PRESTATYN Athletic’s under-12s completed a fantastic season by landing a Rhyl and District League and Cup double in a frantic final week of the season.

The team, which also reached the semi-finals of the North Wales Under-13s Cup against teams a year older, bounced back from a league defeat at Denbigh to finish with a flourish and five straight wins.

After league wins against NFA, courtesy of a last minute goal, and Prestatyn Sports, the Latics reached the League Cup Final with a 2-1 come from behind win over league leaders Pentre clinched with an injury-time winner from Dylan Thomas after Josh Parry had equalised from the spot.

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They then had to go to Pentre for the final league game of the season, two points behind and knowing only a win would do.

And they did it in style, 3-0 up after 13 minutes and running out 5-1 winners with a hat-trick from Jaxon Owen and strikes from Josh Parry and Dylan Thomas.

They followed that up by beating NFA 4-2 at Denbigh Town’s Central Park ground in the final of the League Cup thanks to goals from Josh Parry, Ollie Michaels, Jaxon Owen and Dylan Thomas.

Their delighted coach Andy Parry, a former goalkeeper with Prestatyn Wanderers, along with assistants Mason Parry and Deej Hobson, won coaching team of the year.

He said: “It’s been a great season and the lads have worked so hard; and the way the pressure was, it was fight or flight, and they handled it amazingly.

“They stuck together. There’s a very close bond in the team and they showed a lot of commitment to the cause in their first competitive season.

“The parents and families have played a massive part too with their support and so has Mark Lawton of main sponsors Harlech Foodservice and my coaches Mason Parry and Deej Hobson and my partner, Claire Latham.”