IT’S the final of the Spen Masters on Saturday, September 7.
Sponsors are P&I Hopkins Butchers with support from David Thompson, Rodney Allinson and David and Mavis Arnold.
The final qualifiers for the showpiece were Wayne Ditchfield (Eccleston) and David Walker (Leeds).
Practice for the final is 4.30pm while the action proper starts at 5.15pm.
Draw for the final – Chris Brown (Lower Hopton) v Chris Slater (Conwy), Wayne Ditchfield (Eccleston) v Kevin Nixon (Doncaster), Chris Mordue (Pudsey) v Mark Hughes (Leeds), Robert Hitchen (Halifax) v Rob Wiltshire (Sheffield), Richard Stockdale (Bradford) v Callum Wraight (Shropshire), Mike Leach (Preston) v John Bailey (North Wales), Joe Westall (Sheffield) v George Podmore (Potteries), David Walker (Leeds) v Andy Buckley (Chadderton).
Previous winner Gary Ellis (Whitefield) stars in the �5,300 Brighouse Classic (sponsored by Naylor Wintersgill Chartered Accountants) tomorrow with a first-round game against Mick Hall (Guiseley).
The latest qualifiers were holder Callum Wraight (Shrewsbury), who beat Gerwyn Davies (Wrexham) 21-17, and David Walker (Scholes), who beat Pudsey’s Ian Shaw 21-18.
Full draw for tomorrow – (6.30pm): Frank Griffin (Huddersfield) v Lee Brown (Stoke), Darren Smith (Burton) v Phil Boydell (Leigh), Chris Firth (Leeds) v Danny Sillitoe (Doncaster), Paul Dudley (Whitefield) v Steve Curbishley (Chester), Robert Hitchin (Halifax) v Craig Podmore (Stoke), Simon Tyler (Wrexham) v Andy Milsom (Burton), Mick Hall (Guiseley) v Gary Ellis (Whitefield), Dominic Okonski (Stoke) v David Gwilliam (Glossop).
The latest qualifiers in the Grosvenors Butchers sponsored Hill Crest Open Pairs are Jason Barker and Richard Hopley, who beat L Schofield and S Cawley 21-5.
First round – M Pearson/J Watters 21 M Barker/P Hepworth 11, B Coleman/S McManus 8 L Schofield/S Cawley 21, J Barker/R Hopley 21 A Southwell/S Sansom 8, LI Howard/N Breadley 21 R Newton/C Lloyd 15.
Second round – M Pearson/J Watters 13 L Schofield/S Cawley 21, I Howard/N Breadley 20 J Barker/R Hopley 21.
Draw for Saturday (6.30, drawn greenside): Chris Mordue/Josh Mordue, Lee Johnstone/Billy Stewart, Phil Davies/Kevin Wainwright, David Blackburn/Sue Martin, GI Wilson/Cath Wilson, Darren Hickey/Alan Broad, Frank Griffin/Billy Smythe, Mick Hall/Gary Whelan.
Gareth Gwilliam and Simon Coupe are latest qualifiers in the Rastrick Classic, the final of which is on Sunday, September 22 (4pm).
First round – Malcolm Wensley (Clitheroe) 18 Ryan Bancroft (Grapes) 21, Dave Smith (Bramley) NS Alec Byrnes (Ladyhill), Andy Wike (Huddersfield) 17 Dave Carter (Marehey) 21, Gareth Gwilliam (Glossop) 21 David Watters (Preston) 10, Matthew Jones (Hyde) 8 Harry Seehra (Spen Victoria) 21, Mick Gratton (Marehey) 21 Gareth Lally (Crossgates) 17, Mike Sweeney (Morton House) 11 David Gwilliam (Glossop) 21, Neil Dolan (Warrington) 10 Simon Coupe (Preston) 21.
Second round – Bancroft WO, Carter 14 G Gwilliam 21, Seehra 16 Gratton 21, D Gwilliam 4 Coupe 21.
Qualifying round – Bancroft 18 G Gwilliam 21, Gratton 9 Coupe 21.
The Rastrick Classic continues on Sunday with the Week 6 round. It’s a 5.30pm start with practice from an hour earlier. Craig Newton (Lower Hopton) and Roy Nicholson (Lower Hopton) replace Matt Kelly (Belvedere Park) and Daniel Petcher (Netherseal).
Draw: Michael Leach (Blackpool) v Jon Price (Stoke), Chris Brown (L Hopton) v Jack Hargreaves (Hyde), Phil Wakefield (Mexborough) v Paul Dudley (Sale), Craig Newton (L Hopton) v Nigel Cranston (Crossgates), Matt Fellows (Stoke) v Paul Leah (Ashton), Joe Cranston (Crossgates) v Martin Griffiths (Lindley Lib), Graham Law (Lloyds) v Roy Nicholson (Lower Hopton), Matt Gillies (Oldham) v Gary Ellis (Whitefield).
