It’s not just Paul Lawrie and Stephen Gallacher who have teed up warm weather trips to help Scottish youngsters prepare for the new domestic season. In addition to Lawrie being behind a group of North and North-East players heading to Turkey and Gallacher setting up a Spanish trip for players on his foundation programme, the Junior Tour Scotland has also been active in that respect. A group of 21 golfers spent five days at the Penina Hotel and Golf Resort in Portugal, where they practised in the morning before then heading out on the championship course. “There was a 54-hole event and the players, both boys and girls, really enjoyed themselves,” said Paul Gibson, the circuit’s driving force. “They found the golf course very challenging, but it was great learning experience for everyone.” Greenock’s Jayla Kepler won the girls’ scratch event with a total of 237, four better than Broomieknowe’s Megan Fallon while the girls’ stableford section went to Anna Zonova (Royal Musselburgh), who, with a total of 101 points, pipped Dumfries & County’s Carla Morris by a point. Cambuslang’s Joseph Kelly and Thomas Kelly of Stirling shared top spot in the boys’ scratch with 222 totals while it was a Drumpellier 1-2 in the boys’ stableford as Corey Hagen posted 107 points to finish four points ahead of Leo McCallion. “It was a very productive week, and the Junior Tour were treated like royalty by everyone at the hotel," added Gibson. The 2025 Junior Tour Scotland schedule gets underway at Tain and Royal Dornoch early next month before events are also held at Portpatrick, Elgin, Duff House Royal, Arbroath, Luffness, Murcar Links, Fraserburgh, Milngavie and Portlethen through until September. Meanwhile, Gullane’s Archie Cook, a Junior Tour Scotland ambassador, won the Stephen Gallacher Foundation La Manga Boys’ Invitational by two shots with a two-over total while Sunningdale’s Mia Ingham landed the girls’ title by seven shots on five over.