Cesare Viola won a thrilling final at Westfield Bowling Club last year.

But he is not in the draw for this year's competition.

There are, however, several former winners in the hat.

And with £1,000 in the prize fund, there is bound to be a lot of interest in seeing whose name will be on the trophy this year.

Practice will be allowed from 6 p.m., the scratch time is 6-25 p.m. and the action starts at 6-30 p.m.

DRAW

Westfield

Preliminary round
K. Musk (5) v M. Burns (4); Paul Johnson (4) v J. Harrison (6); G. MacMahon (4) v R. Butterfield (4); R. Fletcher (5) v A. Bracewell (4).

First round
Musk/Burns v Johnson/Harrison; MacMahon/Butterfield v Fletcher/Bracewell; P. Wright (4) v A. Huck (1); B. Smith (3) v S. Gall (2); G. Isherwood (5) v A. Nicholas (5); L. Mitchell (6) v J. Chatwin (2).

St Andrew's

One round only
T. Cullen (4) v D. Swindells (3); A. Handford (1) v R. Campy (4); S. Pickup (4) v P. Ashworth (6); A. Fitzgerald (4) v M. Cordey (4); Philip Johnson (3) v J. Southworth (1); G. Shuttleworth (2) v S. Barnes (4); G. Dodd (1) v A. Pickup (4); D. Ashworth (4) v I. Beecroft (4).

Stoneyholme

One round only
R. Blackburn (5) v J. Taylor (4); A. Foxcroft (5) v P. Watson (4); A. O'Connor (4) v L. Harrison (5); J. Fothergill (6) v E. Holden (4); S. Clamp (2) v F. Roberts (4); A. Greenbank (6) v R. Crew (5); P. Wilkinson (1) v A. Swindlehurst (4); R. Cook (5) v J. Greenbank (5).

Briercliffe

One round only
R. Lee (4) v R. Wright (6); P. Wellman (4) v J. Griffiths (5); W. Simpson (4) v S. Catlow (5); A. Harrison (4) v I. Charnock (6); J. Greenwood (4) v D. Hoyle (2); R. Hancock (5) v M. Wensley (1); K. Charnock (4) v C. Livesey (2); D. Walker (3) v A. Walsh (4); J. Whittaker (3) v S. Marshall (2); M. Harrison (3) v P. Worrell (3).