Dennis Takes the Wigan Final
Dennis Priestley won the North-West Players Championship, defeating Colin Lloyd 6-1 in the final.
Priestley continued his superb run of form to reach a third final in as many events over the past two weekends.
Having lost to Robert Thornton twice in finals in Scotland last weekend, he this time claimed the £6,000 first prize at Wigan's Robin Park Tennis Centre.
Priestley defeated John Kuczynski and Kevin McDine 6-1 in his opening games, then saw off Justin Pipe 6-5.
Andy Smith, Michael van Gerwen and Wayne Jones were then dispatched to put him into his third final in as many events.
Lloyd shared the first two legs with Priestley, but a break of throw in the fourth put the veteran 3-1 up, and a 146 finish proved a killer blow, before he took the next two legs for victory.
