Netherlands
Great Britain and Ireland have won the Vagliano trophy for the first time since 2005 after a dramatic comeback on final day.
The continent of Europe came into the second and final day of the Vagliano trophy with a two point lead and were looking to extend that advantage in the morning foursomes. It was the Great Britain and Ireland side though that made the early headway.
The opening match ended in a half but Patience Rhodes and Sophia Fullbrook put a full point on the board for the visitors.
Sara Brentcheneff and Camille Min-Gaultier hit back for Europe but the final match went the way of GB&I as world number one Lottie Woad and her partner Nellie Ong secured a 2&1 victory to close the gap to just one point going into the deciding singles.
The afternoon provided a dramatic finish at Royal Hague as the 8 singles matches were evenly split for large periods of the session. It was Europe who put the first points on the board to stretch their lead to three. Paula Martin Sampedro with an impressive 2&1 victory over Woad and Carolina Lopez Chacarra Coto beating Beth Coulter 4&3 to put the home side within two points of victory.
GB&I reduced the deficit though as Nellie Ong earned a dominating 6&5 win over Valentine Delon and Isla Macdonald-O’Brien beat Min-Gaultier 2&1. And they were level when Patience Rhodes won the final three holes to beat Brentcheneff.
10.5-10.5 with three matches left on the course in a race to 12.5 points.
A dramatic finish ensued as Aine Donegan holed an eagle putt on the final hole to put the visitors in front for the first time on the final day before Fullbrook held on for victory against Sophia Dalgaard bunch and celebrations could begin.
The final score would end up at 12.5 to 11.5 to the visitors, the Continental team needed just one extra half point to lift the trophy for a 9th consecutive time.
The victory is Great Britain & Ireland's first triumph in the match for 20 years, dating back to their win at Golf de Chantilly in 2005.
CONTINENT OF EUROPE JUNIORS REGAIN TROPHY
A dominant morning in the Netherlands for the Continent of Europe side gave them a heavy advantage heading into the singles.
A narrow one point lead after day one soon became a commanding four points as the home side took a clean sweep of the foursomes.
On the greens the European side had everything going their way as putts dropped in from all distances, while the visitors had very little go their way.
The European side took all three matches by a score of 3&2 to lead 8-4, needing just one and a half points from six singles matches.
In the afternoon Europe continued their good form and led the early exchanges. Louise Langraf secured the first point, beating Hannah Lee McNamara at the 17th, putting the home side on the brink of victory.
They almost had it moments later as Liz Hao Zhang was all square heading down the final hole, but Annabel Peaford was able to take the point. Ellie Lichtenhein picked up another win for the visitors shortly after to keep Great Britain & Ireland alive.
Alicia Kelly and Carly Macdonald fought back in the bottom two matches to keep up hopes of an unlikely comeback. But the win was secured when Adriana Garcia Terol got the crucial half point the Europeans needed to regain the trophy.
With all matches played out, the final score read 11.5 to 6.5 in favour of the Continental team.
