WEEK 13 of the Spen Winter Sweep proved lucky for Wayne Ditchfield (Chorley).

The Waterloo champion trailed Kez Smith (Crossgates) 20-15 in the last 16 only to take the last six ends to edge a 21-20 victory.

After that, Ditchfield showed his class, beating Andy Thornton (Barrow-in-Furness) 21-15, Ben Gloag (Hyde) 21-8 and former Waterloo winner Chris Mordue (Pudsey) 21-12.

On what was a fine but cold day, Gloag won the opening end against Ditchfield but lost the next seven to fall 9-1 adrift.

The Hyde man then scored a single and a double but he was swimming against the tide as Ditchfield increased his margin to 19-4, included four consecutive doubles.

Three more winning ends then took Gloag to eight before he was finished off by a skilful opponent.

Stuart King (Asa Briggs) faced Mordue in the other semi-final but had to recover from 9-0 to 13-7.

Mordue then led 17-9 in an excellent contest but, despite having no luck, King pulled back to 17-14.

Each player then notched two singles before Mordue got over the line.

The final, between two notable competitors, promised to be close but Ditchfield did not allow it to be.

He opened up a 9-3 lead by the 11th end, which increased to 15-4 five ends later.

Mordue hit back to 17-12 but two consecutive doubles ended his comeback.

Preliminary round: Danny Teale 21 Danny Sillitoe 20, Les Oddy 20 Lorraine Hirst 21, Chris Bly 21 Alan Forrest 11, Bailey Rice 17 Chris Mordue 21, Scott Tattersley 21 Brian Lee 8, Duncan Reeves 17 Michael Sweeney 21. First round: Frank Griffin 21 Garry Walker 15, Ben Gloag 21 Nathan Conlon 9, Andy Hodgson 21 Warren Wilson 16, Mark Regan 21 Nigel Marshall 10, Andy Thornton 21 Gordon Bradford 20, Richard Brook 16 Gareth Coates 21, Paul Burke 15 Wayne Ditchfield 21, Paul Holt 15 Kez Smith 21, Dave Gwilliam 21 Adam Mellor 15, Colin Scorah 16 Stuart King 21, Danny Fountain 10 Chris Firth 21, Karen Hill 14 Mally Fowler 21, Graham Law 16 Kevin Wood 21, D Teale 21 Hirst 18, Bly 12 C Mordue 21, S Tattersley 12 Sweeney 21. Second round: Griffin 11 Gloag 21, Hodgson 8 Regan 21, A Thornton 21 Coates 11, Firth 3 Fowler 21, Wood 1 Teale 21, Ditchfield 21 Smith 20, Gwilliam 11 King 21, C Mordue 21 Sweeney 19. Quarter-finals: Gloag 21 Regan 11, A Thornton 15 Ditchfield 21, King 21 Fowler 17, Teale 15 C Mordue 21. Semi-finals: Gloag 8 Ditchfield 21, King 16 C Mordue 21. Final: Ditchfield 21 C Mordue 12.

Field for week 14 (Saturday): Marc Armitage, Chris Bly, John Blackburn, Gordon Bradford, Richard Brook, Paul Burke, Gareth Coates, Joe Cranston, Wayne Ditchfield, Chris Firth, Alan Forrest, Danny Fountain, Mally Fowler, Andy Gallagher, Ben Gloag, Frank Griffin, Dave Gwilliam, Karen Hill, Lorraine Hirst, Paul Holt, Suzy Ladbrooke, Graham Law, Brian Lee, Nigel Marshall, Adam Mellor, Chris Mordue, Les Oddy, Duncan Reeves, Mark Regan, Bailey Rice, Danny Sillitoe, Neil Slattery, Kez Smith, Michael Sweeney, Scott Tattersley, Danny Teale, Andy Thornton, Garry Walker, Warren Wilson.

* BRIGHOUSE Sports Club again had to call off last weekend's Winter Sweep as the green, which had not been cut, was excessively wet.

Early names for this Sunday's competition: C Austin, S Tattersley, A Bairstow, T Riley, M Connolly, P Toon, N Briggs, J Horsley, M Fowler, A Wider, G Walker, D Hemsley, J Edmondson, C Davis, M Regan, G Foulkes, M McGorlick, N Slattery, S King, D Fountain, G Bradford, P Vayro, A Webb, L Griffin.

Places are available and can be reserved by texting Nigel Briggs on 07817-777547.