Ace Parry crowned N.Wales champion.

Byline: trevor PEAKE 

BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP HOLYHEAD'S Mark Parry won the North Wales Boys Championship over 72 holes at Rhuddlan and Abergele on a countback from Chris Nugent after they finished level on 293 following a wet and windswept two days.

Nugent, who led by three strokes from Parry on 214 going into the final round, had the title in his grasp until he racked up a horrendous eight at the par-five final hole at Abergele for a closing 79 to finish level with Parry, who had just finished with a 76 in the previous group. Parry won thanks to his better final 18 holes.

It was a second big win for the 17-year-old Coleg Menai student having won the Boys Under-15 title in 2007.

Nugent, from the Fulford Heath club in Birmingham, took firm control with a 70 in the third round at Abergele.

Mold's Luke Jackson, winner of the Clwyd Open the previous weekend, came back into contention for a place with a third-round 71 which left him seven behind Nugent and he added a final-round 79 to finish tied on 300, with Aberystwyth's Richard James taking third place on 295 after a final round of 77. LEADING SCORES: 293 - Mark Parry (Holyhead) 74-71-72-76; Chris Nugent (Fulford Heath) 74-70-70-79; 295 - Richard James (Aberystwyth) 72-71-75-77;300 - Luke Jackson (Mold) 73-77-71-79; Michael Evans (Clays) 76-70-78-76; 301 - Oliver Baker (Cardiff) 76-78-73-74; 302 - Gareth Blease (Coombe Hill) 79-75-74-74; 303 - Callum Roberts (Mold) 73-80-77-73.