Warwickshire Ladies County Golf Association
Warwickshire's Serafima Taylor wins National Girls Championship!
Serafima Taylor (Sutton Coldfield) and Hanna Nordlund (Walton Heath) celebrated victory in their respective sections at the 2025 English Girls’ Under 16 & Under 14 Championship on a weather-affected final day at Old Fold Manor Golf Club in Chipping Barnet.
With thunderstorms predicted for the afternoon, tournament organisers were forced to reduce both championships to nine holes on the final day, with the Under 14s playing the front nine and the Under 16s playing the back nine in a two-tee start.
In the end, it was Taylor who prevailed in the Under 16 Championship with a final score of -11, while Nordlund’s brilliant chip-in eagle on the 9th saw her claim the plaudits in the Under 14 Championship, as she finished on -7. Check out the final leaderboards here.
Taylor, who finished 2nd in the Under 14s category one year ago, started the day on -9 with a three-shot lead over Germany’s Luisa Kristin Hartmann and England Girls’ Squad players Annabel Peaford (Walton Heath) and Lauren Crump (Hill Valley).
As the final round got underway, Hartmann, Peaford and Crump all dropped back, leaving Taylor still out in front. However, it was far from done as the challenge came in from another late-charging German in the form of Lena Marie Geier, who posted an outstanding -5 for her nine holes to push herself into contention and post the clubhouse lead on -8.
However, Taylor held her nerve to shoot a -3 across her nine holes to win by three shots from Geier. She said: “It means a lot because last week [at Sherwood Forest in the English Girls’ Championship] was the first time I shot under-par in a tournament. I’ve done it three times since, all in this week’s competition, and I never expected it to come so soon.
“I knew I was leading, and, on every hole, I was aware that I had either a two or three-shot lead, and I wanted to keep it that way so I could carry on playing the same way.”
Daisy Lee (Lancaster) also had a brilliant day, with a bogey-free -4 to finish joint-3rd alongside Ellie Lichtenhein and Hartmann on -7. Peaford finished 6th (-6) with Rebecca Del Sol-Gonzalez of Wales (-5) in 6th. Elsewhere, there were some fantastic scores across the board over nine holes, with Marta Muñoz Escudero (La Herreria, Spain) and Lily Hawes (Chelmsford) both shooting -6.
Arianna finished in 7th place and was improving round by round. Her 2nd round and final 9 holes were amongst the lowest scores on those days.
Arisha entered the under 14 Championship for the first time and although she failed to make the cut after 2 rounds, would have gained a lot of experience in a challenging international field.
The 2026 English Girls’ Under 16 & Under 14 Championship will take place at Gog Magog in Cambridgeshire.
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