show put on by two golfers at the Parador de Málaga. Two other FGCV golfers Lucía Valderrama (73) and Cristina Carrasco (74) finished third and fourth. As for other players from the Valencian Community, 14th-placed África Oliva managed to finish second in SUB 14 and 26th for Clara Martínez, Ainoa Ruiz and Patricia Bañón, T35 Xinyi Gu and T49 Emma Bortos.
Catalan player Jan Farré won the final in the men’s category held at the Lauro Golf course in Malaga, while FGCV player Juan Miró took second place. Raúl Gómez (Benidorm Golf Club) from Alicante took fourth place. Other FGCV players were Ramón Izquierdo twentieth, T24 for Fernando Cobo, Marc Quintana in T27 position, Miguel Fuertes T42, T50 Bruno Bergé.
On the other hand, Juan Pintor, President of the Valencia Community Golf Federation, represented FGCV together with the manager of the same organization, Juan Manuel Verdú, at the 25th anniversary celebrations of Alicante Golf. On the day of the feast, the XXV Anniversary Tournament of the field was held under the command of Manuel Ferry, which has recently switched to grass.