EDDIE HAIGH won the Conservative Merit on his home green.

The Lockwood Con bowler defeated Yorkshire county player Dave Fox (Kirkheaton Con) 21-10 in the decider, sponsored by the Wike family.

Haigh had defeated another Kirkheaton Con player, Josh Brown, 21-11 in the semi-finals while Fox knocked out Lockwood’s Tony Marren to 13.

Quarter-finals – Rob Cox (Lockwood Con) 14 Dave Fox (Kirkheaton Con) 21, Tony Marren (Lockwood Con) 21 Jason Shaw (Kirkheaton Con) 13, Andy Lumb (Kirkheaton Con) 14 Eddie Haigh (Lockwood Con) 21, Josh Brown (Kirkheaton Con) 21 Andy Wike (Almondbury Con) 20.

Semi-finals – Fox 21 Marren 13, Haigh 21 Brown 11.

Final – Fox 10 Haigh 21.

Matt Jones (Dukinfield) and Liam Griffin (Leeds) qualified in the latest heat of the £5,300 Brighouse Classic, sponsored by Naylor Wintersgill (Chartered Accountants).

Jones beat Pudsey star James Hanson 21-16 in the third round while Griffin left Joe Bray (Cleckheaton) on 10.

The final heat takes place on Friday at 6.30.

Draw: Darren Griffiths (Chadderton) v John Metters (Preston), Dave McDermott (Wirral) v Graham Hirst (Mirfield), Dean Ferris (Stoke) v Andrew Sykes (Mirfield), Andy Milsom (Burton-on-Trent) v Dave Jackson (Macclesfield), Darren Smith (Burton-on-Trent) v Graham Hickey (Halifax), Lee Heaton (Preston) v Richard Brook (Mirfield), Mark Ferris (Stoke) v Allan Thompson (Mirfield), Andy Buckley (Chadderton) v Adrian Ward (Ullenhall).

Latest qualifiers in the Rastrick £4444 Classic are Dave Hallam and Jack Dyson.

Draw for Sunday: Kevin Nixon (Doncaster) v Gareth Nicholson (Lower Hopton), Dean Ferris (Congleton) v Simon Parsonage (Shrewsbury), Josh Brown (Kirkheaton Con) v Darren Griffiths (Chadderton), Joseph Cranston (Crossgates) v Steve Curbishley (Wrexham), Daniel Hughes (Wrexham) v Duncan Watkins (Bolton), Andrew Buckley (Chadderton) v Nigel Cranston (Crossgates), Gareth Coates (Akroyd Vic) v Mick Robinson (Morton House), Clay Flattley (Shrewsbury) v Chris MacDonald (Congleton).

It’s the Paddock Con Floodlight Final on Saturday.

It’s a 6.30 start, drawn on the night and some excellent bowling is in prospect.

Qualifiers – J & P Buchan, A Jennings & A Wyke, B & P Toon, P & D Taylor, M & S Richardson, H Lunn & N Jones, C Townend & G Howe, N Thwaites & P Wyke.