We are extremely sorry to report the death of Mark Parry, who passed away peacefully on August 18th 2025 after a short battle against cancer.
Mark was a larger than life character fondly remembered by all those he met. Mark devoted a huge amount of time to supporting target shooting, volunteering as a County Coach with the North West Regional Squad, putting in many hours at Appleton and Altrincham Rifle Clubs and working part time coaching the shooting team at Ellesmere College where he positively impacted the careers of many young shooters. Many younger shooters first recollections of Mark will be him keeping them in order at the BUCS Inter-University Long Range Championships, held at Appleton and where Mark was a regular volunteer on the range.
He was a superb X-Class shot, qualifying for the Roberts Final regularly as well as being a CSF gold medallist for Wales, most recently winning the Prone event at the 2022 CSF(ED) in Cardiff. He represented Great Britain in the Wakefield and Dewar matches multiple times. This July he was Match Witness for the GB Dewar Team.
Mark, you will be missed.
Mark’s funeral will be held at Wrexham Crematorium (LL14 4EP) on Wednesday 10th September, starting at 12 noon. The service will be followed by a celebration of his life at the Wrexham & District War Memorial Club (LL13 8DE). The family have asked for no flowers, and instead that a donation is made to either Cancer Research UK or the Hope House Hospice.
