Nick Faldo presents the Under-21s trophy for the second year in a row to Ben Evans.

BEN EVANS SUCCESFULLY DEFENDS FALDO SERIES 2007

Ben Evans, 20 years old from Staplescross, Sussex, successfully defended the Faldo Junior Series grand final today at the Celtic Manor Resort, finishing with a three-round total of 204, six under par for the tournament.
After two days of impressive golf from a field made up of some of the best young golfing talent from both the European Faldo Series and the Faldo Series Asia, Ben finished with a one under par 69 to win by two strokes.
The winner of the Girls Under 18 category was Emma Goddard, 16, from Liverpool, who won by three strokes.
Ben’s back-to-back wins put him in very good company, as he becomes only the third person in Faldo Series history to successfully defend his title alongside the European Tour’s Oliver Fisher and the winner of last week’s Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Nick Dougherty.
Ben commented after his win: “I’m very pleased to be the 2007 Faldo Series champion and to have defended my Faldo Series title. It’s great to be mentioned alongside those players who have achieved the same feat in the past. Nick has been great company this week and it was good to get a chance to put questions to him and Nick Dougherty last night.”
Ben was referring to the Faldo Series 2007 gala dinner on Wednesday night, at which Nick Faldo presented Nick Dougherty with the inaugural Faldo Series Achievement Award.
Faldo commented: “It’s been a great event this year with competitors from Faldo Series tournaments here in the UK, in Europe and also from the Faldo Series Asia, all of whom have produced some fine golf. Ben is a very deserving winner with a big future ahead of him. I also want to thank our special guests, DJ Spoony, Kiran Matharu and Nick Dougherty, who have all kindly given up their time to support the Faldo Series.
"This has been our biggest season to date and I look forward to a new season in which we hope to create even more opportunities for these talented young golfers.”
The leading players from the Faldo Series 2007 will receive an invite from Nick Faldo to the Faldo Series Asia grand final at China’s Mission Hills in December.

FOCUS ON HOW THE SCOTS FARED AT CELTIC MANOR

England-based Stuart Ballingall, the only Scot with a real chance of winning one of age categories on the last day of the Nick Faldo Junior Series Grand Final at Celtic Manor, lost his overnight lead in the Boys Under-17 section and finished third.
Stuart of Dunston Hall had rounds of 69, 71 and 74 against the par of 70/210 for a total of 214 - three shots behind the category winner Darren Renwick (Worthing) (74-67-70).
Other Scots in this group, Fraser McKenna (Balmore) and Adam Dunton (McDonald Ellon) finished sixth and seventh respectively. McKenna had rounds o9f 70, 72 and 76 for 227; Dunton 82 73 and 75 for 230.
Scottish schoolboys champion Neil Henderson (The Glen, North Berwick) finished fourth in the Boys Under-18s with rounds of 74, 73 and 72 for 219 - three shots behind winner Jack Clarke (Chelmsford) (75-72-69) whose better last round earned him the Under-18s' title ahead of Max Brittan (Saltford) who also finished on 216.
Also in this category, Andrew Wallace (Glenbervie) shot 71, 69 and 78 for 228 and seventh place.
Nick Macandrew from Cullen finished sixth in the Boys' Under-16s with scores of 76, 78 and 75 for 229. Jay Beisser (Rochford Hundred) won this section with a total of 216.
Perth's Ian Redford (King James VI) came sixth in the Boys Under-15s with 80, 74 and 72 for 226. His last round was the best of the final round in his section. Chris Selfridge (Moyola Park) won the Under-15s title with a total of 220.

FINAL TOTALS
Par 210 (3 x 70)
BOYS UNDER-21
204 B Evans (Rye) 69 66 69.
206 R Evans (Wellinborough) 71 67 68.
207 R Black (Sherwood Forest) 72 67 68.
214 K Thor (Kjolur) 72 70 72.
217 A Kippen (Enmore Park) 74 71 72.
219 A Wootton (Oxford City) 71 72 76.
222 R Smith (Hollinwell) 78 73 71.
223 D Hird (Leasowe) 77 74 72.
224 S Webster (Castle) 76 71 77.
226 N Pateman (Porters Park) 74 74 78.
230 J Housby (Penrith) 76 77 77.
BOYS UNDER-18
216 J Clarke (Chelmsford) 75 72 69 (won with better last round), M Brittan (Saltford) 70 73 73.
218 S Havelock (Hankley Common) 71 77 70.
219 N Henderson (The Glen) 74 73 72.
220 M Swan (Stoke by Nayland) 78 72 70.
223 J Bingham (Disley) 79 72 72.
Missed cut: A Gestsson (Reykjavik) 80 83 -, J Winfield (Woburn) 85 79 -.
BOYS UNDER-17
211 Darren Renwick (Worthing) 74 67 70.
212 R Hercik (Gaudet-Luce) 71 71 70.
214 S Ballingall (Dunston Hall) 69 71 74.
218 L Brace (Stoke by Nayland) 74 70 74.
223 J Wilson (Formby) 74 71 78.
227 F McKenna (Balmore) 79 72 76.
230 A Dunton (McDonald Ellon) 82 73 75.
236 C Wilson (Sene Valley) 77 79 80.
Missed cut: H Gudlaugsson (Fljoatdalsherad) 81 78 -, B Anderson (Woodlands) 87 87 -.
BOYS UNDER-16
211 J Beisser (Rochford Hundred) 75 70 71.
218 R McLister (Cardiff) 77 73 68.
224 R McGee (North West) 80 71 73.
225 M Smith (Newbury Racecourse) 79 72 74.
227 S Fitzgerald (Southport & Ainsdale) 79 75 73.

229 N Macandrew (Cullen) 76 78 75.

231 D Keddie (Sudbrook Moor) 75 80 76.

233 A Mar (Hella) 75 74 84.
Missed cut: A Hall (Bungay & Waveney Valley) 78 81 -, S Walther (Limpachtal) 90 75 -.
BOYS UNDER-15
220 C Selfridge (Moyola Park) 73 73 74.
223 G Eason (Kirby Muxloe) 74 70 79, C-Yao Hung (Chinese Taipei) 74 74 75, R Pugh (Vale of Glamorgan) 75 70 78.
225 G Agust (Reykjavik) 73 76 75.
226 I Redford (King James VI) 80 74 72.
234 G Johnson (Howley Hall) 80 75 79.
237 A Woodhead (Newton Green) 79 79 79.
Missed cut: J Canning (Thorney Park) 80 79 -, J J Grey (Sweetwoods Park) 82 79 -.
GIRLS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
221 E Goddard (Vale Royal Millennium) 78 72 71.
224 A J Bakar (Malaysia) 77 74 73.
227 Y-Ling Hsieh (Chinese Taipei) 73 77 77.
229 V Bradshaw (Bangor) 82 75 72.
232 K O'Connor (Tadmarton Heath) 77 78 77.
234 G Hardie (Forest Pines0 78 74 82.
Missed cut: A Gittings (Walmley) 80 78 -, R Drummond (Beaconsfield) 81 86 -, K Mundy (Dunwood Manor) 83 81 -, K Barraclough (East Bierley) 88 80 -, O Kristinsdottir (Reykjavik) 91 81 -, C Austwick (Pike Hills) 94 81 .