YORK-BORN teenager Charlotte Walton has become the first girl from Lanzarote to represent the Canary Islands in the Spanish National Futsal Championships.
Walton, 12, used to live in Ulleskelf, near Tadcaster, before her parents emigrated to the Canaries.
She started playing futsal at the Colegio Hispano Britanico three years ago and was a member of the CHB girls team which won the Lanzarote League.
She played for Lanzarote in the Canarian Championships in Tenerife in March and did well enough to be picked for the Canary islands team.
In the Nationals the Canaries team came up against sides from Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia.
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