MARK BRAMALL is in top shape for Sunday’s Rosebowl at the Griffin after winning the first Sixteen of the winter season.

Bramall defeated Graham Sigsworth 21-15 in an eventful final at the Colne Valley venue and is now a 12/1 shot to add the £250 first prize on Sunday (10am) from a prize pot of £640.

Two key strikes for Bramall made the difference – as he finished with two on both occasions after Sigsworth had had one.

Sigsworth played well to reach the final and again made a valiant effort to emulate his late brother Paul’s previous successes in the first Sixteen by performing solidly in the showpiece.

He used Paul’s woods for the occasion and his father Bernard’s 40-year-old jack. Paul’s ashes were spread on the green after the Sixteen had finished.

Bramall, having collected the prize provided by club president Alan Hirst, who refereed the final, is now looking forward to taking on Mick Higgins Jnr (100/1) in Sunday’s 31-up event, which is sponsored by Lockwood Con and Gareth McMahon and where everyone except Ronnie Wormald (2) and Peter Kain (1) is off three.

Andy Cairns is the 5/1 favourite to take the first prize.

Sixteen result – first round: Roy Sutton 19 Graham Sigsworth 21, John Ineson 21 Dave Scott 19, Dennis Tattersley 13 John Abbott 21, Peter Kain 11 Wayne Dews 21, Mark Richardson 15 Duncan Reeves 21, Ray Whitwam 18 Paul Ingleby 21, Mark Bramall 21 Dave Walkden 12, Kieron O’Prey 21 Tony Marren 20.

Quarter-finals: Sigsworth 21 Ineson 18, Abbott 21 Dews 14, Reeves 21 Ingleby 18, Bramall 21 O’Prey 19.

Semi-finals: Sigsworth 21 Abbott 18, Reeves 13 Bramall 21.

Final: Sigsworth 15 Bramall 21.

Rosebowl draw (10am, odds in brackets).

Preliminary: A Mark Wood (40/1) v Ronnie Wormald (10), B Mick Higgins (66) v Ray Whitwam (40), C Gary Siswick (40) v Alan Hirst (100), D Paul Ingleby (12) v Tony Marren (16), E Brain Morley (33) v Dennis Tattersley (100), F Graham Tandy (200) v John D Wright (40), G Frank Greenwood (20) v Barry Tinker (100), H Peter Kain (100) v George Fellows (66), I Richard Brook (10) v Mark Richardson (40), J Steve Parkin (100) v Colin Hufton (66).

First round: Chris Davies (33) v Peter Hopkinson (100), Andy Cairns (5) v John Ineson (100), Mick Higgins Jnr (100) v Mark Bramall (12), Winner A v Winner B, C v D, E v F, G v H, I v J.