Calum Stewart (Brora), centre, with his Silver Medal at the prizegiving ceremony in France (image by courtesy of Scottish Golf Union junior national coach Spencer Henderson).

Calum Stewart wins European Young Masters'

Silver Medal, Grant Forrest finishes fourth

Brora's Calum Stewart has won the Silver Medal for finished second in the boys' championship of the European Young Masters at Golf National, Paris.
Scottish Under-16 boys' champion Grant Forrest (Craigielaw) finished fourth.

Stewart had three birdies and three bogeys in matching the par of 72 in his final round for a one-under-par tally of 215.

He finished two shots behind the long-time leader Jeroen Krietemeijer from the Netherlands.

Stewart faced a 30ft putt for an eagle on the last green. Had he holed it, the Scot would have tied the Dutch teenager's total of 213. But Calum's putt slipped past the edge of the cup - and, unfortunately, he missed the next one as well, finishing a three-putt par for 215. That was the same total as Thomas Detry (Belgium) who lost out on the Silver Medal in a comparison of third-round scores with Calum Stewart.

Grant Forrest birdied the first, second, fourth, 14th and 18th with bogeys only at the fifth and sixth as he returned a 69 for 216, the same total as Welshman Rhys Pugh but the Craigielaw player was officially placed fourth with a better last round.

"It was the best finish by Scottish boys in the European Young Masters for a long time and augurs well for the future," said Spencer Henderson, the Scottish Golf Union national junior coach who has escorted Scotland's representatives to the tournament for a number of years.

Borders women's champion Lesley Atkins (Minto) had a third-round 82 to finish 37th in the girls' championship with a total of 250.

The second Scottish girl in the party, Ailsa Summers (Carnoustie), did not play in the first round of the championship as she felt unwell on the first morning and had to be taken to see a doctor. She was well enough to return an 83 on the second day but apparently did not mark a card in the third round.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

BOYS' CHAMPIONSHIP

Par 216 (3x72)

213 Jeroen Krietemeijer (Net) 72 69 72.

215 Calum Stewart (Sco) 72 71 72, Thomas Detry (Bel) 69 73 73.

216 Grant Forrest (Sco) 71 76 69, Rhys Pugh (Wal) 69 74 73.

Selected scores:

218 Seb Crookall Nixon (Eng) 71 74 73 (jt 7th).

220 Dermot McElroy (Ire) 74 72 74 (jt 10th).

224 Toby Tree (Eng) 73 76 75 (16th).

234 Patrick Mullins (Wal) 81 79 74 (jt 28th).

240 Colm O'Sullivan (Ire) 84 82 74 (34th of 50).

GIRLS' CHAMPIONSHIP

Par 216 (3x72)

202 Klara Spilkova (Czech Rep) 68 65 69.

216 Camilla Hedberg (Spa) 78 70 60.

224 Anne Hakula (Fin) 77 77 70, Daisy Nielsen (Den) 75 77 72, Noemi Jimenez (Spa) 73 74 77.

Selected scores:

233 Emily Taylor (Eng) 78 82 73, Sophie Godley (Eng) 77 76 80 (jt 13th).

239 Jessica Carty (Ire) 77 85 77 (jt 25th).

248 Paula Grant (Ire) 87 80 81 (jt 35th).

250 Lesley Atkins (Sco) 83 85 82 (jt 37th ).

INTERNATIONAL TEAM EVENT

(boys and girls' combined scores)

656 Czech Republic. 660 Netherlands. 661 Spain. 668 England. 670 Belgium, Austria. 674 Sweden, Wales. 676 Germany. 678 Denmark. 679 Scotland. 684 France. 694 Ireland. 700 Norway, 711 Iceland. 714 Slovenia. 722 Turkey. 726 Italy. 727 Portugal. 731 Switzerland. 747 Greece. 754 Russia. 755 Poland. 763 Slovakia.