Parry leads the way at Northenden

Serial winner Steve Parry topped the leaderboard at Northenden in the third of 11 events in the PGA North Players' Series open to professionals throughout the entire region.

The Hart Common ace racked up four birdies, erring once with a bogey at the fifth, as he posted a three-under-par 69.

A double-bogey on the penultimate hole prevented the unattached Oliver Pantoja from leapfrog Parry and had to settle for second spot with a 70 matched by Mossock Hall's David Shacklady.

Next stop is Blackburn Golf Club on May 14. 

LEADING SCORES: 69 Steve Parry (Hart Common); 70 OlIver Pantoja (unatt), David Shacklady (Mossock Hall); 71 Ryan O'Neill (Penwortham), Lee Rooke (Royal St David's), Timothy Dykes (Penrith), Daniel Bradbury (Bolton Old Links); 72 Simon Edwards (unatt), Matthew Tottey (North Wales).